1. WHAT? WHAT IS IT? Explain the piece of work you are annotating. Examples: This is an observational drawing that I made of a….. This is a series of photographs I took of…. This is a painting of…. WHY? WHY DID YOU MAKE IT? Explain how you created the piece of work. Describe how the artists you have used to inspire and inform your ideas. Examples:…To explore the idea of…To examine the shape/form/texture/pattern/line/colour…To try out the techniques of…To develop my skills in… HOW? HOW DID YOU MAKE IT? Explain how you created the piece of work. Examples….I drew it using…I painted it with…I constructed it from…I built it up by collaging…. I created different types of marks by ….I emphasised darker and lighter tone using…. I used a palette knife to create…. I used thick bold lines in the foreground and thinner lines in the background to create a sense of perspective. NB: VERTICAL lines often create a sense of strength and balance in a composition. THICK lines often make the work of art appear aggressive and strong. THIN lines are sometimes read as delicate and fragile. CURVING lines often create the appearance of harmony, rhythm and gracefulness. ZIGZAG and DIAGONAL lines are read as energetic, explosive, and dramatic. QUALITY IS IT SUCCESSFUL? WHY? Examples…I think the piece is (is not) successful as /because… I have successfully created the shape/form/texture/pattern/colour/mood…The best feature of the work is….One area I could improve is… LEARNING WHAT DID YOU LEARN? What have you found out? What are your next steps? Examples: I improved my skills in…I got better at working in the style of….I have a better idea of….I have a clearer understanding of? I feel more confident about…To develop my ideas further….To build on this piece of work I hope to….To refine this piece of work…To modify this piece of work….

2. After producing a series of observation drawings and paintings for my project on clowns, I decided I would like to develop my work further by exploring the distorted image shown in the works of Rai Escale’s and Francis Bacon’s work. I produced a series of experimental pieces using layers of collage and acrylic paint to create more expression in my work. In this piece I wanted to show the removing of the face paint and the sadness of the clown. I used monotone colours to create my image and then painted highlights of red and pink in the face to give more impact. I found oil paint to be effective in creating movement and blurring, using my fingers to smudge the paint to give a ghosting effect. Although this is more simplistic to the other work I previously produced, I think the idea of distortion and sadness is shown clearly. I also like that this is becoming more abstract in nature like Francis Bacon’s work. To further develop my artwork I intend to fragment and distort the image even further. Taking sections of the face, distorting and fracturing them and then piecing them back together. I also will use photo shop to layer images on top of each other to make the image look more confused and frantic.

3. In this piece I have used inks and paints layered on top of each other. The piece is about the soldiers lost during the Second World War. I have tried to show this by painting a soldiers head to appear floating above the battlefield. I have used an ink was to give the impression of a ghost-like appearance. The contrast of the dark blue sky and the white background emphasises the head in the sky. I have created perspective lines to draw the viewer into the painting and leads their eyes to the soldiers head. The space in the landscape appears enormous to add to the feeling of emptiness and loss. This could also represent ‘No Mans Land.’ I have used mark-making to demonstrate the texture of footprints in the snow. I have been particularly inspired by Anselm Kiefer’s landscapes with his idea of portraying open spaces to highlight the feeling of emptiness after the War. In order to develop this further, like Anselm Kiefer, I would like to investigate texture in more depth to show the idea of the land being destroyed by War. I will take some more photographs looking at both large open spaces and texture in the environment.

4. This is a development study from primary imagery of flowers. I wanted to create a painted image, which showed the different qualities found within the petals. I used the art work of Georgia O'Keeffe and Claire Harrison as inspiration, as I wanted to create an abstract piece, which was highly detailed with bold rich colours. As a background I used white tissue paper crinkled up and glued to my paper. This allowed me to create a textured surface for my abstract flower to be painted onto. I colour washed the tissue paper and allowed it to dry. I then applied a mix of inks, acrylic paints and oil pastels to build up my image. I found that if I pressed too hard the tissue paper ripped, I therefore had to be careful when adding detail with the oil pastel. I would like to try and do other images using this technique but this time using repetition and changing scale to create a patterned piece similar to Claire Harrison’s work. I think this piece is successful as it shows the highly detailed qualities of the petals, contours and form. The colour is rich as I intended and the textured paper creates vein like qualities in my flower.