Artistic explorations: Geometrical shapes (2)

My previous article about Kandinsky was not enough to do him justice, so last week I browsed the internet to see what other professional and amateur artists have made that was inspired by his work. As mentioned before here, DeviantArt is a fabulous social network for all kinds of artists and is my main source to get ideas for my new projects. Here I found that one of the members was inspired by Kandinsky's "Softened Construction":

© Kandinsky

DeviantArt member FractalEyes then created his fractal interpretation digitally:

© FractalEyes

And this is my own interpretation after seeing the digital interpretation of Kandinsky's work:

© Fenfolio 2011

Gouache, collage and indian ink pen have been combined here on watercolour paper (A4). As everything was done manually and in a time limit (art class), the lines are a bit crooked unfortunately, but this study project has taught me a lot about composition!

Artistic explorations: Geometrical shapes (1)

Last year I shifted my focus from photography to painting and since then I have immersed myself in a new creative and personal journey of experimenting with various mediums like acrylics, ink, pen, pencils, crayons, collage, natural material and techniques to create certain effects. During my art course at Gray's School of Art this year, one of the requirements was to create a visual diary; notes about artists and artwork that inspires me, notes about exhibitions I have been to and reflections on my own artwork. Although this visual diary is in paper format, I'd like to share some of it with you here, in particular my own artistic inspirations and explorations.

My aim is to post articles within this theme on a regular basis. I will give every article a number because I expect certain subjects will return in my artwork. You can easily find all articles in this new theme by clicking "artistic explorations" in the Category box on the right.

Wassily Kandinsky (16 December 1866 - 13 December 1944)

 

 

 

 

 

 

My first introduction with Kandinsky's work was through a blank postcard I got for free via a gallery. I was a young teenager and thinking about going to art school in The Netherlands. Instantly I was a big fan of the Russian painter and art theorist, who is credited with painting the first modern abstract works.
During an art course I did in 1989 to prepare for my application, I learned about etching and played with  some geometrical shapes. These were first drawn and then cut into the unprotected parts of a metal plate with acid.

© Fenfolio 1989