Development Of Identity

As part of my last project I developed my previous theme of 'Identity' I chose to concentrate on the idea of how people are judge by there appearance and decided to show how the reflection of a lense could demonstrate different sides of someone that may not always be seen. This project was shorter than the previous titles so I didn't manage to finish this one to the standard that i would have prefered.

My main piece was done on a small thick piece of wood using arcylic paint, generally I foung that working with acrylic didn't come as natural to me as most people.

Here are a few images which influneced my piece, I liked how the image uses the colour to connect the two head. This is how the introduction of the lense came in, I tried to capture in my photos the disformation create by the relfections in the lense to try and create a similar effect.

This was a copy of an image that I found from the internet which reflects the sterotypical model which demonstrates what women have to try and live upto due to the pressure.

I looked into famous pictures and people that were concentrated around beauty

This also demonstrates other photographs that I looked into, ones in which show reflections using different materials, but I also thought about developing my idea into how beauty may cause disturbing thoughts in our minds which could be represented by a cold small boxed room.
This is a copy of an artist who paints in the style of pop art. As my piece was in a similar style and around the same subject this helped support my idea of beauty.

Art Exam

As part of my course I had 2 days to complete a piece of art work under the title SANTUARY. My idea originated from the idea of how humans rely on there family and friends to make them feel safe. I then looked further and developed my idea by considering those who don't have anyone other than themselves to rely on, considering what they may turn to to try and hide from the truth such as drugs and alcohol. This is where my idea originated from. I decided to look into the lives of the homeless and street life.

My main piece was done all in black/ red biro on paper, to create a worn and used look I stained the paper with coffee and sprinkled some of the granuals onto wet areas and let it run.

As part of my prep work I decided to do etchings as this would demonstrate a skill which would support mybiro work. After realising that I made the mistake or incorrectly writing the "Change Please" the wrong way I decided to cut this out and print again, this then created a stronger atmosphere and allowed the piece to look more lost and lonely with the blank space.

I decided to experiment with a coloured beer bottles with certain angles from the light to create different reflections through the glass.

Above are my prep sheets demonstarting copies of artists work such as Picasso during his blue period and the general development of my work.

Life Drawings

As part of my course I took part in a few life drawing classes. Each drawing was done in a 45 mins. This was my first life drawing that i did, generally i was quite proud of this and it shows the features of the shoulder blade extremely well. This drawing is my favourite, I particularly like the intricate detail on the elbow.
This was the most difficult position that i had to capture as i stuggled with trying to create the realism of the pose. I like this drawing as it captures the details of the muscles well. However i think the shading looks too blocked. In this drawing the detail around the neck is correct but generally for the rest of the body i dont feel i captured it as well as other poses.

Self Portrait

Here are some pictures from my art book. I looked into specific artists which i thought would reflect the project self portrait, these consisted of Andy Bush whom drew detailed views of the human eye. I also looked into pop artists such as Roy Richtenstein who used bright bold colours to create cartoon like images.

Onwards View- flower design didn't go to plan. Wasn't very successful.

Biro drawing of a face, dissappearing into the background.
Close up of a face using threshold as an affect-wasn't very successful on this type of material.

Side View-Material used-Modrock, biro & colouring ink

This was my first experimentation with brusho inks
This was my first attempt using a material in which you scratch into to make an image. The scale was quite small so i struggled to make detailed lines accurately in order to make a clear image.
This was a copy of the human eye from Andy Bush, I was fascinated how the immense amount of detail which Bush put in, in order to create the realism of the human eye.
I researched into artists such as Roy Litchenstein as my piece used blocked colours I aimed to try to get my piece in the style of Litchenstein but using composititons like Morris.
This was experimentation with wax resistance and brusho. As a whole I think this isn't a very strong piece as it was just an experiment but demonstrates the various materials that I used.
This was my first experimentation with acrylic paint. When looking back at this I realise that the potential is there but I still feel that it isn't my strongest point.

This is a copy i created from a section of William Morris's piece.

This was a composition that i created as an optional idea to the modrock eye.

Identity

This project was based around the theme Identity. I spent a long time thinking of ideas, and decided to look into the demand in pressure for women to look beautiful.

My piece was done one a large piece of pine wood. The material which I used was acrylic paint in order to catch the vibrant colours. My piece is all about beauty and our personal image.

I tried to use different angles to create a more model like image

Here is a flirty image demonstrating confidence

These images illustrate what women stereotypically care about and would like to look like. They show beauty, confidence and style.Here is a compostition i did in my art book demonstrating possible ideas for the project.

I decided to look into the negative impacts of beauty and found an artical that discussed the main issues

I looked into famous drawings and did a copy of Audry Hepburn

I tried to stage photographs with a more model like feel to them
After the inital project i wasnt confident using acrylic paint so was interested into doing sillhouettes to avoid having to do the intricate detail on the human face.