Fine Art Foundation Degree

 My focus during this project has been predominantly on showing life & death contrasts trough artwork. I have shown this through drawing & painting skulls & living animals (the cat skull, the human skull, & the hare, the statues). The process of the work & choice of media can change the meaning & the emotion presented in the piece. This is something I studied throughout my project whilst experimenting with different media’s. For example, the use of charcoal when drawing the flower paper & wire sculpture I created gave the impression of the flower dying. I also used harsh lines which shows the flower petals hardening which is a part of the process of them dying. Another example is the use of biro in my first statue drawing, as biro is an easily accessible media that is normally used for writing or loose doodles, whereas I used it to draw a detailed & smooth statue which shows we can make something aesthetically pleasing using a basic medium. Another c...

After creating pieces that link to life & death, I wanted to create some pieces containing statues. Statues hold a firm link to life & death as they are sculptures of people (often those with power or a had an impact on history) who once lived so that people in future generations can continue to share the history of the person. I find this interesting as many statues seem to have quite soft facial features, although we know people don’t necessarily look like that. Meaning in these art forms, we replicate the people in a less detailed way, but they still hold the beauty, power & emotion of the person. This links to the paper & wire sculptures I created, as they both are a deduction of a real life form into artwork, capturing the essence of the living thing in a less precise way.  Earlier in my project I produced a drawing of a grave yard statue covered in leaves, as our topic is  This was a drawing of a face I did, whereby I attempted to use geometric shapes ...

This is a drawing I created of a cat skull, using fine liner & black acrylic paint. To do:  -talk about skull thingy beforehand - artist link - evaluate drawing - development  - big version, include colour choice  - choice of paint, development / process  - artist link again -evaluate 

Today we were learning how to make phonograms which are images created without using a camera. To do this, we put objects onto photographic paper, which is a light-sensitive material, and then exposed it to light for a short period of time. We then place the paper into a developer liquid which makes the paper to darken where the light has hit it, causing the objects to show up white. They’re then put in water, & then a fixer which removes the green excess chemicals & makes the image last longer. These photograms create a black & white image of whatever is on the paper, which looks slightly similar to an X-ray image. I did two experimental photograms, using chains, a plastic skull, a light bulb, a lighter, a necklace, nails & pegs, & a film photo. I did this to see the different outcomes produced when using a mixture of opaque, transparent, & translucent objects. Some objects need a shorter time period exposed to light than others. To work out how long objects wo...

 

 

Finished Drawing: Original Sketch: I created a fine liner drawing of a hare by merging reference pictures together that I found on Pinterest.  In my original sketch, I drew the skull of the hare just above the head, joining the skull & the hare together with gestural lines with the aim to connect them like string or torn skin. This idea I found was weak, as the skull took away from the hare. The hare itself was stronger on its own as it showed motion & looks alert. When drawing the hare, I used a mixture of crosshatching & directional line to build up tones, shadows & texture. This was much less time consuming than focusing on each individual hair & still created an image that looks like a hare, without the need to be realistic or detailed. I took a less neat approach to continue the appearance of there being movement & liveliness. I feel this drawing represents both these ideas well through the media & technique, however the drawing by itself is too pla...

For this page I produced drawings of mushrooms, using water colour, biro & acrylic paint. I wanted to explore mushrooms as they vary in form, shape & colour & thought it would give me better understanding of how to show depth when drawing plants. It also showed me how to connect & overlap these forms in a natural & unforced way.  In my work I normally stick to black pen drawings, but in these I wanted to use colour so I used watercolour as I like the more muted tones. Bright colours I tend to drift away from, however, watered down colour makes each mushroom look more individual & unique. It separates them from one another. Another thing I like from these drawings is the subtle variations of texture in the mushrooms, such as smoother tops have smoother lines that go in one direction, & rougher tops have small circles & drips. As I had finished the texture of the mushrooms, I felt they still looked flat, so I added white acrylic paint highlights to the...

 

  This is a piece I created using the reference picture above that I found on Pinterest. A statue I felt was a good link to the topic of Fabricated Nature, as it shows a man made form that represents a natural living being. Statues are created to teach us about history & beliefs, some of which linked to religion. These statues hold deeper meanings & stories that can be passed on over time to other generations. Not only do they tell stories, they show emotions through body language and facial expressions that help push forward the deeper meanings behind the work. The features of the faces on these statues are rather smooth, soft, & youthful, more so with the sculptures of women. Women and children are often presented as angels, which captures the societal views at that point in history. Male statues are often presented with strong muscular bodies & more defining facial features. I want to continue my work with statues & develop this idea further. To do this I wil...

In my usual work, I predominantly draw precise and detailed artworks using fine liner & biro. I wanted to steer away from this by creating wire & paper sculptures that help me explore form and replicate it in a looser way. By making paper & wire sculptures, I was able to see a less detailed and pretty version of a real life object. By drawing from these sculptures, I then created drawings presented in a more expressive way as I could only see the basic form & details of the plant.   These wire sculptures opened my mind to creating 3D forms & sculptures, as I really enjoyed using few basic objects to create a replica of a more detailed real life object. This task pushed me to draw without hyper-focusing on tiny details within the plant, and instead focus on creating shape & depth on a more simple level.  The flower is my favourite one of the two sculptures, as it shows more of a dynamic form due to the way in which the petals bend in different ways, much...