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WAWWA: CONTEXUAL RESEARCH

After my initial response to the new project, I decided to do some contextual research to inspire my next artistic response and to further develop my theme. As I’m thinking about the body and the actual cells of the virus, I started to research about the process of the virus in the human body.

I mainly looked at what the actual cell itself looked like, and made response inspired by that. I tried to recreate the look of the cell, using ink and watercolour. I also decided to do pointillism with a fine tip pen to create a similar look as a spreading disease looks. I used the colours red and yellow as that is the colour of the coronavirus.

With further research I found that the word “corona”, is from the latin word meaning ‘Crown’, due to the cell being surround by little spikes, looking like a crown. I have also looked into the artist Lazlo Moholy-Nagy, and I plan on experimenting with photoshop and photography next, and using the information about the history of the name and maybe looking at the shape of the human body, and how I can portray an emotion through the shaping of the body.

The start of the slide show is actual photos of the virus, and then the next two paintings are my responses.

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DEVELOPMENT TASK TWO PRT3.

With the continuation of producing a mix of 3D and 2D pieces. I really enjoyed making and experimenting with these pieces and are really happy with the results.

I mainly worked with ink, masking tape, brush pen and pencils. With my environment being my bedroom, and my bedroom consisting of squares and circlers, I decided that to be my main objected, when facing on what to create.

I experimented by overlapping certain shapes, cutting out certain shapes using a crafting knife or scissors. When experimenting I particually liked the contrast of curves and lines and block colours.

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GRADED UNIT – PRT. 6

For this piece, I decided to paint it onto a cereal box. I got inspiration for this piece when I went out for a food shop. When waiting in the queue to go into the supermarket, I noticed several signs with “Essential” written. At first, I thought this was silly as its obvious that in this current state, we must only buy what is necessary. However, when I got into the shop and started collecting the food, the first item I went for was the Kellog’s Crunchy Nut Cornflakes. I thought nothing of it, until I went home. This experience for me opened my eyes at what we think is essential in our lives and how blinded we are at what we need to just get by.

The two people in the top right corner of the piece, is to show the glass barriers in the supermarkets and to represent a scene I witnessed. That scene being, I man coming too close to a member of staff, and when asked to step back got aggressive towards the member of staff. As this scene was unfolding, you could sense the panic and anger in the store, with people getting frustrated and wanting to keep a distance.

I do like this piece and feel it was successful, however I feel I made the piece too literate at what I wanted to show. Also I feel the colours used are too dark and in the future try more lighter colours, as I feel the background colour drags everything down. With all the artwork I’ve created before this piece, I haven’t planed out, however I decided to plan this one out before hand. With planning this piece, it helped me to think on what I wanted to show and represent, but I feel it wasn’t as personal due to the fact I planned in. Where as with the other pieces I created out of emotion.

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GRADED UNIT – SKETCHBOOK. 2

Throughout this project I’ve been doing quick sketches that are mainly inspired by Basquiat’s style. The characters created in my sketches are more representations for emotions. Also, I find these sketches useful for future inspirations.

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GRADED UNIT – SKETCHBOOK

During this project the variety of colours available is very limited, however I decided to experiment a little with colours. I quickly painted pages in my sketchbook with acrylic paint, with very squared brushstrokes.

I do like these bases, as they are also useful for inspiration for a painting. Whether that be for colour or even compositional reasons. For this project, alot of my paintings are layered, these sketches helped me to see what colours look well with layering.

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GRADED UNIT – PRT. 5

This would have to be one of my favourite pieces to far. I did this piece on the day that the deaths in the UK raised a considerably amount over night.

I have a holiday planned in June that I have been using to help me get through the current lockdown. On that day I had three conversations with people telling me that my holiday will probably get cancelled and flights won’t start till September. When receiving this news, I felt so angry and frustrated at the thought of forever staying in the house and not having something to think about, like a light at the end of the tunnel. I decided to paint a large face at the front and along the side, with resemblance to a clown and along the left of the painting having several small character faces. The smaller faces are to represent being overwhelmed and frustration. I feel having the different faces over-lapping one another helps to portray that.

The number in the corner is of the numbers of deaths in the uk of that time and I feel it represents a date. As the lockdown goes on, I loose track of the days, but when I go on social media, all I see is number of deaths. I found it interesting how frustrated I got when being told my holiday would be cancelled, showing how much I depend on that idea to help me through.

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GRADED UNIT – PRT. 4

This piece, I feel did not turn out as planned and it was unsuccessful. I do like the centre of this painting with the flower and the box surrounding it, however I feel the bottom right of the painting ruins it, due to black I that used.

I originally painted the flower on its own as a decoration piece for my house when the lockdown started. Couple of weeks into the lockdown, I decided to paint a square around the flower to show how I personally, feel trapped in the house. I decided to paint the creature to show frustration, but regretted it immediately. However, I have learned that if I want to add dark colours into a painting, maybe start off with lighter colours that can be coverable and maybe use darker blues, instead of black.

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GRADED UNIT – PRT. 3

When I finished the book “widow Basquiat”, a particular quote stood out to me: “Walls were paper and trains were book.” I really liked this quotation and quickly wrote in down on the canvas. I then slowly started to add more onto the canvas. The painting isn’t finished yet, as I want to keep on adding to the paintings throughout this lockdown. This isn’t my favourite piece, as I’m not really sure what the piece means, however I don’t see that as a bad thing.

For this project, I originally wanted to only use spray paint, however due to limited resources I will be mainly using acrylic, pastel and some oil paint.

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GRADED UNIT – PRT. 2

I created my second artwork on the backing of an old picture frame. In this painting, you can see a self portrait of myself in the top right corner and in the bottom left, a clown crying. Just off the centre to the left, you can see a drawing a toilet roll. I decided to give myself a cartoon/animalistic angry mouth due to the fact I felt like a savage animal in a cage, unable to leave. I wanted to try recreate that frustration and desperation.

The clown was added to show the sadness and I wanted the clown to also represent a baby crying as when I’m complaining about being stuck inside, I feel similar to a baby having a tantrum.

Since the lockdown in the UK, toilet roll has been one of the most popular items in panic buying. I wanted to show that as I find it quite chaotic at the thought of people being so desperate that they have to buy as many toilet rolls as possible.

I plan on adding to each painting I create throughout the lockdown. I want my paintings to represent my time in lockdown from the start to the end.

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GRADED UNIT – PRT. 1

At the start of the week, we were given our new briefing for our graded unit. We must choose from a list of topics on what we want our project based on. The topics are : Home and Displacement, War and Conflict, Natural World, Ritual and Commemoration, and Technology and Systems. I do plan to experiment with each topic, however I have decided that the main topic I’ll be focusing on is Home and Displacement.

Currently, the world is going through a pandemic, with a virus. For safety, everyone has been confined to their homes. When given this project I had been in the house for nine days straight. When the I saw the topic Home and Displacement I immediately started doing visual responses.

I personally I’m not a angry person, but of lately have felt frustration build up. At the time of these drawings I felt very angered and frustrated at the thought of not freely being able to leave my house and go anywhere. This was a new feeling for me because I wasn’t angry at anyone or action, just anger and it was the first that I really drew how I felt, so it helped me in over coming that.

I instantly drew a clown. I feel clowns have always been a fascinating being, due to them being always happy and when you see them sad it is uncomfortable, since you expect I more positive vibe from them. I feel connected to a clown at the time as I didn’t know how to respond to the angry I felt at the time.

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