Level One - Art Portfolio

 

In art, we are focusing on creating a portfolio that is divided into sections of different art methods. we started doing dry media which includes pencil art, we have currently moved on from dry media and transferred to wet media which includes painting and printmaking. 

The artist I have been inspired by lately is the artwork from Sofia Minson, I have taken the design idea of trying to add geometric patterns to the background of my art so it fills in the white around it so it isn't so bland. My board filled with the art I have done is a mixture of pencils and I am now starting to develop a linocut of some flowers. 

Update: 28/7/20 

I successfully created my linocut which was created from by the laser cutter on wood. My next steps are to find another design to do with some sort of triangle, eye, painting type of creation as my second wet media art. My steps with the top 2 are to add some sort of gold. 

Update - 23/9/20 

As I mentioned that my next steps were to add gold to my art I successfully did that. After a lot of discussions with the teacher, we decided where we wanted the gold to be on the diamond flower. I haven't finished the gold dots on one of the drawings but they will be done soon hopefully once my gold pen has been ordered. I have also been playing around with the woodcut that I have and play with the colors to possibly include mountains and sunset to it, I am trying to include designs that are from Sofia Minion's art. My next goal is to re-create the other diamond drawing with a geometric background because I didn't like how the gold was on it and the smears around it with the glue and eraser marks. My next steps are to complete my digital artworks and put them on my board, do a moon transition on the gold petal design, and figure out if I can include any gold to my blue flower. 

Update 15/10/20

I have currently been working on an image from the internet and changing it around and playing with the different things to add and erase. I am using this image, below and added some gold swirls that are on have replaced the smoke that lingers around her. I have also taken the butterflies that are positioned in the hole of her face and replaced that with random flowers I have found around and improvised with. The big change that I decided to do outline the girl's hair and shoulders etc, and turn that into a laser-cut like my previous art that had the 3D red and blue lines. So with this are I have printed out the gold swirls, the butterflies, and the flowers onto paper, and then I print the girl onto it. It has been a real struggle to try to line it all up as I wanted it to be perfect but it was/is extremely difficult, but my teacher has been trying to reassure me that it still looks fine if it's off-center so I'm slowly letting it pass.

Update 29/10/20

So far I have made good progress with my artwork lately. I have been touching up the artwork above a creating another piece for my first board, which is extremely annoying because I still have to do another full board and haven't started on it and this is all due next month. Back to some new news, I finally got the gold pen I have been asking for, for like 2 months now. BUT it wasn't the right gold so it turned out weird but I have to deal with it because I have already used it on one of my artworks shown below. I have also added some of the gold stuff on some of the dots because I already added it before I used the gold pen. 

Update 18/11/20

These last few lessons and days I have to finish by boards have been intense. I have been working on two more pieces to add to my board to finish board 1. I have recently finished an art piece which is shown below and I am currently working on the other two. I am hoping to have my first board done before the end of the week so I can work on my second board and complete this as quick as I can. 

The piece below is what I am working on now: 

I am planning on putting some flowers on the left-hand side to fill in space and possibly move everything around that is bundled up on the right-hand side. Once this is printed I am also going to put gold on the ribbon in front of the other gold which is on the ribbon.








Update 24/11/20

I managed to find some flowers that fit well and work with everything that's in the art piece. I also bought some pop out flowers and other pieces to stick on here to fill in some gaps. I have also been working on my last piece for my first board which I am happy about so I can start on my second board which will have to be the best board I have made or else. The last piece on my board is a bit different because it shows a real model instead of an art design, but with this piece, I am going to put some sort of flowers near her shoulders then draw around her face a one-line outline of her face and project that from it.