Today I wanted to try and create and explore creating more ‘voids’ and a feeling of empty/loneliness within the painting.It will be interesting once the paint has dried to photocopy it and reverse the colours.I have tried to predict how this will turn out loosley by where I have placed the colours but I’m willing to accept that they may not turn out the way I planned.
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Today i experimented further with mixed media,I questioned things such as what is a home?I also thought about the control and power a landlord/council have to be able to make someone leave somewhere they consider home all of a sudden and the feeling that comes with that which i displayed using an array of blues/blacks and browns and seeping black ink into tissue/masking tape to show how mental illness slowly takes over.I aso used the image of a tent wich i first discovered from a newspaper article during the day today project in the first week along with drawing the imageof one if the parcels i made in week two which represents people being sent away.I also think more care is taken of parcels then human beings.
I found my collage to be the most sucessful piece but also the most colourful.I’m not sure if these are the right colours for this theme and may try to create something similar using more muted colours.
I also think the photocopied ‘postive to negative’ prints worked out pretty well but i still need to explore other options on the photocopier.
I also thought about how the homeless are considered as invisable and kind of washed out by society by white washing over tissue etc.
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Today i stretched my paper then primed it with Emulsion paint before exploring a variety of mark making in reference to the theme of ‘eviction’ which I had taken from one of my day today projects in the first week.I felt like there was alot of emotions that can be explored through this word which relate to certain colours.I mainly used ink and bleach today along with some coloured ink.I particulary enjoyed how varied the final result could be whilst using ink and bleach and unpredictable.I also primed wood and cardboard and used the image of a fading tent on one piece which came from one of the newspaper clippings linked about eviction.I wanted it to represent how people that are evicted are seen as invisable by landlords as they don’t really consider them as humans with feelings or how this may effect them.Along with the image of one of the parcels i had created.As i feel like families are sometimes treated like parcels when evicted and sent to a different area with no consideration to how fragile this may make them feel on the inside.Especially children.
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