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.