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Friday, November 11, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Insight Puzzles Presentation
Below is my presentation:
Alexander shaw insight puzzle presentation
Alexander shaw insight puzzle presentation
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Thursday, January 27, 2011
Thursday 27th January 2011
Today i have been working on researching 3 successive people. The three people i chose were, Lady Gaga (Stefani Germanotta), Sally Field and John Barrowman. I have believe that i have finished the research. I then had started working in a new document on the subject of - My Opinion Of Successful People’s Childhoods and What Makes Success. I will be placing all my work in my folder as i find it easier to work in, then placing all my work on my blog.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Issues to be taken into account
Health and Safety - I do not see any major health and safety issues with my painting. A minor issue could have been the smell of the paint, it could have given me a headache. Another minor issue is that when putting the work up on the wall in the gallery, i would be using tools, e.g a hammer or screw driver with nails and screws.
Equality Issues - I don't believe that there is any issues with this in my painting.
Offence - I feel that my painting should not offence anybody. The painting is not related to anything that could offend people.
Human Rights - There is no issues with this as i have painted a painting and this does not go against any human rights issues.
Copyright/Intellectual Property Rights - My work does not have any copyright or intellectual property rights as i have created a painting and the images in the painting is my own work and from my mind, so there is no issue within this.
Incitement - My work will not cause a problem with this.
Libel and Slander - My work will not have an issue with this.
Final Painting
Here is a photo of my final painting. It was finished last Thursday 13th Jan 2011.
There is little difference between the test painting and the final painting.
Artists Statement
Here is my artists statement that will be placed next to my painting in the shop in town.
We are hoping to go down to the shop in our free periods to display the work.
Alex Shaw
A Force of Nature, 2011, 30cm x 40cm
Acrylic paints on canvas.
“A Force of Nature” shows the beauty and excitement of the weather, but is an issue in daily life. Tornados, which occur mainly in Tornado Alley in the USA, cause death and destruction, and this is what many people see, but they do not see the beauty, power and excitement of a tornado.
Alex Shaw is in the second-year of an Advanced Diploma in Creative and Media at Long Road Sixth Form College. His ambition is to go to America and chase tornados.
Changing Spaces is a project set up by Cambridge City Council and Love Cambridge, which has negotiated the use of vacant shop fronts around the city for exhibition purposes.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Statement Of Intent
Statement Of Intent
What I intend to do for my final pieces is, on my canvas, I would paint this image but enlarge it and add more to it.
This is the test painting that I did yesterday.
I intend to paint a tornado in an open landscape, but have a transmission tower and wire poles. My original idea was to add a town as well, but I could not paint the town to the style of the rest of the painting.
My main goal is to paint the painting in the same style as I did to the test painting. I expect to finish the painting tomorrow as I have a full day at college. One problem that I might face is the paint not drying fast enough so that I can add in extra detail. At the moment, the title of the piece that I have in place is ‘A Force of Nature’. I am planning to change the title, but have not come up with the final one yet. I am hoping to think of the title when the final piece is finished tomorrow.I want the title name to have a relationship with the painting.
I will be creating a physical object. The materials that I am working with is Acrylic paint, (White, Black, Brown, Blue, Green, Red, and Yellow) I will be mixing the colours on paper to get the correct colours that I want. For example, grey, light blue, dirty blue, ect. I will be working on a canvas, the size is A3, which I feel is suitable. On the canvas I will draw an outline of the image that I will be painting in black pen so that it stands out and I can see it clearly when painting. I have chosen to use acrylic paint as it is thick and I can paint in a blotchy style and you can see it more clearly. I will be using a medium size paintbrush for most of the painting, then a small thin paintbrush for the more detailed parts. I decided to work on a canvas instead of working on a sheet of card because I felt that it would be more professional and that it would stand out. I also felt that working on a A3 sized canvas would be easier than working on one that is larger. I also have a small amount of time to create it and finish it.
My piece is about the issues of tornadoes. Tornadoes are a force of nature that cannot be controlled. In the painting, I want to show the beauty of a tornado, but then show that it can destroy things. I want the viewer to have the same view on them as me, as people don’t fully understand them. Tomorrow is the only day that we have been given to complete the piece. I plan for the painting to be finished in time. I cannot plan a timetable for tomorrow, as I will be working as I go along, because of the way that I will be painting it.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Painting
Here is a photo of my painting. Tonight i am going to try and take a clearer photo i will also try and zoom in on parts of the painting. I took this image using the Mac on Photo Booth. The size of the canvas is 20cm x 20cm. I have used Acrylic paint. I started at 10:50am today. at 1:30pm i went to show it to my mentor Steve. He said that he like it. he also like the way that i painted it. He thought that putting a town in, would not fit really well because of the that that i've painted it. If i did paint a small town, the style of paint would be smooth and it would not look right. Instead of a town, i put a transmissions tower and half way up it, it has snapped and is being sucked into the tornado. It also got struck by lighting.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Ideas For Steve
Hi Steve, please can you answer these questions below on my main idea.
