Coursework – Page 4 – Adelaide Art

Exercise: Making a moodboard

A mood-board is a whole new concept as I make my very first one. In the course OCA book it explains that “moodboards are used to document visual elements interconnected by a concept or theme.” From the list of themes given I am choosing “Wild”. Similarly to many people I like animals and nature andContinue reading “Exercise: Making a moodboard”

Exercise: Turning words into pictures

This exercise is taking a word and drawing around the subject. From reading the coursework explaining the project I understand the purpose of this exercise is to learn how to respond to a brief in a more instinctive way bypassing the more logical approach of generating ideas through words. From the list of options providedContinue reading “Exercise: Turning words into pictures”

Exercise: Spider diagrams

This is an exercise to generate ideas. The set words are: Seaside Childhood Angry Festival. The task is to “brainstorm” around each word, establishing a list of associated words and also link words and develop ideas through a spider diagram. I am also choosing to use coloured paper for my spider diagrams to help reflectContinue reading “Exercise: Spider diagrams”

Exercise: Writing a brief

In choosing an image to write a brief I connect with I am selecting an illustration by Margaret Tempest. Please see below a write up on Wikipedia providing information about Margaret Tempest. As a child I vividly remember being guided to books by Alison Uttley in the local library and being charmed by the roundContinue reading “Exercise: Writing a brief”

Exercise: Getting the gist

This is an exercise choosing an editorial from a newspaper/magazine, reading it through and highlighting key words which convey the meaning of the piece. The National Trust magazine is full of photos, pictures and information of the great outdoors. Usually a few pages are given to the work of the National Trust volunteers. I like this recent write-up fromContinue reading “Exercise: Getting the gist”

Exercise: The History of Illustration

This exercise is looking at how illustration has changed over the last 50 years. From the list of illustrators given I am choosing to study Ernest Howard Shepard who from the 1920’s illustrated the well known children classics of Winnie-the-Pooh (When We Were Very Young & Now We Are Six). I am choosing E HContinue reading “Exercise: The History of Illustration”