Three pieces of art

The Flame
In this piece of art, they have used various dark and light colours such as red, black and yellow. To me, they look alike flames rising up. They have strips of white that actually depict the flames. It is quite a different compared to the most drawing of flames as the flames were white.


Rhythm 
In this artwork, they have used cubism, which is a form of abstract art in which shapes art laid on top of each other. The tone is it is quite upbeat. They have various colours and the artist has used contrasting colours side by side. but they are only bright.



Several circles
It has a dark background and it has many irregular circles. They are mostly neon colours and the tone is quite a mysterious. I think this because most of the dark background. It was quite interesting as they weren't actually perfect circles and that this added to the appeal of the abstract art.

Three pieces of music

John Cage- Sonata for prepared piano
It has an upbeat beat behind and on top of that he has put irregular beats on top of it. He has used a piano and there is a regular beat through that song but in some places, it falls completely silence.

Sequenza-
There is a sound that sounds like a flute in between when it falls completely silence, then all of a sudden there is a women's voice making weird noises, that were apparently words. In some parts, she starts laughing and in between she is singing and there are irregular pauses. It is quite different and it is really weird. Also, the way she had written the music was quite interesting.

Stravinsky- no 3
There is a violin and the pace is quite fast. There is a rhythm but it isn't distinguishable as it was too fast. But is was actually a clarinet. It is incredible that some instruments can sound so similar. I liked this one the most as it actually sounded nice but still had the abstract effect to it.

Reflection on peer's work

Art of Music

MYP: Art of Music

Key Concept: Connection and  Creativity

Related Concept: Composition, Expression and Narrative

Global Concept: Personal and Cultural experssion

Inquiry question: What is the role of music in the 21st century?

Final Reflection

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.