coursework.

argh. i didnt want to post my coursework till everything is done 

pictures below show the progress of my work. 

(picture and word post)
COURSEWORK 2011

LAST 2 DAYS

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prep work 2011

colour pencil test

watercolour test

a concoction of ____ that i came up with. you cant really call them animals right?

a template of one of the final designs i have yet to decide on. i'm gonna try doing another one that mrs tan suggested

pencil/colour pencil/ water colour/ marker/pen on a3 drawing block

im lacking drawings!!!

what is this?

this is in preparation for coursework. its a test paint on one of the animals that may appear in my coursework. theres a combination of 3 types of animals. the face is from a sea turtle, the body and horns are from the blackbuck, the tail from an octopus. i think its kinda interesting to paint such animals. at first i looks kinda weird but after painting it, it seems kinda normal to me :)

marion rose inspiration : the body has streaks of red and blue. i didnt want to blend them cause i think it will kinda interesting if the body does not only have brown (too boring!!)

its done using acrylic. acrylic is also a fun medium :}

2011, untitled, acrylic on canvas

ARGH MY COURSEWORK. WHAT TO DO!?

animal hats

while researching for my coursework,
i came across this artist called nagi noda
this is his website : http://www.naginoda.com/

he's an interesting artist and i love his collection on animal hair
                     

i love the details of the animals
i think its a rather interesting concept, rather than creating normal sculptures like those made of different kind of stones, nagi used hair, and made it into a hat
i dont know how he did it but i would love to learn how to create detailed sculptures using hair, a material that is soft :/
but unfortunately, nagi noda passed away on sept 7 2008 at the tender age of 35, after surgical complications from injuries sustained in a traffic accident.

coloured creatures

these are some of the oil paintings from Marion Rose's Western & Wildlife Art portfolio.

Artist Statement

Color surprises, bold texture and generous paint have always drawn collectors to my work, and now the paintings are bigger than ever before. The abstract spirit of every subject is coming through more clearly with spontaneous gestures that involve my whole body. It's like a dance before the canvas, and the surface is coming alive!

This new direction is proving to be influential to my smaller work as well. It's fresher, with more dramatic compositions and a more immediate expression of essence

marion's paintings are super colourful! (i like!!!) she doesnt really stick to the actual colour of the aimals, instead she uses bright and highly pigmented oil paints. brushworks seem very carefree, which is nice (to me) actually, i love her brushwork haha
cause, as some of you know, i cant do the invisible brushwork thing, it kills me. this is due to several reasons but the main reason is probably because i lack patience. so should i use oil, its natural for me to paint like that, like the blue flower painting we did. the only exception was the pop art nanyang painting. i was 'forced' to paint neatly!!!! cause the theme requires neat and precise brushwork. but if given a choice, i'll want to paint in this manner.
but i think i MAY go back to the neat brushwork because such free brush strokes does not suit my current idea, but who knows, new compositions may pop out from my brain and maybe i'll be able to paint like that! (it'll probably take me a shorter time to paint in this way as compared to the neat way)
the colours she used complement each other and it makes the painting more interesting and more lively (i tried the watercolour version on my sec 3 coursework and my owl turned out like a parrot, but i'm happy with the effect~ though i didnt really plan the colours, its sort of, just 'try-try' or 'anyhow-put-the-colours' kind of thing? i dont know if she plans her colours out or what but i doubt so, cause it'll take real hard work and patience to plan it )
to see more of her paintings :
http://marionrose.com/

i've thought of doing my painting like that, but i have more than 1 animals, and if its too colourful, im sure it'll hurt the eyes

on a side note, i find her colours maybe a tad tooooo bright, cause my eyes kinda hurt a little after seeing it for so long -____-

inspirations

Hamish Mackie is a british wildlife sculpture. his works are made of bronze/cement.

his works are detailed in an undetailed manner. and his works are not of a smooth surface, its extremely textured. it looks as if he just slap some cement/clay onto his work and gradually form the shape of the animal. the animals are proportionate and detailed. it captures the movements of the animals. its like caught in action. this is what i like about his works. though their extremely, deadly still, there is still movement present in the work. i seem like im contradicting myself, but i dont really know how to explain it further, so just look at his works, i think you'll get what im trying to say

this work is graceful. elegant. smooth. interesting. see how the legs of the antelope is joined to the ground/the bark. and its a smooth flow/action of leaping

majestic. strong. firm

fast. playful

playful. full of actions!

action action!

i want my coursework to be based on animals
but i have yet to think of a medium  and the theme
i'm thinking of either sculpture( never tried before), or oil (but i have very very little tryouts with oil, so im not confident), or maybe watercolour (but my watercolour is not impactful)
any suggestions?