critique

these pieces were done by Tilly, they include a range of different backgrounds, which add texture to the abstract portraits. she used neutral colours mostly, occasionaly adding in a slightly more vibrant colour. these pictures to me portray mental health, as I can quite obviously see the portrait, but they are surrounded by explosions of the paint, which look sudden and unexpected, which to me portrays the inner thoughts of a mental health patient.
although the pictures are very good and meant to be slightly abstract, I think the proportions of the faces needed to be reconsidered, so they are more realistic compared to the sudden movements and lines surrounding them.

these pieces were created by Will, and capture realistic portraits, but done in a more art deco style. I really like these pieces due to there realistic quality, and natural colours, but I also like the almost cartoonish feel of the central piece.however, I really wish that will had finished them, and maybe even included some old school details in the images.

these are my final pieces, I chose to focus on texture rather than realism, as my main focuses are my family tree and street art, so I used multiple pictures of my family, to create the texture of a wall. I chose to use warm colours, as I felt they wouldwork better with the black, white and grey shades I have used everywhere else, and they would exentuate the textures of the image better.

however, after reviewing my pieces I wish I would have created a more realistic picture to contrast with my others, and I also wish that I had done them on a larger scale, to replicate the sixes of walls.

Acrylic

Acrylic paint is a fast-drying paint containing pigment suspension in acrylic polymer emulsion. Acrylic paints are water-soluble, but become water-resistant when dry.

I found working with acrylic difficult, because of how fast it dried, I tried to combat this by adding water to the paint. but this only dulled down the colours.


when replicating a picture I found that mixing for a single block colour was easy. However, when I needed to paint grass, I found it difficult to create dimension, and get the correct shades, to make it photo realistic.


On the other hand, I really enjoyed my first experience with acrylic, and I feel it would be better for when I want to create a more abstract piece. I would like to continue these experiments in the future, as I feel they could look very good layered over pictures, and by using vibrant colours would link to my themes, of street art and the 80's

Nel Ten Wolde

this piece is called 'Torre' by Nel Ten Wolde, and was completed on 2015. she has used warm, harmonious colours to create this image, making it look complete and natural even though the images themselves are actually broken up. The drawing on the image replicate the photos, which show a bigger relation between the real photos, and the drawings.

After reading about Nel Ten Wolde's work she said it reflects on journeys. the original pictures were meant to be drawing material. However, she wants to use fragments of pictures and drawing to bring a whole image together.

Fenestration in orange

This image reminds me of autumn, because the colours are very autumnal, and the oranges and brown contrast again the white of the window. This image is slightly different to her other one, as the image isn't as deconstructed, allowing you a more realistic view on what it actually is.

Transfer Techniques

Transfer Techniques

there are lots of different transfer techniques.

however, I found teaching them to other students, helped me to develop my ideas, and produce a higher standard of transfer techniques. not only was I able to learn from my own transfers, but I was able to learn from people that I was teaching, as I got to see there mistakes and successes.

Everyone did a cellotape transfer, and were all mostly successful, in creating a clear tonal image on cellotape.

Family Tree