In the project, “Am I an animal or a building”, the research
I did was all secondary as it was found on the internet. I researched the artwork
and inspirations of Peter Clark to use for inspiration in my own work via the
internet and various videos in class. I also researched the characteristics and
selected/printed pictures of my animal, a two toed sloth.
Peter Clark influenced my final 3D piece with the idea to
collage it using random clippings of magazines, newspapers etc. I produced a
research sheet, consisting of pictures printed from the internet and my own
drawings, to familiarise myself with his style.
For the first mood board I put together various drawings
that I felt were part of my life/me, eg. Lyrics, music artists I find inspiration
from, characters from films/TV, comics, etc. For the second I drew pictures of
the animal I chose. The third consisted of printed pictures of Peter Clarks
drawings and the last a large collage of my animal.
In this project I experimented with different inks for
background and used different media such as watercolour paints, pencil, oil
pastel and coloured pencil.
The main material used was A2 paper of which was used for
the boards and other materials such as paper from magazines, printed pictures
and cardboard for the final piece. The main technique I used was stretching the
boards with paper and gumstrip (before wetting) and the processes involved were
tonal shading on the myself board,
blending in the collage and others, painting and crosshatching on the
myself.
I had to be careful when cutting the pictures and gumstrip
as the best way to do it was with a knife; of which can obviously dangerous. A
cutting board was used to prevent damage to the table.
My strengths were found when attempting my own style for
example in the myself mood board where I could attempt comic style when drawing
the joker and batman, aswell as highly detailed studies including Alex DeLarge
from A Clockwork Orange and Frank the rabbit from Donnie Darko. This was also
shown in the animal board where I copied, in great detail, pictures of two toed
sloths of which portrayed realistic and detailed fur/skin of the animal.
If I were to do the project again I would chose a different
artist. Although I like some of peter Clark’s work I found it hard to replicate
his complicated style and have little interest in collage work. I would choose an
artist who is relevant to me and how I want to develop my own style and maybe
someone who has already influenced me in the past/interests me.
I found that the
collage went well, the colours I chose were effective and interesting and the picture
actually resembled my chosen animal.
I could have improved on my first board by allowing more
space for more drawings and the Peter Clark mood board could have included more
drawings by me.
I feel I managed my
time quite well
