FMP- EVALUATION

.Starting my final ever project within college, I began thinking of different ideas that I could focus my theme on; from landscapes to bridges to nature, but I wanted to make sure that I was confident within what I was creating. I knew that I felt confident when I create bright coloured pieces of art, using media’s such as inks and oil paints, so I decided that I wanted to focus my work mostly around this. I came up with the theme ‘Fantastic and Strange’- where I focused on creating pieces of colourful work in peculiar and unique ways. I felt happy with my choice of theme, as I knew that it would keep me interested and that I wouldn’t get bored in any way. Which is what I have written my 500+ word project proposal on, stating what I was going to research, what processes I was going to use and where it was going to take me.

To help support my theme, I researched many different artists that were all unique in a different way. This includes:

• ·         Patrice Murciano – who works in coloured inks.
• ·         Francoise Nielly – who works in oil paints.
• ·         Agnes Cecile – who works in water colour.
• ·         Marc Allante – who works in water colour and Chinese inks.
• ·         Leonid Afremov- who works in oil paints.
• ·         Emily Louise Heard- who also works in the media oil paint.

Out of all the artists I’ve researched, I feel that my favourite is Patrice Murciano, as I love how intense his use of colour is when he creates his work. I also like Marc Allante and the types of patterns he creates in the backgrounds of his work by dripping different media’s, which I created some samples of, using brusho inks on wet and dry paper to how it would turn out before I recreated his work within my sketchbook. I also created some samples, dripping Procyon dye onto different fabrics such as, cotton, calico and cotton- velvet, to show that I have used different experimentation within my work. I love the use of media by Leonid Afremov and Emily Louise Heard, due to the texture of their work; that their choice of media (oil paint) creates, as they both use it in such different ways. Leonid uses the media quite thick, whereas Emily Heard uses it very thin; so that it looks smoother, which I prefer. Not only have I researched some of these artist’s within my sketchbook, I have also created 2 artist research sheets on Patrice Murciano and Emily Louise Heard, using the same medias as the artists; so that I was able to recreate the same effect.

Throughout my sketchbook, shows not only my artist research but research from Pinterest, which I have recreated using different medias such as pencil, acrylic paints and coloured inks. With my Secondary research, I have been a little more creative; using pages from books as backgrounds, so that I was able to recreate drawings over the top to help add texture. I have also created a couple of flip page drawings, where I have cut out a drawing on one page; so that when the page is laid out, you are able to see the drawing that is underneath. Unfortunately, the first flip drawing that I created didn’t work as well as I had hoped, as I wanted to cut another piece out of the drawing, but I had forgotten that I had drawn something on the other side. Therefore, in the process, I ruined my other drawing and had to glue the pages together so it is now no longer a flip page; which is why I created a second one that turned out a lot better. I had also recreated some pop art drawings, in acrylic paint, from some primary research on 2 books that I had looked at called, ‘Pop art’ by Lucy Lippard and ‘Pop Art, Basic Art’ by Klaus Honnef.

 My sketchbook also includes some primary research of an exhibition that I visited in Huddersfield at my aunt’s café, by an artist called Zaffino. I have recreated his pieces of work using media’s such as, acrylic paint. His work was mostly photography, however he also exhibited a couple of his paintings, which I have recreated.

 I had also planned on visiting an exhibition in Huddersfield called ‘The American dream- pop to present’ where I would’ve been able to research a lot more artists, such as Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns. The exhibition focused mostly on print, so from my research I was going to create some of my own prints using lino. Unfortunately, I was unable to find transport that I was able to afford and I was also unable to find someone to go with, and I didn’t feel comfortable travelling to London on my own. Due to this constraint, not being able to get research for my prints, I decided to create a lino for my creative business cards; which I think worked really well. My design for this was large rose, which I really liked. All of the prints that I had created for my creative business cards were all of different quality, however I liked that they were all different, as it showed that every print is different. I also created my own stamp using Vistaprint, which included all of my details; and I placed this within a petal on every print.

