Fine Art Foundation Degree

SUPERSTITIONS I wanted to explore superstitions as part of my project because they can be a comfort for people after the passing of someone. I spoke about some examples on the memories & comforts page.  Sometimes it can be seen as a symbol rather than a superstition; ravens for example are a symbol of death & misfortune. This is due to their dark appearance, croaking call & their diet of carrion. In stories they act as phychoprompts, connecting the material world with the spirit world. If a Raven visits you, some people believe it means you are in need of some kind of guidance. It depends on which way you choose to look at things, a lot like people saying a black cat crossing the road is good luck/bad luck. For this first piece I used a reference photo I found off Pinterest & sketched it out then places a circle round it to give a background. I wanted to use charcoal to start with to create a more expressive piece & to help show movement & flow as it’s easy ...

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.  PRIMARY IMAGES For this project I needed to gather imagery as a primary source of things that are important to me & things I correlate to people I've lost. These were all things I found at my grandparents house that have been there since I was little & have memories attached to them. My grandma collects teddy bears, she keeps the tags on them & places them on display all around the house & most of them were brought by my grandad for anniversaries & birthdays as they're something she loves. The grandfather clock is a sentimental item that's been passed down in the family & was a comfort when I slept over as its ticking would send me to sleep. Flowers are related as that side of my family own a gardening & design business which was started by my grandad.  PLANNING PAGE: This is a page on all the ideas I had of pieces I could produce including smaller details like the colour, possible style choice & layout as a whole. Th...

 EXPERIMENTING To begin my personal project, I created two rough charcoal pieces with the intention of showing emotion attached to loss through body posture & facial expression. I chose charcoal as its an expressive media & is good for sketching as its easy to change & adapt when mistakes are made. It keeps the drawing loose rather than uniformed & precise which is good when presenting strong emotion like in these pieces.  The first piece is of a woman on the floor cross legged, looking as though she's holding herself together amidst a breakdown as my focus at this point was the feelings experienced after losing someone. The awkwardly scrunched over position gives a cramped & uncomfortable & isolated feel to the piece.   When doing charcoal I like using straight lines to further express the emotion I want to portray in the piece. It also makes the piece look less uniformed but mixes well with the curved lines that form the body. The background cont...