View allAll Photos Tagged coursework
Oil on canvas.
Exploring the different ways of depicting different people within a painting and style.
Wes Magyar artist copy.
(Things I Like no.4)
2nd Year Uni project, focusing on young mums within the society of London. photographing their everyday life.
The debris from my exhibition, lovingly stacked up on the floor. A digital photograph of a 35mm SLR shot.
"Service Educatif de la Médiathèque", visual identity coursework, Haute Ecole Albert Jacquard, 2012.
2009 art coursework on parents living vicariously through their children. Polymer clay, chalk pastel, readymades.
The title of the piece in the images is PG: Playing God.
Artist Statement: Encased in a closely monitored environment, children lead a life padded with the safe assurances of parental choices. However, such care has the danger of morphing into an overbearing compulsiveness in ensuring a stable future for the child; what parents see as the profession of success could also be an embodiment of their own faded dreams, and hence they live vicariously through their children. Yet, the meticulous efforts in paving their youngsters' livelihood may not go as planned; the gulf of understanding between adult practicality and childish ignorance is indissoluble, and children, being immersed in innocence, fail to appreciate those preparations for the purposes they harbour.
The images on the boxes are in chalk pastel, and are based on modified flickr photographs. photo by Fiona Cher.
I began this project by thinking of a theme which was architecture, because of my lack of knowledge of architecture I decided to make it abstract architecture, allowing me to make the work more personal and versatile. I used many research methods which included viewing various books and online resources I felt that the internet helped the most because it gave me a broad idea of what architecture is like. As well as this I also viewed buildings around London and this showed many different styles of architecture which I could compare to styles that I viewed on the internet. From my visits I took pictures to document first hand research and created studies from them. The artists that had an influence on my work a lot was Brendan Neiland, Gregory Lang and Kurt Schwitters. I took vast amount of ideas and themes from their work and reproduced it differently into mine to create my final piece. Natural forms and organic shapes were another big influence into my work and because I wanted to make my final piece incorporate more sense than usual I added texture into my work, were there was brinks I used sand to give a feel to the artwork. The colours were influenced by Kurt Schwitters, artwork Das Undbild which has earthly colours. For my final piece I used a similar colour scheme by incorporating the orange and blue divide however making it more vibrant. The orange and blue represent different ends of the colour spectrum and I intended for them to represent different tastes in architecture which people may have. The black scalene triangle towards the centre is ‘negative space’ which represents many things that can go wrong in the world of architecture. The crocked shapes interlock with each other showing a sense of harmony however this is in conflict with that fact that colours are strikingly different from one another. The green tones in between the shapes signifies grass, greenery and earth which in many ways is the foundation of most if not all architectural projects. Furthermore some bit of my final piece were raised and I intended on giving it a three dimensional aspect where if looking from the side it looked like buildings on top of a foundation of grass, however this didn’t work too well because the glue was too thick so this is something that I could improve on. My final piece was based around work that I had already done in my book this made it more personal to me as well as fitting into my theme. The first attempt in creating this artwork was by using modrock and this which wasn’t too successful. Foam board was then suggested to me and it was a very good idea because it’s a material architects are familiar with. It was easy to cut the various shapes out of the form board and create my overall artwork. However when drying the painted foam board the material curled at its ends which I didn’t expect and this made it a struggle to get it stuck down onto the MDF board. In conclusion I think this artwork was a success and I really enjoyed creating it.
I chose wedding for my occasion, and tried to develop it in a new and alternative way. I have uploaded a few of the sketchbook pages to show you how I worked towards my end result.
"Service Educatif de la Médiathèque", visual identity coursework, Haute Ecole Albert Jacquard, 2012.
For our latest project from one of my tutors, Alan, we were given a choice of four different 'Cockney ryhming slang' options. I was given a choice of; Plate of meat~ Feet, Fish Hook~ Book, Elephant trunk~ drunk and Barnet Fair~ Hair...Until now i hadnt even heard of cockney rhyming slang, so this was an interesting project for me! This was the final outcome of 'Plate of meat~ Feet'...I was attempting to piss my teachers off with this, but they were really excited about the idea and told me to do this option...I question my logic!
Picture 1
(2nd Year Photography Degree, Semester 1)
Teenage angst photoshop project, comically illustrating the exaggerated views from a teenager's perspective as often the 'victim' in a parental disagreement, and the thoughts of being invisible/unimportant to their parents.
-----------
I spent hours completely editing my stepdad's face in this photo, as he just couldn't get the expression of exasperation and anger right for me! Turned out ok in the end I thought, thanks to Ollie's input,
.coursework level 2 .january/february 2008
.each element was made using a different construction process .slabs .coils .modulation
.tutor: martim santa rita
Title: Rainbows and Bonbons
Size: 750x3000mm
Date completed: 24 September 2008
Description: Final painting submitted for A-level Coursework, with side and closeup view.