Creating my corporate business cards, I decided to recreate smaller versions of my sheet work. This included images of my artist research sheets and design sheets, which I created on word so that I could add on my details. I created 7 different designs, so that I had a variety of different business cards to hand out at my exhibition. However, when I went to get them printed, I was told to come back later to collect them and they weren’t ready. I was then told to come back down a second time and they still weren’t ready, which I found a little frustrating as I wasn’t given a specific time to come back, and I didn’t want to fall behind. It was quite hard trying to create these as, once they had finally printed them out, they had only printed one side, and stated they couldn’t print the other side, as my writing was too close to the edge. This meant I had to re design me business cards to get them reprinted, thankfully once I had redesigned them, they came out perfectly, which I was so pleased with.

Finishing off my primary research, I used the photography studio to create bright and professional photographs, of my model Eve. I decided to focus on a person more than an animal or landscape as I felt that I had more research to support this. I took these photographs from different angles so that I had images of side views and front views, using manual settings to alter the ISO, butterfly lighting, continuous lighting and a beauty dish. I also used long exposure on my camera when trying to capture my images, so that you could see certain movements that my model was making, which gave me a variety of different ideas to choose from.

Once I had taken all of my photographs in the studio, I then used Photoshop to develop and alter my images, to make them bright, colourful and to try and give them a similar effect to some of the artists I researched such as, Patrice Murciano and Leonid Afremov, by adding different filters such as, canvas and oil paint; which showed what they would look like in different medias. I printed a lot of these photographs out on photo paper, so that I was able to present them as part of my exhibition with my final piece. I love these photographs, as I feel that they look really professional, however, some of them didn’t print out as good and aren’t as good a quality as some of the others. Some of these are a little blurry and others are partially cut off, as if they haven’t been sized properly, so I decided to use these as some of my samples.

I also used these images to create my design sheets, which I developed by using coloured inks. My first design sheet showed all of the images that I had taken in my photoshoot, including front view images, side view images and also some images that are capturing movements. My first development sheet showed all the images that I had edited on photoshop, by altering the hue and saturation and by adding different filters. For my second design sheet, I recreated one of my edited photos, using coloured inks, which I like as I feel that the colours look really eyecatching. For my second development sheet, I recreated another image using coloured inks, which I also really like. The difference between these two design sheets were that the colours I used in the second development sheet were a little darker and the ink seemed a little thicker. However, for both development sheets, I let the ink dry on my brush before I used it, on the parts where the colour wasn’t very bright so that it looked faded, and on the parts where the colour looked quite full, I used a lot of ink to make it look brighter. I also used black to help highlight specific parts on both of the design sheets to help emphasise the different drawings. 

When starting to create my final design sheet, I was unsure which piece I preferred to develop further. Because of this, I merged the 2 designs together to create one intricate design. However, instead of using the same media as my last design sheet, I wanted to see how the design would look using oil paints; in the style of Emily Louise Heard, to try and create a smooth finish. I preferred using this media on my final design, as I felt that it gave a more subtle finish.

I decided to create my final piece on A2 paper, which I am really happy with how it’s turned out. I scanned my first 2 design sheets and enlarged them, so that they were big enough to trace the outlines for my final piece, so that they were both sized correctly. I wanted to use the projector to do this, like how Patrice Murciano projects his work however, as my paper is stretched onto board, it would have been quite hard to hold and keep in place, while I traced over the outlines that way. Once I had done this, I cut around the outlines of the two drawings, as I did this on a seperate piece of paper; so that I wouldn’t have ruined anything, if I went over the lines on my final piece. This way, I was able to paint my background seperately on the stretched piece of paper, which created a smooth finish as I wasn’t trying to paint around the drawings. After my background was painted, and left to dry for a little while, I began to paint the two drawings, exactly like I did for my final design sheet, as I loved the effect it had created. I didn’t really have any problems with creating my final piece, I was just a little cautious with time, as I wasn’t sure if I was going to finish it or not.

If I had no time constraints, I would have created more primary research and found time to try and visit more exhibitions that may have been closer to me, so that I was able to get there. I would have also created more samples, maybe on canvas as if it worked well on canvas I may have created my final piece on this.

