Trinket Wardrobe (2022)

Bleeding From The Screen (2023)

Hello, My Name is Healing (2022)

Nature vs Nurture (2021)

Sketchbook pages ranging from portraiture practice, experimentation with paper, and testing materials together to see what effects can be made from them. I also included a sketchbook page where I was exploring the depth of various fine-line pens (primarily micron pens) as well as the perspective of what I was looking at. I also thought it would be useful to add in a anatomy practice spread where I tested myself and saw how much detail of different poses I could get in timed conditions. It was an instructive practice as I was able to learn different ways to gather detail of a dynamic pose.

Untitled (2023)

Fast Fashion (2023-ongoing)

ERROR 444 (2021)

Untitled collage (2023)

Self portrait (2023)

Under the safety of Venus (2023)

Childhood Trauma (2021)

Self directed Project Year 13- Web

Sketchbook pages following my self initiated project at college titled ‘Web’. The project follows themes of how the internet, technology, and social media have created a dystopian world. Artists that have instructed me in this project include James Jean, Lynn Skordal, Aya Takano, Mark Bryan, and Robert Rauschenberg respectively. On becoming more directed in my project, I went on a series of trips, such as a day trip with my college to The Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, a RWA exhibit, as well as a SGS Foundation show where we were able to view other students’ work who were working at university level. I also went to the Tate Modern with college to view some temporary exhibits as well as get inspiration from the permanent pieces that the gallery displays. I had visited the Tate a couple years ago, so it was refreshing to go back and see works from artists I hadn’t viewed before. I took a concertina sketchbook with me which I had prepared beforehand with scrap paper and materials which were then drawn onto as I observed my surroundings. In my own time, I also visited the Holburne Museum to see their exhibit titled ‘Painted Love’, which showcased renaissance marriage portraits from many walks of life. These trips instructed me in my project, helping me to see alternative viewpoints from other artists which I incorporated in my explorations.

These are some of the responses to the artists that I used for my research of the web. For James Jean, I focused on the saturation of the colours as well as the motifs of the animals to emanate the awe emotions that his art evokes. Next, I looked at Lynn Skordal, making a photomontage using a mix of my own photos, magazines, and scrap paper. Aya Takano has to be my favourite artist that I looked, at as her style is aesthetic, but also I think the meanings behind her art are deeply thoughtful and candid. In response to her, I made illustrated pieces exploring her style as well as the saturation of colours similarly to James Jean. Mark Bryan makes art that is mostly politically driven so when making a response, I used his reoccurring motif of former US president Donald Trump and depicted him as a clown to represent a perspective of how he’s viewed by society.