- Oil Spills, and their effects of animals
- Over Packaging
- People letting work consume their lives, and losing touch of the importance of sleep
- Airplane bombing and war
- Deforestation and Newspaper
Through these paintings I re did two of the works completely and constantly played around with the others. This project let me explore into using different mediums (Multi Media) which I tok advantage of in two of my pieces.
My First Painting I started was the Airplane bombing and war theme. I started with this one and got stuck, and so I put it down and came back to it after I did another one. This was one thing I enjoyed about this project using small panels and many of them. This gave me the opportunity to start a different piece and come back to the original with new ideas and a fresh mind. This painting turned out completly different than I originally envisioned. It turned into a large bomb exploding in the foreground with a WW2 Bomber in the top of the piece. I tried using many different colours in the bomb trying to show the strength of it. The sky is very dark and gloomy indicating to the viewer that bombing creates sadness and death. This background creates a nice contrast with the powerful colour of the bomb. The overall effect of the upper half of the piece is dark and sad, and with the roughly painted plane, I think it helps the viewer picture a war like scene. Overall I was pleased with the turn out of this painting but felt that it could be further developed, as the bomb and airplane may be to vague to get the full idea of "bombing is bad" across.
The second piece I created was based on deforestation and how millions of trees are killed for the newspapers around the world, when people can view newspapers just as easily online. For this painting I tried using other materials rather than plain acrylic paint. The top half of the piece depicts a winter forest, with a dark gloomy ground where it turns into black. This black part acting as the ground and also a large scale shredder, with newspaper and shredded paper on the bottom half of the piece. This painting is a metaphor for the trees literally being shredded. The trees I originally had trouble with. Once collecting source material I could better paint the trees. Looking into not a picture but into the forest from the art room helped me as well.
The third piece that I created was based off of oil spills and the negative externalities they have on animals. In this painting I used strictly acrylic paint, and focused on oil spills affect on a bird. The bird I used was the dove, the bird that is the international symbol of peace. I originally started this piece covering the whole bird in black without using any reference material. With the help of Mrs. Cockburn I noticed that the bird had started to look like a crow as t was all black, and was mis shaped. I restarted a new piece using a landscape view of a stormy oil infested ocean, with a water oil rig in the distance surrounded by birds. In the foreground was this dove half covered in oil, as oil drips off the doves feathers into the ocean. The contrast of white and black on the top and bottom half of the bird created a great contrast in this piece. Another interesting part about this painting is the light background I created. Using yellow and red and very watered down acrylic I made a sunset background so that the lines in the wood would come through creating an interesting effect to the piece. Overall I was extremely happy with this piece as I originally was frustrated with the first attempt and re tried I and succeeded in my mind, which is a good feeling.
This was my first attempt gone wrong after frustration I painted it over in yellow. Opps
The fourth piece I constructed was like the third piece in the fact that I re made a new piece completely. This piece focused on people letting work consume them, and how people are losing touch with the importance of sleep. Originally I wanted to portray a man sleeping on-top a high pile of books. This failed in my mind as the face didn't look great. I grabbed a new panel and started with a new approach of a man sleeping with work laid out all over his desk in the background. Many books stacked on-top of each other, the light still on and the laptop open. This piece took me the longest, and was the one I felt most connected to, as this feeling and issue I am painting I one that I have to deal with on a daily basis. I used many different colours in this piece, which I enjoyed experimenting with. The body used a lot of different layers of paint that ended up creating contours of the body. Overall very pleased with the outcome of this painting.
My first attempt. Gone Wrong.
The last painting I created was based upon over packaging. For this I wanted to experiment with materials but at the same time keep this piece very simple. This is exactly what I did. Creating a layered background of three different colours, and on-top card board in box shape, with bubble wrap, wrapping paper, newspaper and more. These different layers all bring forth the idea of unnecessary use of materials in packaging. I was not to connected to this piece compared to others as I did it quicker than others, but I did have fun experimenting with different materials and exploring boundaries outside my comfort zone.
My First Painting I started was the Airplane bombing and war theme. I started with this one and got stuck, and so I put it down and came back to it after I did another one. This was one thing I enjoyed about this project using small panels and many of them. This gave me the opportunity to start a different piece and come back to the original with new ideas and a fresh mind. This painting turned out completly different than I originally envisioned. It turned into a large bomb exploding in the foreground with a WW2 Bomber in the top of the piece. I tried using many different colours in the bomb trying to show the strength of it. The sky is very dark and gloomy indicating to the viewer that bombing creates sadness and death. This background creates a nice contrast with the powerful colour of the bomb. The overall effect of the upper half of the piece is dark and sad, and with the roughly painted plane, I think it helps the viewer picture a war like scene. Overall I was pleased with the turn out of this painting but felt that it could be further developed, as the bomb and airplane may be to vague to get the full idea of "bombing is bad" across.
The second piece I created was based on deforestation and how millions of trees are killed for the newspapers around the world, when people can view newspapers just as easily online. For this painting I tried using other materials rather than plain acrylic paint. The top half of the piece depicts a winter forest, with a dark gloomy ground where it turns into black. This black part acting as the ground and also a large scale shredder, with newspaper and shredded paper on the bottom half of the piece. This painting is a metaphor for the trees literally being shredded. The trees I originally had trouble with. Once collecting source material I could better paint the trees. Looking into not a picture but into the forest from the art room helped me as well.
The third piece that I created was based off of oil spills and the negative externalities they have on animals. In this painting I used strictly acrylic paint, and focused on oil spills affect on a bird. The bird I used was the dove, the bird that is the international symbol of peace. I originally started this piece covering the whole bird in black without using any reference material. With the help of Mrs. Cockburn I noticed that the bird had started to look like a crow as t was all black, and was mis shaped. I restarted a new piece using a landscape view of a stormy oil infested ocean, with a water oil rig in the distance surrounded by birds. In the foreground was this dove half covered in oil, as oil drips off the doves feathers into the ocean. The contrast of white and black on the top and bottom half of the bird created a great contrast in this piece. Another interesting part about this painting is the light background I created. Using yellow and red and very watered down acrylic I made a sunset background so that the lines in the wood would come through creating an interesting effect to the piece. Overall I was extremely happy with this piece as I originally was frustrated with the first attempt and re tried I and succeeded in my mind, which is a good feeling.
This was my first attempt gone wrong after frustration I painted it over in yellow. Opps
The New piece using light watered down acrylic paint and lick paint for the oil filled sea.
Final Piece with the bird and oil rig addition.
The fourth piece I constructed was like the third piece in the fact that I re made a new piece completely. This piece focused on people letting work consume them, and how people are losing touch with the importance of sleep. Originally I wanted to portray a man sleeping on-top a high pile of books. This failed in my mind as the face didn't look great. I grabbed a new panel and started with a new approach of a man sleeping with work laid out all over his desk in the background. Many books stacked on-top of each other, the light still on and the laptop open. This piece took me the longest, and was the one I felt most connected to, as this feeling and issue I am painting I one that I have to deal with on a daily basis. I used many different colours in this piece, which I enjoyed experimenting with. The body used a lot of different layers of paint that ended up creating contours of the body. Overall very pleased with the outcome of this painting.
My first attempt. Gone Wrong.
Second attempt, early stages. Very dark and murky.
Final Product...
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