I could have used my time a little better, as I didn’t keep on track with some of my time management sheets, which made it a little harder to complete them as I had to try and remember what I had done day by day. I also didn’t complete as much as I had wanted within my sketchbook, which is what I would try and create more of if I had more time.

I used my blog very effectively throughout this project, which includes all annotations from my sketchbook, samples and sheet work, stating how and why I have created the piece of work. This also includes how I created my corporate and creative designs for my business cards.

Overall, I am pleased with how my work has developed and how it has created the outcome of my final piece.  I wouldn’t change anything about my project, except I would try and create more work within my sketchbook, and I am really pleased with what I have achieved for my final project at college.

FMP- CREATING CORPORATE BUSINESS CARDS

As part of my final project, I had to create 50 corporate business cards, and 50 creative business cards. When designing my corporate business cards, I decided that I wanted to have a design on the back too and not just on the front. I created 7 different designs for the front of my business card, and a design for the back of the business card, but in 2 different colours, so that I had a variety of different business cards to hand out at my exhibition. 
Unfortunately, when I had all my designs sorted to get printed out at college, there were a few difficulties throughout the process. I was first told to take my designs to the print room where they get created; on my memory stick. Once I got there, I was asked what I wanted doing exactly, I stated that I wanted 50 business cards all together ( a few of each design that I had created) and on the back I wanted any coloured design I created that stated what media I specialized in, and my blog address; so that clients were able to view my other work.
I was then told to come back in and hour to collect them, however when I came back my designs weren't put on the computer yet and was told again to come back down later, but I wasn't specified a time, which made it a little harder. When they were finally printed, I realised that they had only printed the back of the business card, which they wouldn't have told me if I didn't ask, when i realised what had happened before i walked out of the room.
This is what I was left with.
They told me that my writing on the designs were too close to the edge so they couldn't print it, and that I had to redo my designs, which they could've told me when I gave them my memory, but they didn't check if they were right.

 

Even the designs that they had printed out, some of them were cut off at the bottom, which meant that i had to get everything printed again. I then had to postpone doing this and complete my business cards the week after as I didn't want to waste anymore time and fall further behind.

 

Once I had altered my writing on my business cards, to make sure that it was nowhere near the edge. I had them re printed and they came out really well, as they were a lot clearer and looked more professional. 

 

I feel that my favourite design is the second one on the above image, as it is one of my own original designs, where as the bottom 2 are recreated versions of my artist sheets which I have created. I created more than one design for my business cards so that I had a variety of different styles to hand out at my exhibition.  

FMP- CREATIVE BUSINESS CARDS

 Once making my corporate business cards, I had to go into making my creative business cards. I decided that I wanted to create a lino print as I hadn't managed to create any throughout my project.  Once I had come up with a design, I began to carve it into my lino; but I wasn't sure which colours I wanted to use. I created some samples, using red and blue as I thought that they would contrast well.  Creating my samples, I felt that the blue didn't do the print much justice, so this is why I tried the print in red. I felt that the red was much more eyecatching, however I still felt that it looked too plain with just one colour.  

I decided to use both colours within my business cards, red for the Rose; as I felt this was the more dominant colour and would pull the clientele to focus on the middle of the business card. I then chose the blue for the background to try and create a water like effect. I had also created my own stamp using vista print, which I played around with a little on my samples, to see where I wanted to place my information. I decided to place the stamp in one of the roses petals so that it looked a little more interesting than just being placed into a corner. 

  

This is how they've all turned out. I created 50 of these however, each print came out with a different quality and don't all look the same, but I like how it's done this so I decided to use them all, as it shows you that every print is unique. 

FMP- SAMPLES

BRUSHO SAMPLES

(Dry  paper)- These are some of  the samples I created using brusho inks on dry paper. I wanted to practice this before I used it in my sketchbook, which I was using for an artist known as Marc Allante. As you can see they ran quite well, which I was really happy with, as I knew that it would work for my sketchbook, however I did want to see what it would look like on wet paper. 

