Colour Part 2 Project

This was the second part of the Colour Project. We had the chance to do something more Graphic Design and design and create an educational book. Inside the book it needed to involve Colour Theory, Symbolism in Colour, Colour Use in Art & Design and Colour Techniques. This took a lot of research in how to design a book and research into type, layout, etc. From this I wrote everything that was going into it and designed each page. It was a challenge however, I enjoyed it and think it helped me to develop my skills.

These are a few pages of my book that I created, the back page, chapter and information page. I have tried to make sure that everything is equal to each other.

These are some of the images I used in my book, which helped me to show what I meant with Analogous colours, Primary, Secondary, etc. It also helped to jog my memory on which is which and what they mean.

These are the types that I experimented with and I also experimented with the colours that I would like to use in each chapter. These are the main colours that I think will look more professional and attract students.

These are the quotes that I was looking at to add into my Chapters. I love quotes and think they help to explain how you are when you don't know how to say it. I feel these quotes would help to explain Art in a new way.

Colour Part 1 Project

For the second year we started off with this project. Over the summer we had an A5 sketchbook to draw anything we wanted to as long as it had colour involved. From these images we had to develop a sketchbook which will get graded. I had to do a range of colour medias such as complimentary colours, analogous colours etc, which is what we learned in the first year. I developed mood pages on each colour, blue, red, green, purple, orange, yellow and black and white, these all having words representing emotion or words representing the colour. From these we then developed ideas for our final pieces. We used the words and artist we researched into to help us develop our thumbnails and final ideas. Then we experimented and edited the final outcomes.

 

These are just a few of my final outcomes for; Yellow, Purple, Blue and Green.

This is what I created to jog my memory of complimentary colours. I designed this using a still life that was placed in front of me to collect shapes and patterns. I used this design throughout the complimentary colours to see how by changing where the colour is placed how different it can look.

These are the mind maps I created with words I thought of as soon as I think of that colour. I had words ranging from thinks I think of to feelings and emotions that the certain colour makes me feel. I have also added images of that colour. This really helped me to develop my final outcomes and think deeply into words and emotions.

This is a piece done by Sasha Prood. She is an artist I looked at to help me with my final pieces. I loved how she uses fine liners in her work. This was a piece I looked at a lot more than other work for my Green final.

Culture Project.

Culture was the last project that I did in the first year of the course, it was also my FMP. For this project I had the chance to draw many things such as; the London eye, Big Ben, the streets of London, Graffiti, people walking around and more. For this project I only had to create one piece, seeing as I was concentrating on Graphics only. I visited London city to collect all the researched needed, and also, Tate Modern. I then researched artists to help me develop my book and help me think of ideas for my final. For my final I created a Poster to show the Tate Modern Gallery and to get people to visit an exhibition. I created the piece using card, with a mixture of watercolour, fine liners, card and tracing paper.

This is what I drew while being in London. I drew a mixture of things onto one page, as I found the odd thing interesting and wanted to experiment with watercolour and fine liner. I layered the images over each other and used water colour on only three pictures to make them stand out from the other.

I drew this door because there where many like this around London and I found them intriguing, as living around Wigan you don't find many doors like this. I used watercolour for this and fine liner over the top to add detail with.

I have drawn these guns because I wanted to see what it was like to draw something that I'm not used to. I drew it from the artist BoomArtWork, who I was very inspired by. I used a black ball point pen to draw this at first as I wanted to challenge myself, and with pen I wasn't able to rub it out. I then went over it with watercolour to add colour and make it more interesting.

This was an idea I had before I pushed my ideas further to get my final piece. I wanted to use the cup because I feel this is a common stereotype that people from other countries put onto us, that we drink tea all the time and eat cakes. I thought this would be a good idea with the type in the middle. I used water colour, acrylic and fine liner.

Natural Framework Project.

For me I enjoyed this project, I had the chance to draw many different things, going from drawing animals, sea life, bugs, skeletons, and more. I created four finals for each discipline; 3D, Graphics, Textiles and Fine Art. I visited Liverpool World Museum for the primary research that I needed. There where many different rooms which each had interesting objects to draw. From these drawings I developed my ideas and techniques further and made them into finals. For 3D; I created a body adornment piece, this piece could be created for any part of the body ranging from the head to the foot. I decided to create my piece from my thigh. I used two different pieces of wire and metal for design. For Graphics; I created four postcards based on the four seasons, using the techniques from Nadia Flower and Stefan Sagmesiter, and mixed their techniques or created a piece on just their techniques. For Textiles; I created a top, which had a range of stitching, distressing, fabrics and more. For Fine Art; I created a square lino print, with three different colours added to one picture, and also an etching print to show texture and pattern.

