The Process

The Tree

1.  Open the scanned sketches from the file.

2. Cropped the additional part out > Open image > Image size > Change the canvas size to 16x20 inches.

3. Create a layer and start.

4. Used "Magic Wand" to select the areas of the branched. > Used "Brush" (B) tool and paint the area selected.

 5. Used the same step from 3 and 4 for the paint of the background. Green used for the background to create the feel of a forest.

6. Arranged the layer > Select the "water brush" under filter to create the effect. > The artwork will shown as below.

7. Added a "wood" texture by dragging the file to the canvas. > Scroll the image to fit the canvas size and press "enter". Let the texture be at the top of all layers and i used "overlay" for this artwork. 

My Initial Sketch

My Final Design

The Sky is Crying

1. Open image from the file. > Cropped the blank area out > Select the image size to 16 x 20 inches as stated above.

2. Create a layer and start.

3. I used the "Foreground" color under Fill to filled up the face with a light color

4. This is the effect of using fill and i filled it up with a orange brown for the face.

5. Created another layer for the hair and filled it up once again with black color. Used "Magic Wand" to select the are and used "Brush" (B) to fill up the empty area.

6. Colored the background with light orange color to create a feel of sunset.

7. Dragged the sky texture in. > Scroll it to fit the image size > Press "enter" to make it as a layer.

8.  Select the layer and put in on top of all other's layer. Chooses "Overlay" for this artwork. This is how the artwork will be.

My Initial Sketch

The Final Design

Basic Elements On Earth

1. Same as above, open file > cropped the blank part > change the size to 16  x 20 inches.

2. Create layer and start.

3. Select the fire using "magic wand" and used "brush" to paint it. Use slightly dark red to create the outline > Used yellow to color the inner part of the fire.

4. Follow the same step from 2 to 3 except for the color. Used dark blue for the outline of the bubble and water drop , used light blue for the inner part.

5. Redo the same step of 2 to 3 except the color as well. Used blue for the moon and orange for the sun.

6. Redo the steps again except the color changed. Used green for the grass and blue for the clouds.

7. Now, let all the layer appear as the picture shown.

8. Added in the wall texture for this. Drag the texture to the image and shrink it to fit the canvas size. Press "enter" and move the texture layer to the top of all layers.

My Initial Sketch

My Final Design

My 18 Sketches

Theme : Environmentalism Series

Problem statement : Global warming, environmental pollution and so on have become a serious problem in    our society today. Thus, not every one of us really care for these serious issues. That's the reason why i chose this topic. There's a choice for every one of us to choose which environment we prefer to live in through my artworks. 

Purpose of content : Bring more awareness for every one of us about how much a healthy or a polluted environment can affect our lives.

Research Question : What are the differences between a healthy and polluted environment? How these affect our Earth?

 The environment friendly guy

- This picture shows a guy who really cares and wishes  to stay in a healthy environment. The big round circle around him is a protection layer for him to stay away from the polluted environment. -

4 Basic Elements on Earth

- Show the four basic elements on earth which is the water, fire, sun and moon, and lastly the grass and cloud. - 

The 2 faces leaf 

- The leaf is divided into 2 parts in which we can see the clean and fresh environment on the left side and the polluted environment on the right side. 

Light Bulb Coin Box

- This tells us that electricity is very important to us in our daily life and we should reduce using it -  

Turtle Baby

- These shows that how cruel a human can be when they care for only their own benefits. -  

- The concept is to remind us that we should treat the animals as important as our own child. Do not kill them for your own benefits. -

Tree with Face

- This reminds us of how important trees are to us. Save paper, save our environment by imagining the trees having their own life like us, humans. - 

Spray 

- We always use pesticides spray or produce some smell which will actually cause air pollution to happen. - 

Lakeside factory

- This shows that the gas that the factory produces is the main factor for air pollution. - 

Man with Umbrella

- This shows that global warming getting worse day by day. - 

Poison Apple

- If we do not save the earth, the earth will be like this apple tree soon, which is full of poison. - 

Silent night

- The peace and fresh environment we can live in if we start being concerned about our environmental problems. - 

The Pearl

- Treat the earth as important as a pearl to us. - 

Sunny Beach 

- Do you wish to enjoy or spend your holidays in this beautiful beach? If it's a yes, then start to save our environment. - 

Sick

- This shows that the Earth is sick.-

Different mood , different view

- Our mood will change anytime. This is how we see the world when we are in different moods. - 

The Sky is Crying 

- The sky is portrayed as a girl, and she is actually crying due to the serious environmental issues. - 

Healing Hands

-Each and every one of us have a pair of healing hand. Let's show our healing hand to the earth before it's too late.- 

Matches on Fire

- The round side of the matches is actually an earth and this shows that the earth is on fire. (Global warming) - 

Perceptual vs. Conceptual Art

How can we define perceptual art?

  Basically,perceptual art may be interpreted as the engagement of multi-sensory experiential stimuli combined with the multiplicity of interpretive meanings on the part of an observer. Sometimes, the role of observer is obscured as members of the public may unwittingly or unknowingly be participants in the creation of the artwork itself. Perceptual art is also a form of art that can trace its roots to the art history concepts of perceptualism as well as to twentieth century of conceptual art and performing art. That is why perceptual art very often generally called "performance art".

  For perceptual art, it is based on sensory like creating an illusion for the audience.

The above are few examples of perceptual art.

Next,what is conceptual art?

  In conceptual art, the idea or concept is the most importance aspect of the work. When an artist use a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makes the art. Said  by Sol LeWitt

  For conceptual art, it is more on though which mean there's always a meaning behind every artwork. 

Post-Impressionism

  An art movements is described as a style or way of doing art since late 19th to mid of 20th century period of time which is subtly or distinctly different than another movement of art. An art movement is a tendency of style in art with a specific common philosophy or goal, followed by a group of artists during a restricted period of time which usually a few years or months. 

 

Pierre Bonnard

   Pierre Bonnard ( 3rd October 1867 - 23 January 1947 ) was a french painter and printmaker, as well as a member of Les Nabis. In 1891 he met Toulouse-Lautrec and began his journey as an artist. His first show was at the Galerie Durand-Ruel in 1896. In his twenties, he was a part of Les Nabis, a group of young artists committed to creating work of symbolic and spiritual nature.

   Bonnard is known for his intense use of color, especially via areas built with small brushmarks and close values.

Bonnard's artwork :

Table setting under the lamp

French window

The dinning room in the country

Place clichy

Table set in a garden

Women in the garden

  The effect of Japonaisme on Bonnard did not immediately lead to the use of the brilliant colours of his later work but rather to the flattening of forms, through limited modelling of the figure, and of space by distorting perspective and exploiting “decorative” elements such as fabrics or wallpaper. This is well illustrated by the four panels of Women in the Garden.

Elements of design:

Lines :

Used 3 vertical lines to separate 4 different types of women in the garden. Besides that, lines with different structure used to create body figure for the women.

Shapes :

Circle being drawn as polka dots for the dress style of the 1st women. Square used for the dress texture of the 3rd women. Other than that, not much fixed or clarify in shapes in the artwork above.

Value :

Light color and dark color used to produce how colorful a world can be with the nature.

Color: 

Green used as the color of the leaves and brown for the roots and branches and vary color being used.

Texture: 

Visual texture

Alignment:

Vertical alignment to paint from the 1st women till the 4th women from left to right.

Principles of Design:

Harmony:

Harmony is obviously present in this artwork because the artist used the color which close to the real world.

Scale:

Overall size

Hierarchy

Balance:

Balance of color uses in every single women.