 

BRUSHO SAMPLES- 

(Wet paper)- These are how my samples turned out when I used the brusho inks on wet paper. I only wet parts of the paper on these, which you can see as the ink spread out a lot over the page where it was wet and I don't like this, so I am really glad that I chose to use it on dry paper, as it doesn't create the right effect I want on wet paper.

 

PHOTOGRAPHY SAMPLES-

These are some examples of the photos I had taken within my photoshoot. Some of these worked a lot better than some of the others, as some are clearer and more effective. I quite like this one, as I feel that it shows the effect really well. It had a canvas filter on the image, to show what it would look like on a piece of canvas. 

This is one of my favourite samples, as it is really clear and I like the contrast in colour that it has on the image with the green, red and yellows. I also like the effect that it created, as I altered the hue and saturation quite a lot on this image. I feel that this is one of the better pieces of my photography, so I have had it printed twice so I can use it within my exhibition. 

 

This photograph would've worked really well, however for some reason when it came to printing, it had cut off part of the image so I was unable to use it in my exhibition. I wish that it would have printed out correctly on the photography paper as I love the movement that you can see within the image, and it would have been an example in my exhibition to show what the images looked like before I edited the colours within it.

 

I also really like this photograph, as I feel like it is something that you may see within some sort of music video. I absoloutely love the colours within it and the spotlight effect it has in the middle, however for some reason it doesn't look as clear as some of the other photographs I have had printed and looks a little blury, so I can't use this one within my exhibition either. Thankfully I have many more hat I am able to use that have worked perfectly.

 

PROCYON DYE SAMPLES-

(On calico) 

I really liked creating samples using brusho inks, and seeing the effects it created. Therefore, I decided to try and create some more samples like this using Procyon dye. This came out with many different effects, which I also liked. Trying to drip Procyon dye onto calico was quite interesting as it only seemed to fall onto certain places and seem to run off the piece of material. I also turned the piece of material round so that it caught more of the dye and so it seemed to run in opposite directions. 

 

(On cotton)

Dripping Procyon dye onto cotton, made a completely different effect than it did on calico. Instead of running of the page, it completely filled the piece of material. As the dye was spreading so much, I used different colours so that you could see the effect a lot more. This turned out really well and I think I liked this sample the best out of the three materials I experimented on. 

 

(On cotton- velvet) 

This material created a similar effect to the one, which was created using the material, calico. The only difference is this material seemed to catch the Procyon dye just a little bit more. However, I do prefer prefer the effect created on the calico as i feel that it looks a lot more effect as I ran the dye in different directions. 

 

FMP- HARVARD REFERENCING

Artistaday.com. 2017. Francoise Nielly - Paris, France Artist - Painters - Artistaday.com. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.artistaday.com/?p=13527. [Accessed 08 May 2017].

Behance. 2017. Behance. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.behance.net/niell. [Accessed 08 May 2017].

Concorde Art Gallery - The Artists - Patrice Murciano. 2017. Concorde Art Gallery - The Artists - Patrice Murciano. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.concorde-art-gallery.com/artistes/patrice-murciano-en.html. [Accessed 08 May 2017].

Eyes On Walls. 2017. Agnes Cecile – Eyes On Walls . [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.eyesonwalls.com/collections/agnes-cecile?page=7. [Accessed 08 May 2017].

Hi-Fructose Magazine. 2017. Emotionally Evocative Watercolor Paintings by Agnes-Cecile | Hi-Fructose Magazine. [ONLINE] Available at: http://hifructose.com/2013/11/19/emotionally-evocative-watercolor-paintings-by-agnes-cecile/. [Accessed 08 May 2017].

Leonid Afremov Bio. 2017. Leonid Afremov Bio. [ONLINE] Available at: https://afremov.com/Leonid-Afremov-bio.html. [Accessed 08 May 2017].

Marc Allante Art Portfolio | Gallery. 2017. Marc Allante Art Portfolio | Gallery. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.marcallante.com/portfolio. [Accessed 08 May 2017].

Marco Zaffino's Front Page. 2017. Marco Zaffino's Front Page. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.theveranda.co.uk/. [Accessed 08 May 2017].

white pop 2. 2017. white pop 2. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.patricemurciano.com/Pop_Grunge/white_pop_2.html. [Accessed 08 May 2017].

