Lesson 19/5/10

Today I did some more research on what to do for my painting and I also looked for some inspiration and ideas for it. I haven't come up with many ideas for it yet so I will keep researching however, now I am deciding on whether I should do a surrealism painting or a surrealism collage as it may be easier to find quality images or symbols than draw them. With more research I will be able to determine which artworks will be easier to understand and have more images or ideas to choose from.

Lesson 5/5/10

Today's lesson wasn't as productive as I had hoped. I worked out my time schedule for the project and made a document that mum can sign to say that I have actually done what I said I would do! I decided that I am not going to do my painting mostly using aboriginal symbols as they are quite hard to find however if I can find some that are relevant to my project, I may consider using them. Also without an explanation of the symbol no one will know what it is, making my painting not have any sense to them. So thinking about it, my painting will make more sense without the use of aboriginal symbols, however my painting may be a surrealism painting. I will also use aboriginal colours mainly red, black and yellow to show some symbolism.

Time Allocation

The time recommended for this project is 20 hours or more. With this in mind, I will allocate 4 hours for research, 4 hours for the mini report that goes with the painting and 11 hours or more if necessary for the painting. I will keep track of this time by writing down in a table when I have worked on the project, how long I worked on it for and which part of the project I worked on. I will get my mum view what I have done and sign in the table.