Induction Work

                                   
   The induction task was to collect 10 photos from the summer holiday. The top left piece I did was from an idea that came to me of the upside down buildings and the other way round would be of a figure running away. I pictured this of how stressful life/work can be and the need to escape. Then I developed this idea into the one that relates to me. The black, acrylic painted, buildings represent school, work and the stress of GCSEs. Then by dripping the paint down and into waves it represents my holiday in Slovenia by a lake, i used pink and blue ink for the background. Originally it would of been red ink that fades to white, if i had stuck with the running figure; the red would also come across as harsher creating a more forward frustrated feeling towards a viewer. Overall i like the idea of this piece but i would like to improve specific techniques. For instance i would try a different texture for the buildings making it less straight edged as i feel the layout is too fixed.
   The next painting across is a watercolour painting i had began drawing in the woods. The two trees in the image are the only part i had done live drawing of. Also i took a picture of a wooden fence i saw in a different woods to use to see the discolouring of the wood. The reason why i fabricated the rest of the painting was because painting a bunch of trees didn't seem too interesting at the time. The lighter colours in the background also seem more welcoming and summer like. I did a bit of paint layering but i also believe i could've added some fineliner to add little details like on the leaves.
   Below the watercolour painting was an experimental piece of a festival i went too. This abstract piece included a lot of printing. I used ink to create the sky then added white acrylic, whilst it was still wet, to add subtle clouds to show a warm sun set in the sky. The main part of this painting is the stage all in black acrylic, i used black as it was quite realistic to real stages and it stands out against all the other colours in this. It shows how the stage is the main attraction as all the people crowd around it. I feel i need to work on adding texture in acrylic as i attempted this with the stage but didn't get a great effect. I did some messy printing using scrapers and kitchen equipment for lights on the stage, then i used the same colours for the crowd. I cut out triangles from sponges and glued them to a rolling pin to see the effect on printing. I believe it could work better if my acrylics were not so watery. I used different colours to show how many different people are brought together to enjoy something they all liked and shared. However if i was to repeat this i would use the same colour for the triangles but in different shades and i would layer them to give a better feel for viewing the crowd from the back.
   My last painting was to represent my older brother getting married. I first drew out the hands then proceeded to shade one entirely with black ink. I used fine liner to outline the other hand then poured coffee on the page. My original idea was to use black coffee to drip round the edge but instead i used brown ink. I like the way the ink spread on the page, it was suppose to add shade behind the hand but as i had no control over where it went i quite like how it has gone over the hand too. This was quite a simple painting but i quite like it as it is effective focusing on the married couple.
   Lastly, i used a sewing machine to sew all the pieces together. I wanted some of the thread to be loose and messy as it makes it more visible. I added lace to show my interest in vintage fashion and a piece of flowery fabric that i felt complimented the ink colour on the wedding piece. I accidentally sewed the watercolour painting too far away so i used wire to sew them together; i had also never used it before. I included a metal circle to show how each of the paintings are connected. This also let me tie ribbons and fabric too. I didn't get time to sew the circle down and i would also have improved it by placing the ribbon more fixed around the edge as it moves out of place.