Artist i admire

Researching artist who deal with texture as part of there artwork has been very helpful to me. Especially during times i dont know what else i can do to my own artwork. It was pretty challenging to find other artists who use alot of texture but the ones i have found are very interesting. However i'm also researching artists that dont really use alot of texture but i admire how they approuch there subject matter and how there finished pieces look.

i particularly liked Karla Blacks pieces. She uses alot of everyday materials such as cellophane, cling film, sellotape, cosemetics such as make up, concealer, etc,. I also like how her pieces flow and take over a space. Karla Black is mainly a sculptor, also she uses texture in her artwork.

these sculptures look almost natural and have a soft, weighless appearance. I believe this was created by her choice of colour and placement 

Another artist I found helpful for my project was Judy Pfaff. She mainly created installations but what caught my eye was her paintings. She uses alot of textured materials in both he installations and paintings. Her installations are big scaled pieces that take control of the room there in. She is somewhat similar to Karla Black but they have alot of things in contrast aswell. Judy uses alot more darker and bolder colours that i think create a more harsh and busy look. Her pieces also look a bit more edgeyer and eerie almost.

An artist i admired who doesnt particulary deals with texture is Frances Lambe. She finds her inspiration from things around her, such as her love for deep sea diving. She take objects she finds and examines them up close, which is similar to theme of my project, i'mlooking at textures up close and seeing how i can recreate them. Frances Lambe is a ceramist, which is an area i'm concidering doing next year along with sculpting so i believe it is important to look at artists in the area i'm hoping to do. 

photos of my journey home!

So I decided to rent out a dslr from the college since my own camera didnt give good quality photographs. I need to take pictures of objects up close. My project and idea has developed, i'm still using alot of texture but i want to look at this up close and seeing how i can replicate certain textures.

My tutors have been very helpful and they gave me great ideas how to approach this project. My artwork prior to this week was very decorative and didnt tell the viewer much about what my project was.

Art history with David

last week we were introduced to a man named David who would teach us a little about art history. He gave us an assignment to do that involved the old staircase here in the college. These are two images i came up with using a photograph i took and photoshop. Its been a while since i used shotoshop so i'm still a tad bit rusty. 

i'm pretty happy with they came out, i like the fact i took them from an awkward, slightly askew angle.

Week 4!

I experimented with a lot of materials to create and mimic different textures. The image below is supposed to look like a tree trunk/bark. I achieved this by crunching up brown parer, tearing it and stuck it down on to ridged cardboard. I then sewed black thread into into so look like then lines on the bark. I added white yarn to give a contrast to the dark brown colours. I apologise for the bad camera quality!

I got a very light fabric and painted over it with a ix of pva and water, I then i painted over it to get a light wash. once it was dry i traced over a leaf and used indian ink for it to stand out more. i wanted to create a natural space. 

Since i am investigated the sense of touch, and i want to go into the area of sculpting, i sculpted a hand out of clay, i wanted to make it look as if it was reaching out to touch something.