Write-up:
Children can simply eat, laugh and play, but I am a child grown old.
Rainbows and Bonbons stems from my personal experience and desire to preserve my childhood fantasy. The viewer is invited to share the special connection of innocence and happiness between the child and candy. Yet, this work goes beyond portraying this childhood happiness. It is laced with deeper nuances of emotion associated not just with nostalgia, but with regret. While one can celebrate in the recollection of this simple joy, most will realize that this joy lies only in our memories.
During my second year of studying photography at college I started a coursework project inspired by a variety of books. Anyone who knows me would hardly be surprised that Agatha Christie's Poirot was the subject of one of the photoshoots for that project. The book in question was The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Agatha Christie's debut novel and Hercule Poirot's first introduction to the world.
This particular piece came about entirely by accident. I tried out a variety of different shots for this photoshoot and it was only when I started editing in Photoshop that I realised this image had the makings of a book cover. I continued experimenting with this image throughout the whole lesson that morning and then continued working on it throughout the next photography lesson.
The mug here was intended to refer to the cups mentioned by Poirot in the book and the small jar was intended to represent strychnine, which was used in the murder depicted in the book. I added some quotes from Poirot and Hastings about the coffee cups and, after several different ideas, I settled on the placement of the text within the shadow of the mug. The biggest challenge for me was choosing a font style for Agatha Christie's name and I must confess I was not particularly pleased with my choice at the time. I should add that my opinion on the font style remains the same because I feel it is too jarring in comparison to the title font, which seems to work rather well.
Bottle placed on top of a luxurious golden ribbon fastened garment. Crisped up the label so it really stood out. This was my chosen image.
Made an A3 test print on satin paper today. I'm quite relieved that this project has finally come together over the last few weeks, it was starting to look like there was no end!
My photography coursework for this year. The idea was to take 5 photos of someone in the Brighton & Hove area which would show their job or hobby. I was lucky enough to find Dave, who makes puppets.
My photography coursework for this year. The idea was to take 5 photos of someone in the Brighton & Hove area which would show their job or hobby. I was lucky enough to find Dave, who makes puppets.
At least three shots had to include our subject, and at least one didn't
Photography.
Combining both Narrative and Surreal elements in the topic, Narrative.
(Final Piece no.8)
I've posted something similar, but this time it's clearer and more positive. After an intense week at home working away, I've finished a piece of coursework, three days before the deadline! That's a wait of my shoulders.
"Service Educatif de la Médiathèque", visual identity coursework, Haute Ecole Albert Jacquard, 2012.
For my A2 Art coursework, I chose a personal theme which I named, “Hidden Turmoil”. I began by choosing artists work that inspired me; I first found Julia Polonski and Peter White at an exhibition called “Art in Action”. I chose Polonski’s work because not only do I admire her techniques using charcoal, I am interested in the hidden meanings behind her work. I have seen White’s work at Art in Action and many of White’s images are created in a similar fashion; this inspired me to work in a similar way to his work because it links with my theme of broken, hidden turmoil, conflict, insecurities and hidden emotions etc. In my own work, I was encouraged to pick simple objects that have been neglected or broken to create simplistic images that show hidden turmoil and hidden emotions by the techniques I use. It also inspired me to use dark colours and shading to create a negative atmosphere and use harsh and quick strokes to add to the texture and tone. From analysing White’s work, I have learned that I can present different emotions and feelings by changing texture, colour, technique and media. I’ve also learned to manipulate the tone, mood and atmosphere that the audience feel, for example, darkening my shading or adding a dark, bland background I can make the image look hostile, lonely and disturbing or if I were to use smooth, gentle brush strokes when painting and lighter colours, the audience will feel calmer and more uplifted. I have used what I have learned in my own work to display different emotions in objects to symbolize broken lifestyles and hidden emotions that people feel; this helped my personal investigation. The most successful aspects of my project were the pieces of mum and dad on their wedding day, the sketch of mum and objects in my sketchbook and my final piece, these images turned out to be the most visually intriguing and to be the ones that triumphantly expressed hidden turmoil due to the mark making and composition. Less successful parts of my project was a biro drawing of mum and an acrylic painting in my sketchbook of mum, these pieces I feel, showed the least skill and relevance to the project, the biro drawing lacked originality and the painting in my sketchbook had no sense of form or depth. To improve on my project I would continue to work on the pieces I feel are at a lower standard until they show better skill. I would also like to develop the project on the ‘possessions’ topic and add to the perfume bottle pieces because the possessions were a very personal aspect of the project and I think the way in which I experimented with prints and ink was a really effective way to get messages across to my audience. I’d also like to improve by using more types of medium that I am unconfident with such as biro, watercolour and pastel, I think improving my skills in these areas could have improved my whole project by showing a range of experiments with different media’s.