Here’s another of my latest paintings; 1 week left of my FMP so I’m now preparing for my final exhibition in UCA 😥 not going to lie procrastination aside I WILL MISS UCA 😥
Ink Painting Cont.
Bubbles O_o”
Once again the bubbles are merging back into my work. These are photographs of the ink slab I used during my printing class. One technique is to add washing up liquid in the ink to increase the flow of the ink. After using the slab once these patterns appeared and I had to capture them before they disappeared.
Mistakes
I was about to discard This study but i’m glad i didn’t; it’s so unique to what i’ve done before and I may actually make a silk screen from this one.
More Ink Studies
Cont.
Here is one using one of my ink+PVA studies, painted once again with acrylic and thinner.
Oh these are roughly A2
Paintings
I used my first PVA, Acrylic experiment as a base to get me started into this series of paintings. I used a thinner to ease the flow of the acrylic giving me the chance to vary my intensity of colour without using water. I was going to do these in oils but the slow drying would have caused me to smudge everything. For a first try these aren’t too bad but I hope to add more detail as I go on.
Ink and PVA
These are a series of experiments that I started for my FMP; following my acrylic PVA experiments I decided to limit myself to just Ink and PVA as the ink repels the PVA (probably due to the high water content). I’ve recently started Started playing around with the idea of blowing these up using a projector tracing the detail I see and painting it afterwards. I will post these pieces as I progress.
Isaias Afewerki
It’s interesting how we got to know of Kony due to a viral video but do we know truly of the evil that goes on now as we live today. Not to be controversial but Isaias Afewerki has to be one of the most unknown evil dictators that still live today (to the general public anyway). The genius of this man is the fact that he doesn’t allow the press to report anything in Eritrea; and living in a media driven society it only makes sense that it’s not in the public’s interest to know of him. Religious faiths that have not been legalised in Eritrea deem the people who follow them alien, to the point that they are not classified as citizens. Even Christians are put in jail facing torture for their faith, and are forced to denounce their religion; though many refuse and are still tortured. It saddens me when I think of the hardships people face due to what they believe in; I often feel that I take for granted the freedom I have to express my faith without the fear of prosecution when others are tested for what they truly believe. As part of my series in this project I’ve decided to continue painting these evil figures hoping to strike debate and having at least one more person aware of what’s really out there.
Sugar Lift etching
Inspired by our visit from Humphrey Ocean our guest lecturer Gwen decided to show us one of his etching techniques which we tried for ourselves later on. I chose to use my recent painting of my grandma as a source of inspiration for my composition. I really like the effect I got from the process, with sugar lift etching you never really get a perfect image but the outcome is great.
Crowd
I try to stay away from painting more than one person as my perfectionist side would step in and I would end up spending months on one piece, not due to the level of difficulty; simply the fact that I’d hate painting it. So I decided to challenge myself, not only was I to paint a crowd I was to also paint it in oil. I focused on elements that I found easier to paint and for some reason I find it easier to paint hair, which most actually find harder to paint. From my study I found that I don’t need to paint a perfect portrait have the characteristics of the subject I’m painting, from the hair alone most of my uni friends were able to spot the characters with ease.
Triptych
I finished my piece keeping in mind the idea of a triptych; having done some research on Francis Bacon I noted the spiritual importance of a triptych and how first examples are found in churches. I’m still on the journey of discovering my own interpretation of faith, but to kick-start my research I’m hoping to engage with the public, asking questions of their beliefs in the supernatural. So far I’ve had a brief encounter with Mormons; it’ll be interesting to find out just what they believe in. I’m not sure whether it’s just another branch from modern-day Christianity.
Eureka 2
So a few posts ago I did the whole experiment with the PVA glue and paint. I decided to give it a go and actually paint what I see and for a first attempt I’m quite happy with the result, and the fact that I finished in less than 5 hours is freaking me out. May be finally on to a winner; now it’s just the case of tweaking my FMP proposal :D. Ah art how you choose to evolve. Painted this at home, couldn’t be bothered to paint in uni as I had all the materials at home and now that I’ve FINALLY got my easel and camera; NOTHING CAN STOP ME!!! So expect a lot more this 2 months.
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