'He thought she looked nice...'

Evil Witch.
Ink and Bleach.

Little Red Riding Hood.
Mixed Media.

Today we had a workshop held by an illustration lecturer, she read out fairytales and we were to draw whilst we were listening. I absolutely loved this exercise and decided to continue it whilst I was at home.

Little Red Riding Hood is one of my favourite 'Fairytales' and so I chose to do this one a home, the mixed media image above is just one of many sketchbook pages I produced.

'Everytime we say goodbye...'

This a4 piece was constructed from a combination of tea stained scrim, paint and tracing paper and then mounted onto card to give support.

I wanted to create something simple but that implied romance, which I think I succeeded in due to the use of text.

I made two, to be displayed next to each other. I used the same processes but had slight differences to experiment with the possibility of a series.

Below are some photographs of certain sections to give an idea of the texture of the piece and the text used.

'Let me give my love to you...'

So it's all over, the exhibition has been taken down and I got my grade which I am really happy with. It's on to the next chapter of my life but first it's time to enjoy the summer!

I managed to get some photos of the supporting work that I displayed alongside my final piece for my exhibition. I'm gonna do a few posts about them so I can talk about each one individually.

Geraldine Kirkham Age 7
A1. Gouache Paints.

Unknown Relatives
A1. Fine Liner and Water.

Unkown Woman
A3. Mixed Media

'Bye, bye love...'

  

This is a painting a I did during my reaserch for my FMP, it was taken from a black and white photograph of my Grandmother sat infront of a brick wall.

To add texture to the painting I used pieces of old book pages in the background of the brick wall before painting over it using watercolours. I then painted my Grandmother in black and white acrylics, making sure she stood out.

'United in love for all eternity...'

As promised some images of my final pieces from the Swan Lake project.

'The very idea of a faithful love...'

Odette is an enchanted princess under a spell of the evil sorcerer Von Rothbart; she has been transformed into a swan by day and can only regain her human form at night. She has many companions under the same spell, who have made her their queen, hence her title "The Swan Queen."

As a side project from the ballet inspired coret I look in detail at the famous ballet 'Swan Lake' and allowed it to influence a minor project.

The brief was to create a sketchbook and a final piece exploring a theme of my choice and developing a brief from a previous fine art lesson.

I chose to develop a brief where I was to use cardoard a base and then manipulate it paint it rip it, add to it to create a piece of art work.

So I began creating sketchbook pages, developing a colour palette and then finally creating 3 final pieces on a small scale (I will add photographs of my final pieces when I can)