---Material and Medium: blue acrylic, water, blue felt tip,
crafting knife, different cover sizes, glue stick
I added a lot of water unto the page and blue paint and then
carefully moved the acrylic around trying not to create a brush mark. This was
to connote the clouds. I then used a different sized circle outline to draw
another circle and then used a crafting knife to cut through it. After this, I
stuck the cut out picture unto the blue abstract. I thought this was really
interesting as you could not see any empty space. The colour that I used for the
abstract was vibrant and mixed well with the sky. What was really intriguing in
this piece is the fact that you do not know where to look at; whether to look
at the picture or the abstract. When doing this piece I made it obvious that
parts of the picture was missing which I thought went well as it is proved my
point about mental imagery. I liked the whole idea about combining the two artist’s
style together because it made the piece baroque in my opinion. To improve this,
I could have added some blue on the pictures to make it look as if the blue is
removing the memory from your mind. What I would do differently is change the
shape of the picture to a rectangle instead of a circle to see the difference.
I was also thinking of using cardboard to make the image pop out and make the
buildings seem lively.
For my second experiment, I started adding abstract onto the
page but this time it came out even darker and so I added some white to create
the sky. The hardest part in creating this piece was spreading less blue across
the page which was out of my control since I poured the water on the page first
making the paint travel across the paint. After this, I stuck the cut out image
which was in the shape of a rectangle and placed it unto the abstract. I also
added cardboard beneath to make the cut image stand out whilst putting the
middle and the outside image flat unto the abstract. I thought this was
unsuccessful mostly because of the abstract as it looks like a river instead of
a sky. Also, the abstract looks too simple with not much detail. I think the
images cut were cut out too small and should have been cut a little bigger so
that the abstract would look less plain. Instead of painting a few clouds I
could have painted some more and see the outcome. Using the cardboard at the
back of the picture was successful as it plays with the viewers mind making
them wonder about which rectangle is coming out of the page. To change this, I
would do exactly what I did not like from this piece and try and change it to
how it is supposed to look like- learning from my mistakes.
The Third experiment I thought went well because I used a lighter
blue and added more clouds. In my opinion, this still looks like a river
instead of a sky, so for my next experiment I will try adding more different
shades on the clouds. However, this experiment looks more like a sky than the
last one. Following Michael Tompsett’s style, I added ink to make the abstract look
more expressive. I tripled the piece of cardboard that I had placed under the
image so that it came out of the page more. I thought this was successful
because of how the image is part of the abstract and a huge piece of the
picture is taken out connecting to “mental imagery.” I did the same thing for
my fourth experiment but lost a little control in making the abstract less
heavy and dark. This time instead of making the buildings and the picture pop
out of the page I made some parts stick flat unto the page which again played
with the viewers mind.
Whilst doing this experiment, I noticed that there was a
smaller abstract piece within the piece. I tried re-creating this little abstract and
was excited when re-creating this as I found my new technique. The technique
was to dab my paintbrush with paint onto a piece of paper. This technique really
makes the clouds look realistic but at the same time abstract relating to
Michael tompsett’s style of abstract. I wanted to create a new sketchbook
focusing on this new technique I found so I tried refining it as I think this
would work well for my final piece.
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