Stockport Art festival Proposal

For this brief we worked as a group and came up with the following:

We decided we would have an already made stencil on the wall which would then be decorated by the community and people who are visiting the Art festival using their memories of Stockport.

• Quick and easy few minutes task
• People can decorate more than one brick
• Brings together the community
• Adds ownership to the final product
• Adds identity to stockport 
• Each brick is different and personal
• Good for all ages even young children for drawings

Art Therapy

This was an interesting lecture. I had heard about Art Therapy before but hadn't looked into it or learnt much about it before. After learning more about Art therapy I have decided it's not something that interests me although it was interesting learning about it.

It was fascinating learning about how art can be used to help people with self-esteem issues because art is used purely for expression and the activities are non judgemental because there is no wrong or right. Using drawings and symbolism is a safe way to talk about yourself especially if there is a language barrier and children are unable to communicate.

As part of this lecture we did a few drawing tasks, we drew a sun, moon, tree and a drawing of anything that we wanted to draw. It was a fun task really simple and straight forward. Every single drawing was different it was interesting to see how different they all were even when we all used the same equipment it's a task that would be good for young children as it's fun and simple.

 

 

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Tutorial & Paul Klee

During a tutorial this week my tutor suggested I have a look at an artist called Paul Klee. I have briefly looked at Paul Klee's work before during college but decided i will have a look at his work again and i was once again inspired! I love how you can see the textures in the background of his work and also his little line drawings that we exposed behind his textures. I was also influenced by the mixtures of different bright colours he's blended with dark colours.

Developmental work & tutorial

Ive been excited to star new drawings using all the information i'd gathered through my parents and research I've collected. Id decided to do something a little different this time. I did loads of prints using a mono printing technique where I used a clean glass and placed paint on it which I'd rolled out flat and then placed a piece of paper on to it and drew the design on the back. It was difficult at first to get it completely right but when I finally got the right results I was really pleased with the outcome. I really enjoyed making these prints as I could never tell how each one would turn out. I loved the textures that the paper picked up off the glass this made me realise that I was going to continue mixing textures with traditional classic patterns. I was really pleased with the result. The colours had also mixed together forming a colour palette itself. I had another tutorial this week and we had spoken about scanning in these designs and playing around with them on photoshop and seeing what I'd come up with. I will try to layer different sections of the prints and exposing more paisley print but also keeping the lovely textures.

Research & tutorial

After having a tutorial this week we spoke about looking at historical and traditional patterns with in my culture. So I went home and spoke to my parents and asked them a few questions about tribal areas and traditional patterns in Pakistan. One of the main things I'd gathered information about were colours and pattern in mosques and henna. I looked up different mosques and found beautiful images of exquisite elegant patterns and beautiful bright reds and gold colours. I found beautiful tiles with every inch of space covered in the most stunning islamic patterns. My dad also brought out a beautiful burgundy coloured scarf called 'ajrak' that is a burgundy colour with stunning repetitive patterns. I feel excited about using all this inspiration in my next drawings!

Initial drawings

I've finally got stuck in and did some drawings using the inspiration I've gathered so far. I've mainly made motifs so that I can use them digitally and layer them upon top of one another. I don't think these are what my project will be based on as they at the moment seem a little boring to me. I will include them in some way though when I get on bit further into my project. I have used different inks and different fine liners to create paisley patterns. I have also included different patterns that I have seen during the weddings that I thought would look good as a pretty sequence. I also did a type of mono printing where i used a thin polystyrene and drew into it and then painted over it and printed onto paper.

Tiger print competition

I have taken part in a live brief with tiger print about handwritten type. I was unsure whether I should edit it digitally or make these cards pure hand made. I'd decided on keeping it simple and not editing them digitally. I made a few variations on one design but looking back I feel that wasn't the best idea. I think I should have made lots of different designs to make it more appealing over the same type of style. I used different media and similar colours. I chose the phrase "make a wish" so i'd decided to go for dark fairytale type of theme and make it like a midnight wish. I think the concept and ideas behind my designs were good but I should have made different styles instead of having one same theme.

christmas research

The christmas break has been long but eventful. I've had time for a break recollect my thoughts and do some work. I went away over christmas to Norway yet again to another wedding! This was a low key event but still inspirational! I was inspired buy the colours that the bride had worn it was a beautiful purple gown that had sparkly diamond with swirls and traditional patterns all over the gown. It was beautiful how the gown sparkled under all the flashes of the camera and also how they matched the stage to what she was wearing. I have also taken pictures of my family and what they've all been wearing to use as influences.

Final Designs & Evaluation

Here are a few of my final designs, I have mixed up both my drawings from the beginning and tried to mesh them both I have also used the influences from my first original disposable camera pictures. I think I have tried to mix my elements together well I am pleased with my final outcomes. I have tried to find a nice medium between the subtle colours from the beginning and the bright colours in my second set of drawings and mixed them so theres a mixture of dark light subtle and bright. Although I feel this might not be my best work so far I feel that I have proven that I have taken a risk in making all my final outcomes digital based as thats something I have not done before without help. I have aimed these designs at mainly a young female audience 16+ and I feel that my designs have a bohemian and floral feel to them which I think does reach out to that particular audience. I think my work does show a journey as I have tried to make the work from the beginning a part of the final outcome and I have tried include all the influences and research I collected on my travels. I feel that I have learnt a lot on this unit and will definitely be using these skills in the future. I will make sure to post a picture of my board once I have put my work up!

Interior

Ive been taking pictures of interiors that I think would look good with my wallpaper designs in the back but after photoshoping them I felt they didn't look the way I had imagined them to so it resulted in drawings which I then scanned into Illustrator and drew again. Then in photoshop I placed my wall paper designs in the back. I will only probably have one or two up on the wall but I have made a few for my blog to show the different designs and perspectives. I feel these designs I have made can be used in many different ways such as wallpaper, wrapping paper, notebook covers. They could fit in shops like Paperchase where patterns and illustrations like these are commonly found. They can also be used for cushion covers and bed sheets and also porcelain.

Photoshop Workshop

Today we had another photoshop workshop where we learnt how to make repeat patterns to and use the half drop repeat. This was a very good workshop as it helped me decide what i wanted to carry on and do for my final pieces Its helped me decide how to go about mixing the elements of both my drawings together into a final outcome. I have learnt a lot in this workshop and I feel its made me a little more confident in using more digital as I now know my way around photoshop a little. My Photoshop ability is improving massively and i feel that tghis will benefit me in my future as I think knowing these skills are vital as the technology is improving andlearning these skills are becoming a necessity Here are a few prints I have made using this workshop. I am really pleased with the results.

Developing work

Over this last week I've been thinking about how to mix the two elements of my two sets of drawings together and I've made a few samples that I am not impressed with and doubt i will have them as final samples although I may use elements of each drawing and maybe include it in my final final piece. I tried to use sections of other drawings in these drawings which I think were unsuccessful but I feel that the gradient tool parts are good and I will continue to use that in my future pieces.