FMP- COSTING SHEET

This is a costing sheet of everything that I have bought to help me complete my FMP. There's not a lot that I've had to buy, as most of my equipment was still available from my last project. 

- Art kit - 75.00

- 50p per sheet of photo paper used- (17 photos printed) £8.50

- Drawing inks- 17.99 from the range 

- reeves oil tube set - 5.99 from the range

- royal and langnickel flat brush set - 1.99 from the range 

- White ink pen - 1.00 from the range 

- Derwent graphite pencils- 1.00

- A4 fabric samples - 1.40 

- vista print create your own stamp- 20.98

- A6 Lino X 1 - 75p

FMP - PHOTOSHOOT

For my development sheets, I wanted to do a photoshoot to help create some bright photographs by editing them using photoshop.

My class mate was happy enough to help, so I used her as my model as I felt that she was a very photogenic person.

I used different lighting equipment such as butterfly lighting and a beauty dish, then at the side of my model I had fill light. 

 This is one of the side views I had taken using an ISO of 1-600. I had a lot of fun taking these photographs as I have only ever done this in one other project 

My aim was to take photographs at different perspectives/ angles, both side view and front view. Once I had taken these photographs, I then went to photoshop and messed around a little, creating different and colourful effects; this was one of my outcomes, which I created by altering the hue and lighting and by adding an oil paint filter.

 

These are some of the other examples of the photos that I had taken during the photoshoot. The next 2 photos that are showing, were taken by using the burst mode on my camera with a fast ISO, so that I was able to catch my model whilst she was flipping her hair.

 

I then altered the vignette in a circular shape on the  image, so that it makes you focus on the middle of the image. I also altered the hue and saturation on this, like  the first edited image, as I liked the colours that it created on it. The next image is a better example of one of the burst images that I had taken, which I really like, as you can see the movement in the image better. 

 

 

I altered this image to have more purples than the last image, which I think works really well. I also added a circular lighting effect, which created the circles in the middle of the image. I plan on creating these as some of my designs sheets for my final piece.

FMP- BUSINESS CARD RESEARCH

First: 

I feel like this business card corporate than creative as I feel that it is too plain and doesn't have much detail on the design.

 

Second :

I really like this one, as it looks more like a creative business card with the detailed design on the front of the card, which I feel fits the type of artist well as it is to help show off a mixed media artist. I also like how the artist has used a quote at the bottom of the business card, which I feel is quite inspirational.

 

Third:

I don't think this one works as well as I feel that you shouldn't include your home address on the business card, for strangers to see. However, I do like the design that has been used as I feel that it fits the type of artist that is being advertised.

 

Fourth:

I understand that this business card is for a gallery dealer, however I feel that it is too plain, and if you were to pick out of so many business cards, it wouldn't catch your eye and you wouldn't choose to look at it. Also, like the one above, it includes their home address, which I feel shouldn't be on their.

 

Fifth:

I also really like this creative business, which I feel catches your eye. I like the style of the font and I feel that it has all the correct information on it, except what type of artist/ designer they are.

 

FMP- RESEARCH SHEET

Creating my research sheet,  I used images that I thought would link well with colour. I gathered these images on Pinterest as I found them really eyecatching. I used mostly water colour to create these drawings, which I really like, however I also used black ink to create the drawings of trees and the figure of the wolf. I wish that I had used black paint to create these as the ink turned out really shiny and you can see a lot of brush marks throughout the drawings, which I feel distracts you from the paintings. I do really like the effect that the water colour has created and I am really happy with how it has turned out.

 

FMP- DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT SHEETS

 First design sheet-

As I began to create my design sheets for my final piece, I based my first design sheet on the photographs that I had taken in the photoshoot I created. I chose some images that showed movement in the photographs, and some images that just show the front view or side view of my model, so that I had a variety of different ideas to choose from when I developed them. 

