Landscape: Aboriginal Dot Painting of Uluru by Danny Eastwood. (Karlangu Aboriginal Art Centre, 2017) Appreciation and Appraisal My first impression of the dot painting of Uluru by Danny Eastwood, was just at the surface level. An impartial glance at the dots and waves that travelled through the painting without noticing that the space amidst the artwork that had been filled with great attention to detail which allowed the eye to move along the flow of the landscape. Upon reflecting and using the guided questions I then paid attention to the aesthetics within the use of patterns and rhythmic movement throughout the painting which gave it another dimension of depth and warmness. Danny Eastwood’s use of the dominate dark colours influenced a real feel of culture representing Indigenous culture of people, representing the giver of life and protector of the land. Landscape: Oil Painting of Uluru by Virginia McGowan (Bluethumb, 2017) Landscape: Charcoal Painting of Uluru by Roland Weight (Art Logic, 2011)
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While viewing a large range of artwork that captured Uluru, I noticed that each artist used a variety of materials, tools and styles to create their depiction of the same landscape. Some paintings included just red dirt as the landscape, other artist used the use of trees, grass and flowers to fill the landscape. The ones I chose for Art Challenge Two included, dot painting, oil painting and charcoal (sketching and shading). Even though each artist chose different methods and materials based on their own individual representation of Uluru, the picturesque landscape is still undoubtable recognisable.
The majority of the paintings I viewed, did not represent Ayers Rock on its own, the landscape of Uluru was included. I wonder, not just because of the stunning landscape that surrounds Ayers Rock, but if this was done deliberately to show how significantly large Ayers Rock is and this helps to reflect its size when shown against the landscape. The sky is also represented differently through the range of paintings, from being a clear blue sky with the sun beating down to a dark black sky filled with the night stars. One element that I noticed about each chosen artwork of Uluru was that each artist used the design elements of line, colour, texture and value to give Ayers Rock depth and texture to provide contouring effects within the rock. When creating my own representation of Uluru in 3D, I tried to use a few careful placed contrasting coloured blocks to create the same design elements to add depth and texture to Ayers Rock. It took me a couple of goes to work out how to shape the Ayers Rock using Lego Blocks to ensure I was able to achieve some height without making the top too narrow. I chose to use a dark background to reflect the night sky. |
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