 

Drawing shapes onto 3D forms helped me to figure out the shape I would need to create my piece. These are just a few of what I designed to help me decide on creating a 3D body adornment for my thigh, and with what kind of patterns and shape I would have. 

I drew this to help my progress on my final for Spring. I thought it linked very well to the Artist Nadia Flower, and I have used her techniques very well. This helped me decide how I would create the letter for the final piece, and what colours I should use.

Braiding was one of the many techniques that I used to decide on which techniques I would like to use on my final, I also used distressing and layering. I only used a little bit of braiding on the top as I thought to much would take the detail away.

This is a close up on the final piece. I like how the colours are layered and I find that they look better close up than from a distance. I think having the colours layered is much better than have just one colour, it brings more interest to the piece.

Mechanical Project.

Mechanical was my second project which I did. I created four finals, each for the four disciplines; 3D, Graphics, Textiles and Fine Art. I visited MOSI (Museum Of Science and Industry) for primary research, which helped me create and develop ideas. For 3D, the starting idea for a final I had to create was based on kitchen ware. I made a list of what I would like to create and then chose which I would like to make. I decided to create a tea bag holder and sugar and coffee pot holder with a spoon. For Graphics, the idea was to create a poster for the MOSI Museum, so I decided to link the poster with images I drew from MOSI, however, with this I had to make sure that I made it for the target audience. For Textiles, I created many samples based on the shapes and images from the primary research, from these I looked closer to the detail and created four pieces of work. For Fine art, the final piece was to be a lino print based on the techniques from Stuart Davies. I printed with a range of colours and onto a range of different sorts of papers.

I created these to help me decide if the size that I wanted the clay pieces to be, where the right size and not to big or small. I think creating these really helped me and would create a sample piece first next time if I were to create a 3D piece.

I created this to have an example of an artists work. I used ink and mechanical pieces to help me decide which would work the best on my final piece. Doing this was a lot of fun and I would like to use ink again for my final again soon.

This is the lino which I used to print onto paper, newspaper, card, etc. I used many colours which helped me decide which worked best on which material. I found it hard to cut the lino, but once I got the hang of cutting it, I found it quite easy to do.

For Textiles, I experimented with some samples. For these samples I used a range of fabrics and stitches, which helped me to decide which fabric would be best to use for my finals, and which kind of stitch would make them look the best they can be.

Formal Elements Project.

One of the first projects I got given was Formal Element. From this project I learnt a lot about Art and Design and first started to develop my skills. I had the chance to learn about each formal element; shape, form, texture, colour, line, pattern and tone. When starting my work I looked at a still life which was full of different shapes, colours, lines and patterns. Then final piece that I created was a canvas, with all the four disciplines added into it. For 3D, I created a clay piece full of texture, line, pattern and colour, and also I created a wire piece full of line and shape to add to the canvas. For Textiles, I created a screen print, made from shapes with added stitch, this then was applied onto the canvas and I added padding underneath to add volume. For Fine Art, I painted and layered the canvas background to have a starting point to add on, I used gouache and acrylic paints and also newspapers and foam to add texture. For Graphics, I created work onto the actual canvas by joining the letter 'Brush' together to represent a continual line. I also had a letter 'B' that was filled with pattern then applied on the canvas.

 
 

This piece was created using Clay. It was added to my first final piece, which made the canvas look more interesting. I used many tools to create texture and shape to the piece. I have also made the piece bend so it comes off the canvas and creates a better look to the eye. 

This piece was created using screen print and inks. I used blue and pink because I feel that they worked very well together, and the mixture of them both created a deep purple which I find interesting. I then added french stitching and cross stitching to some parts of the shapes to add some detail. Creating this helped me decide on what shape, colour and pattern I should use onto my final piece.

This piece was created with Gouache paints. I find them very engaging as they are completely different to Acrylic paints, which I use often. I used Rauschenberg as inspiration to experiment with and to use his techniques in my work. The rough brush strokes to me show expression and a hard edge to the piece, while the blue gives a calm look. I used these techniques into my final piece for the background, I found this go practice and ideas of how I could apply the paint onto the canvas. 

This piece was created from letters and words I collected from a range of sources. I enlarged and traced them and added colour, line, shape and pattern to the words. The letter 'D' has more detail to make it dominant the piece and create interests. I used this for inspiration for what could go onto my final piece.