Module 2 Chapter 8

I started doing this chapter in the summer, just taking photographs as I saw things.  One or two other people got involved and they enjoyed looking out for things.  I was quite suprised when I started putting it together that I was only about 5 letters short of a full alphabet.  I have to thank a friend of mine, Hazel, who has done this exercise and posted it on her blog.  I did take a look to see where she had got her ideas from and I did steal the brickwork one.  Here are my photographs and where they came from.  I had a bit of trouble putting the pictures on randomly so I found this template but there was only room for 25 so I had to tage Z on the end.

A - Bird scarers     B - Wroght iron gate       C - Radiator       D - Garden seat side on
E - Electric fire decoration        F - Brickwork        G - Sewerage grating        H - Brickwork
I -     Wooden post         J - Wrought iron fence       K - Canes on garage floor     
L - Window architecture       M - University architecture         N - Fencing      O - Bungalow window
P - Sewing machine thread guide         Q - Wardrobe door handle upside down    R - arranged fabric
S - Wall bracket       T - Shovel handle       U - Horseshoes        V - Bracket on telegraph pole side on
W - Heraldic device      X - Gate         Y - Pickle fork       Z - Road sign side on


The next set I managed to arrange randomly.   I could have done the whole alphabet from 1960's/70's LP sleeves, they are so colourful and imaginative.

A - Tag Heur logo       B - Embroidered sampler       C - Children's theatre poster      D - Damart logo
E - Title page in book (Eire)     F - Illuminated latter        G - Great Railways Journeys log
H - Record sleeve    I - Record sleeve       J - See 'G'        K - Newspaper advertisement
L - Tate & Lyle logo       M - Embroidered letter       N - 'Indigo'  clothing range      O - Oxo logo
P - Part of Tag Heur advertisement       Q - Theatre Poster       R - Regatta logo    
S - supermarket fruit label       T - Childrens book       U - Artist's print       V - Volkswagen logo
W - Volkswagen logo      X - Next logo        Y - New York Times        Z - Restaurant name

 

This third photograph are some of the ones I liked but didn't include.  The first and the last are from second world war posters.

Module 2 Chapter 7

Jasper Johns.  I noticed that the library service had a book on Jasper Johns in their county store so I ordered it, which is why this chapter has taken me a few weeks to do as I have been waiting for it to come.

Looking through the book I found several pictures that I liked and have chosen these three to put in my sketchbook.

The first is the alphabet one which is in the course material.  I have made some notes on the page for my own record.  At first glance the paintings look random because the colour is random but the individual letters are all one size and of a similar design.  The lithograph shows this when he has put the numbers 0 through 9 over the top of each other.  The mix of colours makes the picture very vibrant which is why I have chosen the more muted Gray Numbers for my second piece.  This comes out quite green in the photographs but there must be '50 shades of grey' in this one.  All the numbers seem to stand out from the background.

This is my attempt at the brightly coloured letters.  I like the group of 4.  Not sure if the letter A was the correct one to choose for this excercise.  I am not sure if the highlights work, I didn't know quite how to place them.  Jasper's don't seem to give depth or indicate a light source, to me they are random so that is how I have done mine.

Having chosen the picture with the paler colours I decided to try that myself.  This looks brighter here than it does in my sketchbook but I am quite please with it.

 

Altogether I am quite pleased with my attempts and I have enjoyed looking at an artist I didn't know before.