TRYPTICH
Exhibition Text
This painting shows what life can be like from childhood and on. In this case my own life in three different canvases. It is in the style of surrealism taking inspiration from Vladimir Kush's, Banana Hammock. 'Not Drowning', shows inanimate objects as something more than what they are actually used for. The balloon represents me and others in this journey of life.
INSPIRATION
ARTIST: Unknown
I took inspiration from this piece as a whole. I knew that what I wanted to include in my work revolved around water. So what I wanted to do was come up with a different floatation device for each canvas.
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Surrealism: Vladimir Kush
Banana Hammock |
When creating pieces of art work I like to include nature to them. When I came across Kush's piece I knew that this was something that I wanted to include in my work.
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In Vladimir Kush's piece I took inspiration from all aspects. The shadings throughout the painting and the style that this painting is in is, surrealism. I took this style of surrealism put it into my own work. Our works are similar in the fact that we both have the mountains in the background and the inclusion of a banana. But our works are different in the fact that, the banana in my painting will not represent people but rather a boat.
PLANNING
The Sketches
In both sketches I wanted to portray my life. Starting form, how I was as a child up to now. Each Canvas represents a different time in my life.
The First Canvas
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The Third Canvas
In this third canvas I wanted to show how, thing are hard but things will eventually be alright. I am no longer 'drowning' but now afloat. I am in a canoe that is a banana. I'm in a stream not knowing what lies ahead but sure things will be fine. The eyes are there to show that I was always being watched.
Another constant is the mountains. This shows that any obstacle that I come to face with. I have to keep moving forward and they'll eventually be behind me.
Final Sketch
PROCESS
Experimentation
Making the Canvas
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Transferring onto the Canvas
Before painting, I created a larger sketch of what the painting would look like. I taped the three sketch book papers together. All it had was the simple outline of what will be on there. This way when projecting the image it wouldn't be too small or very blurry.
The Painting Process
These photos show the first things that were painted onto the canvas. I decided to do these first since they were areas that could be painted all together and would take more time for shading.
Paints that were used
Painting Areas
What this picture shows is me painting on the base layer of the grass. I used a shade of green and yellow. This will help make the grass look rough. |
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Moving to Detail
In this picture I painted on the base color of the water. It is so I know how everything will turn out. I also began to paint on a base for the mountains in the background. |
Here I began to put detail onto the water. All I did was paint in a triangle form. A dark blue on the left of the wave and a lighter blue on the right. White paint was added for a highlight. |
I continued on with the water then moved onto the next things that needed to be done. Once the mountains and light were complete this finished the painting.
Final Outcome
Techniques
What I wanted my painting to be well blended. To do this I included different intensities of color to provide depth. Giving areas more shadings or highlights than others.
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