Since we have to experiment more with new materials and because we`re aloud to do what we want with our work now... I`ve been using a very large scale for almost all of my work the past week or so.
i know that they don`t look that good right now, but these are only two pieces out of the collection i`m gathering up right now.
There are loads more random pieces that i`ve done, but the only reason i`ve done them is to just experiment some more with applying new techniques and materials.
Also, my work so far for this project has been marked and all of it is at a B grade... Which means that going out of my way to get work done and all of the extra hours i`ve put in after school has actually begun to start paying off . I usually stay behind to get the huge backgrounds done, they take a while since they are all A1 size and by the morning they`re actually dry enough to begin working on.
This background was done by splashing bleach on to the paper, before anything else! Whilst it was almost dry i got a sponge, painted half of it blue and the other half a dark red. In the end it came out this purpley color. To get the background a little bit darker; i got a squirty bottle and added gray paint, gave it a good shake and then sprayed it on to the paper, but at a distance. If you spray it too close then it kind of makes a patch of coloured water in one area. If you spray from a distance then it pans out quit a bit and separates evenly on to the paper.
Then i got a large bowl and drew around that for the circle and added the star pattern. I only started to draw on the design when it had fully dried and i used a thick black marker pen to draw it on with; using a pencil meant that i couldn`t see a thing that i was drawing and the fineliners that i had where so hard to make out.
I went around the design with black ink that i had applied using a stick; sounds weird just using a stick to draw with but if you like scratchy and rough looking drawings then use a stick but don`t just drop it in the ink and then start... Only use small amounts at a time and keep on dipping it in regularly for the full effect.
The outline that i did though for this piece is actually very neat and tidy; to be honest i just wanted to see what it would look like if i kept it tidy for once. Usually i jump straight in there and make a huge mess with whatever it is i`ve chosen to do. So i thought i`d just try to keep this one a bit neater for my first time doing the design.
This design of an animal skull was actually just taken off of a necklace i was wearing that day. It happens to of belonged to my mum, and it reminds me of the kind of thing a biker would have on the back of his jacket or something; i just chose to do because i thought it would be fun to do. It isn`t finished yet.
The background is done by using a normal tea bag, i waited for it to dry completely before working on top; but i did use a sponge to separate evenly around the page. Then the edges are done by using the same sponge whilst that was a little damp; i painted half purple and half a darker red and then just simply sponged it on to the edges quite quickly. This is my first time using simple things like this though so it was good to just do it that quickly to get it over and done with.
The skull itself is done by using stick and ink again, i tried to be a bit messier with this one but you can only tell when you look at it up close.
i left it un-finished as i wanted to go ahead and try doing some other techniques whilst i was waiting for it to dry. But eventually i got sick of it just being on the floor the whole time so i stuck it up on to the wall and it`s been there ever since just waiting for some attention.
I should hopefully get around to finishing it some time this week along with lots of other un-finished pieces that are now just laying around my table.
This piece has to be the quickest one i`ve done so far. I just simply did this one with the same sponging method as the other two but with blue and a light pink. Then black ink to do the pattern with and then i dripped black ink from the top and whilst it was still wet i added bleach and then another layer of black ink. After those three layers had dried i added another layer of black so it looked a lot more solid then a running orangey colour and black.
This one was just a test for what would look good with this symbol; this symbol, according to my research so far, is supposed to be an angel sealing symbol. I`m not quite sure as to what i can do with this symbol as i can`t make it as dark as all of the other work i`m doing... It needs to have a lighter ton added to it but i have no idea as to what i should do for it... I always get confused and stuck when it comes to things like this; believe it or not, just the simplest things can get me absolutely stumped when it comes to layering up and adding bulk to my work.
So currently i`m working with screen prints; if you don`t know what scree prints are then it`s best that you don`t know... I completely hate the process and even the way you print them. Especially if i want to print one design; my screen has six different designs on it so i have to tape paper o the underside so nothing else will print.
i`m just using the screens to see what the designs look like when overlapped and when they have different coloured inks or paints sprayed over the top of them. I`ve always hated screen printing; the first time i did a screen print was about two years ago and i instantly hated it.
There are loads more random pieces that i`ve done, but the only reason i`ve done them is to just experiment some more with applying new techniques and materials.
Also, my work so far for this project has been marked and all of it is at a B grade... Which means that going out of my way to get work done and all of the extra hours i`ve put in after school has actually begun to start paying off . I usually stay behind to get the huge backgrounds done, they take a while since they are all A1 size and by the morning they`re actually dry enough to begin working on.
