I chose a wooden coat hanger, because of the various shapes and lines (geometric and angular) that I saw within the object.
My biggest artist to inspire me was Fabienne Verdier (See earlier blog post), her works depicting texture and flow of brush strokes I felt was appropriate and applied well to this work.
Earlier in the week we experimented with masking tape. The visual graphics of the tape were really striking and in terms of aesthetics, worked well in a variety of ways.
Looking at the coat hanger and what struck me about it, I attempted to discover lines and shapes that defined what was unique about the object. I tested with these structures and attempted to recreate them looking mainly at composition, scale and colour. (Inspiration took from Verdier's work). Below are a variety of works that I created from this, some that were reflected upon then developed to create further works.
The work above on the left is one of my personal favourites, as it is almost minimalistic, making it the most simple yet most striking in my eyes. Keeping a three-tone colour scheme and considering composition has proven successful, also the use of the black tape over the linear-red pen is just magnificent to look at.
I started out by exploring ideas and inspirations drawing from the object. Below is my research and development in my sketchbook beforehand.
I really admired this media test, particularly the collage on the left, as it reminded me of quick brush strokes.
My biggest artist to inspire me was Fabienne Verdier (See earlier blog post), her works depicting texture and flow of brush strokes I felt was appropriate and applied well to this work.
Looking at the coat hanger and what struck me about it, I attempted to discover lines and shapes that defined what was unique about the object. I tested with these structures and attempted to recreate them looking mainly at composition, scale and colour. (Inspiration took from Verdier's work). Below are a variety of works that I created from this, some that were reflected upon then developed to create further works.
The work above on the left is one of my personal favourites, as it is almost minimalistic, making it the most simple yet most striking in my eyes. Keeping a three-tone colour scheme and considering composition has proven successful, also the use of the black tape over the linear-red pen is just magnificent to look at.
This work above is also one of my favourites, as the minimalistic use of brush marks can again be the most striking. I love the way the brush marks are jagged and vary in application strength across the paper (particularly at the top). Also just using a few simple lines in 2 different widths creates such an impact. The way I have composed the two shapes one over the other reminds me of a petroglyph (cave/rock engravings).
After this project I discovered more of what I am interested and passionate about, possibly what area I consider to specialize within during the coming weeks.