7/04/2017- 09:56
Firstly, I looked at all the pictures I took from the London
and New York’ trip. I drew buildings so that I could relate to mental imagery
and skylines representing the memories I have from the marvellous trips I went
on. The important thing was that I did not use all the buildings in the
photographs so as to accurately represent a memory as memories are never
perfectly exact. Furthermore, I drew famous buildings such as; The Empire state,
the statue of Liberty, Big ben etcetera. When drawing the buildings I made sure
that some were drawn from a low camera angled shot- inspired by the
photographer I am studying, Ansel
Easton.
7/04/2017- 10:05
To begin with, I cut out buildings from an A1 piece of
cardboard and laid them out unto another A1 piece of black cardboard. When
doing the layering process, I made sure that the tallest buildings were separated
from each other on the page, so that the shapes look balanced on the cardboard.
Also, I made sure that the shapes did not touch each other.
24/04/2017- 11:22
To begin with, I cut out buildings from an A1 piece of
cardboard and laid them out unto another A1 piece of black cardboard. When
doing the layering process, I made sure that the tallest buildings were separated
from each other on the page, so that the shapes look balanced on the cardboard.
Also, I made sure that the shapes did not touch each other.
I then started creating a decoupage by layering cardboard on
top of each other. I used a glue gun to stick the cardboard together
overlapping more than five cardboards.
25/04/2017- 15:13
To begin with, I cut out buildings from an A1 piece of
cardboard and laid them out unto another A1 piece of black cardboard. When
doing the layering process, I made sure that the tallest buildings were separated
from each other on the page, so that the shapes look balanced on the cardboard.
Also, I made sure that the shapes did not touch each other.
I then started creating a decoupage by layering cardboard on
top of each other. I used a glue gun to stick the cardboard together
overlapping more than five cardboards.
25/04/2017- 15:28
To begin with, I cut out buildings from an A1 piece of
cardboard and laid them out unto another A1 piece of black cardboard. When
doing the layering process, I made sure that the tallest buildings were separated
from each other on the page, so that the shapes look balanced on the cardboard.
Also, I made sure that the shapes did not touch each other.
then started creating a decoupage by layering cardboard on
top of each other. I used a glue gun to stick the cardboard together
overlapping more than five cardboards.
Learning from my refinements
I wrote about in my blog posts, I started painting with white acrylic unto the
cardboard before painting my technique on top of this in blue acrylic.
When painting my
technique unto the cardboard statue of liberty I struggled. The reason for this
is because the shape kept moving out of place making it hard for me to paint
over it (the other shapes moved around too). To overcome this challenge, I
stuck the shapes unto the cardboard so that it would be easier for me to paint
on them.
I decided to layer my technique unto the cardboard touching most areas of the piece in order for it to look busier.
I then used black thread and dipped it into white paint. After
learning from refinement eight, I decided to flick the thread unto the page for
my final piece. I then dipped the thread into blue paint and flicked it onto
the cardboard.
25/04/2017- 16:11
I then used black thread and dipped it into white paint. After
learning from refinement eight, I decided to flick the thread unto the page for
my final piece. I then dipped the thread into blue paint and flicked it onto
the cardboard.
25/04/2017- 16:22
When using the sponge technique, I dipped it into the water
first before dipping it in the blue paint. I then poured some water unto the
cardboard creating a fluid texture.
25/04/2017- 16:36
Finally, after I filled most of the space on my abstract, I
applied dust from white chalk unto the piece creating a fantasy atmosphere in
the abstract.
24/04/2017- 14:49
I painted the cardboard that created the decoupage black. I
realized that the black camouflaged very well with the background of my
cardboard. This was an excellent result but I wanted the viewers to see the
construction of the piece as much as I wanted the decoupage to be camouflaged (I
explained why I wanted the construction of my piece to be seen in one of my
refinements).
26/04/2017- 09:46
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Using chalk to exaggerate the painting.
26/04/2017- 10:07
When I finished with my abstract, I started sticking acetate
over some buildings and drew over other buildings in pencil. Drawing with a pen
did not stand out as much as drawing with pencil on black cardboard- this is
because the lead in the pencil comes out as grey which is obviously lighter than
the colour of the cardboard.
Evaluation:
In my opinion, I believe my final piece was very successful
as I have achieved all of the goals that I endeavoured to achieve in this
piece. When looking at this piece, you can see some of the buildings -mostly
the church- camouflaged into the background. I thought that was one of the most
interesting things about this piece because the piece differs depending on the
angle you look at the piece from therefore creating an illusion in your mind. This
reminds me of the movie “inception” as the buildings look as if they are
spinning around. This connotes a dream like I explained in my refinements. I
really liked the sponge technique I used because if you zoom close to one of the
buildings, for example the “Big Ben,” the way I controlled the sponge created
interesting shapes that look like spirals. For this reason, and others too, when
looking closely at this piece there will always be an interesting abstract
seen. I think the black cardboard went very well with my piece because it made
the colours from my technique and abstract stand out. A white background is too
bright to ignore, but using a black background diverts all attention off the
background and to the painting on it. I would have preferred to use a bigger
piece of cardboard so that the painting is clearer and more of my abstract can
be seen- this creates even more effective moods for a viewer. Furthermore, I used
the colour blue and black because the two colours coordinate together creating
a dreamy effect. Also, the black background showed that the memories were
vague.
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