A4: Boogie-Woogie
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A4: Boogie-Woogie OVERVIEW:
AIMS: ● The aim of the assignment is to allow students to explore further and develop their prior knowledge of Piet Mondrian, by creating a main outcome based on one of his final paintings - The Broadway Boogie-Woogie. ●
During this assignment you will be tasked to research and explore the unique style of the painting ‘The Broadway Boogie-Woogie’ and create your own version of this work through print, painting or both.
DEVELOPMENT: ● Through a series of initial research tasks, you should develop your understanding of the Broadway Boogie-Woogie style, through exploration and and analysis of this work. This research should lead you towards your own work in response to this style of painting. OUTCOME(s): Throughout the assignment the skills learnt and developed in previous assignments should be used to help you create your 'Final Outcome': ●
A Print or Painting based on ‘The Broadway Boogie-Woogie’
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A4: Boogie-Woogie Prior to starting this assignment you should have completed previous tasks and work which are: 1. Initial research 2. Emulations (replicas) of this style/painting. 3. A prep (practice) painting of your intended personal outcome.
Painting:
Sketching out: ● Start your work by 'lightly' sketching the outline of your work. Look carefully at your 'prep' work and aim to map-out your planned work as carefully as possible. ● When sketching, do not press to hard with your pencil. ● When all of your work is mapped-out, you are ready for the next stage/step. Drawing: ● Ensure your pencil is 'SHARP'. Keep your pencil sharp throughout this step, and sharpen it often. Your line should be strong and thin, if your pencil becomes blunt, your line will suffer. ● Directly on top of your previous sketchy line, draw a neat accurate line. To do this keep your pencil in contact with the surface of the paper, turn the point of your pencil occasionally to ensure that you are always drawing with the sharpest edge of the pencil tip/ point. ● Drawing should be one continuous movement/ action. Refine: With your newly added pencil line on top of your sketch, it is time to refine your work further by using a clean rubber/ eraser. Remove your previous sketchy line using the clean rubber, if you have followed the previous steps, then your sketchy line should vanish leaving behind your stronger, neater line. Before you begin the next step, ensure that your accurate line is not too heavy, as you don't want it to come through the paint. ●
Consider using the painting skills learnt during the previous project (Advanced Colour Theory): ○ Priming the page/ surface area ○
Working from light to dark
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Loading your brush with a strong amount of pigment/ paint.
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Keeping your brush strokes in the same direction
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Turning your work around so that you can accurately paint towards the edge of your outline.
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Apply a number of layers, for a strong colour effect.
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Paint the lightest colours first, in this case that should be Yellow, and work with one colour at a time. For example identify all the areas of your work that will painted with Yellow, and paint all of these places first, at the same time. Repeat the painting process until you have painted all three colours (Yellow, Red, Blue).
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You may need to then return to each of the coloured sections of your work and paint a further coat/ application so that the strength of the colours is strong and bold. Painting multiple layers of paint can also help hide any messy brushwork.
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When all of the coloured areas have received a strong amount of paint you are then ready to paint the thick, bold, black lines on your work. Do this very carefully, take your time, and if needed practice on a spare piece of paper before you attempt to this directly on your work.
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Follow the same principles as above, keeping your brush in constant contact with your paper/ surface.
Press-Print: ● Be sure to measure and accurately cut-out your shapes for each colour. ● Build/print the lights colours first and work towards the darkest (Black) ● Be careful not to apply printing ink to areas of your press other than your shapes for colour.
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A4: Boogie-Woogie Do you have a smart phone? If so you can use the camera on your phone to access online resources to help you with this assignment. All you need is a QR code reader app, point your phone web browser to one of readers below: ● ● ● ● ●
http://reader.kaywa.com http://get.beetagg.com http://www.quickmark.com.tw/En/basic/download.asp http://europe.nokia.com/support/productsupport/nokian80/phonesoftware/smartphone For iPhone users. Go to iTunes and search for: QR Code reader
Once you have a reader/ app on your smart phone. Simply take a quick snap of the code below, and you will be redirected to the required resource, directly on your phone.
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