Intensity.

I’m running out of time for Halloween, but I wanted to do the Baroque Art Movement first.

“The Baroque art movement is characterised by its emotional intensity, dramatic use of light, grandeur, and a focus on movement, often reflecting the tumultuous political and religious climate of the 17th century.” Thank you, Copilot Search. Because I liked the dark paintings with dramatic lighting in my image search, I decided to do this for my project.

Realising I’ve been lazy in previous posts, here are the laws and rules that I began with.

The Laws.

1. An artist may not ruin (making mistakes is an exception, of course – we learn the most through our mistakes) a surface being or, through inaction, allow a surface being to come to harm.
2. An artist must obey the call given to them by the creative muses except where such a call would conflict with the First Law.
3. An artist must protect their existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

The Rules.

1. I must use a single picture I have created, taken from a photo or scene of my work. The work was created on an iPad using Procreate (an excellent software program developed by Tasmanians), drawing from a photo taken in my backyard.
2. I will apply this image to all the art movements.
3. I may alter only the colour of the image to suit an art movement.
4. I may deconstruct the image to meet the requirements of an art movement, but all elements of my image must be represented.
5. Unwritten rule for anything I can’t think of at this point.

The image I chose was of the plant ‘Indian Shot’, which I thought was a weed in Tasmania. The Canna Indica is, in fact, not a weed growing in my backyard but quite an interesting looking plant.

The Technique.

Instead of wanting to mimic ‘everything’ from every single period (which was quite impossible), I now pretty much use my iPad and Procreate software.

One thing I’ve realised is that I’m not recording what tools I’m using. I can easily add a new layer in Procreate and record what brushes I’m using, etc. It wasn’t until I noticed something I really liked from months ago and had no idea how I achieved the texture! Good grief, what a rookie mistake, and I’m no longer a rookie, so no excuse.

Metadata.

Total strokes made 115

Tracked time 49 minutes

Total file size 27.33 MB

The Why.

So, why did I begin to explore the Art Movements? It was because I was trying to find my style. That elusive ‘thing’ is how artists distinguish themselves from others. Thankfully, I am narrowing down my preferences and have found that ‘Painting with the old guy’ helped me.

and this especially

The Work.

If you’re wondering why there is a pearl in the image, check out Wiki… Baroque – Wikipedia

See you – hopefully for Halloween!