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Clodagh Dunne
LSAD Year 1 - Exploring the movement of light and distortion of perspective
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some sketchbook pages from last weeks workshop. we all went outside with our sketchbooks and had to draw our surroundings. I decided to draw the people i was sitting with.
when we went back up to the studio, we did some painting inspired by what we observed that morning. i decided to use a palette knife to push paint around to recreate one of my sketchbook pages
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Some of the experimentation from eoin’s first mark making workshop! We walked around the college and collected materials that could be used as unconventional painting tools.
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A watercolour painting I did of one of my reflection on one of the railings in my bathroom. I wanted to paint how it distorted the entire room and changed the whole perspective
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Movement - Project Statement
At the beginning of the project, I was leaning towards exploring the movement of light and how it reflects and refracts. I found the painting workshops I did very helpful with this as we had to study how the light hits the body as we paint it.
I ended up moving more towards movement of perspective and scale during the end of the project, using pictures with a fish eye lens, and experimenting with the 0.5 wide angle iPhone lens. I found it interesting how distorted I could make everything when I experimented with scale.
The electives I chose were painting, sculpture and fashion. I feel like I lacked in the fashion elective, and I think I should have chosen a different elective that would inspire and produce more ideas.
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I created these two paintings inspired by the wide angle lens pictures that I took. I wanted to paint how the camera distorts them, and makes certain features huge and other features tiny.
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Pushing Paint Around Workshop
This week I did the Pushing Paint Around Workshop with Sylvia. This was my first time using a palette knife aswell, so I wasn’t really sure if I’d enjoy it or not.
First we mixed our paint and set up our easels. I was going to use a small mirror but I couldn’t stick it on the drawing board so I went with my phone. We did rough thumbnail sketches to experiment with the composition of our painting, to help us decide. I ended up choosing the bottom right one.
We had a dark tone, middle tone, and light tone mixed on our palette. First we painted the background, and then filled in the foreground. I learned to be generous with the paint and to not worry about being detailed. I really loved this workshop as it was a different way of painting than I usually would.
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I took some pictures of my friends with the 0.5 wide angle lens on an iphone. This completely distorted the lens and the pictures. I loved how it looked when I played around with the perspective in the pictures.
Here I did an oil pastel drawing of one of those pictures. I decided to use bright colours on the shadows and highlights
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Painting Task 3/3
‘The Garden, Giverny’ - Claude Monet
This painting is oil on canvas. What I love about this painting is how the light travels through the leaves on the trees and creates a pattern on shadows on the ground. The edges of the painting are surrounded by plants and flowers, making the viewer feel like they are in the painting.
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Painting Task 2/3
‘Journeys of Transgression’ -Navjot Altaf
This piece is acrylic on canvas. Navjot Altaf is a feminist artist from India. The thing I like most about this painting is the composition. I find it interesting how it looks like there are layers to the painting. I also think that the decision to leave an empty space on the right is very interesting.
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Painting Task 1/3
‘Not Finding a Pose’ - Marilyn Hallam
This piece is oil on canvas. This caught my eye because of the striking colours and patterned brush strokes on the garment that the woman is wearing. I also think that the perspective of the painting is interesting. It’s like the viewer is in the top corner of the room, looking down on the woman.
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Artist Research - Iris Van Herpen
Iris Van Herpen is a dutch designer that combines modern technology with high fashion. She pioneered the use of 3D printing to create materials. I love how her finished garments can also be considered a sculptural piece, as the designs have a range of different textures and shapes.
I find it interesting how the garments aren’t really worn, instead they’re displayed on the body.
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I had a bunch of flowers at home that I took pictures of. I wanted to edit the pictures with a kaleidoscope effect, to chop up and distort the image.
This was one of the original pictures that I took⬇️
And these are a few of the final pictures. The kaleidoscope edits on the pictures remind me of a shattered mirror, and how the different pieces come together but still look warped
The colours of the flowers went really well together, and I want to create some paintings inspired by this colour palette
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Artist Research - Fanrui Sun
Fanrui Sun is a Chinese fashion designer and artist. She designs futuristic and abstract fashion pieces, as well as rendering digital designs. I love how she combines fashion with other elements of art including sculpture, to tell a story.
In her project below, titled ‘SHELTER’, she collaborates with visual artist Niu Tong to create an installation, using fashion and light displays to tell a story about personal freedom amid chaos.
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sketchbook pages
here is a sketch I did to try inspire some ideas. I used reference pictures taken with a fish eye lens which distorted the scale and proportions.
another rough sketch I did ⬇️
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Some cd discs that I broke with wire cutters. I taped some blue transparent plastic to a light to create a cool glow. I love how the light bounces off the shards in different colors and the colour palette it creates. I did this to try inspire some ideas that i’ll work on soon
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Rebecca Horn
In her installation “Gesang des Lichts”, Rebecca Horn uses water and light to reflect and project a moving image. I love the idea of using light itself as a medium in art, and the distortion/refraction of it when it passes through different materials
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Today I made a collage and tried to make the pieces of paper look like a shattered mirror/broken glass. I used a white ballpoint pen to draw fine highlights on the edges to make them look like sharp shards.
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