The third and final person I decided to research, a printmaker, is David Hockney. Hockney was born in 1937 in Bradford in West Riding of Yorkshire. As well as being a printmaker, Hockney is also a painter, photographer, draftsmen and stage designer. In the 1960s, he made important contributions to the pop art movement and, Read More…
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Fine Art – Contextual Research, Bill Woodrow
The sculptor I decided to research for our fine art class is Bill Woodrow. Woodrow was born near Henley, Oxfordshire in 1948. As well as sculptures, Woodrow also creates prints and drawings. He had his first solo exhibition, “Bill Woodrow: Sculpture” in 1972 in the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London and was apart of his Read More…
Fine Art – Final Pieces
Our overall outcome for out fine art class was to create two final pieces of two closeups of our environment on big pieces of card in acrylic paint. Below are my progress photos and finished versions: Progress photos: Finished versions: I had never painted anything this big before or using the method we were asked Read More…
Fine Art – Wet Media Studies
Over the two weeks of our fine art class, we were also asked to create some wet media studies of our environments. Below are my progress photos and the finished versions of my wet media studies: Progress photos: Finished versions: I created these studies using watered down black acrylic paint which I’m not all that Read More…
Fine Art – Environment Setup
Over the first day and a half of our fine art class, we were tasked with putting together an environment made up of miscellaneous things we could find. Below are my progress photos and final environment: Progress photos: Finished version: It was interesting trying combine several different elements together to create a nice looking environment Read More…
Fine Art – Charcoal Studies
For the first couple days of our fine art class, after we set up out environments, we were asked to create a couple charcoal studies of areas of our environments. Below are my progress photos and finished versions: Progress photos: Finished versions: I found creating these interesting as I don’t really have any experience in Read More…