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.
