Evaulation - Map Project

At first, I found it difficult about what I needed to do for my Map Project, but then I found it clear that I had to produce a range of design ideas that inspired me through the Whitechapel Gallery were on my Piet Mondrian tree diagrams, Josef Albers’ Photoshop work, Kasimir Malevich’s black and white squares Photoshop work, Richard Long’s special awareness task and my own version of Wassily Kandinsky’s final piece.  

My first thoughts on receiving this assignment brief were quite boring in my opinion. This is because I was given a task to create my own version of a map, which isn't really being creative, but it is anyway because for more than one map that I was inspired by Keith Coventry and to be honest the designs wasn’t as great as I thought it would be. I had to create a wide range of design ideas. I collected some information from different artistic views and I put it in my own words. Some of the researches I took for e.g. Yakov Chernikov architectural designs were quite dynamic; the media that he uses is acrylic paint, the straight fluid lines that he creates whilst he painting is quite astonishing.

I found that seeking and handling the information was quite difficult because when I needed to find the specific information for each one especially from Keith Coventry, Keith Coventry work was all about expressed during the balanced and the neat language of modernism.  He uses color on his work by creating the main bold efficient colors including the three primary based colors which are Red, Yellow and Blue and he uses monochrome colors in his work including Black and White. He creates a lot outline and negative spaces in his work, and with images which he gets his inspiration from human society. What I gained by looking at his work was the satisfaction of creating my own version on Keith Coventry's final piece on society.
He has mostly produced a lot of beautiful geometric shapes which he designed; it took me quite a long time to find some of the information I needed.

To be honest, before I didn't think my designs would be high quality, but then at the end, I was more than satisfied with some of my designs which I put more quality into. On the other hand, I do feel that I could have improve some of my work to a high standard like improving every single mistake that I have committed on my Wassily Kandinsky final piece, I spent a lot of time mixing my own colors, especially with the grey, I found this to be a time consuming exercise that I didn't particularly enjoy however the final outcome was great. From the experience of making this piece of work I have learnt that perseverance is really important to ensure a high quality outcome.             


Before we started our task, I was finding it difficult to pick my designs because some of them were simply not good enough, then I had to create better new designs for my final piece. I planned out each of my designs and I picked out the best planned out designs which I used for my map project. The techniques, process and materials I use are three primary colors and those three colors to produce secondary and tertiary colors by using acrylic paint which I used to paint my own Keith Coventry map.

I think during my time at GCSE level, it was easier because if you didn't understand what you needed to do, you will be provided with a lot of help from your teachers to assist you. However, at the moment BTEC Art and design Level 3, it's much harder because there is a lot more work given to you by more than one teacher, mostly I have to work independently on my assignments that are given to me to do.

If I had Extra time, the changes that I would make would be to spend a lot on each map design at a time. I just completed my work on time. To me, I think I rushed one of the planned map design and my final piece.