>My aim today is to do my abstract piece on a larger
scale than my sketchbook and make the decoupage expressive by layering
repeatedly.
Firstly, I took two cardboards and started cutting out
buildings. I took one of the cardboard pieces and started drawing the outline
of the buildings. When
drawing the buildings I made sure they were popular buildings from either New
York or London. I then added my technique before applying the abstract
with a sponge. I made sure that I added a lot of black and blue paint around
some of the abstract following what I did in my ninth refinement. I then
started drawing over the cut-out buildings and made sure I left some spaces in
my drawing “to look as if the buildings are vanishing within the abstract.” I
used normal acetate instead of the transfer technique for just one of the
buildings because I do not want many buildings to be clearly seen. I then
started doing the decoupage technique, following Alexander Korzer-Robinson’s technique, and I
layered cardboards on top of other cardboards. Finally, to add some final
touches to my piece I used a sponge and covered some of the white spaces in the
background in blue to make the building more camouflage. I then added some
paint over the acetate so that it could blend in with the painting.
How is My Work Related or Similar to Alexander
Korzer-Robinson?
Our work is really similar to
each other’s because we both layer materials to create a story- in my case
buildings pop out of the painting. Our pieces are similar because we make a
story come to life by layering a lot; Alexander and I only use one to five
layers of a material to create a story. Using my way of creating a decoupage is
more interesting in this type of piece because the distance of the buildings
trick your mind’s way of thinking- linking to “mental imagery.” I also like
that you are able to see the layering behind the building when looking at the
painting from a different. In Alexander’s case, it would be hard to see how he
created the decoupage because the material he uses makes his buildings not to
“pop out” as much. When looking at how I created the decoupage, it reminded me
of New York. The decoupage reminded me
of when I entered the lift and saw how the empire state building was built on a
video on the ceiling. I think leaving this visible construction in my piece
would be a good idea as you can relate to images in your mind and how we create
a memory (by joining pieces of a memory you can remember) and at the same time
the construction of buildings.
I thought the piece looked very interesting as the buildings stood out of
the painting very well rather than being flat on my sketchbook. I also really
liked how some of the buildings, for example Big Ben, are camouflaged into the
paintings which worked really well. The idea of adding my technique first
before the abstract painting was a brilliant idea as I knew exactly how much
space I had left and could figure out where I wanted to paint the abstract. Although
I do not want some of the buildings to be camouflaged, so that the skyline is
still visible, I still want more than two buildings to be camouflaged. To do
this I will have to look carefully at the background and the buildings and make
sure the background is filled with paint and there are no blank spaces left. I realized after “refinement ten”
that the cut-out buildings left shadows behind them, which was interesting to
see when standing close to the work. For my twelfth refinement, I am
going to take onboard what I endeavour to change and do so but on a black
background.
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