The art of composition project was definitely a challenge to me due to it being set alongside the compositional awareness project. For my research and visual elements I decided to pick ‘reconfigured human’ as my theme from the list. I decided upon this theme because I had been to several life drawing classes and wanted to put some of my drawings to use into my project work.

Amongst the criteria list, I decided I could use the human body, where I referenced Picasso who uses abstract shapes and forms to present the human figure. To carry on the theme of Picasso, I decided to research some Picasso quotes to use as possible text in my compositions.

I started to play about with line and geometric and abstract shapes and got quite carried away with it in my sketchbook, so I decided to take this further. I think this worked nicely because as well as creating an overall graphic style in my project, it joint elements together in my compositions, which helped create the compositions (if that makes sense.)

I stuck a variety of my life drawing elements into my sketchbook and decided which I wanted to scan in and use as collage in my pieces. I often use collage as a way of working, and in my 8 outcomes you can see a lot of this, where I have collaged text, materials and imagery onto my paper.

Graphic shapes and linear drawn – I tried to use a large amount of line in my work against many geometric shapes, which was inspired by Picasso but also illustrator Lizzie Finn.

Quote – for my quote (s) I carried on my theme of the human form and Picasso’s work, where in some compositions I wrote this out playing about with type, and others I used letters from the quote

Something old/aged – I incorporated newspaper as another method of collage in my work

Processed typography – I saw a professional practice lecture at uni, by Lizzie Finn and was inspired by her work. Something she uses frequently in her work is textiles and stitch, so I decided to play about stitching some words into paper.

Processed imagery – I have used both some of my life drawings, which I have scanned in and manipulated and also an image of a mono print I created during process rotations.

3D and assemblage – For 3D, I started to experiment with ways I could continue my theme but make it sculptured/3D. I have used card throughout, so I decided to continue to create abstract shapes again out of coloured card, but by folding it in different ways to make sections stick up and be 3D.

From my sketchbook, you can see my research and the beginnings of my collections of my elements. I then decided on what I wanted in each individual 8th composition. I laid out my elements on my A3 paper and played about with positions and space before I stuck things down. I cut elements up and moved them around. Once I had stuck the foundations down, I worked on top with pen in a linear manner to finish each piece.