Unit 1 Summative Triptych

Questions

1. The first panel on the left represents my culture and religion. There are many pictures that represent symbols of my religion and culture. There is also a picture of the school I go to, representing my education, relating to religion. There is a picture of myself wearing a costume for an Indian type of dance called Bhangra. This represents my Indian culture. The panel is at the front of my triptych because it is the biggest part of my life.
The centre panel represents the music in my life. There are pictures in the panel of the two instruments I play: the violin and the tenor saxophone. There are also many music notes, which symbolize the amount of music I play and the difficulty of the music. The music panel is in the centre of my triptych as it is the next most important thing in my life.
The right-most panel represents the sports I play in my life. There are many sports I play, but this panel highlights the main sports that predominate my life. This panel also shows the sports I play at school by the picture of the Crescent School soccer jersey in the top-left corner of the panel. The rest of the pictures are pictures of the sports I love to play a lot. These sports include soccer (shown by a cleat), table tennis, and basketball. These are the sports that I play all the time.
The three panels in my triptych make up who I am by showing the main aspects of my life. There are many other aspects of my life, but I could only show so much in this triptych.

2. I used the element of line in this triptych by arranging all the pictures in each of the panels according to the movement of line throughout the triptych. There are curved lines in each panel of the triptych. If you look closely, you can see that the curved lines are connected and balanced throughout the whole piece. In each panel, the pictures revolve around a line in a set path. The words and the photo in photos are aligned in contrast to each other, creating a balance.
The element of texture resides in my piece. There are pieces in the picture that seem to be rough and ragged or smooth and soft. The contrast between the rough and the smooth creates a unity and balance throughout the whole piece.
Colour is a main focal point in my triptych. There are a variety of colours that prevail throughout the whole piece. Each colour dominates a whole panel of the triptych. Even though there are great differences in coulour in each panel, all the colours match with each other and they create a balance.
There are many shapes in my triptych that create focal points for viewing. There are abstract shapes and there are controlled shapes. These shapes may be different, but they are distributed throughout the piece evenly with each other. This creates unity, contrast, and balance throughout the piece.
All of these elements in the triptych make the triptych work well altogether. These elements also make each panel of the triptych work well by themselves.

3. One area of strength in my triptych is my centre panel. All of the pictures in the panel are blended together very well. They work well with each other. All of the music notes move along the instruments and the general lines of the piece in a controlled and ordered manner. Each item in the panel is distinguishable with the contrasting colours and the stark effects. I feel that this panel is the strongest part of my triptych because the panel works as one image and all of the individual aspects are clearly visible. The panel accurately displays my love for music.

4. The right-most panel of my triptych needs attention, as not all of the aspects are visible. There are not many contrasting colours in the panel; everything is mainly dark. You cannot distinguish many aspects of my sports. The panel also stops the pattern of the flowing colour throughout the piece. The panel could be improved with a variety of more colours, brightness, and contrast. Effects could be added to make the panel vibrant as well.