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.

IN LIFE. IN ACTION. IN MEMORY

 

I worked in both pencil and paint when creating this piece of art as part of my AS exam unit.

I wanted to produce a piece of work for my unit that expressed what life at war is like.

My unit explored the struggles of a soldier through pain, fear, memory, weaponry and personal possessions.

However, I wanted this piece to sum up what a soldier risks for the good of his people and county.

I designed the background using dark water colours and sand paper. I also chose to keep the overall colour palette muted as i wanted it to represent the conditions at war.

I wanted the piece to send a message to the audience through the use of powerful images and colour. 

 

 

 

Here is my tonal drawing and development piece of the muscle man.

 

 

After researching into the artist Laura Ferguson i decided that i wanted to create a piece of work that was similar but explored deeper layers of flesh.

 

I began with a simple tonal drawing of the muscle man, picking out the detail.

 

I then began to think about an appropriate background.

 

Rachel Goodyear uses marbling to create her backgrounds so i began to experiment with different marbling inks until i found a colour that was both masculine and light. I then copied the image onto the paper creating my own inspired piece.

 

Here is a reproduction of Rachel Goodyears' fallen tree

 

Here is a piece of work I produced as part of my artist development section for my AS coursework. I chose to look at Rachel Goodyear's work as i was captured by her use of detail and the concept of death. The colours were also captivating and accompanied the concept perfectly. I then began experimenting with my own images to see what interesting combinations i could find. I decided that i wanted my work to represent the struggles that hold us back in life, and therefore the idea of body's and skulls being tied up within the roots represented the idea of struggle.

Here are a few of the pieces I created, a combination of pencil drawings and fine liner.

                                                   Here is my detailed drawing of a chair.
This was one of the first pieces I produced as part of my A2 coursework 'Beauty slowly fades'. I paid close attention to the shading and tone of the chair as i wanted to keep the 3D effect.
Next I had my drawing heat transferred onto a piece of canvas fabric as I wanted to combine my work with the artist Amanda McCavour. I began to sew into the fabric, picking out the outline and the dark tones.

In the end I chose to display the back of the fabric as I like the fragile outline, representing something that has began to lose it beauty and slowly fade away.

Here are a selection of palm paintings that I produced when exploring the idea of layers. I began with water colour, paying close attention to the colours of the flesh and the way the skin curved in order to get the brush strokes in the right direction. Next I worked in black and white acrylic to highlight the dark and lighter tones. In addition to these two pieces i did a third. This piece was created using tissue paper, wall paper and string to develop layers. Again i paid close consideration to the colours and direction of the palm in order to make the piece effective

This piece was inspired by the artist Gerhard Richter. I love the way he creates beautiful pieces of art by dragging the paint across the canvas with a squeegee. This piece is part of my development process for my coursework. My idea is personal and explores how objects slowly loose their beauty as time goes on. Here the dragged paint represents movement and time. For this personal project I chose to use objects that are personal to me, so the use of warm colours gives the piece a more welcoming feel, while still in keeping with the concept.

This piece of work was made when I began experimenting with nail varnish. I chose to use colours that were bright and powerful. I wanted the back ground to look more like the butterflies wings, while the butterfly itself looks like the grass and the sky.