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FINALLY.

After many hours of playing around with lines and finding all kinds of emotions, probably losing quite a few along the way, it is finally done! It was most definitely a long process in getting all 18 emotions with the lines I had, but I’m glad everything worked out fine.

Below are some process work of me trying to find all 18 emotions! Followed by my final piece!

IMG_3532 Trying to collage different lines which somehow looked similar too, to find a new composition.

IMG_3539 Testing out and trying to feel some emotions.IMG_3541 Combining different pieces to form a whole new piece!IMG_3542 Inspired by Jackson Pollock! Splattering ink with a paintbrush.IMG_3548 IMG_3549 IMG_3551 Preparing the frames for my final composition!IMG_3553Testing more collages! IMG_3557

 

and for the finale,

 

 

 

My final piece!

FINALE

Below are the individually labelled emotions for each line:

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  1. Indecisive
  2. Spontaneous
  3. Embarrassed
  4. Exhausted

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  1. Systematic
  2. Anxious
  3. Sensual
  4. Turbulent
  5. Lyrical

final3

  1. Sloven
  2. Bizarre
  3. Psychotic
  4. Awkward
  5. Ambiguous

final4

  1. Nonsensical
  2. Fragile
  3. Aggressive
  4. Distracted

It was a fun, yet a little tiring experience! But certainly, with all my friends around, it makes every single work I did more worthwhile!

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 PLAYING W/ MONOPRINTS \\

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It first started quite bad as I didn’t really get what I should really do with monoprinting. So I ended up more of just drawing and doodling what I wanted on the paper. But, it was a first time experience, I didn’t really expect much either.

RESEARCH OF ARTISTS ON MONOPRINTS \\

 Mark Bradford

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Mark Bradford is an artist whose work I really wanted to try. His method of compiling random objects and recycled materials was really interesting.

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Mark Bradford, When it stops snowing, 2010, Mixed media collage on canvas, 275 x 372 cm

I brought some random recycled objects like milk cartons, egg trays, boxes and strings to test out. Also, I found and picked some random objects like twigs, leaves and beans.  The one thing I had to do was to really flatten all the objects and paste it over with white paper.

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Sadly, the plan didn’t work out that well as the objects did not really flatten that much, and I tried cutting them but they were all pretty plain. I ended up using them for monoprinting instead and got some of the following prints below!

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mbuploadThe second picture was actually made by dipping the whole twig in paint and scratching it around the paper. It was pretty cool to see what kind of images I could get even if the Mark Bradford technique didn’t really work out well. The process was pretty fun!

 

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An artist who started out as a hairdresser and only to make a switch in his career, to be an artist, when he was about 30. His style of art involves recycling materials from his everyday life to form an art piece.

One of his work that really interests me is ‘Finding Barry’.