Experimentation of materials ~ Pathway Stage

Helloooo everyone!!

Been a busy week so far at experimenting with different materials for my chosen pathway. 

Basically I've began to explore techniques, processes and techniques in order to develop responses and therefore produce ideas.

Here, I am going to show you the couple of technique responses I have made in my sketchbook:

This dark mountain was an interpretation of the turbulent moods that Constable creates in his paintings. The materials I have used are ink and water, I find that in using these materials you will succeed in achieving the dark against light contrast, which can be done so easily.

This interpretation was made against thorough research of McNeill Whistler's sketches. I have only used biro as I wanted to achieve the layered textured look from the landscape upwards.

The industrial aspect of this piece was shadowed by the storm approaching in the skies, in order to create the dark shadows I used ink as it shows the perfect harmony between the lighting beyond the sky and the reflection in the water. I had also used pastel to determine texture within the water of that of the approaching storm in order to make the balance.

Again, I have done a scene that would be able to capture the light as well as the perception of objects in the foreground. The materials I have used are emulsion, pastel, watercolour, ink, biro and colour pencils. Seems as though Turner like to contradict light and the experimental use of colour in his late paintings, I had tried to use the reverse translation from black to white and into colour for detail but as I started to ignore colour; I experimented with monochromatic textures and lines instead.

Finally, one experimental drawing that distinguishes the dark by a varying luminance as the sky.

The image above is what you can see in the background as I found it rather clever to use this drawing as a 'backdrop' whilst I concentrated on two flaps on top. In these two flaps I used pastel and rubbed watered down emulsion to create a mood that is less complex than the abstract raw dark lined skies. I'd found this experiment to be very enjoyable because no matter how harsh I used the materials, the emulsion made sure that everything was drifting in effect of colour that is used in terms of light.