The Place in ?uestion Ryan Francis-Hume

Using historical and contemporary researchUnit 9Contextual References

a research into historical and contemporary work, showing understanding of the contexts which influenced the work .

What have you learned about the influences on other’s work?

B recording and presenting information explaining the use of visual language in others’ work. Where have you analysed examples? What did you learn?

c use of contextual references in own work How have you used references? What impact did they have on your ideas?

• A) My research started with Quintin Blake, Andre Derain and the art I saw at the Tate Britain. I used their techniques to represent my own location. Blake’s influence can been seen throughout this project and in my final piece.

• B) With the work on display at the Tate I look in detail at one particular piece, Hockney’s a bigger splash. I looked at the colouring, composition and the emotion that is being shown on through the painting. I found this very helpful when doing my test piece and eventually my final piece.

• C) Once I chose my brief I looked at a range of artists. From Bacon to Hockney to Setrano. This gave my a variety of ideas that I could explore further.

Illustrate (photo’s from sketchbook) and fully explain one example for each criteria. Explain how you have covered the criteria.

Location studies All Pathways- Fine Art, Design, Multimediaa. recording of experiences or information to develop intentions What approaches did you use to examine and record your location? Representing the space; details; light etc. How did you decide and which worked the best? Why?

b use of materials, processes and technology or a combination of materials, processes and technology to develop ideas What did you learn through your initial enquiries? Experiments and techniques, use of an experimental process to generate new ideas, suitability of some rather than others?

a) The first thing I did was observational drawing, this gave me a better understanding for my location. I started by working in pencil then moved onto colour illustration using coloured crayons and coloured fine liner pen. These drawings worked as a really good starting point because they are accurate due to the fact that they were drawn from observation. All the work that followed this used these initial drawings in some capacity.

b) The materials I used throughout the project were: pencil, acrylic and water colour paint, black ink and fine line, coloured fine liner, crayon. Using all these materials was good because it lead me to a very creative final piece that incorporated multiple elements that I previously used (a mix of paint and pen).

Illustrate (photo’s from sketchbook) and fully explain one example for each criteria. Explain how you have covered the criteria.

Making and developmental work - (Test piece, studies from 3D model)Unit 12 (Fine Art) a. recording of experiences or information to develop intentions What approaches did you use to examine and record your location? Representing the space; details; light etc. How did you decide and which worked the best? Why?

b use of materials, processes and technology or a combination of materials, processes and technology to develop ideas What did you learn through your initial enquiries? Experiments and techniques, use of an experimental process to generate new ideas, suitability of some rather than others?

a) I made a model of my location as well as a virtual model of it on Google Sketch Up. The model is made from black card really helped with my composition of my test piece and my final piece. When shining a spotlight on my model it created really nice shadows, I like how it looks in photographs.

b) I experimented with materials in very early on the project. They let me show my location in very interesting ways. However I always wanted to do my final piece in paint so it didn’t influence my brief.

Illustrate (photo’s from sketchbook) and fully explain one example for each criteria. Explain how you have covered the criteria.

Unit 11 Develop & Produce Own Ideas

a) Create and develop ideas in response to the brief.How did you interpret your brief? What different approaches to the same theme did you explore? What decisions did you make to refine your ideas?

b) Plan and produce finaloutcome using specialist working methods and processes.How did you decide on the final outcome? Why was this the best approach? How did you choose the techniques you’ve used? Did they work effectively?

Developing your personal brief

a) My final piece is a painting, I did this because my main inspirations were the artwork displayed in the Tate Britain (like the pieces from Hockney and Bacon). My brief told me to produce a piece of art that is suitable for display in the Tate and reflects my location in Esher College.

b) I included brown paper to make for a more interesting surface for my final piece because when going through the ‘development brief sheet’ half way through the project I said I wanted to add a collage element to my work, I tried this in my prototype and it worked so well I used it in my final piece.

Illustrate (photo’s from sketchbook) and fully explain one example for each criteria. Explain how you have covered the criteria.

Your opinion and an evaluation of the projectAn Evaluation of how the project went and areas for improvement in the next assignmentProject Evaluation GuidePrint this out and include in your sketchbook AND using slide-share, upload this summary of the project to your blog