Sustained Investigation #1

Reflection on Work: 

I synthesized my materials, processes and ideas in my work by using watercolor pencils to incorporate a more simple and sketchy style when combined with the black pen line art. I used a lot of water and very tiny brushes to build up different layers to get the colors I wanted. This piece of work was supposed to represent my grandmother and I did so by representing aspects of her through each of the patches. By combining them, I showed how my grandmother’s personality melds together, whether or not it parallels or contrasts. Using symbols of the larger picture, I made patterns for her personality

. This piece will inform me about moving forward in many ways. I have definitley learned to not do too many new things at once. If I had stuck to a medium or composition I was more familiar with, I believe this piece wouldn’t have taken as long and I would have been happier with the final product. My idea for my next piece is about my dad. I was thinking of having a 2 or 3 set piece, maybe linked together, with a print of my dad. On each canvas/board, I would paint a landscape of a place integral to him. Then, in a contrasting color, I would stamp my dad on each of them. This would show how regardless where my dad is, he remains the same. I think also making the landscape for Ireland more similar to the color I will use to print my dad and the landscape for America more different to emphasize he was going somewhere less known to him (and didn’t try to “fit in”).