Human Condition: Plan for my final piece

Human Condition: Sketch book work

Human Condition: Introduction and Pre Raphaelites

3D Recycling Project: Tate art gallery sketch book work

3D Recycling Project: Sketch book work

Before doing my final piece it was obvious I wanted to make a 3D tree. I knew this because of the artist Ardan Ozmenglo, who createdfsculptors of many different things, but she often did trees. 

Therefore i took her influence and firstly did 2D pieces with paint and coloured pencils as seen in the pictures below. One of my Favorite pieces of this project was done in my sketch book. this piece is seen below and it shows a little girl sitting in a tree. The colours i used in this piece were very influential to the colours i used in my final piece, as they are very natural and beautiful colours. All the work in my sketch book helped me in completing other work in class, and it was of course influential to my final piece.

3D Recycling project: classwork

Both of these pieces were completed in class, and they contributed into helping me complete my final piece. The first piece i did was a oil pastel based piece, which was very abstract as i also used tissue paper to add colour. This piece is the in the picture below. I did not think this piece was very successful. Although it shown many different colours, using color pastels simply wasn't my strong point. i Struggled to create any type of shading, and this resulted into the piece looking rather flat.

The second piece I did was much more successful. This piece was done with paint and it looks very good. This piece also signaled to me that I am very strong at using paint. This was the most influential piece of work i did, as i based my final piece solely around this.

3D Recycling project: Final piece

One of the most difficult tasks in this project was trying to work out what I would do for this final piece. However, with the help of other pieces I did in this project, and with the influence of artists such as Tony Cragg and Ardan Ozmenglo, before any hesitation I knew I would base my final piece on nature and preferably trees. I knew this was the right thing to do because i love the colours that Ardan Ozmenglo uses in her art, and i also loved the shapes of Tony Cragg's work. When combining these together I came up with the idea to do a tree that has an unusual look to it, but still has the beautiful colours of nature.

The process of constructing this piece was difficult and very time consuming. The first thing I did was build the trunk of the tree simply using card. I then added a base to the tree using cardboard. Once I did this I decided that the tree would build up like it was still growing. To do this, I could not just simply paint the tree as it would not give it the effect of it growing. Therefore I separately did a painting of a tree using the influence of my wire piece that i did earlier on in the project. Once I did this, I then photocopied a lot of this image and stuck then on as seen above.

When the base looked complete and the tree looked like it was growing up, I then cut around the base to give it an effect were it looks like the tree has roots. Also with the influence of earlier work (with wire), I decided to build the tree up even more and also give it branches.

The final thing i did to finish my final piece, was put coloured tissue paper around the wire, using PVA glue, and make it look like a solid tree. The picture above is my completed final piece for this project. 

Although i had my difficulties with time, i managed to finally create a good final piece. The thing I like about this piece is that I really like the base, because it looks as if it is growing up and gives it a sense that it is a living object. However one thing I am quite disappointed with is the top of the tree as it is not what I really wanted it to look like. I wanted it to look like lots of branches were coming out, but I simply did not have enough time, so I rushed it and i believe i could have done better. However, overall it is quite a successful piece as it combines all my earlier work together to create one piece

3D Recycling project: Continuous line drawings

One of the first things we did in the 3D recycling project was to create a kitchen item at home out of cardboard. I choose to make a frying pan, which can be seen in the picture below. After the class come together and compared the work we did at home, we decided to make a setup of these piece. the picture below shows the set up that I and 2 other students made.

The next step into further developing our work, we had to do continuous line drawing of the set ups around the class. I did 2 continuous line drawings as seen below, one of which is taken from my own set up including the cardboard frying pan that I made.

Overall i believe for quick continuous sketches, these are quite successful pieces, as they show that i can quickly transfer real life objects into a sketch.

3D recycling project: Burger

This is a piece of 3D work I completed in class to start a new project all to do with recycling and creating something out of nothing. I simply used card and cello tape to complete this piece which is a burger. I think for my first attempt of doing something like this it is quite successful. I liked this task, because it was a real challenge to create something that is domed shaped out of flat card. However, this challenge pushed me to get the best result I possibly could and I am very pleased with what I have done here. It obviously isn't one of my best pieces I have done, as it is very simplistic, but it shows that I have got the skill to create a 3D piece of work, which is not the easiest thing to do.

Printing: Final piece

This is my printing project final piece. After lots of research into different types of printing I decided that intaglio is the best suited print method for me. I also researched lots of artists and I personally like Andy Warhol and Bill Bell. I like Andy Warhol because of the bright and vibrant colours used in his work. I liked Bill Bell as he did a lot of Japanese style work, which is very intricate, however he used more colour to liven up his work. To get this final piece I firstly had to do 6 intaglio prints. to do this I first carved an image into a plate. one this was done I used many different coloured inks to produce a lot of pieces. I then double printed the work (so I printed over the work again) to make is look more lively and it added more detail. I then choose my 6 most successful pieces that I would show. After the process of doing this I had to work out how to present my work. I added coloured tissue paper and my 6 pieces on a white background to get a Matisse style of work. Of course this really fitted in well with my project as we looked at Matisse in the Tate art gallery. Overall I believe this piece is successful as I have used the influence of artists and former work to create a collage of my best intaglio pieces.

3D Recycling Project: My visit to the Tate art gallery

Printing: Collographs

These are four collograph prints which I completed in class. To do this I drawn the outline of the Sefton park palm house. I then put double sided sticky tape over the top. I used the sticky tape to put string on my piece. When I completed this I varnished my work and left it to dry. When my piece eventually dried, I then went over it in ink and put it through the press print with an A3 piece of paper. These are my four completed pieces from the process used. For my first attempt at collograph I would say these pieces are fairly successful. All the ink has come out well and they are four clear pieces. However the pieces are not really at a top standard and I know I can produce much better pieces in the future, maybe by using different colours and different materials.

Printing: Intaglio printing second attempt

This is my second attempt doing intaglio printing. This time I used two colours which is very successful. My most successful piece is the one on the left. for this one I used red and blue ink. I like this piece because it is very eye catching and has printed very well. It is very velvety and there are no patches, therefore it is my most successful intaglio print. The other two pieces are not as successful as they are quite patchy and they haven't printed very well. I have enjoyed doing intaglio prints a lot and I will look to do much more in the future.

Printing: Intaglio Printing

These are 2 intaglio prints I completed in class, with the plate I used to complete the pieces. To do this I used a lino plate and carved in a line drawing of the stump of a palm tree. After this I used block ink to cover my plate, with a roller. When completely covered I then put the plate with a piece of paper through the printing press to get the two coloured pieces that can be seen in the photo. The red intaglio print is more successful than the maroon because it is less patchy and it looks more velvety. These pieces were my first attempt at intaglio printing and overall they are quite successful for a first attempt. In the future I know to experiment more and maybe add more colours to make the pieces look more professional and complete.

Printing: Sefton park palm house- My photos

These photos are evidence that I went to the Sefton park palm house. These photos have helped and influenced me to create pieces and the will also help me in the future to create more pieces of work for the project. With these photos I took examples and transferred them into my own work. I like the use of my own photos in the project as they prove that I have been through the effort to go and take the photos myself. These photos also show my photography skills, which shows I can do more than just paint, draw, and so on. Taking my own photos is very important in my project as I do not want to just copy off someone else's photos as it does not show I have skill in other areas, this being photography.