Year 2

     

   I went to a ballet class to take photos of dance positions to use in my art and understand the movement of ballet more. I found it incredibly helpful as i now understand how some of the choreography works and processes of performing the dance. I find ballet really beautiful and elegant, all the dancers appeared very calm and relaxed as they performed. However, when talking to a few after their class i was told how they were frustrated on their mistakes and the pain that comes with ballet on the inside but performing did help them feel calm and was enjoyable. I thought this was similar with the emotions i was presenting in my visuals. In real life the singer appears calm however on the inside she is full of anxiety which is conveyed through the dance of the other dancers (her thoughts and emotions) hence why she appears most calm as she watches them.    It was difficult to get clear photos when the dancers were moving however the blurs help show that there is movement and it cou

     I did some observational drawings of this piece whilst it was hanging. I wish that i drew these at a different perspective and angle to show i am looking at a piece hanging, creating formation and an object, instead i drew what i saw straight on of the board and not the actual board itself.    All drawings were drawn in four minutes.     My first drawing was a continuous line using biro. I quite enjoyed this technique as it is very free flowing. However, i struggle to focus on capturing details and creating shading. I think i need to improve this by focusing on one singular object at a time.I also found that i just drew one line to represent the string, making them appear as violent scribbles instead of string. I see the benefit of this appearance as it shows frustration of the singer who feel trapped, however i grew annoyed as i wanted to draw the string.          This drawing is difficult to see as i used coloured pencils that did not have sharpened edges. Additionally i u

    In ten minutes i created this piece without preparation and using materials on hand. I used string and metal to represent the roughness and collapsing buildings inspired by Spinalonga and the bareness of the black background. I included some flowers and colourful leaves to create the influence of overgrown wildlife in the visuals.     The bird image appears very out of place as it is a clear image. To me this represents imagination against the black background, showing the isolation and how the singer is filling that void with dreams. In the visuals the only other company the singer has is the dancers, the birds could represent that company or even be singing birds showing the musical connection. Using wire, i hung this from the ceiling, allowing it to spin, like the dancers. I wrapped this piece in string as it prevents the viewer from seeing everything as well as traps the image together, just like the singer is trapped in her dreams.     I really like the outcome of this piece

    As i am looking into movement for the dancers of my visuals i will attempt to create some videos. I quickly experimented one night with simple video editing. I decided to take multiple photos as i moved my position and later edited them together with my chosen song. As this was a quick experiment the photos are not well planned. I would prefer to have taken them in a set that would suit the visuals i plan more rather than my bedroom. Additionally, they would look better with an actual dancer.     I ended up taking these photos in gaps once i realised i was missing areas, meaning some photo positions are out of place and there are some jumps between photos. However, i liked creating a video using photos as the still movement i felt expressed how the singer is stuck in her dream that is not real whilst "existing" merely in the real world where she isnt truly living. Like she is stuck jumping between the two. It appears like a video that doesn't have enough signal to lo

       I noticed the sunlight on the water from my shower and was fascinated by how i could see the lines of water. I took photos from an upward angle, downward and straight on. Each perspective changed how the movement of the water looked looked. I was also took by how the water shined, appearing like falling diamonds.     I took photos of this candle as it has pressed flowers and leaves around the edge. I will press some flowers as well and use them in paintings or collages. I liked how the candle light illuminated through, it made me think about my chosen song and how her love for her crush inspired her to want to live in reality. However she lost her chance, just like how a candle can easily be blown out. I really like this metaphor and will devlop it through experiments of the visuals.    

      I decided to develop the drawings i did when experimenting with the use of the projector. I felt that these drawings were quite bad as they were quick sketches and details were out of place. For instance the scribbles on the dancers faces look odd and ruin the drawing. As i was looking into rough painting i decided to try experiment with the style. I think between the two my favourite outcome of the paint is of the face, The random pop of colour in the hair and mix of bright colours. I quite like the outcome when using a pallet knife and scraping it down the page with all the colours. The way the colours mix and still stand out from one another. Furthermore, adding paint to the drawing helped illuminate the green pen drawing. On the other hand some features are out of place, for instance the eyes are slightly ff and the lips.    For the dancers, i found acrylic paint to be too runny to mix with colours. I think oil paint might work better. I got the paint in the right lines this

  I came across this artist when looking into movement. She films herself drawing with charcoal and creates the marks by moving her body- dancing on the canvas. The marks captures the movements that she creates when listening to music. I would love to try this to draw the movements of the dancers that i vision. I believe it would be difficult to capture as i am not a dancer but i will definitely try beginning with charcoal and possibly moving onto paint as i would love to see how the colours mix when using my body.     I didnt really explore Abrahams style and incorporate it into my work as much as i wanted to as it was difficult to find a way to combine this style at a large scale with other materials. If i had more time i would of used this as a starting point to explore paint, printing and other materials layered up using my body. I feel this would have been a completely different investigation if i had done this.

      I created some prints to experiment with mark making and colour. I want to incorporate rough paint strokes of colour into my painting, inspired by Mara Lights rough textures of paint drips. I thought print making was a good way to start of boldly. I used a mirror for my template and tried different objects such as tape, pen lids, combs, fingers and a pallet knife to create marks. I really like the purple prints where i used a comb to create wavy lines, overlapping them as the outcome is unpredictable but controlled. I also really like creating a gradient between colours or adding a little bit of white without mixing it in so the ink in the print appears rough.     I made a creative choice to not change my paper with ink marks on as i find the markings intriguing. The way the ink layers as i created more prints, the markings were unique and i like the idea of using them in a background.I especially like the marks across the top where i was cleaning a pallet knife and got to see