Process Into Image Paint Brief.
Week 2: PROCESS LED INQUIRY: Drawing from a piece of Trash/Rubbish.
Drawing Processes:
* Select a sixth image or item to draw.
* Analyse the image’s visual properties (figural and abstract).
* Generate multiple drawings.
* Process this image by reducing, confusing, or altering using a range of methods (i.e. charcoal, graphite, provisional paint studies, gouache, or watercolour sketches, alterations using the photocopier, overhead projector, photoshop and other digital imaging software).
6. Select a piece of trash/rubbish: Shredded Bed Mattress and Base.
There are a number of reasons why I chose this photograph, and this trash. I utilised this disused bed in sculpture during the last brief, and I took many photos, and as I still have most of it in the backyard, I believe it is a great choice for my last selection. I selected this photograph because it shows many of the bed product materials such as steel, hessian , stuffing, foam, cotton, etc. I also like the line creases and contours, the foam holes and the interesting shapes, plus evidence of how I ripped the bed apart.
Firstly, I wanted to give my original photograph more energy. Therefore, I altered the colour palette from a monochromatic black, grey and white photograph to vibrant rich reds and blues. I think this creates more interest and emotion to the shapes, forms and details, such as the embroidery stitching.
Next, I flattened out the shapes using thickly drawn coloured pencils, and gave them contrasting palettes of green, yellow and orange. I filled up the whole surface space with a landscape of colours, and textural patterns. After drawing the foam holes and curly hessian material, I started to visualise green and yellow mouldy cheese.
I created another landscape as fast as I could, using similar lines and shapes from the original photograph. Yet, this time I used the complementary colours of red and green, a favourite combination. I may focus on using these contrasting colours for the next part of the painting brief.
I accidentally drew the coloured pencils onto the shiny surface of the brown envelope that I was recycling, instead of the dull more absorbent side. I didn’t like the scratchy marks, therefore I painted over the top to give a flatter, fuller and smoother consistency.
My favourite drawing within this Rubbish/Trash series is the ‘Landscape with Green Sea’ below. I like my green rippling pattern of the sea moving in from the bottom left corner like waves, and the winding pathways. The sky is a soft green and mauve treescape, windswept and branching into curling clouds. The whole drawing reveals a strange perspective with some flat areas, and some angled shapes that almost roll and turn into solid three-dimensional cylinders.
