Art Analysis - the first thing I did was use the technique of dry point printing to create a recreation of part of Oxford Castle. I was inspired by the artist of Jane Peart.

it into the eye shape to make it look like an ordinary gallery painting to the audience but then to have the eye within to make the audience intrigued. When considering line in my work I thought about the length and width of the lines I wanted to make and whether I wanted them to create tone or a basic outline. For example when I was painting one of buildings in black acrylic I took into consideration the size of the paint brush as I had to think about if the lines were going to be thick or thin and the impact that would have on the overall mood of the piece. As I chose to do mixed media I decided to make sure that I used a good variety of media and techniques. Therefore the media I used was acrylic, water colour, paper and pencil. I made my final piece by firstly getting an A1 board and sketching out what I wanted the eye to look like. My final piece was done in stages as I had to think about which buildings took longer to create and considered drying time. Therefore the first thing I did was use the technique of dry point printing to create a recreation of part of oxford castle. I was inspired by the artist of Jane Peart who also does dry points architecture which then linked into the theme of this unit. I was inspired by her work as I loved the way she used lots of lines with different compositions to create an incredibly detailed piece. This then slightly contrasts to my dry point piece as it lacks detail and tone making it more abstract. A challenge I faced with doing the dry point was that when engraving onto the plastic I made a couple of mistakes however I couldn’t undo them and I was also too far along time wise to start over therefore I had to find a way for the less perfect lines to work. When working with acrylic on the building and outlining the eye I had to take a lot of time and care to make it as precise as possible compared to when I was creating the background. This was a fun process as I got to experiment with blending different shades of blue together to create a cool toned background. This took a longer time as I had to wait for the acrylic to dry. Another thing I did was I copied an image of the Radcliffe camera onto book pages. I chose to use a biro pen as my work was inspired by the artist Stephen Wiltshire. I was inspired by his work as I loved how he could take a simple ink pen and create some much depth and tone within one image. I also like how the images could look slightly messy as they had soft lines but they really brought the image together. I was inspired by how realistic he made his work. Wiltshire linked to the unit as he is an architecture artist but rather than being a local artist he does recreates images of places all over the globe. I am happy with how my work turned out. This is because I managed to create exactly what I was imagining. I believe that my work is successful as it has the intention to intrigue the audience into looking at it closer and understanding what the piece is. The mood of my work could be interpreted as sad due to the cool colours in the background or it could be interpreted to having the mood of anger beneath it because of the sharp lines on some of buildings perhaps suggesting hate towards the town. Another was it could be interpreted is calming due to the lack of texture on the piece and the curved lines. I wanted people to be able to interpret this in many different ways as it shows all the different emotions which people feel whilst walking around the streets of oxford. I chose to do more than one building as the underlying theme of the piece is to show variety. As there are so many unique and quirky buildings in oxford and so many people come along from all other the world to see them. There are a few refinements I could make to my work. I feel like I could of scaled it up and rather than using knowledge from a previous unit and do an eye to represent people looking around I could of done the buildings within a window therefore making me completely focus on the architecture unit. Also making it a window could potentially incorporate the media plastic. Overall I am happy with how my final piece turned out and I am happy with the mood it presents towards the audience.