Final Outcome

As we had to listen to our choice of music while doing the artwork, I selected the song Fade (NCS Release).  In the artwork, I used the various components of art, such as movement, pattern, space, emphasis, texture and line. I have showed movement in the in the triangles next to the speaker. They depict the movement of the music in the room. The lines behind the doodle of the headphones show the uneven rhythm and movement of the music. As it uses a synthesizer and mixes various tunes together I decided to use it as a part of my artwork as it reflects on how the artwork is made. Although it is electronic and we can dance to it its is quite a sad tune. The composer was going through a tough stage when he did. Due to this, I mostly used a lot of darker and cool tones, and not warmer tones.

The title of the song fade gave the idea of the background. I was a  risk-taker as am not very good with paints and ink. I also used the patterns as there were regular patterns with the music in the back and they followed a pattern. I have emphasized the headphones which come out a lot more due to the colors in the backgrounds, which I did using color pencils. Also, the faded pink music notes in the background as there was a lot of space there. I organized my work as I planned in advance what I had to do and enjoyed working on it.

Workshop- Different stations

During the lesson, we had different stations, on which various materials were kept which we could use. For each station we had fifteen minutes to come up with a composition and a different song was played. we had to create a visual interpretation of the rhythm, tone and the beat using them. This was the first time we created an art while listening to abstract music and it was quite interesting. Although I didn't particularly enjoy the lesson as I was working with mediums that I was not comfortable with, it was challenging and something I hadn't tried before.

Title page

This is the first assessment we got. We had to make a title page using an instrument and music notes over the winter break. I made my title page using zen doodles and used a guitar and a trumpet. I also used a treble clef and music notes.

Vocabulary List

In the lesson, we discussed the similarities and differences between music and art. This helped us a lot because we had to make a presentation based on artists pieces which they made based on music. We also learnt about the various components of music and art and what different techniques we could use to analyse art but also use in our work.

Abstract art

This piece of art was done while we were listening to Richard Wager's composition. He was the musician that Wassily Kandinsky listened to while painting his work. Trumpets were the major instrument used in the composition. There were two of them used, and while one of it was in a flow the other one didn't have a continues rhythm. There were other instruments as well which is shown using the patterns behind the trumpets. Most of them were a constant melody in the background apart from one. It used to stop or start all of a sudden, which I showed using the pattern right on the top.

Painting with sissors

In this piece of artwork, we had to create using prices of paper of various colors, shapes and textures while interpreting the music. We were listening to a composition piece and the paper shapes are our interpretation of how the music will look like virtually.