Printing Presentation

This is the project recently handed in!

It was about printing using different techniques such as; intaglio, lino and textiles.

The rest of my prints are mounted on wood, and my final piece is the one in blue. The final piece for intaglio is the picture of my presentation (which we were asked to do) is the white and black piece, and last but least is my final lino print, the piece in a red with a white wash over on the top photo.

I was inspired by Camille Rose Garcia and Niagara.

I used Camille Garcia for intaglio and lino printing, of which I then made final prints using her influence.

Niagara was used for textiles print as I found it would be easy to print Pop Art in monotone colours.

You can find the textiles prints in the first photograph. The final piece for textiles is the mounted to the wood at the bottom in dark blue. I wish I had chosen a lighter color for it. The final print for intaglio is the top piece in white and black in the first photo, and my final print for lino is the one in a light red.

When I started this project I hadn't had a artist in mind, so I had chosen a nice tiger photo for my first testing piece and made it into a pillow.

Photography & Masks Project

There is so much to learn about photography, but there was such little time. There was so much to write about it. There were plenty of mistakes from me, but this is a learning curve.

These are my final photography prints.

Masks

Here are a few photos of my masks project.

Life Drawing Project

Size A1

Detailed

I LOVED going to the life drawing classes! I appreciated the peace and harmony just sitting there drawing the model. Most of my drawings of the model is in charcoal, a great medium for portraits if not messy. I also used graphite, I think I found my favourite pencil! We had to make another log book for this project, so it was hard trying to fit the big pieces in, I put all the drawings that were roughly the right size in my book, and left the bigger ones in my A1 folder. I did not like carrying huge folders around... though it was worth it for work like this.

I would definately say, since attending this course I have very much improved my skills, and it shows! If you look at my other blogspot, I'm sure you can tell.

Staring Into Emptyness

Lying Back

I had the task to draw negative space (I think). We had to draw around the model and then fill her in last

Something I drew all in felt tip pens on the last day

There's so many wonderful pieces to add in, but such little space.

Project Photoshop!

This is my final piece for my Photoshop project. A lot of sweat and blood went into this; so i'm very pleased with the final outcome. It took many attempts (of which I'll post) to create the final design. There's a lot of meaning behind this work, and so I'll take the time to explain.

Well, first of all it took a lot of time to research photomontages. I looked at multiple artists such as David Hockney and Sean Hillen. Although their work was very intriguing it wasn't enough to get me very far, so I started again. I looked at surrealism and found it fascinating and inspirational, and shortly researching into the history of it, I came across Andre Breton and Salvador Dali.

This photomontage I created is a reminder of being moved around a lot, (or to me it seems) and has given many opportunities for my family and myself. I was born in Durban, South Africa so that's why there's a nice sunny, hot beach. The "floating island" is of Sicily because I'm half Sicilian. The ocean falls into a waterfall as it shows that my family moved over to London where the famous bridge sits on my work. I guess the ocean also reminds me of some of the ups and downs of my life but I still live on and will continue to thrive in opportunities!

This photomontage was the previous one! Although I do like it myself, it didn't have enough research behind it. It wasn't interpreted by an influenciable artist, I just saw a photo of an edited eye... And it gave me a great idea! All the images used in this photo all belong to me. I went to the Cathedral to look for some inspiration with the rest of my class and it turned into this.

There are more photomontages but I feel that they aren't good enough to post on my blog.