Protest brief (10)

For my trafficking brief, I plan on creating images that will represent my theme. Below are sketches taken from pages of my sketchbook. I experimented with a range of media to see which one I felt most comfortable with. I am still currently continuing to experiment with media until I am satisfied with the most suitable one.

 This sketch was created using charcoal pastel pencils. This choice of media works well to achieve a tonal sketch. I am undecided at the moment if I will use this media for definate. Further developments and experimentation will help me to refine my choice of media.

 Red crayon was used in this sketch again to create a tonal drawing. I feel I achieved successfull shading to show highlighted and darkend areas. The only issue that I came across when using the crayons was being able to alter of the thickness of the line whilst drawing. There was no point in the crayon so I had to improvise and turn the crayon on its side if i wanted a fine line.

week 9

Continuation of sample development...

Here is one of my samples I created using soluable fabric. Wire and fragments of wood were found objects that were included in the sample. The sample created was to represent the aftermath of the earthquake as these would perhaps be the remains of buildings. I stitched a continues line and turned the fabric into an oval shape. The sample turned out to be effective because of the texture that was created. I feel I still need to develop ideas on shape however I am happy to use the found objects as they bring the samples to life.



In the future when creating samples, colour will be taken into consideration as well as the shape.

Easter holidays.. blog 8

Earthquake images...

At the beginning of the holidays I decided to start with some research and reflect back on my PLP.

I chose to focus on these images in particular so that I could gain an idea of what type of materials are included in the aftermath of an earthquake. I hope to then experiment with similar materials in my developments and see which combinations works well. For this, I will need to start collecting material that I think is suitable to experiment with.

This image really struck me as the men in the orange boiler suits really stood out. Colour is very important in my developments as they will be representing specific emotions. My aim is to work out how to portray this.

Colour is not as strong in this image although the body position is strong enough to tell the story. His position shows sadness and worry in the child. At the moment I think my final piece will mainly focus on a more abstract and conceptual theme as I don't want my Final piece to be too obvious! My experiments will help me to define this.

Week 7

As from Thursday 19th March I was up to date with multiple tasks I had to complete! 

Paul's class : - Statement for assessment poster

                      - PDF file sent (multiples poster) 

                      - Kiosk PowerPoint (with timing) sent 

David's class: - Essay plan + feedback received 

These productive few weeks have made myself feel really motivated. One of my personal aims is now to continue with developing ideas and creating samples in order to achieve my final piece. I plan on doing this by list making again and reflecting back on my time plan so that I remain up to date.

Reflection... Reminder

The productiveness continues (Blog 6)

Well, this being organised shinanagan is going down a treat!

I've been on the ball again this past week

My integrated project is expanding as we speak!

Where as pathways and contexts - well let's just say I deserve a well earned seat!

Haha I could not resist! I amused myself with this (proberly badly structured) poem for no more than 15 minutes.. I promise!  

Anyhow, I managed to spark up an idea for my final piece for my integrated project. I felt I had to slightly adjust my PLP (again) on the 30th March. The refinement of my concept is very important to me as I learned after achieving my overall grade from the previous brief, it was my concept that let me down. As I was disappointed in this, I really wanted to show clarification and be as specific as I could to hopefully achieve a more successful grade. Also to prevent going off on a tangent, I now always refer back to my PLP to make sure my research/development is relevant. 

I created realistic aims to meet before we broke up for the Easter holidays. This is so that I can concentrate on my 2 main practical briefs and won't have much paper work to deal with.

Week 5

 I feel I have achieve a lot over these past few weeks as I have learnt a lot of new techniques. I have progressed thoroughly in my research and investigation to get to the stage I'm at just now. Organisation has been a main factor in the past, although I have overcome it this week as I have been creating lists and aiming to achieve them by the end of the week - So far they have been successful. I hope to keep this going currently and in the future as I am achieving a lot of productive work in all classes. Some classes I am ahead of schedule, this allows me to spend more on experimenting and creating sample pieces that can be time consuming.

Techniques:

• Applique
• water soluble fabric
• embroidery

One of the new things I learned to do last week was how to create a QR code. A QR code leads the viewer straight to webpage once it has been scanned. This is extremely helpful when it comes to e.g mentioning specific artists in my sketchbook - my tutor can scan the code and almost instantly they can see what I'm referring to. 

I plan on using QR cods throughout my sketchbook and will continue to use these in the future.

Week 4

As I wanted to research using a variety of resources, I went to my local library and college library to source some books on trafficking - none of the library's had any suitable books. To solve the issue, I went to my learning resource centre and asked them to order multiple books in. The week after, I had been notified that there was a book relating to trafficking and it was sent to the college library. When I went to collect it, it was a novel based on a true story. At first I was hesitant to take the book as I didn't  think it would be useful but the more I thought about It I realised that it could be good to pull quotes and use emotional phrases to experiment with. I am quite excited about experimenting with the idea of incorporating subtle words into my final piece.

Integrated project brief..

Looking back on the after math of an earthquake, I decided to firstly focus on the variety of people that get involved. I wanted to find out who and how people help to rebuild and rescue people during the aftermath - this could possibly be a focal point for the final artwork. As my concept mentions the uselessness of man in the pathway of a natural disaster I will need to think of a link.

I feel I keep going around in circles with trying to organise a concept therefor I have decided to research some artists to gain some inspiration. hopefully this will help me to move on with my concept and have a clearer focus.