Valentines
Whitfield School
Finding Inspiraton
Problem:
Find a piece of artwork to inspire your Valentine block print.
Use it as a source for INSPIRATION, not IMITATION
Notes:
Your artwork cannot imitate your source of inspiration.
Collaborate with the original artist, don't plagiarize them!
Technique:
Block Printing
Notes:
For an extra challenge, you can experiment with REDUCTIVE printing (more than one color)
Subject:
LOVE
Notes:
Consider various types of LOVE:
- Family
- Friends
- Romantic
- Obsession
- Self
Inspiration
"I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else"
— Pablo Picasso
So what if we start with someone else's idea?
Can we make it our own?
Let's Try
- What works well in this design?
- What doesn't work?
- What does it remind you of?
- What does it make you feel?
- What could be REMOVED?
- What could be ADDED?
- What could be SCALED?
- What could be REPEATED?
- What could be DISTORTED?
3 NEW Ideas
What can you pull from your analysis?
Let's Try Again
- What works well in this design?
- What doesn't work?
- What does it remind you of?
- What does it make you feel?
- What could be REMOVED?
- What could be ADDED?
- What could be SCALED?
- What could be REPEATED?
- What could be DISTORTED?
- What could be PERSONIFIED?
- What could be MORPHED?
3 NEW Ideas
What can you pull from your analysis?
Process
SEEK
Explore and find another artist's work as a source for your INSPIRATION.
1.
ANALYZE
Inspect, Dissect and Question your inspiration.
2.
IDEATE
Look at your anaylsis and draw at least three ideas for a new piece of art. Your ideas should NOT look like your source of inspiration.
3.
Things to Consider:
Block printing often works best with BOLD designs. Consider your POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SPACE
Keep it Simple!
ONE color of ink on white paper.
OR
Try reductive printing for a challenge. TWO colors of ink.
COLOR?
