Evaluation
My
theme for the AS coursework unit has been Japan. I started my
personal theme theme by sketching and drawing pictures of two
Japanese dolls I own, in various mediums and styles. I explored the
artist Junko Mizuno because she had a very interesting style of art
and I was influenced particularly by her cute but bloody style which
she uses in her art. In my work, I used a variety of different
mediums and experimented with all sorts of techniques, for example,
collages. I did a variety of collages but I only looked at one
collage artist, Robert Rauschenburg. I liked how he gave every piece
of his a meaning and this reflected on what went into the piece. When
I was doing my experiment boards, I used a brush tied to a bamboo
stick so that when I made a mark, it would come out differently to if
I used just a brush. This was because the stick meant I was further
away from the board and had less control over the marks I made. I
have decided to try to develop my work into a more personal direction
because this will make my project more interesting and unique to me.
I am actually finding it quite difficult to make my work more
personal. This is because I lacked the knowledge and resources which
could have related to my theme. I feel that I do have that
knowledge/resources to make my work a lot more personal.
For
my final piece I decided I would make a clay doll which I would paint
and then put into a decorated box to make it look like they were
being sold. I would like to improve my timing as I will limited
amount of time to do my piece in the real exam, I would like to
improve my experiments as I feel I didn't do enough to help me come
up with an idea for my final piece and I would also like to improve
my research as I feel I could explore at least one more artist.
