Equivalents Unit Coverage: Unit 1 & Unit 2

This project is about working from direct observation, thinking and exploring the world around us. You have used drawing to analyse, develop skills and to communicate ideas.

You have used a wide range of two and three dimensional materials and processes. Through using an experimental approach you are learning the creative process to generate new ideas

The following slides are a template to use in order to summarise your work, which should include information and images of your work produced for this assignment.

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**Use the following slides (nos. 3-12) to summarise the work you have produced -show how you have met the assessment criteria**

Equivalents Unit Coverage: Unit 1 & Unit 2The assignment is designed to produced opportunities to produce evidence for these units

Unit 1:2D 3D Visual LanguageYou need to produce work, which demonstrates development of skills and creativity in using visual language

The work should be organised and annotated to show your evaluative skills and development over time. Also experimentation with mark-making and object-making techniques, formal elements and sources.

Evidence should be from contextual studies, developmental and/or final project work

Unit 2:

Materials, Techniques and Processes

Produce work, which demonstrates your understanding of skills in using media, materials, techniques, processes and associated technology. This should include; samples, trials, notes, records and exploratory project work

The Equivalents Project Isobel Gomer

Primary Sources

For the primary sources we did still life drawings of sculptures in class. We used different approaches to drawing the still life's: tonal, line, cross hatching and negative spaces. We also used different materials to see how they looked and compared them to other materials: charcoal, pencil, chalk, ink, acrylic paint and paper.

Different ApproachesHere again we approached still life drawings using colour palettes. We applied the paint directly to the page, which we had put a wash on first. We were trying to replicate the same colours as the still life's and to copy the textures. We used colour palettes to hold up to the still life to compare if it matched.

We also did colliograph printing based upon the sculptures in class. We used various materials: string, sandpaper, cardboard and fabrics, which allowed us to replicate the textures in the still life. We were given a piece of cardboard to which we then stuck on our materials.

Each material gave off a unique patter/ texture which helped to recreate the still life. The string to create the basket was perfect and really allowed me to remake that weave pattern. Once the print was finished we coated it in vanish to prevent the ink from clogging the materials. My final print turned out well and I was pleased with how the fabric copied the trainers likeness, but if I was to do it again I would try and find a different type of material for the padlock. I would find a material more suited to giving a metallic effect.

ARTIST RESEARCH-Leonardo Da Vinci

One of the artist I looked at for inspiration was Leonardo Da Vinci. His technique of drawing is really free and flowing, and I really like the way his shapes are so fluid. Da Vinci makes use of darkened lines to create depth but he also uses shading with lines that all travel in the same direction. His work was so inspiring because it showed that when you sketch you should be more liberating with you motion and less worried about the detail. He used simple techniques to create depth and tone and these were methods I could incorporate into my own work.

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Slide 5 - add your own title hereSculpture was one of our focuses and we mostly looked at abstract structures. We were told to experiment with how the light and shadows can affect the look of the sculpture. Picasso was one of the artists we were told to look at, and I recreated one of his models in cardboard. We then were told to make our own sculptures based around our colliograph prints. I took inspiration from the arching basket and the weave pattern it used. I wanted to copy the look of intertwining and the appearance of a cross hatching style when looked at from above, side and front. I half achieved this, but if I was to redo this project I would maybe make more arches and not necessarily make it in height order.

We also made collages designed from shapes found within our books. We took those shapes and rearranged them so that they wouldn’t resemble their original likeness. We then all chose a colour palette to focus on (mine was yellow to purple), then using these colours we created different patterns to form our collage with.

Health and safety-In the workshop

• Keep hair tied back.

• Wear overall to keep protected of machinery.

• No headphones

• No food an drink

• Asthmatics and sensitive skin people be careful and wear gloves.

Risks

Guillotine:

• Cutting hand/foot

Roller:

• Danger of fingers being caught

• Danger of hair being caught

Spot Welder:

• Risks of sparks

• Burns/heat

• Wear gloves and goggles

Belt sander:

• Catching hair

Pillar Drill:

• Sharp

• Stabbing self

Evaluation Summary

Our topic was called Equivalents, and the point of our topics was to experiment with different techniques and see how we can use those approaches in our own work.

We started the course drawing from still life, to see the effect of tone on objects and how we could replicate that. We drew objects that were man-made and objects that were from nature to see the difference of natural shapes compared to man-made objects. W used different methods of shading and drawing including crosshatching and colliograph printing. The first sketches we did on still life took me a while to complete, because I spend to much time on trying to create a perfect replica when they should just be sketches. I found that drawing anything from still life, including the painting took me far longer than anything else in the course. When using something like ink and charcoal it took less time because I could be more expressive, whereas using pencil made the process slow and ardious. We looked at various artist including Leonardo Da Vinci, Edward Bawden and Francisco Goya. I liked all of these artists techniques and found I could really incorporate their techniques into my own work. I tended to find my information off the internet but I did use some references for Leonardo out of books. I used Leonardo Da Vinci’s style to copy a still life I did, and this went well because the style was relaxed so I wasn’t fearful of making my work look wrong. I think most of my time through the course was spent on artist researches. I tended to spare more time on them simply because I had more time and wasn’t being rushed. These pages are my favourite through the book because I like copying pieces of work and trying their styles out. Making the colliograph printing was good because the printing was so simple and was great for creating textures. The inspiration behind these was the still life’s again so making the shapes wasn’t a problem because we had done them so many times. We also looked at sculpture, which I could probably improve upon. I dislike this part of the course because I’m not keen on abstract styles. We looked at Pablo Picasso as an artist and I recreated one of his models out of cardboard. This didn’t go quite as planned because I had previously painted it and tried to puncture the cardboard with cocktail sticks which then resulted in the cardboard ripping slightly.

In conclusion I was happy with how the artist researches, the printing and sketching went, however if I was to redo this project I would try and get this sketches completed after the lesson if they aren’t done so as not to fall behind. I could improve upon the sculpture building and the speed of my drawing. All the work within this topic relates back to the main point because I was experimenting with techniques, which is what I did. I looked at different artist, shading, colouring and drawing methods which then widened my approaches to drawing. From this project I have learnt about the colliography printing which I had never done before and the different styles from Francisco Goya, who I had never heard about. I could develop more in the sculpture aspects and the speed of my drawings.