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Anatomy of an Art Project

As some of you probably remember, I've been working on a collage this past week in my Color class. It's been really interesting and fun to scour magazines for colors that grab my attention and then to work them into a meaningful composition.


Obviously the Instagram filters I used on each of these photos is slightly different from each other, but I promise they are same color pieces in each photo! So I started out by finding a bunch of colors that just seemed to want to play together.


My first attempt turned out pretty cool, but my teacher said it lacked composition. For you non-artists or designers, that basically means that my piece needed a focal point and some sort of structure to it.


Last night I sat down and found a bunch MORE colors and started laying over the collage I'd already done. It just needed a little more color support in certain areas. What I needed up with is (hopefully) a pretty strong composition! I guess the moral of the story is, you can alway push your work further than you originally thought you could. ;)
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  1. A Life Un-StyledJanuary 20, 2012 at 3:24 AM

    Jennifer, this is great! I wish I could attend a color class. I loved your first piece and I agree about pushing your work. What a beautiful example. I hope you had a great week!

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  2. SarahJanuary 20, 2012 at 8:53 PM

    Wow - cool! When I saw that final picture on FB or something, I thought, "What's wrong with the composition of that? It looks fine." But apparently, that was your second attempt. :) It went from a straight-forward collage to something that looks like it should be in a modern art exhibit. Nice work!

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  3. KatieJanuary 22, 2012 at 4:40 PM

    oh that's so cool! i love being creative. looking very good!! :)

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