Further research/experimentation :

Research inspiration :

Most of the work that I went to see was just simply to inspire me to get on with my own work while I work through my own art block, even if I didn’t find exactly anything that relates to this project and what I’ve chosen to do with it, it was still a really nice experience to go visit other people’s work who are possible in the same age group as me.

Some of my favourite pieces I saw :

My take on one of the pieces in acrylic paint :

I decided to recreate one of the pieces i found while looking around at the art to exercise my freehand painting skills.

It got me thinking of how ‘congested’ this pieces makes me feel due to all the lines overlapping one another.

Although, i don’t think my work will follow in this direction because i would like to add more detail and complexity to metaphoorically convey the words i chose.

This piece in particular really spoke to me in terms of its aesthetics and the way this student chose to create this piece representing the ‘Peach’ using techniques of brush strokes and colours I’d never seen anyone use before.

More process pieces from the exhibition :

These journal/notebook notes and way of documenting progress in ones work/project journey really remind me of what I used to do myself when tackling a task and I wan to go back to this kind of way of working hoping it will motivate me to do more independent work moving forward.

Research :

My first encounter with the brief :

I first thought to choose this brief because I wanted to strive for something different than what I’d done in the past in my artistic journey. I always enjoyed creating a story line when it came to anything creative, however the theme of symbolism and metaphor captured my interest because I want to broaden my way of approaching a certain theme surrounding just a few words when it comes to making art according to them.

The two sets of words I chose are:

. Congested/Togetherness/Loneliness

. Pride/Arrogance/Humility

The reason as to why I chose these two specifically was because as any artist in my opinion, a lot of the time create art which we do somehow relate to on a personal level. I continued my research by firstly looking at the words themselves separately and their meanings in the dictionary, to be completely clear on what I will want to further research, in order to put a clear act of symbolic/metaphorical approach to my art pieces. I also started to jot down any artists and photos which I saw online through the media, which inspired me in terms of the style I want to go for when creating art along with the colour pallets, compositions which I think would be most appropriate.