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Project One – Week Six
Hi everyone!
Over the past week I’ve been working with 3d modeling software and been making good use of the 3d printer that is at the university. The images below are some of the items I’ve been printing with the 3d printer and it shows the evolution of the objects and how they progress.
Enjoy.
Project One – ‘Connecting through Making and Thinking’ Week Three + Four
Hi everyone! I know that this post is a few days late, so to make up the slack, I’m going to include the past two weeks of work.
So during week three, I didn’t get much done. I wasn’t focused and I just couldn’t find the energy to paint. I only managed to make a couple of paintings for week three. But for week four, I did manage to make a couple more paintings to make up for week three. I also started on my canvas during the start of week four. After a bit of though, and a quick scan of my previous paintings, I decided to paint a picture of my foot; the reason for this is that I’ve really gotten into painting the human figure and landscapes didn’t really interest me. I did also go an a trip to Liverpool to see the John Moores biennial and other various exhibits. So at the end of this week, I have my paintings finished, and the start of my canvas painted, and also about fifty artists which I found interesting to add to my list of research.
Soon I will be adding a new section to my blog; the section will be called ‘Research’, and will include any artists or exhibits, books, or even movies which I find interesting enough to talk about. I will write a post explaining the new section when it arrives and I’ll write a post about an artist I’ve always been interested in, a few artists which I’ve researched during my time at uni, and I will talk about one of the exhibits at Liverpool.
Until then,
Enjoy.
Project One – ‘Connecting Through Making and Thinking’
Hi everyone, this is the first official project of the year. I’m going to try and make Tuesdays my weekly catch up on the past week of my course. These posts will contain information like workshops, ideas, progress, evaluations, resolved work, etc. I will try to post up workshops on the day they’re done, but I can’t make any guarantee’s as the wifi in my accommodation likes to turn off sometimes.
So without talking too much, here’s last weeks project.
This project is named ‘Connecting Through Making and Thinking’. During this project, I will be using and learning a wide range of methods, from ones I know like drawing and painting, to ones I don’t know, like metal work, wood work, metal casting etc. The aim of this project is to gather ideas and find a path of art which I enjoy the most, and then develop that path/media into a professional practice. I for one already know I’m more focused towards Sculptural Installation, but this project will give me access to even more areas than the foundation could.
The duration of this project is fourteen weeks, not including winter vacation. The first week of the project mainly included drawing; the task was to make six A2 sized drawings, out of these six, two had to be figures, two had to be objects, and two had to be interior/exterior (landscapes). By the end of the week, I had drew eight drawings in total, where two where figures, one was a landscape, one was an object, and the other four were able to be classed within all three categories. The outcome for these drawings was to get information; to get true information from real life objects and people, for example, light and shadows, size and shape, perspective, etc. The aim of the current week of the project, is to take one drawing from each of the categories, and paint the chosen three into one image.
Also, during the past week I hand made, and stretched my own canvas during a couple of workshops. I had to make the frame/the stretcher for the canvas during the first workshop, and during the second I stretched to canvas over the frame.
So that’s what I’ve been doing over the past week. Sorry if I don’t make my target of posting these every Tuesday, the student life is very busy, especially since my timetable for every week is 9:00 am to 5:00 pm every day. I know I forgot to post last Fridays Instagram post, I will combine this weeks images with last so you get to see all my work and progress.
Enjoy.
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