Sketch notes

This is from my sketch book and shows the pre-planning of my 'Effects of media on youth' piece. I used this sketch to write down my ideas and the methods I wanted to use within the piece.

Effects of media on youth

 In this image, which is 68 x 41 cm landscape, I wanted to present the effects of media on young people, using the styles of Nick Lepard, Gustav Klimt and Robert Rauschenberg. To reflect Klimt's style I used his swirl pattern, which I lino printed within the collage in the background. I also added gold to the eyes, hair and toning of the portrait of my brother, painted Lepard’s abstract style. I reflected Rauschenberg's style in the collage background, using various images and objects, and lino prints of Klimt-like swirls and the Pulp Fiction character in the bottom right-hand corner.

Scraffito

In year 12 as part of learning new techniques I was introduced to scraffito. On the left-hand side is an A5 self portrait of myself and to the right is an A5 image of Joe Strummer from a issue of the NME I was reading at the time.

Nick Lepard

This is an artist copy, 62 x 42 cm portrait, of Nick Lepard's 'From Milan To Vienna'. With harsh brush strokes Nick Lepard seems to capture the emotions and faces of his subjects, which was one of the key aspects that originally attracted me to his work. I particularly like the way in which his signature style, made through using individual brushstrokes, creates an edgy persona to the portraits he creates.

Brad Pitt

This image is an A4 acrylic piece of development work in the style of Gustav Klimt. With the actor Brad Pitt in the centre, well known for his role in the film Fight Club, and Klimt, Egyptian-like patterns in the background I tried to visually present how films can sometimes glorify negative actions. I did this after finding out that Brad Pitt's image in Fight Club had created a vast increase in male anorexia. This also made me think of other ways in which media can affect an individual.

Grand Theft Auto V

As Robert Rauschenberg used the printing technique intaglio in some of his images I thought I would attempt to make an intaglio print. I did this by scratching the surface of a piece of A4 acetate with a craft knife to create indentations which would eventually form into the image. I chose to do an image of the game Grand Theft Auto V, as recently there has been a lot of controversy concerning whether or not it encourages violence and drug use, fitting into my theme of influences from the media.

Nick Leopord development work

This is an A4 acrylic development piece of work of my father in the style of Nick Lepard. This was my very first attempt of working in the style of Nick Lepard, using sharp brushstrokes to mimic his abstract style of portraiture painting.