Week 2: So Ill!

Well, I have fallen tremendously behind after being ill all week. The good new is after sleeping for pretty much the whole week, I am feeling better (though still tired as always) and ready to catch up.


Today, I focused mainly on experimenting with various mediums to get different effects and see what I enjoyed. Because I've studied theatrical makeup, a lot of art materials are very new to me. I tried ink, charcoal,oil pastels and poster paint. Out of all of them, I preferred the ink because it was just so much more versatile and you could create so many different effects using different tools. I ended up using the ink to create my A1 piece.

This is what my piece turned out like. I think the reason I'm not fully proud of this is because I used black ink; I used blue ink when I was practicing. The blue had a lot more depth and range of tones, whereas the black just washes to a grey and looks very flat. I do like how eerie the black makes the work look.

I didn't end up finishing the building because it ended up looking too neat in contrast to the messiness of the rest of it. After leaving, I had an idea to use  folded card to make the marks instead of a brush, so I'll finish it off tomorrow. I also don't think this is detailed enough for my final piece so I'm not really sure what to do.

This is the smaller, charcoal drawing I did of the same scene. I like that this is quite messy  but also detailed.


































I'm still a little confused as to what medium to use for my final piece as I don't think I've got the detail in my current piece to be able to recreate smaller pieces. I guess I've just gotta get a move on and think of something, pronto!