Claude Monet. Waterloo bridge, Claude Monet 1901. The Topic of sustainability is quite a popular one in art with many artists taking inspiration from their environments and surroundings. Claude Monet had a very environmental appeal with his work and took a lot of inspiration from a smog covered London in 1901. According to an article…Continue Reading AAD011CW2 Sustainability
AAD011 CW2 Group Essay on “Sustainability”
Aimee McLaughlin Claude Monet. Waterloo bridge, Claude Monet 1901. The Topic of sustainability is quite a popular one in art with many artists taking inspiration from their environments and surroundings. Claude Monet had a very environmental appeal with his work and took a lot of inspiration from a smog covered London in 1901. According…Continue Reading AAD011 CW2 Group Essay on “Sustainability”
Printmaking Rationale
Throughout the workshop I have focused on nature and the theme of “In the Garden” as I take great joy from Nature and Flowers, these are the simple things that i enjoy through the bright colours in Flowers and the ranges of greens though leaves and stems. I followed this from my sketchbook through to…Continue Reading Printmaking Rationale
Final prints from the Printmaking Workshop
These are some screen-prints of different flowers ranging from Bluebells, Daffodils and Sunflowers that i created and i am very proud of the outcome, sadly and to my own negligence i forgot to take photographs of my Bluebell prints and therefore cant showcase these properly except for one unclear far away photograph which…Continue Reading Final prints from the Printmaking Workshop
Printmaking Research- Great men by Marlene Dumas
Great men is a series of works by Marlene Dumas as she wanted to respond against Russia’s very strict Anti-Gay legislations in the modern day world, this topic shines personal to Dumas as she realised that some of her favourite artist such as David Hockney and Oscar Wilde are indeed Gay men, Dumas wanted to…Continue Reading Printmaking Research- Great men by Marlene Dumas
Printmaking Research Vija Clemins
Vija Clemins is a painter and printmaker who focuses on the natural world and her surroundings such as the ocean and space in her works. she adds very fine detail into each piece that it almost looks like photography than a print capturing the beauty of the natural world around us. web#1 This is a…Continue Reading Printmaking Research Vija Clemins
Printmaking sketchbook
Here are some pieces from my sketchbook I have been working on throughout the printmaking workshop and where I took inspiration from for my prints. I centred my work around the garden because I really love flowers and colour, I feel as though my sketchbook is lacking which i very much regret but some pieces…Continue Reading Printmaking sketchbook
AAD0011 Coursework 2- Sustainability
Claude Monet. Waterloo bridge, Claude Monet 1901. The Topic of sustainability is quite a popular one in art with many artists taking inspiration from their environments and surroundings. Claude Monet had a very environmental appeal with his work and took a lot of inspiration from a smog covered London in 1901. According to an…Continue Reading AAD0011 Coursework 2- Sustainability
AAD011 Final findings CW1
Sustainability In the last few decades and most notably years, we as a race have almost ‘woken up’ to the selfish harm we are causing to the planet that we call home, and the devastation we’ve caused to each different form of species that also lives alongside us. The science is growing clearer each…Continue Reading AAD011 Final findings CW1
AAD011 Place
Place To follow the theme of “place” I immediately thought upon Van Goths piece ‘cafe terrace at night.” This piece depicts a street in Paris from the view of a cafe, there may not be a lot of sentimental value behind the piece or where it’s based upon other than Van Goths liking towards the…Continue Reading AAD011 Place