PROJECT 2 EVALUATION

ARE YOU AN ANIMAL OR A BUILDING?

 

For this project the research I did, was on what kind of artist Peter Clarke was, and he is mainly a college artist but he also works with wood, leather and glass. After I researched who he was and the type of work he did, I then looked at his work and the pieces which he has had in exhibition. He influenced my final piece by his colourful use of collage which fit with my animal which is a chameleon which blends in with its background, helping me use the mixed detail to create its camouflage effect easier.

My first mood board was looking at me and what is important in my life; this was to help me gather ideas on what animal I could do. The next mood board was a study on Peter Clarke, recreating his art pieces with a collage, using magazines, cardboard and parcel paper. Next I created a mood board on my animal looking at its qualities. My final mood board was a collage of my animal which again was used with different materials in different colours using magazine articles to create the distinct Peter Clarke style. We also created a 3D cardboard cut-out of our animal which was also collaged.

Throughout the project I used PVA for the cardboard cut out of my animal, Cardboard, print paper, magazine paper (mainly used for the collages), brusho inks for the background, coloured pencil and fine liner to high light key images or detail.

There wasn’t much of a health and safety use, but when we used our craft knifes we would have to use cutting boards and we would have to watch our fingers when using the knife.

My strengths were colouring with coloured pencils and cutting pieces out to fit the collage outline. I had some issues sticking the collage pieces down as the glue would get everywhere with both a glue stick and PVA. If I were to do the project differently I would have took more time and more thought into my work and avoided rushing my mood boards because I’ve redone them as I did not think they were up to standard which has caused me to do extra work in the short amount of time given.

I believe the collage effect went really well getting the colours for my animal and it created an outstanding look. Looking at Peter Clarkes work has helped me create a better idea of my work not just using coloured paper but also map work and articles to make it stand out more.

I could improve my attention to detail as on some parts of my collages I have gone over the outline making it look un-neat and rushed.

I would’ve managed my time much easier if I’d have not redone so much of my work due to being unhappy with my work. I have managed to finish at the deadline as most of my work has been re-done at home or in SOLE. I believe we could have had more time to ensure our work was at a better standard and could be improved before handing them in.

FINE ART WORKSHOP 3

In this workshop, we created a painting from water colours of a montage of objects which was placed together. Then we did an acrylic painting of the same thing basing it on Matisse art work. We used the primary colours, then secondary colours with a minimal amount of tertiary colours.

FINE ART WORKSHOP 2

IMPASTO

In this session we finished off our work from last week looking at colour changes and complimentary colours. We alap did a full board portrait with tints and shades on. Then we started a new board which is looking at a particular style called Impasto which is where you thickly paint and use a palett knife to create this. A contemporary artist I looked at is Nanda Palmieri.

FINE ART WORKSHOP 1

COLOUR WHEEL

In the first fine art workshop, we looked at the colour wheel. We looked at the primary colours, blue, red and yellow. Then we looked at secondary colours, which are two colours mixed together primary or tertiary. Tertiary colours are primary colours three different colours mixed into one. We also learnt about monochrome which is different shades and tints of one colour to black. Tints are primary colours mixed with white and shades are primary colours mixed with black. Iridescent has a pearly look which shines and usually has more than one colour to it, these colours are found on beetles and is the colour of petrol. We also did a board on complimentary colours.

CERAMICS WORKSHOP 5

Continuing from our last session we began to put an undercoat of glaze to add colour onto the pinch pots, coil pots and tiles we made.

CERAMICS WORKSHOP 3 & 4

In this workshop we made a small animal done by using a pinching technique to make two bowls which are then stuck together to make a ball. This is hollow so we had to put a hole in the  ball so it doesn't explode in the kiln. We made small vases by using this pinch method too.

