Re-doing Final, Planning



I've decided to change my final, to make it more simple, but organic and raw at the same time. Following my reflections after my first final, I think 5 canvases would look more effective and bold than just 3. I plan to do more developments in a sketchbook, in a similar style to my mixed media book, overall I think these pages look more effective, as the colour palette is limited to browns and earthy colours, making the piece look more organic and aged.
I used some fabric which was cream, and stained it with tea to create the more beige colour, I then used crumpled up newspaper dipped in the same tea to add more texture and to break up with blank white page. I used a page from another sketchbook which I photocopied and glued down over the fabric, I used a mix of the ink I made from tea and black fine  liner to continue the lines across the page, continuing from the map, making the piece flow together more, as with my previous final I focused more on replicating the map instead of the actual journey.


To ensure that I can replicate the above effects on canvas, I'll use some canvas boards to test out wether I should prime the canvas with acrylic, or just work straight onto the canvases, as when I was doing my developments for my first final I found that staining with tea over acrylic made the canvas look almost purple, and it lost the organic effect. (on the left). The lines look so sharp and clear, and is the opposite of the organic look and feel I want for my final. Whereas in the above piece I used newspaper to blot the ink on, and it creates more of the effect I'm looking for. However I need to make some samples on canvas board to see if I can achieve the same effect on canvas as I achieved on paper in my mixed media sketchbook. I know from my previous final that I can draw with finalisers straight on the canvas, so I just need to see how blotting tea on the canvas will react, wether it will bleed over the canvas, or just sit like it does on paper, as it creates a variety of shades and looks more natural.
To mimic the pages of the book, I'll write out the extract from The statesman newspaper from 1942, which I will focus on the sections which I find more emotive, so the viewer can read them, I'll need to experiments to find out wether I want to use the tea ink to make the ink of the writing bleed, or wether to just keep it in biro so it wont bleed and can be read.

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