 

 First development sheet - 

I then based my development sheet on the images from my photoshoot, which I edited on photoshop, to create bright, colourful and eyecatching ideas. I did this by altering the hue and saturation on the images and by adding different filters such as, oil paint or watercolour. Some of these work better that others, as some aren't as clear. All together, I edited 18 of the photoshoot images I had taken, which overall I think work really well. I think it would have looked better if I changed the colours round a little more as a lot of the colours are quite similar on all of the images. 

 

Second Design sheet-

Once editing all of my images on photoshoot, I began recreating them in a media I thought would capture the designs well. I first decided to recreate a side view Image, as this was a little brighter in colour than some of the others. To create this I used coloured drawing inks, as they are quite vibrant in colour. I applied a lot of ink where the colour on the image was fuller, then where the colour wasn't very full, I let the ink dry on my brush so that it came of quite patchy in places, which I really like. I also did this on the hair so that it looked like there was light hitting it. I really liked the effect this media created so I wanted to use this again on another design sheet. 

 

Third design sheet-

Using the same media as my last design sheet, I recreated another one of my photoshoot images. This time, using a front view image instead of a side view. I chose to recreate this image as the colours were a lot darker and fuller than the last image I had created, which I thought would make them contrast well. Once again, I used a lot of ink in places where the colours were fuller and dry ink where the colours weren't as full, as I like how it turned out on the last design sheet. I also added a black figure behind the drawing to try and create a shadow like effect. I really like how these design sheets turned out, however I couldn't decide which I liked best to create and change for my final design, so instead of focusing on one design I decided to combine the 2 together and have both a front and side view drawing as part of my final design.

 

Second development sheet-

As I decided I was going to use both design sheets as part of my final piece, I wanted to try and create them using a different media to see if it would work any better or if it wouldn't work as good. I chose to use oil paint as I liked previous effects it had on work I had created within my sketchbook, which was based on the artist Leonid Afremov. Creating the design in oil paint, I used quite a lot of oil so that it would lay flatter on the page. I also felt that the colours contrasted too much together on the designs on the previous design sheets, so I decided to make the colours lighter, which I felt would make them look better at the side of each other. I used white to add highlights to the drawings and used black to add more definition to different parts of the drawings, such as the eyes. I really liked both outcomes with the oil paints and the drawing inks, and because of this I am still debating which media to use for my final piece.

 

 

FMP -ARTIST SHEETS

This was the artist research sheet I created, based around an artist called Emily Louise Heard. She is a UK based artist who creates colourful and emotive works of art. Her work has been influenced by different artists such as Claude Monet, Vincent Van Goph and Leonid Afremov. I absoloutely love the vivid and and radiant colours that she uses in her work to make it look/ feel so alive. This piece of work was originally created using oil paints and is known as ' Tropical Balloon'. I wanted to try and create the same effect as the original piece of work, therefore I also used oil paints, but on paper; not on canvas. I am so happy with this piece of work and how well the media worked. I wouldn't change anything about this.

 

My next artist research sheet that I created was by an artist known as Patrice Murciano. He grew up in the south of France who was first inspired by comics and began to reproduce their characters. He then went onto using his mothers makeup to create portraits and female nudes. He said in an interview - "I am entirely self-taught in art (painting, sculpture, photography, film). I learned all this through passion over time. I continue to learn every day; I try new techniques, new portraits or nudes. I have long list of painted celebrities. Today I would rather paint portraits: faces that inspire me, children, adults, the elderly; I am first and foremost portraitist."  Murciano uses inks, watercolor and acrylic paint. He begins by projecting an image onto a canvas with a projector, then draws with a pencil. These pieces were originally created using coloured inks, which I have also used to recreate them so that it creates the same effect. I absoloutely love this sheet as it is so colourful and eyecatching.

 

Websites researched

.https://www.verywell.com/playing-with-dolls-and-figures-289703
http://www.legacyproject.org/guides/gpvip.html
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/53061-a-mother-s-love-for-her-child-is-like-nothing-else
http://www.babycentre.co.uk/a1040656/how-love-blossoms-between-you-and-your-child
http://art.jkirkrichards.com/viewer/theme.php?cat=Mother+and+Child&ipc=5

Mother and child Evaluation

‘Live Brief’ Evaluation (1000 words minimum)

Throughout my Live project brief ‘Mother and child’, I was working for the artist named Sam Shendi, where I focused on researching about the relationships my family have with their mothers as we are a really close net family. I also wanted to show how mothers comfort their children, straight from the point of giving birth and throughout the rest of their growing up.

