Unit 4- Multiple Images.

Experimentation with layering photos of my brother, dad and Grandad to show changes in movement throughout the generations. 

Need to find ways of fading out the edges of the photos as they cross over the layers. 

Unit 3 (Relationship between Literature and Art)- Final Piece.

After looking over my body of work I came to realise that my studies had began to go down two separate paths- observational studies and seascape studies. When it came to developing final piece ideas I had to find a way of bringing all my work back together. I began to experiment with layering images, for example using my strips of cut offs from my screenprint I created a surface which was abstractly representative of a seascape. I then went on to loosely paint another seascape on top. Before doing this I wrote lines from certain chosen poems on to the surface in liquid latex to be scraped off later on. I then layered observational studies on top of this, to see if this would be a good direction to go in for my final piece.

Once I had produced these studies I decided to look more at the idea of using strips to create a new image. I enlarged and photocopied some of my photographs, seascape studies and observational studies. I then began to cut them into different sized strips and arrange them to create various compositions. After looking at these I decided I wanted to keep connotations of seascape still apparent in the piece, I managed this by creating a skyline throughout the piece with the various images. I feel that this was much more effective as it created a focal point in the piece. To translate this idea into a final piece I cut large pieces of ply wood into various sized strips, and painted the images on the original strips onto the panels, then arranged them in a similar way to the photocopied studies.

Overall I am pleased with the outcome of this project. 

Unit 3 (Relationship between Literature and Art)- Outcomes- Screenprint

When introducing screen printing into my body of work I wanted to continue to focus on the idea of texture in the work. To do this I photocopied pieces of my work and began to cut out sections and rearrange them to create a new image. To incorporate text into this I photocopied text from an earlier piece of work onto acetate then embedded it into my design. In order to portray the atmosphere of the landscape, I produced very gesturally energetic surfaces to print on, using a sea-scape appropriate pallet of colour. However, when it came to printing, I found that some of my surfaces were too dark, so I reworked them, bringing in lighter colours.