Year 1 Art

First I used layered of thread to just glue onto the page, I used colours that had quite dark and cool tones and left the background white, making the thread the center of the foreground. I used some tracing paper to layer onto to create some shadowed lines and threaded the thread through the tracing paper also. I used varying thicknesses of thread in order to add some variety but by using similar colours it doesn't look to busy or clash. Next I tried to use embroidery thread onto fabric to write 'Rangoon Falls' I found this rather tricky as I've not done much hand stitching before but I tried. It took be about an hour to stitch just those 12 letter, which is a long time. I think that could be lessened by more practice. Once I'd finished that I burnt the edges to create a more distressed look, to mimic what happened in 1942, when they had to burnt Rangoon down in order to prevent it falling into the enemies hands. I then added in into a c...

Lauren Dicuiccio This artists' work grabs my attention because of a few things. The main composition of this piece resembles a newspaper, which inspires my journey as I found an extract from newspapers at the time Rangoon came to an end, and I find the article quite moving, and by using thread to represent it seems quite fitting, as its fluid and delicate, and can easily be destroyed. Just like how Rangoon was burnt down to avoid being taken over by the enemy. Lynn Skordal This is intriguing because the brightness of the red thread to mimic the blood, and then it trails down representing gravity. The old and weathered diagram is slightly stained beige to show how old it is and there's varying thicknesses of thread, to represent different veins and artaries. The piece is called red rivers and the whole piece trails down towards the ground. Kazuhito Takadoi This piece by Kazuhito grabs my attention because of the simplicity and nea...

Yorkshire Sculpture Park On the 15th of November, we visited Yorkshire sculpture park to help get influence for our own journey project, my overall impression of the park was that it was a lot bigger than I was expecting,  One thing about the park that intrigued me was the landscape itself, the wide field of view allowed for almost 360 degrees of nature, without any obstructions of buildings. I took some photos of the surrounding landscape. the water was so peaceful which allowed for the skys reflection to bounce off the water creating almost a mirror effect. This first photo was taken of the river bank, with a sculpture hidden behind a tree, but the trees in the foreground and the bending bank add depth to the photo was a whole.  This photo was taken from the other side of the lake, the lake itself was huge, and the north side had a small river running along it. This photo shows both the river and the lake. But still shows the reflections of the sky too. T...

Over half term I had to create 10 pages of work relating to mark making and to my journey. I found this quite overwhelming as I wasn't sure how I'd start. I began my starting with lines using varying colours of biro. The piece on the left was inspired by maps which I'd looked at when researching my journey. I used contour lines to mimic the mountains, and the red and blue colours were used on some of the maps also. On the right, I used the hatching and two shades of blue biro to create an abstract gemstone from my ring which I'd used to focus on in my matchbox. I positioned the lines to reflect how the light was reflecting off of the stone, the denser harsh lines for more shadowed areas, and either no lines, or light spread apart ones for where more light was. contour lines to reflect a map from 1940s hatching to reflect a gemstone in a ring Next I focused on ink more, I created this one my using just water to wet the paper in squares before drippin...

Russel Mills Russell Mills is an artist born in Yorkshire, UK in 1952, he creates his work of people based on drawings he's layered up into photoshop to create digitally assembled pieces. The majority of his work is monochromatic, which hints of red which could symbolic pain or the likes of something negative, maybe anger. The energetic sharp almost scratchy strokes Russ makes in his pieces add more movement, and the layers build of to create a rather busy atmosphere.  His work gives off a negative feel due to the coolness of the colours, the almost washed out colour palette, the angry flashes of red and the neutral almost lost expression on the models faces in his work. Ian Murphy Ian Murphy was born in Wigan in 1963. His work is mostly drawings, painting and prints. A lot of his work is of landscapes or architecture. Ian focuses of the perspective and depth when creating his work, some of which focuses on close ups or sections of buildings. This example is ti...

Mark making Techniques During a lesson, as a class we were introduced to mark making, to get away from the realistic drawing and focusing more on marks to get our piece across, by creating a piece but not being able to tell necessary what the object was. This page I used a ring as my inspiration. The connection it has to my journey is that my great granddad was a gambler and I found out from my grandma that he went on the Burma Trek with ruby’s sewn into his clothes. I couldn’t find any red gems, but I found a ring with blue, that I included in my matchbox. I used a different mark making technique for each of the sections. The first one it stippling, This technique can be effective but is very time consuming I think is could be effective with wet mediums also. Next was hatching, I decided to leave some blank, partly due to time restraints but I'm pleased with how it came out overall. Next was lines, you can get a variety of depth with these by varying the closeness or darkness o...

Abstract Piece During a lesson, we walked to Riversly Park to get some inspiration in order to create an abstract response to what we saw, smelt, felt and heard. I had a plan before we left: I'd take a piece of paper and make markings of different surfaces, I decided to do this because the textures would vary depending on the material and would give an insight into finer details. I used pencil for these as I wanted the simple texture, not color. I also did a mindmap of what I could hear and what i could see, which would help me remember when I was creating my piece. This is the piece of paper I took out on the right, even the texture of the paper reflects the atmosphere of the park, the crumpled texture reflects the fact I had struggled to hold all the objects and the paper, and it was windy as the paper was blown around a little as well.  I also collected these objects from the park, mostly leaves, some bark and sticks and some rubber lining I found on the floor and a part of ...

In class, we created some drawings using dry mediums onto a concertina of paper where one side had been coated in emulsion paint. For the black and white side I used a mix of soft and hard pencils, charcoal and graphite. I used cotton buds and cotton balls as well as my fingers to blend to create softer lines and edges. On this side, I focused on the more obvious parts of the photo and used a view finder to help me. This other side didn't have any emulsion paint on, so was a lot smoother and had less texture. I used black, brown and grey chalk. I used these shades of brown because they reflect the old and worn out photo I was using. The wrinkles of the corners of the page and the small rips show signs of age and how this photo itself has been on a long journey. This was the photo I'd used to base my drawings off. I used this photo because of the history behind it. The man sat on the chair is my great grandad, the woman in the white dress is...

What is composition? Why is composition important in art? Composition, is the placement or arrangement of visual elements in a piece of art. Composition is important as it can change the meaning of a whole piece, and what it means. There are lots of different elements in composition which can be used when putting a piece together. Rule of thirds - which involved dividing the piece into thirds horizontally and vertically to avoid overlapping or bisecting which can sometimes be unpleasing to the eye. This allows for the main focal point of the piece to be set aswell.  Rule of odds  - by using an odd number of elements in a piece its seems to look more interesting than an even number. Symmetry - can be used to create balance within a piece, if everything is symmetrical it can be seen as quite pleasing and neat/organised. Unity  - how objects are placed, in still life especially, is important. When arranging objects they must look natural and not awk...

Gallery Visit - London To help with my research on artwork and the theme 'Journey' I attended a trip to London on the 5th of October to the Tate Modern and the Photographer Gallery. I had a brief plan of what I wanted to look at, but one of the main things I wanted to do was go to the 360 viewing platform at the Tate. I took a lot of photos of London from there, here are my favourites. View of the boiler room Millennium bridge  Looking at a tower in the distance Another bridge over the Thames Bruce Nauman Next, I looked at some work by Bruce Nauman. There were a few pieces that caught my eye and made me think, these were called Help Me Hurt Me (1975) and No (1981). These two had a similar style, they're both lithographs on paper. My first reaction to these pieces of work caused confusion and some sadness, the colours Nauman has used are quite dull and the cool tones of the blue add to the lonely and slightly anxious atmosphere of ther...