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FMP (29/4/16)

Today I have started making colour swatches in my sketchbook. I've decided to do this because I wanted to decide on exactly what colours to use on my final project. I wanted to plan a bit more and not just throw random colours together. I have created different shades of each colour to get an idea of which shades suite together. 

(28/4/16) My website.

Throughout this project I have been really inspired to make my own website showing all my work I have created in and out of college. I thought this was another good way to record my work and progression and also build an online portfolio. I am posting the link on this blog page and it will be changing throughout the project. 

http://maisymae69.wix.com/mysite

FMP (28/4/16)

Today I started work on my big canvas for my final piece. 

I was a bit nervous to start because I didn't want to jump in too quickly and make any decisions I hadn't planned yet but I decided to just to start the bottom layer with collage and paint. I basically stripped bits of magazine text and coated them with pva then stuck them randomly on the canvas similar to some of the smaller ones I had created. I then let it dry and painted over it with an off white / creme coloured paint. I only wanted streaks of paint to carry on my abstract style and it will be painted on and changed throughout. But this is the base layer and the beginning of my final piece. 

FMP (26/4/16) action painting

Today I did some action painting. I wanted to get a bit more insperation from working more Jackson pollock style, throwing paint over paper letting it drip and then working back into it with pallete knives and scourers. I loved some of the results I got and managed to get some interesting videos for my blog. Here are some of the images. 

FMP (26/4/16)

Today I started painting on my small canvases I made last week. It was really exiting and I loved how the paint worked on them! I decided to cover these canvases with collaged paper and then paint over them using my pallete knife. I loved the texture the pallete knife left on the canvas and I ended up going crazy with the colours and textures. I started using inks, dripping paint, oil pastels and fine liners for extra details and I really love the way they turned out. Throughout the whole project this is the most clued up I have been about what I'm wanting to do and where I am wanting to go. I'm hoping to start my large canvas tommorow too. 

FMP (22-25/4/16) weekend work

Over the weekend I have created a few pieces in my sketchbook looking closely into textures and collaging to create building like paintings. I ripped paper from magazines, newspapers and anything else I could find to try and create some development pieces I could work from for my final piece. I created a piece which I am really happy with that is supposed to be a boat on water with buildings in the background. I developed this idea from a picture I took in York. I created this piece with collaged paper, acrylic paints and inks/ all using a pallete knife. 

I then went on to develope ideas on collaging with acrylic paint. I wanted to text collaging with paint over the top of it and also collaging over paints, I did this by doing some small samples in my sketchbook and I soon realised that I liked both ideas a lot. 

I created some smaller scale buildings in my sketchbook to practice collaging more and painting over it to make it look even more like buildings I really love the bright colours however after doing this for a while I have realised its a bit too much collaging for me and I want to practice with more mixed mediums. 

FMP 21/4/16

Today I got my canvases from woodwork. This meant that I could finally start to stretch them myself! I hadn't done this before so Claire had to guide me a bit but I really enjoyed the whole experience of creating my own thing to work on. Stretching the canvas was actually a lot harder that I expected. It took a lot of strength and energy to get the canvas as tight as possible (drum skin tight). It took a lot of skill to stretch the canvas and staple it to the wood at the same time. The smaller canvases where a lot easier than the large one. 

The hardest bit however was priming my large canvas with the emulsion. This is because I had to evenly spread the emulsion and work it into the canvas to create a soild frame to work from. I was very happy with my overall results and will write again on how the canvases felt when painting in them. 

FMP (19/4/16)

Today I've been doing a lot of experimenting. This has involved me printing out lots of images and sticking them into my sketchbook ready for me to work off and also me creating samples on materials and practicing techniques. I've printed images of graffiti to try and recreate the scribble effect in my work and also looked closer into bricks for the texture side of things. I have been practicing painting on different mediums such as card, handmade paper, foil, tissue, egg shells etc.. To decide which outcome I prefer. I wanted to show some development work in my sketchbook. I have then practiced painting over collaged paper and sticking collaged paper over paint to decide which overall look I prefer. I've decided I'm my final piece I will be using both techniques because they're both equally as effective.

FMP (18/4/16)

Today I started experimenting at college. I got a large canvas and decided to create a piece that had colour and texture. I wanted to look closer into mixed media so I decided to start collaging bits out of magazines. While I was doing that I realised I could easily make bits of scrap paper into buildings by painting on them and adding detail.

I really love the outcome from this experiment and I wanted to start doing more research into collaging. This is when I looked closer into creating buildings with bits of scrap paper/materials. I can't wait to use some of my findings in my final piece and am really enjoying looking closer into mixed media work. 

FMP (17/4/16)

Today I started working on a canvas which i bought. I wanted to practice letting the paint drip and fall into place. I also wanted to practice working on this material. I based this piece on some primary images I took in York and combined them with my imagination. This piece has been created using acrylic paint, oil paint, pen and pallete knives. 

FMP (16/4/16)

Today I have created more small pieces in a smaller sketchbook. These are just quick rough developments practicing using different texture techniques and mixed mediums. 

Research work FMP (15/4/16)

I decided to look closer into graffiti. This is because I really loved the work by Heather day with the scribbles. I feel that these scribbles almost look like graffiti so I thought looking at that may link it together. I went around Barnsley town into some of the rougher areas and took some close up images of the graffiti on the walls. I was hoping that I could recreate some of these scribbles and add them to my work. I have already been practicing adding scribbles to my canvas work using oil pastels and hope to do this on my main piece too. I really love the splashes of colour and the random flow they have. Here are some of the images I've taken, I will be developing these and creating a page in my sketchbook with them stuck in.