Environment Concept -Final

The Valiant Little Tailor: Workshop
Medium: Prismacolor Pencil on plain paper
*Three separate planes to gain more atmospheric perspective.

Environment Concept -Prep wor

 Environment concept prep for The Grimm's Fairy Tales: The Valiant Little Tailor. I decided to design the tailor's workshop.

Cardboard Sculpture - Complete!

In order to utilize the proper negative space, I drifted from my original idea to end up here. I am quite happy with the outcome. The hand is resting over, partially caressing what looks like water/waves. The negative space emphasizes the ripples. The ripples and fingers have a sort of pattern and similar direction.

If you take a peek behind you'll find that the "waves" now sort of look like mountains or maybe a winding path. The top/hand could be the sun on the horizon.

The front and side images are just to give you an idea of the rest of the piece.

Cardboard Scuplture Prep

I wanted to have an organic shape without getting too complicated so I figured some polygons, like in a low poly Maya model.

Here is the mock up for the hand portion.

Compare and Contrast

 


I find that I enjoy looking at the original artwork now that I have learned more about it. I have a difficult time liking the abstract since I do not tend to create abstract things often, myself.

Both works follow similar guidelines, so to say. I feel I may have changed the meaning of the original piece altogether. I never understood it and therefore, made it my own. The colors in my reproduction are not as vivid and when looking at the pieces side by side, the flow changes in different places. The rhythm and movement in the original seems to allow the eye through the red line in the middle but in my own, which is a black line, the movement is halted or your eye just goes another way around.

I played around with the idea that if you're going to have inconsistent color, why not go all out? Watercolor was perfect in that it wasn't. Almost none of the "rectangles" have a solid color. It feels more fun and relaxed.

Completed!

This is my completed work. I drew out the initial shapes for placement and then used watercolor pencils. The overall tone was changed with tea.

In Progres

Here is my reproduction of the Russian piece by Malevich. I am in the process of using watercolor pencil.

Objective Critique

Suprematist Composition (blue rectangle over the red beam) Oil on canvas 88 x 70.5 cm. 1916
by Kazimir Malevich

This piece was the most expensive Russian art sold. It is a compilation of rectangles assorted in a collage-like manner. The black rectangle in the middle brings a sense of balance to the piece while the blue on top of it allows the viewer's eyes to continue the flow around the entirety of it. The orange rectangle that crosses over accomplishes the same, making it very easy for one to maneuver the whole picture.

The colors bring movement and some potential energy to the work. Being that each, the green, blue, and pink rectangles are the only of their kind in color and particular shape, this allows for more emphasis on these areas. Leaving the background white creates stark contrast and gives the impression of tension.

Subjective Critique

Suprematist Composition (blue rectangle over the red beam) Oil on canvas 88 x 70.5 cm.
1916
by Kazimir Malevich

This painting is too tense to me. There is so much there that all means nothing to me and all I can understand about it is that it makes me feel tense. Most edges are so close to each other but not meeting, creating tension. All the shapes are very uniform except that in some areas it seems like the work was rushed because for some reason the colors aren't completely solid for some objects. The white background gives way to more tension, leaving the objects with no subtlety. I also dislike that the object colors look exciting or like something might happen but isn't happening.

In order to change this I would like to use watercolors instead of oil to look more natural and put the piece more at ease. I would lose some of the uniform look to the shapes by letting the colors bleed a bit. To emphasize the action I felt in the original piece, I will add some Pollock-like spattering of paint. I would also like to change up the colors a bit to change the flow and nature of the piece to release more of that tension.