-simple and beautiful!
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
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Thursday, May 5, 2011
on another note: my photography
-purple crocus from earlier this spring
I took this with my cell phone camera last week and already these flowers are gone- sad, but they're very pretty!
-LPDS
final project- note on my final project:
I really enjoyed doing this project and I am pretty happy with the final results of my artwork! I had trouble with the mounting on the board. I wanted to present both the color composition and the gray scale one each, in one long "series", and hand them from the ceiling. I think that would have help it all flow better. I unfortunately stuck the first two boards together the wrong way, so then I had to do the others the same way, and that's how I got that stand alone, sign-like format, I presented in class, which actually I thought was pretty good considering my earlier mistake.
Also, just wanted to note again that the elements I was thinking about and working towards as I did my final project were:
eye movement
repetition
scale
flow and direction
design and placement
layering and grouping
cropping
I think I did well in all these areas, except for flow and direction; I think I could have done better with that, but I think the mounting issue made a big difference.
Thanks to all!
-Lisa
Also, just wanted to note again that the elements I was thinking about and working towards as I did my final project were:
eye movement
repetition
scale
flow and direction
design and placement
layering and grouping
cropping
I think I did well in all these areas, except for flow and direction; I think I could have done better with that, but I think the mounting issue made a big difference.
Thanks to all!
-Lisa
final project- here are these again -so that it's all together
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
statement
My Final Project Statement:
For my final project, with both my gray scale and my color composition(s), I wanted to show a sectional break down of the song I chose, “Big Noise From Winnetka”, as well as keep some of the fluidity of it. The gray scale and color compositions are quite different from each other and yet quite similar, even though they go with the same song. The gray scale composition is done with symbols, in a colleague format. Each symbol represents a different instrument in the song, and that symbol is placed in/on the composition, based on the order of the introduction of the instruments in the song. It’s almost like reading a line of music, with symbols, instead of notes, (sort of like reading it in another language). The color composition is done with my feet and/or hands, (I thought of just forgoing this idea, but I really wanted to do it). This time, a certain color represents a certain instrument in the song. The “symbol(s)” effect that was achieved in the gray scale composition is found here in the way of certain positioning(s)/imprints of the feet and/or hands. Those imprints, as in the grayscale composition, are placed in/on the composition, based on the order of the introduction of the instruments in the song. Also, the two compositions are related to each other in that they are both divided and set-up into five musical sections, which is based on the song and how it changes. However, my intention with the color composition was to make it even more fluid than the gray scale composition and to have; just more dance-like. I had to listen to the song over and over again many times, to pick out the sections and the instruments and their specific parts. The main aspects I tried to pay attention to as I thought about and did this project were (not necessarily in this order): eye movement, repetition, combination(s) of symbols or imprints, scale, flow, direction, placement, design and cropping. As I was breaking things down, I focused very much on one section or part of a section at a time, and intentionally, just put it all together and waited to see how it, the overall piece, would turn out in the end. The color I chose to represent each instrument was also picked at random. I thought these could be ways/places where I could show some randomness, because I really wanted that to be an aspect of my project, without it taking away from the structure and “break down” elements I wanted to use as well.
Colors key for color composition:
Red= drums
Blue= trombone
Yellow= trumpet
Green= high saxophone
Orange or amber= low saxophone
Silver and/or gold= piano
Thursday, April 14, 2011
final project- song choice and composition ideas
Here it is.
In class I brought in a cd with the song of my choosing on it: "Big Noise From Winnetka."
It is a song from the Jazz, Big Band Swing era, and it is 4:05 mins. long.
On my cd, it's performed by: The Swingfield Big Band= Gil Rodin, Bob Crosby, Robert Haggert and Ray Bauduc.
I knew I wanted to pick a song from my swing cd for the final project, but it took me a long time to pick which one; they're all so good! I thought of using either "Sing, Sing, Sing", or "The Pink Panther Theme", but I decided not to, since those ones are so well known, they have so many images, ideas and thoughts attached to them and I didn't want that to affect me or others; so I picked one that's not as well known. I also picked it because it seemed to be the song with the most clear sections to it. There are five sections to it, and I found I could make a better distinction between them in this song than in the others. I think I'll dance out one of my compositions, probably the color one, but not sure yet, and hand-paint out the other (probably the black and white one, but not sure yet), so they're different. There are at least three sections in the song, where there's a one instrument solo, or at least one instrument is highlighted. This will help me to show the difference in the various panels of my canvas, as I want to either have a specific physical movement technique for each instrument, or a different color paint (acrylics). I haven't decided yet, if I will plan out "the dance steps", or not; I'd like to just dance how I feel as I listen to the song, even probably, have my eyes closed the whole time on both the "feet composition" and the "hand composition." We'll see.
Hopefully too, I can find some way to film myself making them, so I can show that to the class as my process. I'm not sure how else I could explain the process, if it ends up being so "in the moment." The two compositions overall, I think, should be bright, energized, yet a little mysterious, somewhat romantic, and have some of that randomness or chaoticness that is found in Jazz, yet, as was mentioned in class, a politeness in that the instruments kind of take turns; there's a comrodery there. Also, when I listen to the song I picture both "couples dancing" and "the band performing on stage." I'll try to put all this together and see what comes out of it.
Thanks, -Lisa Schwab
In class I brought in a cd with the song of my choosing on it: "Big Noise From Winnetka."
It is a song from the Jazz, Big Band Swing era, and it is 4:05 mins. long.
On my cd, it's performed by: The Swingfield Big Band= Gil Rodin, Bob Crosby, Robert Haggert and Ray Bauduc.
I knew I wanted to pick a song from my swing cd for the final project, but it took me a long time to pick which one; they're all so good! I thought of using either "Sing, Sing, Sing", or "The Pink Panther Theme", but I decided not to, since those ones are so well known, they have so many images, ideas and thoughts attached to them and I didn't want that to affect me or others; so I picked one that's not as well known. I also picked it because it seemed to be the song with the most clear sections to it. There are five sections to it, and I found I could make a better distinction between them in this song than in the others. I think I'll dance out one of my compositions, probably the color one, but not sure yet, and hand-paint out the other (probably the black and white one, but not sure yet), so they're different. There are at least three sections in the song, where there's a one instrument solo, or at least one instrument is highlighted. This will help me to show the difference in the various panels of my canvas, as I want to either have a specific physical movement technique for each instrument, or a different color paint (acrylics). I haven't decided yet, if I will plan out "the dance steps", or not; I'd like to just dance how I feel as I listen to the song, even probably, have my eyes closed the whole time on both the "feet composition" and the "hand composition." We'll see.
Hopefully too, I can find some way to film myself making them, so I can show that to the class as my process. I'm not sure how else I could explain the process, if it ends up being so "in the moment." The two compositions overall, I think, should be bright, energized, yet a little mysterious, somewhat romantic, and have some of that randomness or chaoticness that is found in Jazz, yet, as was mentioned in class, a politeness in that the instruments kind of take turns; there's a comrodery there. Also, when I listen to the song I picture both "couples dancing" and "the band performing on stage." I'll try to put all this together and see what comes out of it.
Thanks, -Lisa Schwab
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