Elephant paper work- using ascitate with melted crayons

This is my current artwork. I decided to go with a seperate directions and used a projectors to portray an image I drew. I then used oil pastel to go into where to melted paint showed on the projector. I think it worked well on the artwork. I have also made a print of this on shiney paper which I shall upload. Next I plan to look at modern day propaganda and see how the conservatives were like to the workers when they were coming up to the general election.

Here is what the original image looked like. I used Melted crayon mixed with linseed oil on the acetate and used the projector to project it onto the wall.

This image looked a bit over the top for my taste. I also believe that there are two different forms of art technique coming along in the photograph. I shall cut them in half and have them standing as two different paintings.

Working figure

Here I decided to look at Communist propaganda art to help me go for the more industrial look. Here I placed a camera in the background and made the figure Isolated. When I looked at how figure paintings were made in the victorean times, I decided to place objects in the photograph to allow the viewer to deterperate the narrative. I also melted down oil pastels and wax to make this one to see what effect they would have. I found that the linseed oil mixed with oil pastel made a melty effect on the figure. I also placed it onto the lightbox and it gave a rather interesting effect that you could see light going through it and that you could also see the bursh strokes.

Abstract figure

Here I made the figure more abstract to makwe it less human. This was a first try with it which I wanted to take futher.

Charcoal, graphite and oil pastel drawing 3

Here I tried to make more of a narrative with one of the people lying lifelessly on the floor. I also used charcoal with the oil paint to make a kind of surreal form. I found that the the surreal like woman could be taken further to rubbing out the charcoal and leaving it to the colour making it more abstract. The figure on the left also seemed to work more by the fact that I started mixing the oils together.

Charcoal, graphite and oil pastel drawing 2

Here I altered the tone of the photographed subject I was referencing from. I tried to make the woman scream as she saw colourless people around her. I think that after this point I had given up to convey this message because it was to difficult to explain.

Charcoal, graphite and oil pastel drawing

Here I decided to use both charcoal. Here I accidently made the legs of the man on the left to small. The whole painting I tried to make into more of a dreamlike atmosphere. With the man on the left (charcoal guy) falling out of the reality while the man on the left questions the reality. Here I thought that it went good but David Blandy suggested that I stick to one medium.

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Charcoal and graphite drawing

Here I used charcoal and graphite to make this image. I took a picture of a couple of fellow classmate. In the photrograph I changed the head of one of them to a sheep skull. I tried to make the hands go near the crouch area to make it look more disturbing with a look of uncertancy in the womans face.

Second Painting- using watercolouring

Here is my second watercolouring painting. Here I found that the watercolour liquid I used wasn't very good. It made my painting look rough and generally horrible. I did like the industrialization of the background though. I think I shall leave water colouring here and carry on with using oil pastel.