I chose to do mental health because I have recently gone through a lot of hardcore things and I wanted to be able to express that through art and show people what I was feeling or on the other hand give a clear representation of what it’s like to have different mental health issues such as schizophrenia and autism.
My artist model at the start of the year was Christopher McKenny he does a lot of dark artwork which I thought could potentially relate to my subject.
I was recently pulled out of my board which as unfortunate as that is,is a good opportunity for me to start fresh and develop some more ideas for a different subject and just take more time to think about my art.Miss Clemence gave me the idea to do my art on a manacin that was decorated with paint that sat on one of the shelves.I took on this idea and tried to draw,paint,and sketch it in a very abstract way(that was what I was going for anyway)
I decided to enter myself back into doing the board.(I have no idea why I though it was in my power but anyway)so in the end I completed a board which obviously wasn’t entered.
My new artist model was Frida Kahlo
I had recently watched a documentary about her work and was very familiar with what she was about.
I started with some sketches they were the best pieces of art I feel I had ever done and unfortunately I lost them in the move to the new building.I sketched the manicin in different angles and printed pictures to collage onto pieces of paper and eventually pulled some pretty cool artworks together such as a spray painted background with the manican picture cut out and put upright and upside with
On the board I started with sketches and charcoal drawings I also had some dry brushing going on which I should have left until my second board or just positioned is differently.
On the second half of my board I painted used the same colour background for all of them which was a nice red with black, but did a couple of things differently like spray paint.And did a lot of collages.
The manican has been really helpful as she has helped me improve my shading and also get some context on angles and how light works,and with a bit of help from Mr Collins I was away drawing.
