Week 7 Art

My LO is to make a portfolio around the struggles of transgender people, specifically FTM.

This week I have done 2 works based on Henri Matisse's cutout silhouette-styled work. The first is based on a previous watercolour I did on a silhouette in blue falling into a pink 'ocean', and the second is the same silhouette with their arms across their torso.

Matisse's original work

 

I relate to the pieces quite personally because I feel that, as an FTM trans man, I have the gender roles of a woman forced onto me by those who don't accept my identity. The pink 'ocean' around the blue figure of the silhouette represents the pretty-in-pink stereotypes that are forced onto trans men by transphobic friends and family.

Jaden Barr: DVC Standard AS91066

 https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/nqfdocs/ncea-resource/achievements/2019/as91066.pdf

This standard is all about rendering. A client wants us to draw our drink bottle designs in three different materials as a way to experiment with materials and shading.

This is a clear blue bottle and an unfinished metal bottle. The final uncolored bottle is going to be solid red plastic. 

I enjoyed learning about highlights and shadows in this standard. However, this is a very tedious standard to do and it's very repetitive.