Papercut - Catch

Papercut - Food Hall

Papercut: Arroyo

Papercut: Artist reference - Dali

Name the different ways that the Artist reference is used in this work. Point out specific areas of the work that support the ways you have named.

The FTPSS Art Programme 2012

To those of you considering pursuing Art for the Upper Secondary levels, this website helps you see the processes you will undergo and the expectations for final work. You will learn to make coursework. Coursework is a long term, in depth study and development of students' aesthetic skills and abilities. You will be expected to create orginal & unique work that express your own opinions. Infused in our programme are also Art History and IT components. Scroll through the 2009 blog entries to see a sample lesson on Papercut.
Should you have any questions on the Art Programmes at FTPSS please look for your Art teachers for a quick chat. We welcome all interested students!

Adjusting the final Composition

Even after you have cut the main portions of the work, you are not happy with the background, what can you do to adjust it? You can do 2 things. You either add or subtract elements to the background or use colour.

You need to have a soft copy of your papercut in Photoshop.

Delete the parts of the papercut you don't like. Next think about what you want to add to enhance your work. In this example, elements have been added to the back. The circles emphasise the hand movements and make the top half even heavier to make the Kung fu feat seem harder and more amazing.

When adding colour, the colour is used very sparingly. By using lines of colour, the depth and 3D effect is enhanced. When a big patch of colour is used, the work will flatten again.

Creating the Papercut Image

After last week's lesson, a common question asked was how to simplify a realistic pattern for filling in the white bits? Firstly, you need to do a pencil drawing. Close observation is needed. Once you understanding the surface tension of the object that you are drawing, you can use Lines to replace and mimic the flow and rhythm of the original object. Look at the 2 samples below. The left shows the original drawing; the left shows the ink drawing where the creases on the monk's robe are simplified into spirals.