More from my sketchbook

I finally managed to get the two photographs of which I am basing the current sketchbook of.

This is a close-up I took of a hat.

This is a close-up I took of a shell. One is man-made and one is organic and bothe can be found around my house. 


Here are a few abstract things that will later go into my  sketchbook ( I am mostly focusing on the basic lines these photographs have) :

This was made out of wire

Watercolour on paper

Watercolour and acrylic paint on a layer of foam

Cut out Wallpapers

Newspapers and black watercolour

These are just a few of the most recent things that will go into my sketchbook in which I am mostly just experimenting with different media.

Casting Plaster using Clay

Yesterday for the first time ever I used Plaster as part of my project. It is easy to use and all you need is the plaster, which is like powder and looks like flour, and water. Then all you have to do is mix it until it is like yoghurt. But if you need to pour it into something it can be a bit more watery. My work is still based on photographs.


First I made a thick base out of clay. I then scratched out the lines which will later be the ones to rise when casting with plaster. I basically had to create a negative first so that the finished piece will be right. After finishing the design on the clay base I then made walls around it using the same materials. I made sure to smudge the clay so there wont be any holes for the plaster to go through once it is watery. It is better to leave the clay damp and not too dry. Tis will make it easier to peel it apart from the clay later on.

Once the clay cast is done it is time to get the plaster ready. I just mixed the water and clay until I thought it was ready to pour into the casts then I let it set for around an hour. After that the plaster was ready to be seperated from the clay. Luckily the negatives of the clay survived too.


These are the results from the plastering :

Trying out Monoprints and my new sketchbook

Two weeks ago I made a few black and white Monoprints during the Print Workshop. I based all the things I did on two Photographs which I took. One is a close-up of a hat an the other a shell. One is man-made and the other one is organic. Hopefully I will be able to put up the photographs in my next post as I will be basing my new sketchbook on these.

These are the Monoprints I created during the printing workshop. I did each of them in slightly different ways:

 

 

The following pictures are part of my new sketchbook but the monoprints will also go into that sketchbook.

 

This was made using magazines and  wool thread which was glued together using PVA glue.

Watercolours

Barbeque sticks and wool thread was used and glued together with PVA glue

Wire was used in this

 

Watercolours

 

Abstract 3D work based on photographs

This was created using paper straws and binding them together using cable ties. They were then glued together with the glue-gun creates the shape seen in the top picture. I spraypainted them blue as there is a blue background in the photograph.

 This is a close-up of it

I also did the same thing in this picture but I left it white to make it look more like the washing-up brush in the photograh of which it was based of.

This was made out of paper mache around a blown-balloon. Around four layers of paper are enough. I then left it to dry for two days and then popped the balloon. I made the glue myself, out of flour and water. This is a much cheaper method than buying glue and it is also more environmently friendly. The photograph of which it is based of is a close-up picture of a plant. I made the spikes using barbeque sticks which I sticked into the form. I used the glue-gun in some places to secure the sticks and makes sure they wont fall out. I used watercolour to colour the sticks. The only difference between the two is that in the top picture I used coloured paper and in the other one I didn't.

 

 

Sketch book

The following pictures are close-ups of the pictures which I hung up in my studio around a week ago.

This is a photograph of my sketchbook diplayed on the wall and the following pictures are the close-ups of each piece that was displayed. All this sketchbook was based on two photographs I took which are shown in a previous post.

 
Cardboard was used and cut with a blade

Charcole

Chalk

Newspapers

Acrylic paint

Glue-gun on acetate

Colouring pencils on green paper

Acrylic background and wool thread

Charcoal

 
Coulouring pencils on blue paper

Pencils, HB and 4B

Black paper cut out and sticked onto white paper

Pencils, HB and 4B

Chalk

Glue-gun on acetate

Acrylic paint

Cardboard cut out with blade