For my Capstone piece, I chose the entry point of Dichotomy. I decided to show a dichotomy and contrast between night and day as well as the sun and moon. On the left side of the canvas, I collages darker images with blacks and dark blues to represent the night / the moon. I tried to use pictures of the night sky as well as pieces from art history that had a darker color palette like the Mona Lisa as well as a painting from Picasso’s blue period. On the right side of the canvas I collaged lighter images with whites, yellows and bright colors to represent the day / the sun. I used pictures that incorporated the sun as well as pieces from art history with bright and sunny color schemes like Monet’s grass hut painting and Van Gogh’s sunflowers. For the center of my piece, I drew a picture of a sun with the mon inside of it to connect the two sides of my piece and serve as a bride between them. This sketch was also what made me develop my idea for this project - I had this image that I referenced for the sketch as my phone lock screen for some time and I just decided to draw it.
Your theme of light vs. dark / moon vs. sun is a very interesting concept to explore, and I love that all of the pictures on the sun side of the collage have yellow tones whereas the pictures on the moon side have blue/ black tones.
ReplyDeleteI love this, it is so pleasing to the eye and right away my eye goes to the center piece.
ReplyDeleteI love that you incorporated classic artworks along with photographs. The sun and moon in the middle really brings the piece together as well :)
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love how you kept the top of the sketch paper because it adds texture and they are small squares, which adds unity with all of the other squares used in the collage. Keeping a division between the darker and brighter pictures was a great choice, especially how you added overlap in the middle because its not a sharp division but rather gradual. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI love the white space in the middle of your collage and feel as though it ties your piece all together. I love how there's also like a purposeful contrast between warmer and cooler colors here as well.
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