PROJECT 1 EVALUATION

 Throughout my first art project, I have learnt many different styles some which I knew others which I didn't, for example one of these was cross hatching. I used and applied media to my work by using photographs to capture images around the workshop. I then used these images in textiles which were photocopied and drawn over by cross hatching repeatedly over the image. We printed these images onto materials. We also did Sgraffito, which was where we used a bottom layer of Oil pastel and a top layer of black paint mixed with washing up liquid, to scratch out an image of a still life object.
 I think some of the backgrounds were very effective, one I personally liked was the newspaper and black card, the reason for this is because it defines some parts where in others it doesn't making it very different and unusual but easy to do, it works best with coloured pencil.
Using other tools helped me to gain an idea of what styles and what tools I am better at using to do mark making, one that I really enjoyed was Sgraffito and another was Brusho inks as they were very unusual and stood out to my other pieces of work.
My Sgraffito 'scratch' drawing was very effective as I could create shading without having to use different tones which means the image/object stood out very well. Putting different colours on the first layer had great effect on the scratched image. However, it was hard as one mistake could not be erased so you had to take much more care and thought into your work as it could not be reversed.
I don't think there was much time and effort needed for the homework and I don't believe it linked very well with the things we were doing in class, the homework seemed to be to show the styles you already know and what you can already do. I spent enough time on these pieces but I believe I didn't elaborate enough.
I believe I've increased my Cross hatching skills have improved as its new to me and an easier way to shade. My time management was okay for this project any work I missed I either finished in SOLE or at home, mainly at home.
I believe my work that I have produced is the best that I can do within the time given, with more time I believe it woud be better but only slightly to add more detail.
I cannot think of any other mark making skills which I need to explore, but I believe my art could be very different with new styles.
The project was okay, it was an easy step from High School as it was a project I believe I would have done in Y11.

CERAMICS WORKSHOP 2

COIL POTS

In this session we created coil pots. We used ling strips of cylinder clay to put on a base which we used a knife to make a circle clean cut circle with. We got the coils and curled them around the base and blended them. We ensured it was a stable by using cross hatching on the cylinder parts, to the base. I did two of these in this session.

CERAMICS WORKSHOP 1

In this workshop we started making tiles and pots which were linked to the work on our mood boards. We began by adding patterns onto the tiles and then creating different gradients on the tiles, this was done by using different tools and objects.
Then when we finished it was to be put for the Kiln.
The pot shown in the picture is in link with the pot within my mood board.

TEXTILES WORKSHOP 3

PRINTING

To begin, the last session of the 4 (one I missed and am following up in this session) was press printing patterns onto the material from the last session. These patterns were mainly photos that we had used for the last workshop. We used fabric paint to put on the materials.
Next we began to sew and add extra materials, for example buttons. We used separate materials and patterns to create an A4 sized sheet.

TEXTILES WORKSHOP 2

FABRIC MAKING

At the beginning of the day we began to make fabric using fabric fiber.
The things we needed were:

Towel
Bubble wrap
Fabric fibers
Washing up liquid
Warm water
Detergent
Thin wire material

Boiling water 

A Bowl 

With this we would get the fabric fibers and layer them over eachother in thin amounts. Then after we cross layered the fabrics we used the thin wire material and place it over the fabric fibers then use the warm water which should have washing up liquid in and dripped the water over the wire. After this, when we had layered our pattern or symbols on, we soaked the fabric in the warm soap water and then rolled it into the bubble wrap. We rolled the fabric for 4 mins, then we turned it 90 degrees and redid this method to streath it out evenly. When this was completed, we wrapped it into a material and placed it in boiling water. 

BATIK 

We used methods from the previous session to draw previous patterns from our other pieces which we then used brusho ink to add colour to the paper. Some of the materials we used were cotton and silk, we did basic trials on a strong paper. 

We then got some material and put a coloured background for the next session in textiles. Some of these we tie dyed or just painted. 

TEXTILES WORKSHOP 1

BATIK

In the first session of the 4 week period in which I am doing textiles, we had to create patterns with wax on paper and fabric. The purpose of this was so that when we covered the material/paper with ink the wax would not absorb the wax leaving a pattern out despite being covered in colour. We could repeat this on the same sheet to give different coloured backgrounds and different sections to the wax. Once the sheet was completed you would use news print to go over the ink to take away excess, then we would use the news print to iron the fabric/paper to smoothen the wax into the sheet.

FABRIC PAINTING

in the second section to the first session we then got pieces of material and painted with a special paint designed to stain into material and with this we created our own pattern. We also used a type of 3D outliner, which looked a lot like henna, to create an added effect to our work.