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.