For my primary research I looked at old family photos, which I thought would link well to what I was trying to portray through my work. This includes photos of my mother holding me, hours after giving birth and teaching me how to walk at an older age. I have also included images of my Nan and Aunt’s relationship with my brothers and myself, as I see them as really important mother figures within my life. I have recreated a lot of these drawings throughout my sketchbook, experimenting with different Medias such as, coloured pencils, coloured inks, oil pastels and HB pencils.

For my secondary research, I used Pinterest to look for images that I could recreate to show the bond between a mother and child. For example, being able to see a bond that is forming between them before they have even met, being able to hold and comfort your child and even being able to see your child grow up and get married. I have recreated these images in the same media as my primary research; however I have also used oil paints to create some of these drawings, as I haven’t used this media very often and I wish I had, as I love how perfectly the colours blend together.

I developed my research by creating artist research sheets and design sheets that were influenced by my sketchbook work. For my first artist research sheet, I created an oil pastel drawing of a mother smiling whilst she’s holding her baby, however I was unable to find out who created the piece of work, which was a little frustrating. I really liked this sheet as I felt that the media created a really nice effect, when blending the different tones together. For my second artist research sheet I created 2 drawings; both of a mother and child’s hand. These were both originally created by an entrepreneur mom named Vicki, who I found whilst researching other people’s blogs. I first recreated the drawings in HB pencils, but I didn’t feel that it created the right effect, so once I had drawn them in pencil, I then went over the drawings in black oil pastel, which I liked a lot better as I feel that it now looks a lot more similar to the original drawings.

For my first design sheet I wanted to make sure that it linked to my idea of a mother’s comfort towards her child, so I recreated a primary image of me and my baby brother when we were little, asleep in bed. I recreated this using coloured pencils, however some of the image slightly had the colour blue included, which I had to change. This is because it was the one constraint that we were given and not allowed to use. If we weren’t given this constraint it wouldn’t have really affected me, as it was only the smallest part that I had to change. The only problem with my first design sheet was that my mother wasn’t in the photo, so within my second design sheet I merged two images together to create a single image. I also used coloured pencils to create this design sheet, however once I had created them both in coloured pencil, I decided I wanted to develop this by using the same design for my final piece; but by using oil paints instead of coloured pencils, as I liked the effect it had on the oil painting that I created within my specialist subject area – fine art. The image that I have recreated was originally painted by the Spanish artist known as Cayetano de Arquer Buigas, born (January 11th, 1932-September 13, 2012) He was a contemporary figurative painter, who was known for captivating women’s beauty, sensitivity and delicacy throughout his era by using pastel, oil and charcoal techniques. This was the first time that I had used oil paints, which is why I chose to use it for my final piece as the outcome turned out so well.

My final piece links more towards the oil painting I created within my specialist subject area, than it does my artist research sheets; since I have used the same media and style. Whilst trying to create my designs and final piece, I had to make sure that it was appropriate for all ages. Within my specialist subject, I also created some samples using different processes such as monoprinting; where I traced over a photocopy of my design sheet with a pencil so that the ink that was underneath the paper would engrave the design onto it, which I was really pleased with. I also created a wood cut; which I found a little bit harder as it isn’t my strongest point within art and design. The design wasn’t very neat as I couldn’t carve into the wood properly; therefore when I went to print the design it wasn’t very clear.

Working for someone outside of college was a little bit hard, as you don’t know whether they’re going to like your work until they see everything completed at the end of your project, which is a little bit worrying. You also have to comply with their demands/needs, which if you already have an idea in your head could potentially mean having to completely change it, however this worked in my favour as I didn’t have to change any of my ideas.