This background was done by splashing bleach on to the paper, before anything else! Whilst it was almost dry i got a sponge, painted half of it blue and the other half a dark red. In the end it came out this purpley color. To get the background a little bit darker; i got a squirty bottle and added gray paint, gave it a good shake and then sprayed it on to the paper, but at a distance. If you spray it too close then it kind of makes a patch of coloured water in one area. If you spray from a distance then it pans out quit a bit and separates evenly on to the paper.Then i got a large bowl and drew around that for the circle and added the star pattern. I only started to draw on the design when it had fully dried and i used a thick black marker pen to draw it on with; using a pencil meant that i couldn`t see a thing that i was drawing and the fineliners that i had where so hard to make out.
I went around the design with black ink that i had applied using a stick; sounds weird just using a stick to draw with but if you like scratchy and rough looking drawings then use a stick but don`t just drop it in the ink and then start... Only use small amounts at a time and keep on dipping it in regularly for the full effect.
The outline that i did though for this piece is actually very neat and tidy; to be honest i just wanted to see what it would look like if i kept it tidy for once. Usually i jump straight in there and make a huge mess with whatever it is i`ve chosen to do. So i thought i`d just try to keep this one a bit neater for my first time doing the design.
This design of an animal skull was actually just taken off of a necklace i was wearing that day. It happens to of belonged to my mum, and it reminds me of the kind of thing a biker would have on the back of his jacket or something; i just chose to do because i thought it would be fun to do. It isn`t finished yet.The background is done by using a normal tea bag, i waited for it to dry completely before working on top; but i did use a sponge to separate evenly around the page. Then the edges are done by using the same sponge whilst that was a little damp; i painted half purple and half a darker red and then just simply sponged it on to the edges quite quickly. This is my first time using simple things like this though so it was good to just do it that quickly to get it over and done with.
The skull itself is done by using stick and ink again, i tried to be a bit messier with this one but you can only tell when you look at it up close.
i left it un-finished as i wanted to go ahead and try doing some other techniques whilst i was waiting for it to dry. But eventually i got sick of it just being on the floor the whole time so i stuck it up on to the wall and it`s been there ever since just waiting for some attention.
I should hopefully get around to finishing it some time this week along with lots of other un-finished pieces that are now just laying around my table.
This piece has to be the quickest one i`ve done so far. I just simply did this one with the same sponging method as the other two but with blue and a light pink. Then black ink to do the pattern with and then i dripped black ink from the top and whilst it was still wet i added bleach and then another layer of black ink. After those three layers had dried i added another layer of black so it looked a lot more solid then a running orangey colour and black.This one was just a test for what would look good with this symbol; this symbol, according to my research so far, is supposed to be an angel sealing symbol. I`m not quite sure as to what i can do with this symbol as i can`t make it as dark as all of the other work i`m doing... It needs to have a lighter ton added to it but i have no idea as to what i should do for it... I always get confused and stuck when it comes to things like this; believe it or not, just the simplest things can get me absolutely stumped when it comes to layering up and adding bulk to my work.
So currently i`m working with screen prints; if you don`t know what scree prints are then it`s best that you don`t know... I completely hate the process and even the way you print them. Especially if i want to print one design; my screen has six different designs on it so i have to tape paper o the underside so nothing else will print.i`m just using the screens to see what the designs look like when overlapped and when they have different coloured inks or paints sprayed over the top of them. I`ve always hated screen printing; the first time i did a screen print was about two years ago and i instantly hated it.
I`ve also tried out using PVA glue and coloured inks. I personally think that they make a cool pattern when the PVA Glue is still there, but when it dries up it doesn`t look that cool. I took thes pictures whilst they where still wet and i had to lave them over night to dry. When they do dry though they appear slightly darker and the patterns aren`t as clear and crisp as they are when wet.
Also, when mixing colours or using multiple colours it can go a bit wrong; they won`t bleed into each other as easily but sometimes they can come out very weird looking and without a distinctive pattern.
The background for this one was done with a light brown spray paint, then i just added drops of black ink into the mixture to make it get darker in some areas. This one was just a practice one with black spray paint.
It clearly didn`t turn out right and i need to practice some more when it comes to using the black spray paint. I used the same skull design as the first one... but you can clearly tell that they`ve came out very differently.
This was just a quick update on what you might see uploaded soon. I`m basically just working with different materials and different methods of applying materials.
I`m still not sure if i`ll be updating often on what i`m making/producing, they might be slow as creating backgrounds,etc, takes time and the processes that i use take so long to dry that i`m falling behind a tiny bit when it comes to uploading.
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