For this group I decided to try and focus a little on Kandinsky's colour theory, using primary and secondary colours to see how they would affect the structure, and the mood of the viewer as well and how they would play in the form of the building's, so how the reds and oranges would play in the softer structures and the blues would play on the harsher ones. I think for this one I might look at making the buildings more detailed for my second round of thumbnails, and also using stronger colours for the sharper buildings and pastel colours for the softer ones, as they create a more relaxed feeling.

for this I decided to try and experiment with colouring my thumbnails and seeing how adding colour can affect how the buildings come out, as I have found that some of the designs that I find interesting fall flat when I eventually add colour to them. for these designs I didn't concern myself too much with colour and emotion with these batch, I just wanted to see how colours would affect the buildings and how the colour would stand out and make them appear.

Wassily Kandinsky PPT by Odette on Scribd

For the first page of thumbnails I decided to look at height comparisons, seeing if I wanted the hero prop to be more bigger and prominent compared to the rest in the set or how I can differentiate it if it was the same height, while still keeping it similar to the others. The rest are more extreme examples of the opera design, looking at different shapes to see how that could affect the portrayal of movement within the buildings.

Carrying on from my first set of thumbnails, I wanted to try and focus on my hero prop, while still keeping the designs from my first thumbnails so the buildings wouldn't be too different. For this batch, and for my initial design I want my hero prop to be an Opera to carry into the theme of music and the symposia. The initial design although comes from the Globe theatre, because I liked its wide round design and open roof that I felt made it more inviting and open to allow the music to flow out and affect the rest of the set. I looked at different designs including the Globe theatre, as well as the Paris opera to see how different designs are used for the same purpose and how they fit to their environment.

 I decided to start composing my thumbnails on pencil and paper because I found that I draw more loosely when I am using a pencil, I decided to use this method to come up with some simple building designs, taking into consideration my understanding of Kandinsky's style and features before I decided to continue on developing something more my own. I wanted to capture a rhythmic style within the buildings, making them warped and bendy to make them feel alive to link in with Kandinsky's symposia and his combination of music and art.

Wassily Kandinsky by Odette on Scribd

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