Repetition & Movement (Exercise 3)

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Week 3 (Topic: Repetition and Movement) - Watercolour or pastels

Repetition

Repetition refers to one object or shape repeated; pattern is a combination of elements or shapes repeated in a recurring and regular arrangement; rhythm--is a combination of elements repeated, but with variations.

Repetition is an object, form, or figure that is repeated.

 

To get an idea of the effect of repetition in an artwork, look at the illustration below. There appears to be two boxes.  In the first box, there is one colored circle. The second box is overflowing with multicolored circles, so many that they cannot all be contained within the box.

 

Here are some examples for repetition artwork:

For my repetiton artwork, I took some inspirations from some surrealism paintings below.

I decided to do my painting that is inspired by this sort of artwork because I have never done anything like this before and I just wanted to try something new because I think surrealism is a really cool art style.

Here is my very first sketch that I did

Then, I ended up rearranging the entire drawing for my final sketch because the teacher told me to. She told me when it comes to repetition every element in the artwork does not necessarily have to be sized and placed accordingly as long as they are still the same elements so the outcome looks way more dynamic.

Finally, here is the final result after I am done painting it using watercolors

Movement

Movement shows action and creates a feeling of motion within a composition. It also serves as a guide to direct the eye from one element to the next. An artist controls and forces the progression of the viewer’s eyes in and around the composition of the painting using eye travel. For instance, the eye will travel along an actual path such as solid or dotted line, or it will move along more subtle paths such as from large to smaller elements, from dark to lighter elements, from color to non-color, from unusual to usual shapes, etc.

Examples of the Effective Use of Movement

Movement in this painting is created in several ways. You see it as your eye travels from the little girl on the blanket and moves up the stairs. You will also see repetition in color. The color of the building is very similar to the blanket the child is sitting on. In addition, the stairs create a repetition effect.

Repetition creates the movement in this painting. The color of the gowns is repeated leading the eye into the painting. The pattern on the floor also creates repetition. You also get the feeling of movement created by implied action.

The first idea for my movement artwork is to paint a crying anime character. Basically, all the wavy lines that you are seeing in the picture below is supposed to create a movement that drags the viewers eye to the character's face.

But then I changed my mind and decided to draw a real human face instead because I was come to realizing that I am actually going to use watercolors for the artwork so it should be easy for me to achieve the desired outcome. Let's get real, the second sketch that I did for my next artwork is a lot more interesting anyway.

In case if you are wondering, the person that I am painting here is Billie Eilish. I try to make her head move from the right to the left so, that is why the head on the right side is kind of distorted and blurry because I try to make it look like it is moving.

This is what it looks like before I added some final touches

Finally, this is the final result for my movement artwork :)