Brandl,+Jenna-Cyanotype



Alice Cazenave: One of the first images that was made from a process called Pelargonium Printing. She first used a leaf for the image then she placed the negative background to make the leaf the main point in the painting. ““The Pelargonium process essentially uses the leaf as photographic paper”, Cazenave says. To create the images, a negative is placed on top of the leaf and left overnight to expose. Light flows through the transparent areas in the negative, affecting the leaf surface and producing starch. Dark areas of the negative protect the leaf from exposure to light, and so remain unaffected.” - [|__http://www.bjp-online.com/2015/09/alice-cazenave-how-photography-is-just-like-photosynthesis/__] Compositional techniques were never mentioned in the creating of this cyanotype. But as I can see there is a horizontal line where the wood is and even though it is in the middle of the picture it still is pretty cool because your eye goes straight to the photo of the person’s face on the leaf. Elements: Some of the elements within this piece include the shape in which the leaf is the main focus and shape so the face can fit inside of it. Then there is also the texture within the wood and leaf and the face that really brings the picture to life like you could actually go out and find a leaf with a face on it. Besides the color being different it is really cool to see how the colors work so well together that in the end it makes a really cool piece and it just represents the artists concept really well. Principles: Within this picture there was a lot of rhythm and balance that also combined with the harmony and emphasis of this piece. The rhythm and balance take place in the colors working well together to create a unique and very flowing piece of work which also draws your eye to the main focus of the piece which is the leaf in the middle with the face. The way the harmony fits in is also with the color but it also goes with the shapes in the picture. In this picture the uniqueness of the leaf really gives a cool shape to the picture and then within the wood you can see the detail and texture which makes the piece look like it’s really full of nature and you can’t get enough of the nature around you. The emphasis though is what really shows me the idea and concept behind the piece the artist explains on the website the picture is linked too. It really shows that when someone is gone they still will live in the everyday objects around us just like this little leaf that can be blown around in the wind to find a new place to go to start a new story.



John Herschel:

This is the original created by John Herschel in 1842.^^^^^
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This cyanotype is usually printed on special chemicalized paper that after exposed to light through a dark material the image will soon appear as a different color and come out as the print. According to the website above these two chemicals may include, “Potassium ferricyanide and (2) Ferric ammonium citrate (green). Too much potassium ferricyanide in the solution will lower printing speed; too little may cause the blue color to bleed into the lighter areas. Basically equal volumes of the two solutions are used.” Within this piece of art the artist used leading lines to draw your eye across the piece to each little leaf in the print. Elements: Some of the elements in this piece really refer back to the shapes within the piece from the leaves, the space in between each one to take up the whole composition of the piece, and there is a lot of texture to show the individual pieces of each leaf and stem that goes off from the middle. Principles: In this piece there is a good movement, balance and contrast which I can see the movement is when your eye carries to all of the small pieces of leaves in the print while the contrast and balance play together that the color is well balanced with the contrast of different values of the same color used.

 David Johndrow

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This print is made from a chemical paper with two different kinds of chemicals which will transfer the printed images onto the paper. In this artwork David Johndrow used glass objects to show his concept and the detail within each type of different bottles. David also uses lead lines to direct your eye to each edge and detail within the piece of art. Elements: In this piece of artwork David uses a lot of texture that can be seen from the different shapes and patterns of the many bottles. He also has a good concept of form that makes the bottles fill the print and makes this print a cool piece to look at. Principles: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline;">Also within this print there is a lot of movement between the shapes of all the bottles and the designs within each one. There is a good balance and variety of the shapes used that make a cool contrast to the piece and a good harmony/unity that makes the piece a perfect cyanotype print.