Assignment 6 Part 1: Archive Portrait Research and ideas

 Part 1: Portraits

    I chose to do portraits of my grandparents because they mean the world to me and I wanted to incorporate more emotion into my work. I only have a certain amount of photos of both my grandparents, because I lost the majority of photos in the 2013 flood. Unfornutaly I have two grandparents alive and they have been having a difficult time, so I wanted to create an artwork for them to cheer them up. Some of the photos of Nanny and Papa, my other grandparents, are from a calendar my aunt made in honour of them, as they both have passed away. I wanted to create artwork for my Nanny and Papa to honour and to cherish them. 

Grandma and Grandpa Metcalfe 

John and Caroline

My mom Rhonda and Caroline

My mom Rhonda, Caroline, and  aunt Heather 

Nanny and Papa Frondall

Fred and Edna

Papa Fred

Me and Edna

Part 2: Anything other than a portrait 

    I would do the same amount of drawings as portraits. For this archive, I have to create drawings that are not portraits, so I chose to do flowers, record player, skull, mountains or any other landscape, trees, and fruit. I was also thinking of creating an archive of architectural buildings or the still life of a teapot, teacups, plates, and spoons. Since both grandparents are from Saskatchewan, I would connect some pieces of Saskatchewan to my grandparents.