Artist research links to webpages

https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/about-the-collection/
http://www.heatherdayart.com/paintings
https://carolnelsonfineart.com/works
https://www.saatchiart.com/lauraswink

Sample pieces 8+9

Here are two mdf pieces I created at college. I created these in order to get an idea on how to create a dyptic painting. I designed these pieces to match up and look good together with a slight gap in the middle of them both. I'm really happy with these pieces and they helped me get more confident with the presentation of a dyptic. These pieces then  helped me to go on and produce my final pieces. I also played Around positioning these pieces once dry in order to see how I should present them at my exhibition.

Sample piece 7

Here is another small square canvas I used that I found at my home. I tried to use gouache and acrylic on this one and dried it out using a heat gun which caused the piece to crackle which is what I wanted. I really like this piece and I love the wood and background showing through the rips in the canvas. I also feel that the red and black colour choice work really well.

Sample piece 6

This is a piece of old wood I found whilst taking my bins out at the flat. I decided to grab this as I thought the wood looked like a really good thing to paint on and I thought the shapes and elements to the piece looked really interesting. I decided to use gouache over an acrylic paint yellow underlayer which once dried I scratched into using a palette knife. This is my favourite sample I've created and I think it's due to the amount of colour and texture visible on the piece. The yellow and black are such a good combination and they contrast each other very well.

Sample piece 5

I created this piece whilst designing for my final piece. I decided to do this piece as I managed to get hold of another little canvas and I wanted to see how painting my design would look on canvas. I also wanted to practice simplifying my design sheets do I decided creating a simple canvas piece would help with that. This piece was created using acrylic paint, tissue paper, ink spray paint and oil pastels. The piece is inspired by the peeled paint, decay and rust I have been focusing on but in a very abstract way.

Sample piece 4

This sample piece was created on a piece of mdf board I found outside my flat. I decided to practice the gouache and peeling paint idea I tried out in sample 3 but on a wooden surface and with different colours. I used gouache and a heat gun again with this piece however it didn't seem to dry and crack aswell as the other. I'm not sure why this is. However I still really like the overall effect of the piece and I still think it fits in well with my other experiments. I also added gold to this piece to show a clear link in my sampling. 

Sample piece 3

This piece was created using a small square canvas I already had at home and wasn't using. I decided to use this canvas as an experimentation. I wanted to practice layering different coloured paint on top of one and other and then scraping that paint back off using a palette knife. I created this piece using gouache paint and a heat gun to crack it and dry it rapidly. I then scratched away at the top layer to reveal the undercoat of light blue. I used a craft knife to cut into the piece to give a worn out effect and to experiment with how the canvas would hold with bits missing.