Vintage Sketchbook Project Evaluation

Vintage Project Evaluation

I chose to focus on the 1950’s because I found the fashion of the time as well as the actresses ascending stardom to be some of the most influential looks/ people in the industry throughout history.

Mainly, for my research in this project, I used images from Pinterest and from then on found the websites they were sourced from, through Pinterest to use as my references. As for information, I preferred to gather information that I was sure held more credibility than websites like Wikipedia. I chose to focus on the fashion aspect of the era toward the end, due to my interest in that specific area and he creativeness that began to develop from that time, onward in the fashion/make up industries.

The main cultural influences within my era (based on what I focused on) would be The Civil Rights Movement as well as various Hollywood actresses and their movies that still hold fame today (E.g. Marilyn Monroe- Some like it hot and Audrey Hepburn- Sunset Boulevard) As for The Civil Rights Movement, it has clearly impacted upon how we treat each other in the 21^st century.

I have chosen to look at Andy Warhol (Pop Art), Lucienne Day (Textiles) and Mary White (Textiles). The main art movements would most likely have been Andy Warhol’s Pop Art as it is featured so often today in interior design, comic book art work as well as other artists creating celebrities’ portraits in his unique style.

 Andy Warhol:

 

  Mary White:

 

 Lucienne Day:

I have used mostly acrylic and water colour paints in my sketchbook, as well as the occasional pencil colour sketch, cardboard cut outs and various patterned cloth. I used the cloth specifically for the fashion aspect, as I wanted to add unique pages for this area as opposed to being restricted to only 2D sketches of my ideas. Also, by using a cardboard cut out to introduce the famous movies and actresses area, it appeared more dramatic and bold.

I have considered presenting my annotations in a more creative way, I have incorporated them into my art work pages, instead of continuously writing them along the back side of the pages, making them appear less interesting.

I feel that I have handled my time management well for the most part, but as deadline day drew closer, I had begun to pick up my pace as opposed to the beginning where I had taken a lot of time on a tiny aspect of the page and that one page would have taken up a few lessons. So, as the time was running out, I created pages more focused on information, with the occasional sketch to accompany it. I am satisfied with my pieces of art within my sketchbook, but am not satisfied with it as a whole. I wanted to experiment more but was not confident enough to take risks with different Medias and methods, especially with having a deadline and numbered amount of pages within my sketchbook. I didn’t dare waste more time or resources.