I put St. Nerses being ordained in the center space being ordained in front of etchmiadzin. This is to symbolize a new era for the Physical Church itself, and the Armenian church/people as a whole. I used colored pencil, sharpie, and mineral spirits for this piece.I used the colored pencil to first put down the basic color and in-fill for the figures. I then used the mineral spirits to blend it together, and add realism to the spoke, I did not use the spirits on the church to give it a rough stone feeling, and to show a transfer from the watery image of the vision in the first piece to the solid institution the church had become at this time. I used the sharpie to highlight St. nerses.
From our critique: we like the texture of the first church and the depth of the background. The trees need to be improved as well as the shadow on the church. The second piece fix noses, black oval shadow that is reading like a hat and render the face with Prisma colors. The mark o the beard needs to be either erased or add texture with Prisma colors.
ReplyDeleteMoving forward:
Materials, Processes, Ideas –
Visual relationships among materials processes, AND ideas are clearly evident and demonstrate synthesis.
So you are exploring the icon look or the naïve Folk Art style. If you go with the icon look I think you have to be careful its not a coloring book. Look at them and pick one. Try to emulate it in your next piece. Or look at folk art like Grandma Moses. Both directions will need a reason and research to back them up. I don't know how they are working blended.
or you can play with the physical frame of the art to explain it immediately
https://www.catholictothemax.com/catholic-gifts/holy-family-icon-tri-fold-triptych-cards-set-of-12/
Either way we agreed, if you recall, that this direction is necessary but no successful yet.
BTW, I don't think I was clear: the sentence Visual relationships among materials processes, AND ideas are clearly evident and demonstrate synthesis. is from the rubric.
ReplyDeleteThis is the part we are going for. that is why it is in my statement. Your doing great! Keep synthesizing!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_icons#/media/File:Angelsatmamre-trinity-rublev-1410.jpg
ReplyDeleteGoing for something aged is an idea too. We could take a picture of your current art and transfer it to gold paper? then parts would look aged maybe?
https://www.instructables.com/Image-Transfers-with-Acrylic-Gel-Medium/#:~:text=Allow%20the%20first%20coat%20to,clear%20(see%20the%20photo!).