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After my exams every year I do a big piece of artwork (as this is the only time I get to do them these days). It's been a tradition of mine since my GCSEs (16). Well I didn't actually wait until the exams were over I just didn't revise! Good times...
Anyway it's my finals (and probably last proper exams) and I want to do a huge, technically challanging piece of work. But can I think of anything? No.
At the moment I' thinking of doing acylic on canvas as it is cheap and easy. Although I am considering mixed media to give it an extra dimension, probably collage, gutta or gilding.
I usually do portraits of animals and people, together or seperate, my favourites being bands and horses. I don't really have the attention span for backgrounds, landscapes or anything inorganic.
So with that wee bit of background does anybody have any ideas?
Words, pictures, poems, songs, your own work...anything!
hmmm sorry i cant really help on the technical side of painting (techniques and stuff) but if you have any ideas on what your actually gunna paint you can run them past me if you like
On the technical side I am pretty sorted, it is more of the composition and themes that I am stuck on!
frangipanis the german representational painting links were right up my street I especially like the Rabe Habdank paintings. I'm kinda old fashioned in that "I like things to look like what they look like" but I want to explore more depth of meaning and composition. Not unlike lady on the sofa, it speaks of much more than a just a portrait.
I think I am going to deviate away form my acrylic comfort zone and go for oil pastels (I can't use oil paints as I do not have the room or ventilation).
My boyfriend has suggested him and his mates playing X box (why do I feel like I have been tricked?) I like his idea of trying to capture a moment of tension, joy and drama focused on one artificial world. Technical problems I think I might experience with this is in the lighting, I have terrible eyesight in artificial light!
Other themes I think I have interest in are binge drinking and consumerism, as these both are large parts of 'modern' life. However I think the latter has been explored thoroughly in pop art.
Mental illness is another thing I would like to touch upon but I don't think I want to do it for this piece as it is too close to home and probably not a good idea as I stew waiting for results!
I like the nihilistic themes you put in your work cal, and the intensity of your characters.
Thanks for listening I can't cope without talking through what I want to do!
I love to experiment. From mud to silk painting. If it can make a mark I'm for it. I also like utilising nature such as covering stones in wet leaves. It's all good!
Every technique mentioned on here I'll have a go at in an experimental piece (provided I can gather materials). It is also fun to mix medias up even if you care told it isn't a good idea.
I have been a bit stifled of late but I feel it all coming back to me again. I think I missed the art discussions. I didn't get to join in with the artist in you thread as much as I would have liked due to life getting in the way.
Temp, I have been giving this some thought. I don't see myself as being terribly creative so I sort of hit a wall with your post, yet tonight, I had a thought!!!!!!!!!!! Mark it down, it doesn't happen that often! LOL Anyway, hitting that wall...................how about finding an outside wall of a building in your town that is exposed to lots of traffic passing by and painting on it (with owner's permission of course!) Bands and horses, what better to be bigger than life and add so much to the town!!!! We have a few here and I am absolutely mesmerized as I drive by them. I just want to stop and study all the detail and know what the artist was feeling at the time they painted it, how long it took etc. What do you think?
I have felt like a part of me is missing since "The Artist In You" thread closed! I am glad to see you posting here about art. Best to you!
I want to explore more depth of meaning and composition. Not unlike lady on the sofa, it speaks of much more than a just a portrait.
I like that portrait too. The mood, colours, composition and light come together beautifully. And I'm similar to you in as much as I'd like to explore more depth and meaning in what I do. My boyfriend and I are going to start life drawing classes together from early May, so I'm hoping to improve my technique (I want my drawings to be cleanly finished, able to be framed) and to stretch my creativity.
Painting on a community wall would be exciting. I love that idea.
Painting on a community wall would be exciting. I love that idea.
Funny you mention that but I used to be a mural painter. I did all sorts, my best piece technically (size complexity and composition) was an ecological message about pollution and conservation done in an atrium for a outside swimming pool/ecology museum. But my favourite was one of my first I did in a library in a school for the deaf. It was a really dull oppressive area and it really made a difference to the kids. I'll never forget the day we went back to see the kid's reactions.
You'd be surprised how long some of these things can take with getting permission. It's quiet tough you have to prove you aren't going to leave it unfinished/do something completely unsuitable.
I really miss those days!
I haven't done anything since I moved, if people want any projects done they just go to the art school. Apparently biochemists are minutes away from death creatively.
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