In the space of the two hour
lesson, I produced a piece of work that is similar to what my final piece is
going to look like. I planned ahead, which included: a drawing of how I wanted
the piece to look, labels of artist inspiration and mediums and then I also
made a breakdown of the times in which I was going to do specific parts of the
piece. I wanted to show that that I could take inspiration from artists’ work
and make it my own, which is why I attempted to evidence skills that I have
taken from ROA and Cy Twombly’s work. I thought that these artists helped me
develop my project as I wanted to create a piece that gave impact to the viewer
and sent a message to them of how passionate I am about the issue of animal
cruelty. This a picture of my creation:
I think that, regarding the
drawing of the cat, I have managed to record shape relatively accurately. I
think the details on the cat are the right shape as well (for instance: the
eye, the nose and the ears). Furthermore, that claw marks that I cut out from
the canvas are a good shape as they resemble real claw marks.
For this piece I used a canvas that
was approximately the size of an A4 piece of paper; I didn’t think that I would
get the piece done in the time limit if I had increased the size. This practice
told me that I may be able to produce a slightly bigger piece. Overall, I think
that the components within the piece are a little too overcrowded as the words
are too close together. Also, I think that the cat is smaller than I would like
it to be (I want the cat to be the most dominant feature in the piece).
I used the colour red in this piece
as I wanted to convey particular feelings in this piece (for instance: anger,
pain and torment). The red stands out from the dull, plain background and I
wanted the black to give connotations of death, yet also gives a sense of
power. Both the black and red together, increase the amount of contrast within
the piece. At the end of making the piece, I had a couple of minutes left and I
wanted to increase the power and intentions of the piece, which is why I
attempted to add a slight hint of blue around the cat. (I thought that this
would convey the message across to the viewer that the animal is miserable).
Although I am working on a flat, 2-D
background, I have tried to make the form of the cat more 3-D to increase the
realism. I think I am going to increase the amount of layers in some of the
painted aspects of the piece to make it stand out from the background.
I think I have managed to capture
tone in the cat really well as the patterns on the fur is clearly visible (in
order to capture this tone, I placed down more marks onto the canvas and I also
layered the marks to get darker tones). This created high contrast within the
animal drawing.
After having looked at ROA’s work in
detail, I took some inspiration from his work. For example, I wanted to
recreate his slightly expressive mark making and his tonal palette. I think I
have evidenced these relatively well in my drawing. Although he uses walls as
his backgrounds, I took this kind of inspiration from Cy Twombly. Due to the fact
that Twombly uses canvases in his pieces, I have used a canvas. Additionally, I
have used the types of colours and tones that he uses in his pieces as I think
they give a powerful message in my piece. However, I think that I should
attempt to layer some of the paints more as this is the kind of style that he
uses in his body of work.
Overall, to improve my work, I am
going to make the blue tint around the cat more obvious and prominent to
illustrate the idea that the cat is sad and unhappy. I also want to alter the
scale of things in my final piece as this practice proves that things are a
little too confined; I want to increase the scale of the cat so that it is the
main focus of the piece. In order to improve the artist link with ROA, I am
going to try and use thicker marks and be slightly more expressive as his work
is expressive as well. Moreover, I am going to layer some of the paints so that
I can achieve a similar style to Cy Twombly as well.
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