11/09/2012 Afternoon...

The afternoon pathway I took part in was Fine Art. It was daunting as I dont consider myself to be a wonderful drawer, and I thought fine art was just going to be drawing. We were presented with a selection of photographs which we had to overpaint, there were a selection of animal photographs that interested me and I decided to work with these. The idea of the afternoon was to create your own art by using someone else's and we were encouraged to use only rulers to paint with. It turned out to be a very fun and very messy afternoon and I was impressed at the way my pictures turned out.

 Elephant and Parrot

 This was my favourite that I made, I liked the texture created by using the ruler. The grass has a 3D effect and feels rough.

This shows the texture of the grass closer up. I used two colours of green and overlapped them to create this realistic effect.

Gerhard Richter

Gerhard Richter used animal based photographs of his own and then overpainted them to create 'new art' out of existing art. His image, in a similar way to mine, shows the animal with a feeling that they are becoming extinct. He hasnt used the paint in the same way that I have but his work relates well to mine.

If I tried this again, I could use images that I have taken and work into them instead.