Diptych Process
Finished Diptych & Details
Reflection: When this project was first assigned I was
worried that it was going to be a bore, I didn't think making a composition out
of geometric and organic shapes would be too much fun, in all honestly. Doing
the sketches of the geometric and organic shapes was the easy part, after that
I was pretty stumped on how to make a composition out of the shapes I’ve made.
I started out with one idea, a symmetrically centered, complex, royal-looking,
and dark composition. With my other composition idea, I wanted it to contrast
the first one so I decided to do a simpler, nature-influenced, with light
colors. For my first composition I decided to use the colors crimson and blue
lake, and the second composition included the colors leaf green and lemon
yellow. I really enjoy how my first composition turned out, I just wish my
other composition would have worked more with my first composition, since they
don’t look too much like a diptych. The class really enjoyed my second
composition, the nature one, even though I didn’t think it was that great. Like
I said in class, I spent only thirty minutes on that composition, while my
first composition took me over two hours. I think my biggest struggle during
this project was creating two compositions that went well together, and
figuring out what to do with the shapes. If I had the chance to re-do the
project I would probably try to do something more abstract instead of a kind of
centrally balanced pattern design. Overall, I was pretty pleased with the outcome
of this project and I also appreciated all of the critiques given to me.
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