Title: Fantasy
Size: 10. in by 8 in. medium: Colored pencils on graph paper completion November 2022 Exhibition: Quite often in the media I personally like there are realms that are unlike our own. Fantasy environments have always fascinated me. The foreign fauna and unnatural color scheme fascinate me. As such I wanted to portray this in my final piece. As such I attempted to use colors that, besides certain things, would never occur in the natural world. Whether or not the effect is realized is up for interpretation |
Inspiration: My Main inspiration is abstract art. Abstract art is a style of art that focuses on the use of colors and shapes to express something rather than capturing it as it appears like the more traditional Art movements. Thus there can be many different interpretations of a single landscape. The piece I'm using as inspiration was originally an art piece designed for practice for a lesson, as such, there is no artist associated.
Another inspiration is Faye Realms and other fantasy places. While they appear somewhat similar to normal, the main differences is the colors. Most depictions have the flora being different colors. |
Experimentation: I first begin by getting some ideas down. I had ultimately decided to do the fae realm beforehand but having other ideas would be good in case it doesn't work out. I had thought of doing another town, which I hadn't done for a while, but after working it out, I decided to combine them. Making a small village within a foreign landscape would be better in my opinion.
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I then made a mock of what I would make. The main problem was since at the time I had no coloring utensils, I couldn't properly see how it would look. But I have some other things for color so I wanted to see how it would look with a colored outline since the dark colors would detract from the piece I felt.
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Process: I first got a piece of graph paper and cut off the edges that were not full. I then start by lightly sketching the outline of most details such as mountains where the river would be and the trunks of the trees. I then used colored pencils to color the trees and the roofs of the houses. I left the leaves unmarked so that I could have some more freedom when making them. I then start coloring the river. I didn't want to make the water a different color because I wanted some consistency such as with the trees' color. I used similar techniques as my last piece of only having full squares and triangles taking half of the squares. To finish promptly, I decided to have large shapes of color rather than small individuals, it would also make it more coherent.
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Next, I made the leaves on the trees and the darker mountains. I wanted to have bright and fiery colors for the leaves similar to autumn since they would contrast with the normal green and cool colors. The mountains were to be black/gray because I decided that the stone would likely still be the same.
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Deciding what color the ground would be was somewhat difficult because I had decided to make the grass blue. But with the water being blue as well it would appear as though they were the same thing. I thus decided that a combination of pink & purple. and with the smaller areas finished, I then went to complete the mountain and the house. Because I Didn't realize that my brown pencils were such weird hues I ended up having very visually messy buildings. I then worked on the bigger area for the grass.
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Critique/ Reflection: Overall this piece is busy. Many colors clash with each other that don't make it appear cohesive. overall this is likely my second weakest piece from this year. It's also quite barren but the colors make it look less so. However, I do like the way that certain parts are presented. The colors of everything besides the ground felt quite coherent and fit with the lighter tone that I seemed to be pushing.
Compare/Contrast:
Compare: Both are landscapes and abstract. Both depict fields with a mountain range. both have vibrant colors.
Contrast: One uses exclusively triangles while the other uses triangles and squares. one is a digital medium while the other is physical. one uses traditional colors and the other uses an abstract color scheme.
Compare: Both are landscapes and abstract. Both depict fields with a mountain range. both have vibrant colors.
Contrast: One uses exclusively triangles while the other uses triangles and squares. one is a digital medium while the other is physical. one uses traditional colors and the other uses an abstract color scheme.
Connection to ACT
1.) The cause-and-effect relationship between my inspiration and my art piece is
2.) The overall approach is to portray things with shapes and colors rather than form or "accuracy." Accuracy was the photorealism multiple
movements had used.
3.)The generalization is that people wanted to express their feelings in a different way rather than the common style.
4.)The central idea the artist tries to convey meaning through color more so than the traditional mediums.
5.) The inference I made is that most anything can be art.
1.) The cause-and-effect relationship between my inspiration and my art piece is
2.) The overall approach is to portray things with shapes and colors rather than form or "accuracy." Accuracy was the photorealism multiple
movements had used.
3.)The generalization is that people wanted to express their feelings in a different way rather than the common style.
4.)The central idea the artist tries to convey meaning through color more so than the traditional mediums.
5.) The inference I made is that most anything can be art.
Citation :
https://mossandfog.com/lovely-geometric-landscape-paintings/
https://theartofeducation.edu/flex/lesson-plans/abstract-landscapes/
https://www.artistsnetwork.com/art-inspiration/what-is-abstract-art/
https://www.riseart.com/guide/2366/guide-to-abstract-ar
https://mossandfog.com/lovely-geometric-landscape-paintings/
https://theartofeducation.edu/flex/lesson-plans/abstract-landscapes/
https://www.artistsnetwork.com/art-inspiration/what-is-abstract-art/
https://www.riseart.com/guide/2366/guide-to-abstract-ar