 I created blogs throughout my project to show everything that I have been working on, from the research in my sketchbook – both primary and secondary, to the samples that I have created within my specialist subject; which vary in different processes, all the way to the end of the project, where I have created my final piece. I have also created a time management diary; however I had forgotten to fill in most of the days on the sheet, so I had to try and remember what I’d done each day and try and figure everything out that way. I found myself rushing a lot of things towards the end of the project, as I didn’t manage my time as well as I should have, which resulted in me not fully completing my sketchbook.

Overall, I am pleased with the work that I have created, however I do feel that I could have completed a lot more work if I had managed my time a little better.

Samples

 

This is a sample that I created for my final piece to show what it would look like if I created it using oil paints. I really like this media as the colours blend really well with the each other.

 

This is another sample I created for my final piece to show what it would look like if I created it using coloured pencils. I do like this drawing, however I do prefer the effect created when using the oil paints as it looks a lot more detailed.

 

These are the samples I created using a woodcut, which I found really difficult as I had never created one before. The first print on the image is the one that worked the least as I didn't apply the ink thick enough. Where as, the second print is the one that worked the most as you can see the print a lot clearer, since I applied a lot more ink this time.

 

 

This is an example of the monoprints that I created in my specialist subject. A method of drawing a design onto a piece of paper, so that the ink underneath will print the design onto the paper. I used a photocopy of one of my design sheets that I had drawn to create these. I feel that these have turned out really well as it is a very clear image.

 

This is an example of a print that I created within my specialist subject area-fine art, by using the method known as Intaglio. A method of applying ink to a flat metal plate, drawing out a design onto it and then putting it through the print press. The design I drew was of a pregnant woman, however when it went through the print press, the pressure wasn't correct so it made the ink run every where.

Customer profile board

Creating my customer profile board, i had to create a person who would be interested in visiting the civic to see our work for the Mother and Child project. My Customer was :

- Female.

- 30+ years of age.

- Had 3 children.

- An art teacher.

- Married.

- Drives a Nissan Qashqai.

-Owns a pet dog.

- Lives near the Civic as she wouldn't be able to drive for because of her children.

 

We had to find images using Pinterest to describe these quotes, so that people would be able to look at the images and know who the customer was without seeing any writing.  This is what my customer profile board looked like:

 

However, once I had completed this I realised that I hadn't included an age on the board so people are unable to tell how old my customer would be.

These are some of the examples that I had looked at before creating my own-

 

I really like this customer profile board, as I feel that the images link really well to what the customer is meant to be, however there are some parts of the customer that aren't shown through photos such as magazines, being engaged or having nights out with friends, which I feel makes her look like she keeps to herself. 

 

Now, this customer profile board is a little more like mine, as it doesn't include any writing. However, it does make it a little harder to understand the customer. From the images on the board, I feel that it is an adult aged 30+ who lives in London, likes coffee, uses taxis as transport, likes fashion and is interested in photography and art, visiting galleries such as The Tate.

 

This is  also another example which i like, but I feel it doesn't include enough photos to help describe the customer. I understand that the customer is interested in fashion and likes to keep in trend, however it doesn't show any other of his interests or hobbies, which is also something that I have forgotten to include within my own customer profile board.

Costing sheet

Art kit- 20.00 

Pack of A3 paper - 14.99

Vegetable oil- 79p

Art studio fee- 75.00 

Oil painting

For my specialist subject fine art, I had to create an oil painting. This was my first time using oil paints so I wasn't very certain on how it would turn out, however I was determined to try and create something really detailed. I was so pleased with the out come! I used a secondary image to copy from, which I found whilst looking for my secondary research on Pinterest. The image was by a Spanish artist known as Cayetano de Arquer Buigas who was born  (January 11th, 1932- September 13th, 2012) This is an image of what my outcome was like half way through.

 

When creating this, I rubbed most of the oil paint off of the brush so that I could control the paint more. This helped me blend in all of the different tones, which worked really well. However, the artist did apply his paint a lot thicker than what I have done here. I am thinking of creating something similar to this for my final piece, but in my own way. 

Unfortunately I was unable to complete this as I couldn't find to time to complete it.