A2 Coursework - Vic Vicini Strawberries

On the top left is a Vic Vicini Image that I found visually enjoyable because of the high levels of contrast and vibrant colour. I then took a picture of a bowl of strawberries and Photo-shopped the image to accentuate the contrast and vibrancy so I could create a similar style to Vic Vicini, but within my own work. After finalising the contrast of the picture, I then decided to paint this using acrylic paint in a realist way so yet again, my work was in the style of Vic Vicini.

A2 Coursework - Cracked Egg Series, Vic Vicini Style

I was inspired by the Vic Vicini cracked egg painting, so I decided to take a series of photos based on the process of cracking an egg. I then used these photos to produce a series of biro pen work underneath. This was because I enjoyed using pen in the previous work of the cracked egg by Vic Vicini.

A2 Coursework - Vic Vicini

 

 For my A2 coursework, I chose the theme of Food. I enjoyed the work of Vic Vicini and how realistic and colourful his work is. The image in the top left hand corner is the original Vic Vicini image of a cracked egg and I thought that I would do a series but with different materials. The first, I did using biro pen, the second is coloured pencil and the third is acrylic paint. I used different materials so I could identify whether it made a different to the image and also to see which materials I enjoyed working with.

AS Exam Coursework - Pencil Elephant

To add to my growing theme of rhinos and elephants, I simply used a picture that I had taken and drew it using pencil.

AS Exam Coursework - Rhino and Elephant Collage 64 X 115cm

Within this piece, I took two large photographs that I had taken of a rhino and an elephant and recognised the similarities and differences on the eyes, the creases and the textures. I then sliced both photographs horizontally and placed them together and combined certain areas to make an overall different animal. I then used acrylic paint, chalk and charcoal to combine areas of different pattern and carry on some of the patters from the rhino onto the elephant and visa versa.

AS Exam Coursework - Acrylic Elephant 47 X 111cm

As I previously said, I found the creases and surfaces of rhinos and elephants fascinating. Because of this fascination, I decided to crop a photograph that I had taken, and simply paint it using acrylic paint. I late used chalk and charcoal to contour and highlight certain areas to make the painting more realistic. This is because I found that just using acrylic paint limited me to making the painting look realistic as it made the painting look relatively flat.

AS Exam Coursework - Rhino Etching

Based on the photograph that I had taken of the Rhino's creases and surfaces, I created an etching to see how the textures would translate through the process of etching. After etching the image, I used different coloured inks in order to make the etchings more visually interesting by contouring and highlighting.

AS Coursework - Rhino

 

For my AS Exam I chose the question of "Animals". I was intrigued by the folds and textures of Rhinos so I cropped a photograph that I had taken so I could focus on the areas of interest. I used this photograph on Photoshop and changed the saturation and contrast so that the textures could be more obvious. I then drew this photograph in biro pen because I thought that it may help to create the unusual areas that I found so thought-provoking.

AS Berlin Coursework

For the first part of our Art course we had the chance to choose our coursework. During the beginning of our year 12 Art course we had the opportunity to go to Berlin and because of this, I based my coursework on Berlin. I had taken many images of reflective buildings and sliced them and combined them with added materials to create this mixed media piece of work. It was the reflective light quality that I really aimed to capture. Introducing colourful elements aimed to distract the eye towards contrasting structural elements of the buildings.

Brian Sayers- AS Coursework

During my AS Art course, our sixth form invited the artist Brian Sayers to come and involve us in an Art workshop involving still life techniques and alternative perspectives. Many objects were towered over one another on a table in the middle of the classroom and we were told to chose many of the objects and create a piece based on the objects we had chosen. We were encouraged to create areas with detail and also combine this detail with ripped up areas of sketchy work.