Opposites Attract- More Level 2 Painting work

Here are some more examples of my Painting work. I finalised my studies into exploring the properties of piant on 2D and 3D surfaces and textures and objects

I loosely applied the paint across the piece from the paint tube, layering the surface with the three colours, black, red and white.

I layered the piece above with black, pint and white paint, spiralling the paint around the Perspex, and then tapping the edge of it on the ground, so that the paint was forced down the surface, creating a jagged, almost stalactite effect.

This piece is the underside of the above piece, which still has an interesting painted effect.

Paint was placed at the top of the piece, on the exterior and in the inverted gaps in alternating colours, and then by holding the inner cone at the top of the metal, I tapped the base on the floor.
The paint flowed jaggedly down the metal, but still in straight lines. This piece is the last in the series which include the previous two pieces in which the method of creation was used.

I put singular drops of paint at the top of the above rod and holding the rod at the base, I tapped the rod against the ground. The jolts of impact made the paint slide in jagged lines down the rod, which create larger marks of paint when viewed through the adjacent side of the Perspex.

I started painting onto a cuboid shaped piece of wood, and I painted each side in a variety of colours and styles, so that no two sides would be the same.
This was achieved by either dripping paint onto the wood with it held at an angle to catch the paint, or by smearing the stick along the wooden side with different coloured paint.The fact that no two sides are the same on the same shape, and all sides are painted in a variety of colours makes it quite striking

Here, I thickly rolled a matte-metal tube in black and white paint which had been loosely mixed together on a flat surface.The effect of the thick paint but fast-drying paint on the tube when stood vertically was that it would drip slowly down the tube, merging and pulling other paint down with it, creating a stalactite effect on its surface which I thought was very effective.

I found a large wooden structure (possibly once part of a crate), and decided to cover as much of the surface of it as I could, with my method of dripping paint from a long stick.
I admired how the paint from the top shelf would drip onto the one below which in turn would overflow onto the bottom shelf, and how the paint flowed all along and down the sides, so it looks as if it is one combined coat of paint, when in reality it is an amalgamation of layers of colours of paint.

The above image shows the top of the cylinder where the paint was poured down the sides in small amounts.

I used green and red paint in addition to white and black as I wanted to starkly contrast the monochrome colours with the more vibrant tones, and give a sense of brightness to the dark interior of the cylinder.

I wanted to try and investigate what kind of shapes that dribbling paint from a stick over a canvas could create.
I quite like the simplicity of the image, with them main focus of the picture being the large black shape in the centre, which to me looks a little like a dragonfly, thus emphasising the sense of movement used to create the picture.

The above canvas was continually worked on until finished, thus showing more subtle blending between the colours

These two pieces are both sidesof pone sheet of translucent perspex. I likethe effect of the ghostly image caused by viewing through to the underside of the other side of the Perspex piece.

This piece was created by applying black and white and grey paint, by dripping and manipulating the paint onto a piece of glass.

I applied a black base background, but then I dipped my dripping stick into the paint, and placed it randomly and repeatedly onto the canvas, creating a sort of linear effect. I then poured some white paint on it drops, and finally dribbled red point over the top to break from the monochrome.

This piece was produced by applying first black paint to a large textured sponge and sweeping it roughly across the canvas. Next I applied white paint to the sponge and repeated the same process.
Then, I layered more black and white paint onto the canvas, manipulating it by breaking through the layers of paint with the end of the stick and making new movement across the canvas, creating a very interesting image with plenty of depth to it.

This piece was created from paint poured and dripped onto the canvas, and then by randomly dropping small bits of wood onto the paint, to act as arrows, tracks were made in the direction the wood was facing with the stick to create a criss-crossing of lines across it, which is quite striking.

This piece is actually a painting tray used when I work on 3D pieces, so all of the marks left have been cause by an amalgamation of all of my 3D work.
This large canvas contains additions of pieces of wood, polystyrene foam and clear thin plastic being used along with my dripped-paint painting technique, and so is the product of a developed process of creation.
I used many layers of dripped paint, paint being spread roughly using a hard spounge, and with other textuyred physical elements being added throughout the layers, with the plastic being placed onto the canvas last, to bring it out from 2D into the 3D realm.

Open Studio Event

Our School of Design held an Open Studios evening, for visitors and friends of the artists who use the Studio spaces to come as a social occasion to informally view everyone’s progress from this semester.
I had to prepare my studio space for viewing, and so elevated my 3D work off the floor so as to make it more accessible for viewers to see, and although I displayed my main canvases along the wall, I still presented some of my other work along the floor of my space, in keeping with my creational practice.
The evening was thoroughly enjoyable and an educational occasion to take a step back from my work, and try and view it as everyone else saw it; as something interesting and diverse, and something which they could happily stare at for hours to try to learn more about it.

Erte's Era

For a Design Theory Assingment, we were set the task of researching a famous piece of Art, and analysing it for its secret geometrical structure, presenting it in the style of an Artists Journal article.

For my piece, I researched and analysed one of the greatest and most renonwed Art Deco artists- Erte.


Art Deco was a Art movement which lasted from the 1920s- 1930s, and is renowned for containing sleek, straight lines in its Art (as opposed to Art Nouveau’s opulent, ‘whip-lash’ lines), and contains an element of boldness in its geometric elegance.

Erte's distinctive, flamboyant fashion designs of lavish plumed hats and long, flowing gowns encapsulated the significance of the budding design aesthetic of the Art Deco period.

I studied his 'Pearls' print, as it is much more structured than some of his other peices, and a pattern of design could clearly be seen, even without a grid being placed over it to draw the underlying shapes.

It is very rare for his work to have been so geometrically structured, as most of his work is less rigid, although still constrained within the Art Deco. This piece, then, is one of the exceptions of his work, not the rule.

However, this fact certainly does not devalue or diminish Erté’s immense talent and creativity. His style was consistent in design throughout his long and colourful life, and from this it is apparent that Erté’s designs were “innovative, decorative, and ahead of his time” (Meyer).

'All That Glitters'- 1 Minute Film

All That Glitters...

Here (at last), is my 1 minute Film for my Digital Media project :)

Entitled 'All That Glitters' (Is Not Gold), the story is based upon the moral 'Never Judge a Book by its Cover' (a variant of the previous phrase) and follows a homeless man, who isn't actually homeless, who spends the change given to him at the pub on pints!

I had a lot of fun making this film, and a BIG thankyou to everyone who helped me with this- you all know who you are :D

But for others who don't- BIG thankyou to Joe, Simon, Nic, Amber, Seb and Adam for helping creae this film- couldn't have done it without you guys :D

Hope you enjoy the film! :D

Director's Cut

New update on my 1 Minute Film :D
Well, I have finally finished editing the film- good old Adobe trial downloads for making it possible to do over the weekend, with the Uni Mac cluster being closed :( All it needs now is music and a few adjustments in After Effects, and it will hopefully be good to go :D It will be uploaded in here asap. So stay tuned!