What material did you experiment with and what materials did you prefer and why?
I used a Varity of different material; Acrylic paint, oil paint, pencils, shading pencils, glitter, watercolors, felt tips, ink and pastels. The first piece of art I done was a study of my ipod and headphones. I used acrylic paint and then went round the items in felt tips then to add effect I purple and pink splattered ink over it. I liked using the ink because it was fun using it since I haven’t used it in that way before and it also looked effected and made my work more exciting. II didn’t like using oil paints because it was too thick and messy at times, it also took about 4 days to dry. I also liked using pencils because of the shading and adding the different layers and shading the ears.
How did you decide on your final outcome?
I decided on Music, The first reason was because music is an obsession; I listen to it whenever I have a chance and I always have my ipod with me. I can also say it’s a passion to me since I love it and it can sometimes help me with my emotions. I got the idea of doing music because I came across Leonid Afremov and one of his paintings was a girl playing a cello and I liked the idea of doing music so from then on I went along with the idea.
Also alfremov work gave me the idea of pop music from the bright colours. And I decided to draw ears because without ears you wouldn’t be able to listen to music, also ears are a weird shape and they was fun to draw. However doing just ears for my final piece was abet boring so I used the shape of the ear and added the features of a guitar, but I didn’t want to make the fact I was doing music to obvious. I also used Andy Warhol as a reference artist so I made four copies of the same picture and used different colours on each one.
Describe your final outcome?
Andy Warhol mostly inspired my final outcome; I used acrylic paint and watercolor and also added glitter and broken CD’s to show that my project was based on music. I then stuck it on plan black paper so u only concentrates on the four paintings. I also done it long ways because it looked to clumped together when it was in a square shape. I decided on doing music quite early on in the project but I had my doubts at times because I wasn’t sure what I could do based on music however I think my final piece idea is quite creative. I think the work in my book shows how I got to my final piece quite well. The final out come took me about 2 and a half double lessons. I finished it just in time.
What connections have you made with the reference artist whether it is technique or theme?
The most obvious reference artist I used was Andy Warhol. However Leonid Afremov also had a part in my final piece because he gave me the idea to use bright colours and to do pop art. However Andy Warhal gave me the idea to do for similar images but to change the colours however Andy Warhol use to print his pictures on silk but I didn’t have the resources to do that. I used similar colours to Andy Warhol however even though I used his idea I made it my own my using ‘guitar ears’.
How successful do you think the piece is? What did you do well and what you have done better?
I think my final piece was quite successful since I used a reference artist and the idea was quite unique. I also used a variety of materials (paint, felt tips, glitter) however if I did redo the project id give myself abit more time because as I was coming to the end I got a little nervous and stressed that I wasn’t going to finish on time however I did. I think I mixed the colours well and I used the opposite colours on the colour wheel (primary colours). I would try to make my ears a bit brighter and stand out abit more if I knew how but I ended up over doing them with paint and having to do redo them. Over all I think my final piece was quite successful but not 100% successful as I explained.
