Time based media- live sketchbook

Today we had to develop a live sketch book. we stared off looking at Matisse and other artists, where he uses silhouettes to create his drawing,  we decided to do an interpretation of his work. So we rolled some long strips of news print on the floor then we laid on the floor and drew round each other in funny positions to create a linear drawing. After we did a full size model we then had to scale it down onto A4.  when we did that we then had to mould wire around the linear drawing for our base, then we made lungs, eye, heart and a brain, out of thinner wire to put inside our  wire models. we observed through the window and did stop motion of drawing the landscape so it looked like we drew it really fast. 

Mark making

I used objects to create different patterns to paint still life.
For example, fingers, blue role,
Clips, sponges, end of paint brushes ect.. i didnt enjoy doing this. Also did quick pencil drawing

Expressive painting

Crockery on a table, 1900. I used red, yellow, blue and white to paint still life in a expressive way like henri matisse. My favourite part of this work is my skull. I like the colours. Im not a fan of this style but it was fun to try. I dont think i could make it look any better

Experimental portrait project evaluation

Experimental portrait project evaluation.

For this project I decided to produce a self portrait because I thought it would be easier to do as I know more about myself than others. From the other project I used techniques such as sgraffito, coloured pencil on ink and mono printing. I attempted to use sgraffito on my eyebrows and on my eyes but it didn't work very well so instead I used it in the bottom corners of my page by putting down oil pastels first and then painting over the top with black acrylic mixed with washing up liquid, I scratched in some words to describe me and then a drawing on the other side, I don’t think this was very effective or interesting. I think my mood boards turned out okay, I like the variety of media I used but I feel they could have been more creative, as they are in other projects. I am not impressed with the turn out of my final piece because the proportions of my face are all wrong; I painted my mouth too small. The sgraffito went wrong on my eyes and eyebrows because I forgot to put oil pastels under first.  I like the fine liner and water effect and also staining paper with a teabag. I don’t like my writing at the top I think it’s too crowded. I like how I painted my lips and my hair but I don’t like that my lips are too small. So overall I don’t think it is an effective piece of work. There is room for a lot of improvement. I thought I was managing my time well, by getting everything in on time but still rushing in the end to finish. I feel that I tried my best on everything through the whole project, but I don’t think they are the best mood boards or final piece I have produced. I enjoyed some parts of the project like critical study and copying their paintings. But I didn't enjoy drawing myself and trying to use different Medias to put it together. I don’t think that portraiture is for me. 

peter Clark

Peter Clark

He collected paper wrappers, picture cards and comics as aa child, so in a way collage found him, collage is representative of his career path, as it tuck over his illustration work.   His work is coming together with his skills of graphic design, lustration, TV graphics and animation. He spends hours going through flea markets, car boot sales, paper sales carefully choosing to get papers that have character, new printed papers don’t have integrity, and every piece of paper has its own integrity, character and history. He intends to bring these together; any piece of paper that appeals to him from pavement glitter to collection pieces is a legitimate target.  He looks for bruised, battered, stained and torn and pieces that have been touched by life.  He is influenced by other artist one of which is Warhol and there’s many more. He also liked Japanese and Chinese calligraphy.  

Final idea

I chose my best parts from both mood boards to create my final idea. I used different scales & mirrored effect with the lamposts to be more creative. I also used different coloues & medias. I used oil paints, watercolours, coloured pencil. I like the colours i have used & the effect of paint running down the page. I also like the simplicity of my design.

Visual sheet 2

My second visual sheet i took things i liked & multiplied them in different colours & sizes to create a more interesting pattern, i used different medias such as watercolours, oil paints, soft pastels, coloured pencils & fine liner & water.