The summer project, namely Holding On: Letting Go, was not only an insight on how I worked as an artist, it was also a way to initialize various ideas for a more in depth approach to Fine Art: Photography. I wanted to convey the emotions involved within the said theme. Therefore, my pieces were mostly photographs that were carefully post-processed to certain amounts of abstraction to keep them open to interpretation yet still highly relative to the message/s that I wanted to convey. My approach to the project consisted of a process of collecting imagery and using them as materials to create digital paintings (i.e. layered images) through Photoshop to convey feelings, emotions and experiences.
A continuation project called Second Life was started as a way to develop my work wherein different types of media as well as techniques were used to re-create and produce pieces and ideas that are more interesting than the earlier ones that I made. Some of the methods that I used were ones suggested by fellow students and lecturers which I gathered after one-to-one tutorials and group seminars. The feedback that I received was a good way to know what other people’s perspective was on my work. This also helped me realize what else I could do and how to take the project a step further. Due to this, I decided to use traditional media and refer back to my images as a way of re-invention.
Instead of using photographs as pieces, I used them instead as reference points for abstract watercolour paintings that included the use of unusual techniques (i.e. blowing air to produce shapes) and materials (i.e. string/s). This particular way of producing artwork seemed the most competent and a lot of the people who have seen them have mentioned how interesting the results are. Being able to strip a photograph away from its true essence and re-producing it as something completely different is proving to be a really good and effective technique in terms of photography and art alike.
The next step that I would like to take for this project is to continue on re-inventing my images but with other types of media as well as combining them. There is also possibility of re-visiting the pieces that I have already created and produce them again but with further depth and detail. Further research is also a vital part of improving my work and skills. A few ways of doing this is by using the links (i.e. book titles, artist names and films) that I have collected from group seminars and tutorials. I would also like to gather more feedback and collect information on how to make my pieces connect with the audience in a better way so that the message and meaning are seen the way I want it to be shown.
A continuation project called Second Life was started as a way to develop my work wherein different types of media as well as techniques were used to re-create and produce pieces and ideas that are more interesting than the earlier ones that I made. Some of the methods that I used were ones suggested by fellow students and lecturers which I gathered after one-to-one tutorials and group seminars. The feedback that I received was a good way to know what other people’s perspective was on my work. This also helped me realize what else I could do and how to take the project a step further. Due to this, I decided to use traditional media and refer back to my images as a way of re-invention.
Instead of using photographs as pieces, I used them instead as reference points for abstract watercolour paintings that included the use of unusual techniques (i.e. blowing air to produce shapes) and materials (i.e. string/s). This particular way of producing artwork seemed the most competent and a lot of the people who have seen them have mentioned how interesting the results are. Being able to strip a photograph away from its true essence and re-producing it as something completely different is proving to be a really good and effective technique in terms of photography and art alike.
The next step that I would like to take for this project is to continue on re-inventing my images but with other types of media as well as combining them. There is also possibility of re-visiting the pieces that I have already created and produce them again but with further depth and detail. Further research is also a vital part of improving my work and skills. A few ways of doing this is by using the links (i.e. book titles, artist names and films) that I have collected from group seminars and tutorials. I would also like to gather more feedback and collect information on how to make my pieces connect with the audience in a better way so that the message and meaning are seen the way I want it to be shown.
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