Heart of rose

The rose

Design for a wall decoration

The Wassail

Rennie Mackintosh was a Scottish architect, designer and watercolourist. He was a designer in the Arts and Crafts movement and also the main expotent of the Art Nouveau movement in the United Kingdom. He had a considerable influence on European Design. He took his inspiration from his Scottish upbringing and blended them with the flourish of Art Nouveau and the simplicity of Japanese forms. Working in architecture he developed his own style:a contrast between strong right angles and floral-inspired decorative motifs with subtle curves e.g. the Mackintosh rose motif.

Emilie Floge

Judith

The Kiss

The Kiss

I researched Gustav Klimt because he was an influential part of the Art Nouveau. He was an Austrian Symbolist painter and of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt's primary subject was the female body, his works are marked by a frank eroticism, nowhere is this more apparent than is his numerous drawings in pencil e.g. Mulher Sentada. I used inspiration from Gustav Klimt's work in my first main piece of A2, because of the patterns and the use of colours. I really like the way he used simple shapes to create intricate patterns. I had a go at using the sort of shapes Klimt uses to fill in blank spaces. One of the most common themes Klimt used was that of the dominant woman, the femme fatale.

This was the first piece of A2 coursework. It is based upon the Hockney joiner style and is of my own bedroom, making the composition and colours relevant and representative of me. I used lighter colurs such as acid greens and yellows for the lighter areas, and the blues and purples for the darker, I used this contrast to high-light the extremes of the colour spectrum and to define the possessions which are important to me and my daily life. This was my first attempt at batik, and I found that I enjoyed the technique as the colours blended easily and the vibrancy that the inks gave.

David Hockneys photocollages inspired me to try to create my own versions in this style using photographs of my bedroom. Hockney referred to these images as his "joiners," Hockneys creation of the "joiners" occured accidentally. He was working on a painting of a living room and terrace in L.A., he took polaroid shots of the living room and glued them together, not intending for them to be a composition on their own. Upon looking at the final composition, he realised it created a narrative, as if the viewer was moving through the room. I have tried to recreate this feel in exploring this technique with my own images.

I researched a more contemporary British artist called Brian Clarke because I like the way he works with stained glass. He designed and created the stained glass windows in Leeds victoria quarter. I used influence from his work in my first main of A2 because I admire his use of colour and abstract shapes it is unequaled. He has said himself that his main influences were or rather are William Morris, John Piper and Johannes Schreiter.

I love how abstract Mondrians work is. Piet Mondrian was a Dutch painter who evolved a "non representational form" which he called Neo Plasticism. This consisted of white ground, upon which was painted a grid of vertical and horizontal black lines and the three primary colours red, yellow and blue.

I have researched Gilbert and Georges work during this projet because I really liked the use of non-naturalistic colours such as acid yellows, bright greens and deep blues. Gilbert and Georges colour use is almost artificial or plastic, which sort of makes snese because they worked on perspex a lot. Each of their compositions is almost an advert in itself, because of the harsh grids and lines, which strongly links this kind of work so strongly with Pop art.
In a way Gilbert and Georges work is an observation or advertisment of the world around them at that time. It expresses a 20th century view of a man made world and the message it conveys is "It's a mans world!"

This was my second main, which was rightfully entitled hallucinations.
I was originally going to call it trippy trees, but I decided that was inappropriate.
It was done in the fauvist style.
I took my inspiration from Mattisse and Derain.
It's colourful for a purpose for the purples to blend with the blue.
It contains all of the primary colours.

This is the actual photograph I based my secind main piece in with accordanc eto the second project title identity. It ties in with my nature theme.
I chose this image in particular because it has a perspective that goes back and back.
The lighting is particularly good and I liked the shadows.

This was a large photocopy of one of my own photographs that i took on the chevin.
I used white wax crayon and blue watercolour paint to create a dark, moody image of the trees.
I am pleased with the result.

I did this image with the idea of paradise or sanctuary in mind.
It was done in contrasting colours i tried to blend the red and pink in the sunset sky.
I blended the two different browns in the trees to create a more realistic effect.

I completely made this image up.
I wanted to create a moody sky which is mainly deep purple to contrast with the green grass.
I also made the cloude lilac with different various coloured linings.

In this image I like the way the sunlight shines over the chevin in the background, then through the leaves and I like the shadows the trees make on the ground.

This image reminds me of a Mattisse painting.

I like the shadowy effect this image gives out and the way the sun shines through the middle so it's a dramatic contrast between light and dark.

I took some of my own images of trees and leaves on the chevin, sticking with my nature theme.
I particularly like this image because of the different variations in colour of the leaves.
The way that the colours are so vibrant and bright.
It was taken last autumn on purpose because i wanted leaves on the ground too.

This is my own version of a Cezanne it was done in watercolour pencils.
I focused primarily on the trees as I feel they are the main focus in the image.

This is a Cezanne I like it because the trees are sort of creepy and winding.
They frame the house, they also stand out most in the image because they are dark.

I did some more trees in watercolour paints and oil pastilles.
I used a large array of different colours from the colour wheel, to purposely clash and stand out from eachother.


I did some of my own images using wax crayons and pencil.
I find that the colour shows through a lot better when using acrylic paints.
But this gave the desired effect. I use a lot of primary colours in my art work this is because I wanted to show that whatever colours you use the primary ones make it work.


On the left is my colour scheme for my second main which is entitled hallucinations. It had to be colourful for the desired effect. I did my second main in the style of fauvism. On the right are images of trees from fauvist painters such as Matisse.




I did this drawing using inks, chalks and oil pastilles.
I created this drawing from one of my own images which I'd pixellated on the computer.

I did a collage of two already existing images i used some blue crate paper for parts of the background. I felt that the blue crate paper worked really wll because it contrasted with the orange and yellow.

Going into the second project which was titled identity, i took some of my own images of trees because I took on a nature theme on the left are images of some of my favourite things. And on the right are my own images of trees.
Carrying on my research I looked at more pop art and some futurism. On the left i did my own version of a Blake using watercolour paints and biro. On the right I did my own version of a futurism painting using watercolour paints.

I also looked at some abstract art for research; consisting of Mondrian and Hoffmann. I did my own version of Mondrian on the left. And on the right i did a composition of differently coloured pieces of cotton to create a collage on a black paper background.

On the left is a collage of advertisements and things that are posted through your letter box. on the right are some examples of impressionist work mainly by Van gogh and Monet. There is also a description of impressionist techniques in the bottom left of the right page.

I took some of my own photos (on the right) and manipulated them using a computer, the images on the left are from the internet, i also manipulated these for different textures, effects and colour schemes.