Mixed Media

 This week we were creative with still life and did Mixed Media, a technique in which one artwork is made of many different media.

Watercolour

This week, we have been exploring watercolour, from resists and washing to mixing and blending. Once we practised resists using PVA, wax and tape and used salt and sponges to create effect and texture, we did a still life painting of flowers.

Composition

This week, we explored composition by using the 3 shapes: a circle, a square and a triangle. after, I picked one of my favourite and created an abstract image using paper and cellophane.

Still life painting

This week also in painting, we all had to paint an onion, pepper and lemon, with the lemon, I used a technique to create texture, when the paint was almost try I pressed it onto cardboard and it peeled some paint away.

Exploring Colour

This week in painting we explored colour. We explored all the different painting terms and learned about how to mix, blend and apply colour.

New Brief - Painting

Through this unit, I aim to develop my skills and knowledge in investigating and exploring the physical properties of different painting media and materials. through the process of experimentation and ongoing evaluation I aim to build up a personal record of my investigation that I will use to inform my ideas for a finished piece.
    This unit will consist of an introduction to a variety of techniques and processes that I will explore and research and then apply to my own work. I will explore the following techniques:

• Media, materials and techniques.
• Colour and colour mixing 
• Washes and applying paint
• Mixed media 
• Developing ideas 
• Investigating traditional ideas and
  contemporary still life painting 
• Exploring the work of artists

I have 5 targets for this unit:

• demonstrate an informed understanding of painting throughout the unit, and creatively apply it to my own work.
• produce evidence of extending the range and potential of my work to inform my artwork.
• show an imaginative approach to the relationship between subject matter and the materials used.
• record my information well and show that my evaluation compliments a sophisticated body of work.
• produce a sophisticated and exciting painting of still life.

Teapot - 3D

As part of my final piece for 3D, I made a teapot based on the sea, the main form of the teapot and the lid was made on the clay wheel, and the octopus tentacles were made with the pulling technique, and small round forms added for the suckers. Unfortunately, I unknowingly let the teapot dry too quickly and it became crumbly and began to break, although I fixed it, the teapot went missing later in the week.