Pain and Fear

 Above are two images from my Russell Mills inspired photoshot.

I wanted my images to express emotion and movement whilst inkeeping with the style Mills uses.

 

 

Sketchbook

 

These are page's from my personal sketchbook. Here i chose to look at the artist Russell Mills. I liked the way he used big brush strokes to create the idea of movement.

I began my own experiments using acrylic paint and pastels.

I also produced a photoshot in the style of Russell Mills.

Soldiers Boots

 

Here is my detailed soldiers boot drawing using pencils and graphite sticks. When creating this piece I paid close attention to the light and dark tones in order to make the drawing look 3D.
This piece is one of the drawings i produced as part of my AS Art coursework.

In Action

 

This piece is one of the three I made as part of my final piece for my AS Art exam project.
This is the second jigsaw i made, the idea behind this was too explore a soldiers life whilst in action.
Within the piece I included drawings and paintings. I wanted the piece overall to look burnt, like it had been in a fire to represent the soldiers lives degrading. I painted the jigsaw with black and white acrylic before placing it under a Bunsen burner to create a smoked effect. The decision to make the piece inside a jigsaw was to represent the idea of their lives becoming jumbled and slowly become lost as the war goes on The piece also represents the lives of other citizens involved, the burnt effect shows what the conditions were like after an explosion or fire.

Experimentation

As the end of my A2 Art coursework draws to an end, I have begone experimenting with ideas for my final piece. Previous to experimenting i began creating some online visual sketches and plans so i could show my tutors my intentions for my piece. I began scanning and layering my work on photoshop to create a blurred effect as my project is all about how objects slowly lose their beauty as time goes on. For this piece i experimented with different media such as acetate and oil paints, so i could see how effective it looked visually.

The idea of working on a A2 piece of glass arose when I thought of how my artist Takanori Heria's work was displayed in the Wellcome collection. His work was trapped between two sheets of glass so I wanted to incorporate this into my work. I have enjoyed working on photoshop, it allowed me to change the sizes and almost blur my original drawings when layered, like a camera on slow shutter speed.

Over all i found the experiment and photoshop very helpful in terms of preparing for my final piece.

Here is my final sketch of what i want my final piece to look like.

 







 

 

This painting is a reproduction of David Poxon's door painting. He is one of the artists i considered when looking at layers and texture. I began experimenting with string and tissue paper to outline the dark areas. After I was happy with the outlines i had created i began to paint using acrylics. I had to be careful when mixing the colours as i needed to make sure the colours blended well together.

After the research task on David Poxon was over I went home and produced a further study. This one being in water colour paints and pencils. I wanted to experiment and see which material provided more detail and effect for later reference. When working with the colour pencils I found that I was able to add more tone to the wood grains on the door.

This is an acrylic painting inspired by the artist Wilhelm Sasnal. This piece of work is part of an independent project that i worked on at home. The idea behind the piece was representing war
and fear. At close look you can see the hidden symbols within the explosion that represent different beliefs and cultures. After looking at Sasnal's work I did a photoshot trying to replicate the facial expressions.

This is a reproduction of the painting 'Portrait after rodchenko, lady' by the artist Wilhelm Sasnal.
However I chose to work in a different media. The artist has chosen to work in oil paints, I on the other hand wanted to work in acrylics as I wanted to explore new media.