Jazz in the Jungle
Art IGCSE paper 2
Firstly…
• Well done for your efforts so far – paper 1 looked great, and Im
really happy that you all worked so hard and got such good results –
you should all feel very pleased with your efforts – if you can do the
same thing for the next paper, then you will all do well.
• As we discussed…im not going to be able to help you as much for
this preparation work, but I know you all have good ideas, you just
have to get your preparation organised onto worksheets, and
remember that we will have some time before your exam to work
out any problems.
• You should also email me with pictures of your work, and explain
your ideas – this is really important, and I will reply as soon as I can.
• I will include lots of pictures to help inspire you. If you like
something – it could be just a colour or a shape…use that to help
you – take the name of the artist and research more – what I have
included here are just starting points really.
This artist is
Piet
Mondrian. He
was very
much inspired
by Jazz music,
towards the
end of his
career, when
he moved to
New York.
This painting
is of the city
streets and all
the action!
Could you use
simple
patterns like
this? Change
the colours? –
it could be a
simple way to
show
influence of
an artist
Look at this dress – try
using some of the images
that you like and
experiment by changing
the costume, or the
instruments of your
performers!
This example is a
Mondrian dress – what
other images have you
been looking at that you
could play around with in
this way?
Jackson Pollock is an artist whos work is full of movement and energy. How could you use this kind of
experimenting in your designs? Could the paint become parts of the jungle? Could it be the sound coming out
of instruments? Could it be the sky? Could it be people dancing? Jazz is all about improvisation – do you think
this is appropriate?
T
he next 6 slides are all by Henri Matisse. When he was too old to paint properly, he made these large collages by cutting out coloured paper. They
are very simple, but they look awesome and they have lots of movement and energy. Matisse was also inspired by Jazz a lot, and seeing as how there
are a lot of organic shapes, maybe you could try incorporating this into your prep.
Try making your own paper cut outs – this is an easy way of experimenting, and it could be great for your background. Remember, its super important
that you try lots of different techniques – put yourself in the position to have happy accidents, where the unexpected happens – you will never get
that unless you try lots of different things!
Look at the border here. Could you do something simple like this? How about if you had 3 or more layers with simple cut out border like this? How
about changing the colour palette to green? Try it!
Can you see the music? Of course you can! I hope
youre listening to Jazz at all times girls! No K-Pop!
Next up its Saul Bass. Look how simple his shapes
are. Look how well his colours work together.
A good design should be simple. Ask yourself – ‘Is
there too much going on in my work?’
Making something that is simple and effective is
not easy! Try reducing things into basic shapes,
getting rid of any lines you don’t need. Use
photoshop to quickly experiment with different
colour palettes. Save and print different results.
Saul Bass
matchbox
designs – do
you
remember
how to make
repeat
patterns? This
might be a
great way to
experiment,
and to create
interesting
patterns for
trees or
buildings. Try
it!
Great colours!
Do you remember when I cut into the rubber to make windows for TG’s building? You can try the same – use anything, even a
potato works well for this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9CCYieyoJ4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3DT121kxx0&feature=related
This is just one simple line drawing that has been copied and repeated.
You could do something similar on photoshop really easily…a good way
to draw a city or jungle?
The next slides all
contain images from
people who have
been heavily
influenced by Saul
Bass
Look at the
orange tree. You
could make that
easily…with
spray paint or
watery splashesthen draw a
trunk on top
when its dry.
What kind of
different trees
could you make?
What could you
have on the
branches?
Look at the
roof and the
weather vein.
– little details
like that could
make your
design fun.
Great sky! Great house shapes! You could make shapes like that with your potato
and then paint details on top of them!
Lovely silhouettes –
also the perspective –
notice how in these
examples, things seem
to get a bit larger as
they go up the page
Look how simple
the instruments
are. Can you
make your
instruments this
simple?
Look at the letters here –
do you like the way the
‘L’ becomes the mans
glasses?
So simple, but clever –
and funny too! The Type
in your design is
important. Its better if
you think about how it
fits with the other things
in your image…could you
make a little joke like
this?
I also like the
pattern on his
shirt, the
shadow on his
leg, and his
funny feet.
Great design!
These
designs were
by Pascal
Blanchet–
look him up!
The next
slides are
by Lesley
Barnes
You could
make
wings like
that with
chalk. You
could then
use
photoshop
to invert
the
colours.
Try it!
The moustache and
the medals are lovely
little details
Great
trousers!
Birds of
paradise?
For a
completely
different
style, look at
some lovely
line drawings
– Google has
many more
examples…
How good
would it look
if you had a
contrast
between this
style and
some of the
other things
we have
looked at?
(very good)
Could you make those buildings spell ‘Jazz’?
Or the shadows around the
buildings?
This artist does drawings of strange
structures in lines. Visit his website
and download the activity – maybe
you could use it as part of your
preparation?
Could you use this style and make it
relevant to our project? Try it!
His name is Vasco Mourao,
And his website is :
http://www.zigaziga.com/
As mentioned earlier…the font is really important…
I don’t want you to spend lots of time designing your own font, but you can take someone elses design and add to it, or change it to make it
yours:
Try these websites, or use the posters that you have been looking at for inspiration:
http://creativenerds.co.uk/freebies/50-best-free-fonts-from-2009/
http://www.unstage.com/2010/02/70-of-the-best-free-fonts-for-graphic-designers/
http://www.addictivefonts.com/basic/best-free-fonts/
http://simplythebest.net/fonts/
Links: some of the other sites I have been looking at.
http://www.marimekko.com/
http://grainedit.com/2008/09/
http://grainedit.com/2010/05/24/dan-stiles-interview/
http://grainedit.com/2008/02/25/charles-harper-illustrations-giant-golden-book-of-biology/
http://wordsandeggs.squarespace.com/imported-20100206003717/?currentPage=34
http://www.studiotota.com/blog/2008_11_01_archive.html
http://theanimalarium.blogspot.com/2010/11/magic-feathers-marching-bands.html
http://vimeo.com/1322323
http://vimeo.com/5013224
http://theanimalarium.blogspot.com/
http://cineleet.com/2008/03/16/the-inimitable-graphic-genius-of-saul-bass/
Good luck!
Remember to email me with pictures and
updates.
Samhebden@gmail.com
See you in a few weeks!