Here is the first of my newest oil painting series for my independent project at school. I was inspired by artist Kris Knight and I used “Ethereal” as the word to lead my project. The tones on the shirt were time consuming yet very pleasing to the eye. I adore the angle of the face as it draws the viewer in.
This is a self portrait and the final portrait of my series. I really enjoy the surreal quality of the moths eyes. However I need to work on the shadows of the jumper and texture of the hair.
My second piece on portraiture for my exhibition acted as a middle ground for the transformation of the moth to cover the face and completely immerse the subject in their childhood and imagination, blind and protected from the realities of adulthood.
The prints came out amazingly with the Sepia ink. I left in the smudges and residue of the ink to create a anthropological feel to the moths in their order.
Demonstrating my experimentation with mark making. Cross hatching and accent lines gave me excellent details on the moths wings. I could also manipulate the amount of ink I put in certain places to create an illusion of shadows.
My third and final dry point piece acting as the bizarre conclusion to stepping through the picture frame in the self portrait drypoint. The eyes and glasses on the moths watch the viewer in a strange and judgemental way like the flowers in Alice in Wonderland. Nostalgia is blurry and trying to connect with it can result in mismatched memories...
This is what my final exhibition looked like all curated together. I presented it to my teachers and students hopefully not confusing them too much!
For a textile piece in my exhibition I experimented with textiles and stitching to create a tangible piece of my childhood that viewers could interact with. I wanted it to be more sensory and stimulating than a 2D painting. This photos shows one half the piece dedicated towards my childhood, with interests in patterns, biology, reading and insects. The other half of the piece gravitates towards adulthood as I grow up.
These two pieces were some of the final artworks in my GCSE Arts exhibition. They were created using watercolour, graphite and string. The theme was reflection and I wanted to combine human interaction with water against human emotion with water. That is why I created one piece (left) where the water is clouded in the headspace, and the other (right) where one is seen sinking into the flowing water.
This watercolour piece was created during my mock exams for GCSE. I was looking at plastic pollution in water and decided to create a ‘jellyfish’ out of plastic items.
This oil painting was the result of my photo shoot of Botticelli’s Fortitude painting. At this point I had not gotten to grips with white spirit and facial proportions yet.
