My Designs

-Out of all of the designs i believe the black and white pattern will be useful on the legs of the dragonfly and the wing to the left will be useful on the actual wings. The bottom right pattern on the wing of the dragonfly on the right will also be useful with its geometric design.

some cool designs and patterns

Elements of Design

• Lines

-Lines in our dragonfly are important because it gives the dragonfly a geometrical shape. Also different lines define different parts of the dragonfly's body.

• Shape

-Shapes in our dragonfly are especially important because when you use shapes that contrast it makes the dragonfly stand out from far away. Everything will not be blended and look the same.

• Direction

-The direction of the dragonfly basically determines whether or not the dragonfly is noticeable or whether or not it is balanced.

• Size
  

-the size the dragonfly determines whether it is seen and it also determines how much artwork that can be applied to the structure of dragonfly.

• Texture
  

-The texture of our dragonfly determines whether it look presentable and it also determines how the colors are expressed in the dragonfly.

• Colour

-The colors in our dragonfly are the most important because they determine what type of vibe the dragonfly gives off. The color also determined whether the dragonfly is overall attractive or not.

-Famous Art Nouveau Artist

• Sir George Frampton (1860-1928)

Sir George Frampton began his career as one of the leading avant-garde sculptors in Britain. He used unconventional materials to create his works that were done in a combination of Art Nouveau and Symbolist styles. His work became more traditional later in his career. His most famous monuments from this period are from a series titled Peter Pan and are located in Kensington Gardens, the Edith Cavall memorial, and St. Martin’s Place. (http://wwar.com/masters/f/frampton-sir_george.html)
-I like Frampton's work because I like Peter Pan and the sculptures are well detailed and are very visual.

• Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933)

was an American artist and designer who worked in the decorative arts and is best known for his work in stained glass. He is the American artist most associated with Art Nouveau. Louis designed stained glass windows and lamps, glass mosaics, blown glass,
ceramics, jewelry, enamels and metalwork. (http://wwar.com/masters/t/tiffany-louis_comfort.html)
-I personally like Louis Comfort Tiffany's art because I like the look of stained glassed. He used a dragonfly in this piece to add a more elegant look and it pertains to what we are doing now with our dragonfly.

• Valentin Serov (1865 - 1911)

Valentin was a Russian artist who specialized in paint. He was considered a "premier portrait" of his era. He is most famous in the Art Nouveau era.
-I like Valentin's work because i feel as though he captures expressions very well.

Phase 2: Putting the Dragonfly together and Painting :)

Today we put all the pieces of the dragonfly together and it looked great. We also chose colors we wanted to pant the front and back of the wings. The colors we chose are all bright bold and give off a happy vibe which you would usually feel when walking into a garden. The colors were Rosy Blush, Bold Yellow, Lime Cocktail and Tangy Orange. Btw the dragonfly is massive if you couldn't already tell :) To the left you can look at the colors we choose. (not the purples)

Color Choices

The color choices we have for our wings are Rosy Blush, Tangy Orange, Lime Cocktail and Bold Yellow which are all bright and bold colors. When painted together they give the wings a fun and jubilant look.
For the legs I would like to use oranges and golds to bring out the purple in the wings since they are complimentary colors. But if we were to bring some of the purple to use in the legs I would want to use the darker purple so they contrast heavily.
The following things will determine how our dragonfly will turn out:
Opacity- the degree to which light is blocked.
Tint- the mixture if color with white which increases whiteness
Hue-the degree to which a stimulus can be described as similar to or different from stimuli that are described as red, green, blue and yellow.
example:

Phase 1: Cutting and Creating the Dragonfly

We cut out the animodule of the Dragonfly, designed by Terry Brewin. Sanders, routers, razors and saws were used today. (Rob was doing all the hard work with the mechanical tools)

Color Palette

Art Nouveau Pics

Art Nouveau Borders

Art Nouveau

• a style of art that originated in France
  
• women were often drawn in this style
• dragonflies are considered and icon for this style of art
• it started in the end of the 19th century
  
• click here for Wikipedia Art Nouveau link