I wanted to focus on Graphics and Fine art in the final major project because I want to do more of it and specialise in them at university. 

As I am going in to a general art course in university called 'Art Practice' I want to do the area's I find interesting and fun to me also what I am good at. 

I didn't want to do an area which I wasn't very good at and was not my strongest point, but I do believe that Graphics and Fine art are my strong points with in Art and Design.  

Creating these out comes it has given me practice so I would be able to preform better in the future. 

Watered down oil based ink

My tutor Claire Hiett also showed me another process with print, oil based ink diluted with white spirit. 

I liked this process because it was quick and easy to do. I got good results by painting with oil based ink, by watering the ink down it is easier to paint with and it becomes more watery instead of thick. 

The colours she used are different shades of green to get the right colours and perspective of the leaf she was painting. The colours stand out and are eye catching against the white background. She has blended the different shades of colours together to make the painting look more realistic also to capture the shadows of the leaf. 

There is not much detail in this painting as it looks like it was done quickly but there was much thought behind doing it like the shape and blending the colours together. 

I think this image is quite liner as you can see the lines where she has painted so you can see the shape of the leaf. 

The composition of the painting is in the middle of the fabriano as that makes it the main and centre image. 

Her painting of the leaf influenced me to create my own paintings with watered down oil based ink so I collected some leaves and did some of my own. 

I would use this process again in the future as I enjoyed it as I think it's an effective way of painting.

Ink Drawings

This is my tutor Claire Hiett's drawing with ink example as she used for a demonstration. One was drawn using the end of a paint brush and the other with a paint brush and let the ink drip down the page. I preferred the technique using the paint brush and let the ink drip as I found it more effective and worked better as you can get the form of the leaf more accurate. 

The colours are a mixer of black and a bright green that stands out as it makes it look more like a leaf. I think the green works better as it makes it look like what it's meant to be as well as eye catching. 

I don't really like the black ink drawing as I don't think it resembles a leaf and I don't like the technique as I don't think it captures the form of the leaf properly and I don't like the way it turns out after its dried as it just looks heavy like a scribble and a bit sketchy.

They both fill the page of fabriano and the composition is in the middle of the page as it seems that they want to be noticed and they are the main images. 

The style of ink drawing is very liner as there is a lot of line used in this process. 

This has influenced me to create my own ink drawings using the paint brush and drip technique, I like how elegant and light they look.

Michael Landy

Michael Landy’s weed drawings are very detailed but yet simple as they look delicate and beautiful. 

His work is very liner and also sketchy as only uses one type of drawing material kind of like saying all the weeds are the same because he drew them all in the same drawing material. 

The drawings are all life sized studies of individual weeds that Landy found growing in the street. Landy described why he was drawn to these ‘street flowers’. 

He said ‘they are marvellous, optimistic things that you find in inner London. They occupy an urban landscape which is very hostile and they have to be adaptable and find little bits of soil to prosper’. 

Weeds often live in harsh and cold conditions with very little soil, water or sunlight. They grow between paving stones or on waste ground in the city, I think he drew these because not many people pay attention to them and if they do they want to get rid of the weeds. Landy collected a number of the weeds and took them back to his studio where he looked after them, making studies of their structures including detailed drawings of the roots, leaves and flowers. 

The composition of this work is in the middle of the page as he wants his work to be the centre of attention and the main image.

I found Landy’s work useful in my final major project as I looked at how the artists drew the plants and it inspired me because the work did not have to be massive with a lot of colour on the image but a simple yet effective drawing could hold all the detail in a single liner drawing.