Year 1 Art

Ian Murphy a UK based Fine artist of 30 years, known for his passion for journeys to inspire his artworks and sketchbook drawings Born in Wigan, a town in Greater Manchester, England in 1963 Graduated from Sheffield (now Hallam) University in 1985 Does paintings, print making, drawing and sketch booking, his work mostly includes rough lines and layers Has artwork based on both the natural and the constructed elements of the environment These sketchbook drawings of Ian's are very intricate and I really like the use of the same techniques across all three of the drawings. The fact that he focused purposefully on sections of buildings that are broken and old created a big opportunity to add a lot of detail. I like how towards the edges of the sketches you can see the scribbles and scratches of the pen. It's gives the illusion that the sketch fades back into the paper. This print is very incredible because of how realistic it seems. The sm...

Nel Ten Wolde Originally from the Netherlands but emigrated to Australia in 1985. Tries to portray a sense of connection to the land through her work Draws on inspiration from travelling around the world, Australia inspired her to continue with landscapes She loves visiting the desert because it seems magic to her, and because its an old landscape, it has different forms and colours that you don't see anywhere else Takes photos when surrounded by 'natural beauty' (landscapes) Incorporates pictures into collages filled in with fine drawing or paint work Her collections are tied to a theme I really enjoy this piece as Nel has combined the photos she has taken with the drawings/painting she has done herself. It is very interesting to see her choice in colours compared to the realistic colours of the landscape. When looking at both, it is clear that Nel doesn't include as much detail but it shows how she interprets the landscape. This ...

Russell Mills British artist who was born in Ripon, Yorkshire, UK in 1952. He has produced record covers and book covers for many musicians, like Peter Gabriel and Nine Inch Nails for example. In the 1980s, Mills began receiving tasks to design record album covers and related packaging. Stylistically, his work at this time became much more abstract, abandoning figurative representation in favour of symbolic implications. He regularly treated the canvas as a sculptural plane, with materials such as metals, powders, bones, feathers, beeswax, fabric, wires, animal skins and papers embedded in thick paints and pastes. Artwork at this time often left no empty spaces, all areas were filled.         This image seems to be a photo but of a rock which has been used as the canvas for an image of a shed type building. I think this is very clever because it is very unique. It appears that the image of the small building has been carved onto the side of...

Journey Drawings using Mark Making Techniques - All 20 - Small, Sewn Flower Accessory: I decided to draw this object because of how complex it seems. All the threads are put together so intricately, and I could imagine the different mark making techniques I could use to create the many threads. I used up the whole of the page to show off this object because I thought it'd be interesting to show all the tiny details, especially when the real object was so small. The techniques I chose were vertical lines and zigzags. I chose these because the marks they make best show the texture of the object. I faintly made lots of lines in my sketch so that it would represent lots of stitches without having to draw every one singularly. Since my theme of journey is mental health, I thought this sketch linked quite well due to the fact that the mind of a mentally ill person is complicated just like the intricate nature of the small flower. The threads could symbolis...

 Journey Experiments - Mental Health In this experiment, i decided to create a mono print. I used red paint because i like the fact that it can give so many different connotations, for example danger, blood, trauma, etc. I used the mark making technique of scribbles to create a brain-like shape as they are the main focus when it comes to mental health. The colour red with the shape of a brain creates the idea that the danger or trauma is found within the brain, possibly as memories or thoughts. I reprinted the colour red to other parts of the page to show that these bad thoughts can spread outside of the brain into real life. This may be through actions towards other people or your general attitude. The scribbles represent the many thoughts inside the brain, positive and negative. In this case though, most of the thoughts are negative due to the addition of the colour red. Red is commonly seen as a bad/negative colour because it is often the colour associated with anger. Th...