Category: cap2

SLEF GEN PROJECT PRT9

Compared to my last piece I much prefer this piece. I think the colours are more effective together and I also feel the composition is more better placed. I added the brick pattern at the side of the artwork as I didn’t want to create too much of a contrast anywhere else in the painting. I then decided to paint with railings slightly green because I do want to start thinking about incorpaterting nature, so added then green. I do like the green, I feel it adds a surrealistic vibe. I also decided to districtly add architectural lines to add detail.

By adding the lines, it reminded me of blue prints, which you usually see when looking at building plans. I thought this could be interesting to combine with the nature aspect of the theme.

Tags cap2, development, experimenting, SelfGen, studiopractice2

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SELF GEN PROJECT PRT8

From the last piece of artwork that I previously done. I wanted to focus a little on creating a brick-like pattern. Looking into my sketchbook, I found a doodle I done with layering and colours. I felt this pattern really fit well with my current project as there’s a layering connection. Big city, croweded, many layers of buildings and adding with matching colours. I then created a small pallet that then matched the building in this next piece.

Tags cap2, development, experimenting, studiopractice2

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SELF GEN PROJECT PRT 7

I walked around the around of Leith Walk and photographed any buildings that took my ineterest. I really notices the amount of buildings in the city and would like to look more into incorporating layers in my project. I then collaged certain buildings and layered and paint around them. I took inspiration from Serj Fedulov and his work. I do feel this piece is quite busy, but I do plan in continuing with this as I feel it could develop into something further. I am just painting on paper, but I would like to try canvas as I feel it could look better.

I wanted to experimenting creating that layering of brick look. I do like the effect and the look, however I feel the placement and compassion is all wrong.

Tags cap2, collage, development, mixedmedia, mixemedia, studiopractice2

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SELF GEN PROJECT PRT6

Over the past couple of days, I have been going around the city and doing quick sketches of random buildings. I feel very out of my comfort zone, as I have never really painted buildings before. However I do feel I am improving. I am mainly using either Gouache or watercolour as these are the only materials I have. I do want to continually do these quick sketches as I feel it helps with technique and could be useful in the future of my project.

Tags cap2, developmentaldrawings, painting, studiopractice2

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SELF GEN PROJECT PRT5

Following from my previous post, I started experimenting with creating a rough texture. I started off with selecting colours that match the colour range of Edinburgh. I layered paint and then used Lino print of lines ontop with yellow. Originally I wanted the yellow lines to stand out, but they ended up patchy and faded-is. However, I really like the outcome as it has added depth and texture to the piece.

I also created a smaller Lino print of the apartments in Edinburgh, which you can spot near the castle. I really liked the effect and want to created a more larger and more detailed print, but this print was good experimenting.

I really feel the Lino print of the apartments add to the texture. I plan on going out and photographing my city. I would like to do some collage work.

Tags cap2, experiment, linoprint, painting, SelfGen, studiopractice2

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SELF GEN PROJECT PRT4

With this project, a part of me is slightly out of my comfort zone. I’ve never really painted and drawn buildings before, I’ve always been interested but never something I have been able to try until now. I love the way Serj Fedulov paints and reminds me of Impressionism. I do plan on looking further into Impressionism as I would like to try painting in that technique.

I started off with focusing on the which strokes of paint that you see in his work. I did a small sketch of Edinburgh castle, using a handwriting pen and then used Gouache to create texture. I don’t like them, as I feel they are messy and a bit all over the place. However it did help in what I want to develop more. I really creating the texture and using the paint. I would like to look more into creating a rough, stone texture with paint and layering.

Tags cap2, experiment, quickresponse, studiopractice2

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Serj Fedulov

Serj Fedulov is a Russian artist that focuses on urban landscapes and people. He mainly uses mixed media like acrylic, collage and watercolour. I especially like his urban landscape artworks because of the thick layers of paint being used and the collage or photography. I find his work really inspiring and effective. I feel I could use this mixed media style well with my new project.

I plan on doing some quick responses with paint and sketches to see if it works.

Tags artistresearch, CAP1, Research, SelfGen, studiopractice2

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SELF GEN PROJECT PRT3

I’ve decided that I’m going to be looking into the urban environment and nature, mainly focusing on Edinburgh City. With so much construction happening in the city right now, I want to look into the amount of greenery it has and look at the architecture of the city.

I started off by doing just simple sketches. I ended up with this response drawing of a flower and geometric shapes. I really like the piece and I liked the contrast of the detail, intricate flower compared to the simple lined shapes. In a way, it’s very similar to the city. I liked the thought of the contrast of nature and shapes and feel I could develop this into a project on urban environment.

Tags cap2, experimenting, quickresponse, studiopractice2

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SELF GEN PROJECT PRT2

From the previous group of responses I did, I really enjoyed working with line. So, I started experimenting with creating I line pattern, like I did before with the snake responses, but this time not using the whole page but just a small area of the page. I then do a similar pattern on top of the pattern I did, but in a contrasting colour. I really like the outcome of this, so I then outline them with black, I feel this makes the shapes stand out even more and brings for definition to the shape. I then went to experiment more of these. The pieces, in a way, remind me of the work of Keith Harring. I think due to the black outline and the simplistic form. I really enjoying experimenting with this and painting them. I’m not sure what would be the outcome if I were to carry one with developing since there’s no exact theme, but maybe I will be able to incorporate it into another project.

Tags cap2, experimenting, SelfGen, studiopractice2

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SELF GEN PROJECT PRT.1

For this projects, its completed self generated. I didn’t have a theme planned for this project, so I started off with making quick responses to anything. I started off with just painting whatever come to mind. I then went on to think about snakes and movement due to me drawing quite curved lines. So, I focused on that movement and started experimenting with colour and placement. I really like the look of these sketches and started making the lines bigger, less negative space on the page and more detailed. I then decided to add a snake into a sketch, which I really liked the outcome of the responses, however I’m not sure what I could develop further in the future. I would focus on the patter and shape and the movement of snakes. I am thinking of going down a more urban environment route for this project, however I’m not entirely sure yet.

Tags cap2, SelfGen, studiopractice2