$ What do you think of the idea? $ What do you like about the idea?
$ Is their anything that you are unsure about?
$ What suggestions do you have for how you might get started?
Here is my project proposal
Project Proposal - Idea 1 – Tornado
My first idea is, on a sheet of card, A2 size, I would paint a huge tornado with a town by the side of it. In the painting I want to show the beauty and excitement of a tornado and then the fear and the destruction of it.
On the card, it is going to have a hilly landscape. The tornado is going to cover around half of the sheet of card to make it stand out. I would paint the tornado using a mixture of grey paints which can be made from black and white paint. Then under the tornado, I am going to have dirt being thrown up in the air.
On the right had side of the page, I am going to have a town. This is to show that the tornado could change path and destroy this town, like many evens in the past.
I am going to have a water tower being ripped from it’s support and being sucked into the tornado. Even though the tornado has not hit town, it’s still creating destruction.The tornado will come from a stormy dark sky, with streaks of dark green to show that a tornado would have been able to form and give it the right setting.
To create this, I will need a sheet of A2 card, then a few paintbrushes, small and medium. The other main thing that I am going to need is the paint. It does not matter what paint I use but I will have to the standard colours like, blue, green, red, yellow, black, white and brown. When it’s being displayed, it will be stuck on a wall with either blutac or pins. I think that it will work in the exhibition space as it will draw the people in, as they would be interested in looking at it.
I want to communicate in my work that tornadoes can be big issues. They are deadly and destroy peoples lives. The subject is that tornadoes are deadly. Tornadoes are not something that we get in the UK, but in the US, they get a lot. I want the audience to be interested in my work. I don’t really know how I would expect them to react, as I don’t know that person that would be viewing it. I would be looking at the book Adventures in Tornado Alley: The Storm Chasers, which is a photographers work while storm chasing. It has some very exciting photos.
Challenge 5
Part 1 - This break, Monday 10th Jan 2011 10:30am, i will be talking to Steve Thorne to see if he can be my mentor. The reason for this is that he has a history in art.
I have spoken to Steve and he has agreed to be my mentor for this project. I have just sent him a link to my blog through a text, so that he can see my idea.
I have created a separate post, which has the questions for Steve with my project proposal. He is going to put any feedback and the answer in the comments box for that blog post. He is going to do it at lunch.
Part 2 -
Part 3 -
Challenge 2 - "JUST A MINUTE, VIDEO DIARY"
Challenge 2 - "JUST A MINUTE, VIDEO DIARY"
The subject of tornadoes is important to me because it is a force of nature that is beautiful, but deadly and devastating. The science of it is also very interesting. It gives excitement and fear at the same time to people. My feelings towards tornadoes is mainly beauty and excitement, even though people are getting their lives torn apart. The devastation does not really hit me until the tornado has gone, then your main attention is on the path that it left behind. In my paintings, i want to show the two sides of a tornado. The beauty and the devastation. A tornado is a force that no man can control. A tornado is an uncontrollable, unpredictable, and your life is in the hang of it, if near one. Tornadoes cannot be created by mankind. Only the force of nature can create this. The effect of a tornado after it's gone cause's much pain to many people. This is a thing that most people forget about when a tornado happens, they are more concentrated on the beauty of it. If i was chasing a tornado, i feel that i would forget about the devastation it would cause. I would be having excitement and fun while others fight to save their life's.
(To note, i have not seen a real tornado. - Seen them through films, tv shows and footage.)
Challenge 1
The issue is on Celebrity Life.
Celebrity life can be represented in many ways, like in music and Tv.
$ Lady Gaga - Talks about her life in her songs and videos.
$ Dead Set - Big Brother (Tv Program) - Celebrities in the Big Brother house, see their life and actions, have a zombie outbreak in it.
Lady Gaga
One song that she wrote was Speechless. It was written to convince her father, Joseph Germanotta, to undergo open heart surgery. This song is is a reminder for her younger fans to appreciate their parents. She was so upset that he would not have the surgery, so she said that she would stop singing if he did not undergo the surgery.
