Created in my year 11 art class, this painting composed by acrylic paints on canvas portrays a young girl masked by materialistic clothing to make herself seem older yet prominent physical features continue to symbolise her youth.
The main component to the overall finishing of this work was to add emphasis on mixing multiple colours together to create contrast. The varied colour palate has taken into account the shadowing present on the face and hair, to highlight the physical structure of the child.
I selected a friend to pose for my painting, taking a photograph of her which captured a vibrancy of colours amongst varying lights. Gadise, was adopted from a young age and lives with her parents and adopted brother and never fails to be bouncing around with energy and continuous laughter.
Tama Art University Library
Tokyo, 2007 by Toyo Ito & Associates
This Library, located in Tokyo, has been uniquely designed to create an area of relaxation and an educational learning space. The open design plan allows for space to unwind with it too being a communal area to work cohesively or individually. Designed with multiple curves and arches, this library is considered to be a high level of architectural success due to its unique concept and structure. The building has an area of 2,224 square meters with it being 2 stories high and constructed using both steel and concrete. The library has many large glass windows allowing for natural light to the interior and provides a view of the campuses garden scenery.
Darjeeling, India, 2017
This photograph was taken in early December of 2017, while I was on a school trip around India. Although the trip was purely based on visiting our international sister schools to help out, a short 2-day trip saw us 2040m above sea level in a small town in India’s West Bengal, called Darjeeling. The town is situated close to the border of Nepal meaning the snow-capped mountains in the background are the renowned, Himalayas. Although Mt Everest can rarely be sighted from Darjeeling due to weather conditions and location, the mountain in the centre of this photograph is named Mt. Kanchenjunga and is amongst the world’s highest peaks.
Whilst the large mountains and greenery in the background show the enormity of nature in the region, the bottom half of the image reveals the tight living conditions which when seen up-close appear significantly run down and aged that of which is vastly different to how we live in Australia.
