freedom evaluation

I began with a spider diagram of all the possible ideas I could have done one freedom, then I did a smaller spider diagram at the chosen aspects I wanted to look at as a whole on freedom which were, movement- such as dance, and wind. Mind- letting go, trapped, prison of false thoughts, happy. Travel –gypsy, landscapes, stars, soul, mind, caravans. Nature- trees, leafs, birds, animals, air, rain, reflection, sky, life, balloons and strength. Music- Bob Marley lost in beat. Wind- hair blowing things moving. Art- seeing things differently, expression. Etc. from looking at all these different aspects I have always loved the idea of being free to travel but from a Romani point of view. So I chose this as my main idea, I did most of my research on the internet but I also went out and took photos of trees with mud paths to represent one of the images similar to an artist I like, and also to symbol nature and travel. I asked my granddad about gypsies and caravans because I have always been fascinated with them and he told me about his friend who had one.

Throughout my 63 pages I tried to use a range of media, but my main media is painting especially watercolour and oil paints. I like using these most because the colours blend well and you get a natural finish they are also quick and easy to use. The artist I used is Leonid Afremov, I chose him because his work is bright and colourful and I enjoy his technique of dotting and stroking paint on although I do this with a paint brush he uses a pallet knife.

I planned my final piece in my sketchbook, I did 3 paintings, two where fully secondary research but the third was primary and secondary which is the one I used for my canvas.  I used one of my photos of the trees with the mud paths for my primary research, and for my secondary I used a gypsy caravan I found on Pinterest. For my artist research I added blobs of colour into the trees to liven it up a little.

I have learnt how to stretch a canvas; the canvas I stretched for my final piece was 122x85, I chose this size because thought I would challenge myself and work on a large scale, also I thought that it would look better bigger, I don’t like working on a large scale because I find it harder to get all proportion right and knowing where to put things.

Overall I didn’t really enjoy this project; I felt it was rushed, unorganised and I didn’t like the size of our sketchbook because there wasn’t enough room to be creative.

I don’t think I have managed my time management well as i still haven’t finished for deadline, I don’t know what I would do differently as there isn’t more time I could have worked. I would need to do more research.

I have evaluated my work on my blog and analysed everything.