Dead Set
Charlie Brooker is the creator of the drama. He is a british journalist, comic writer and broadcaster. He also starred in the show a zombie. A celebrity in the show is Davina McCall, She is the real Big brother TV Presenter, and her character has also been brought into the TV Drama. Her celebrity life has been brought into the show, but her life changes when she turns into a zombie. An eviction was filmed outside the real big brother, where other locations within the big brother side in the program was filmed on an old military site.
Lady Gaga,
Bad Romance song title comes from when she generally felt lonely when she was in relationships. She gets drawn to men with whom the romance never works out. This is what inspired her to create the song.
Dead Set
Recreates the celebrity life that features in the Tv show Big Brother.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Project Proposal - Idea 2 – Flu – Hospital on black Alert
Project Proposal - Idea 2 – Flu – Hospital on black Alert
My second idea is, on a sheet of card, A2 size, I would draw and colour many different items to show the state of emergency at the hospital.
When the product is finished, it will look like a collage of many items that will be drawn by hand the coloured in afterwards. Items that I might draw could be bacteria, the hospital, injections, a high figure number in the colour red to show the amount of people ill with it.
What made me think of the idea was the major flu outbreak that is happening at the moment, at Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge. The hospital is on ‘Black Alert’, which is the highest alert. Also many people have died of it at the moment.
To create this, I will need a sheet of A2 card, a drawing pencil, and colouring pens. When it comes to being displayed, it will be stuck on a wall with either blutac or pins. I think that it will work in the exhibition space, as it will draw the people in, as they would be interested in looking at it. I hope that they would agree that flu is a serious problem at the moment.
I want to communicate in my work that the flu is a big problem and that people should take it seriously. I want the audience to be interested in my work. I don’t really know how I would expect them to react, as I don’t know that person that would be viewing it. But I hope that they will understand it and take it seriously. For my mentor I would like to ask Steve Thorne, who is another media teacher at college. He has a history with art experience, so if I need any help or support he could guide me.
Project Proposal - Idea 3 Money Issues - VAT Increase
Project Proposal - Idea 3 Money Issues - VAT Increase
My third idea is, on a sheet of card, A2 size, I would a someone in a supermarket with a trolley, and they would be looking at the price of a product with a shocked face.
On the card, I am going to have long supermarket shelves with many items on them with price tags. The price tags will be prices that you would not expect to pay for that item. For example, a loaf of bread, priced at £1.49 and a 2-litre bottle of coke for £1.99. Due to the recent VAT increase, this has inspired me to think of the idea.
In front of the supermarket shelves, I will then have a person with a trolley. The trolley will be nearly empty due to the price of items. The person is looking at the price of a product with a shock face due to it being very expensive.
To create this, I will need a sheet of A2 card, a drawing pencil, and colouring pens. When it comes to being displayed, it will be stuck on a wall with either blutac or pins. I think that it will work in the exhibition space, as it will draw the people in, as they would be interested in looking at it and they would agree with the character in the piece of work.
I want to communicate in my work that money can cause big issues. The VAT has increased and shop prices are increasing. I want the audience to be interested in my work. I don’t really know how I would expect them to react, as I don’t know that person that would be viewing it. For my mentor I would like to ask Steve Thorne, who is another media teacher at college. He has a history with art experience, so if I need any help or support he could guide me. What inspired me to do this, is the recent VAT increase and all the talk that has gone on about it. At the moment, I do not know of any creative practitioners that my idea could relate to.
Project Proposal - Idea 1 - Tornado
Project Proposal - Idea 1 – Tornado
My first idea is, on a sheet of card, A2 size, I would paint a huge tornado with a town by the side of it. In the painting I want to show the beauty and excitement of a tornado and then the fear and the destruction of it.
On the card, it is going to have a hilly landscape. The tornado is going to cover around half of the sheet of card to make it stand out. I would paint the tornado using a mixture of grey paints which can be made from black and white paint. Then under the tornado, I am going to have dirt being thrown up in the air.
On the right had side of the page, I am going to have a town. This is to show that the tornado could change path and destroy this town, like many evens in the past.
I am going to have a water tower being ripped from it’s support and being sucked into the tornado. Even though the tornado has not hit town, it’s still creating destruction. The tornado will come from a stormy dark sky, with streaks of dark green to show that a tornado would have been able to form and give it the right setting.
To create this, I will need a sheet of A2 card, then a few paintbrushes, small and medium. The other main thing that I am going to need is the paint. It does not matter what paint I use but I will have to the standard colours like, blue, green, red, yellow, black, white and brown. When it’s being displayed, it will be stuck on a wall with either blutac or pins. I think that it will work in the exhibition space as it will draw the people in, as they would be interested in looking at it.
I want to communicate in my work that tornadoes can be big issues. They are deadly and destroy peoples lives. The subject is that tornadoes are deadly. Tornadoes are not something that we get in the UK, but in the US, they get a lot. I want the audience to be interested in my work. I don’t really know how I would expect them to react, as I don’t know that person that would be viewing it. I would be looking at the book Adventures in Tornado Alley: The Storm Chasers, which is a photographers work while storm chasing. It has some very exciting photos. For my mentor I would like to ask Steve Thorne, who is another media teacher at college. He has a history with art experience.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Idea 3 - Event - Money - VAT Rise
Looking back at this, i think that it is to do with politics but at the moments i don't know.
Idea 3 - Event - Money - VAT Rise
My idea is to draw on a sheet of card, someone in a supermarket and they would be looking a the price of a product with a shocked face. The issue that i am trying to show is that the cost of items are more expensive than before and people will not be able to afford it in the long term.
URL'S
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/detail?itemId=5001707512&type=CAMPAIGN&site=150&gclid=CNDS9c_ApaYCFcxO4QodkjVMZQ
Idea 3 is an event where the VAT has risen from 17.5% to 20%.
VAT rise from 4th January 2011. The increase will slow economic growth and add £7.50 a week, or £389 a year to an average family's bill. Shops lose out on money as t
he public stops spending more money due to the cost going up. This then puts peoples jobs at risk.
Idea 2 Event - Illness - Flu - Addenbrooke's hospital on "Balck Alert"
My idea is that on a sheet of card, i would paint/draw many different to show the state of emergency at the hospital. It would be like a collage of many different items, for example, the hospital, injections, bacteria, and a number figure to show how many people have got it.
What made me think of the idea was the major flu outbreak that is happening at the moment. Addenbrooke's hospital is on black alert which is the highest, and many people are dying over it. I want to show this event on a sheet of card.
URL'S
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-12110709
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Surge-in-flu-puts-Addenbrookes-on-black-alert.htm
Idea 2 is on an event.
Addenbrooke's hospital in cambridge is on 'BLACK ALERT', which is the highest state emergency for the hospital. All this due to a Flu outbreak this year due to the lowering amount of Flu injections this year. There has been a steep 60 per cent jump in the number of
patients admitted with flu in a single week.
Idea 1 Event - Weather - Tornado
My idea is that on a sheet of card, i would paint a huge tornado with a town by the side of it. In the painting i want to show the beauty of a tornado, but then the possible destruction. I believe that this painting has very good potential.
I thought of this idea because i am interested in tornadoes. The issue is that they bring joy and excitement, but mostly while that happens, they bring fear and devastation to others. I want to show this in my painting.
Tornado Outbreak
A tornado outbreak begun on 22nd May, 2010 and ended
on 25th May 2010. The storm system responsible for the tornadoes affected a large area from North Dakota to New
Mexico. Overall there was a report of 26 tornadoes.
The main tornado was the EF4 Bowdle tornado which started in walworth county as an EF2 tornado 4 miles west of the city of Bowdle, South Dakota. The tornado touched down directly on a farmstead and it was the most damaged structure in the immediate area. A few outbuildings were destroyed. A residence in the area sustained roof damage but the building was not severely damaged. Moving into Edmunds County, the tornado weakened into an EF1. Debris was flung hundreds of yards from the tornado. The tornado then quickly strengthened into an EF3 tornado 1.5 mi (2.4 km) NW of Bowdle. A large number of outbuildings were severely damaged or destroyed. Tree damage was widespread in the area. The tornado continued to move northeast and reached its peak intensity as an EF4 1 mi (1.6 km) north of Bowdle. Many houses and outbuildings in the area suffered major damage. Trees were debarked and cars were thrown into the air. Transmission Towers were toppled and crushed. One of them was torn off its concrete footings and was thrown hundreds of yards away. The tornado then shifted directions and moved eastwards as an EF2. A state radio tower was toppled before the tornado lifted shortly thereafter. Based on damage reports, the tornado traveled a distance of 5.01 mi (8.06 km).
Here is an image of it.
Here is some footage of it.
Seen from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late-May_2010_tornado_outbreak#Bowdle_tornado.
and Storm Chasers Season 4 Episode 5 & 6
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