Wilkinson Eyre
Wilkinson Eyre architects are known for being one of the top architecture organisation in the country, but are predominantly based in London. It all began when Chris Wilkinson, who had already set up Chris Wilkinson architects joined forces with Jim Eyre in 1987. Over its many successful years it has produced work for a variety of different markets including leisure, retail, educational, industrial, large scale master planning and many more. Producing extraordinary work all over the world, from Sydney to Newcastle, building architectural masterpieces. My favourite examples are as follows: The buttefly bridge, The Forthside bridge, the famous Gateside Millennium bridge, Hulme bridge, Lockmeadow footbridge, Metsovitikos bridge, Paradise street bridge, Peace bridge, Poole harbour bridge, Royal ballet school bridge, South Quay footbridge, and my personal favourite the Tensegrity bridge.
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
Painting Project evaluation
During this project we looked at a lot of different artists that heavily influenced the art world that we know, and how the era they lived in might have influenced them to be different in the paintings.
My first presented with the assignment brief I was excited and looked forward to exploring the different styles that can be achieved through using emotion and morphing the human face.
The techniques I used varied depending on the piece I was working on, as the styles of the artists we looked at differed. When working of the Van Gogh transcript I looked closely at his work in order to recreate his style effectively, studying his brush strokes to get the same effect on the skin. This helped me in my expressionist painting, as I learnt that accuracy to real life is not necessary when conveying emotion, and that the use of colour and facial expressions are the most effective way of getting your point across. When it came to Francis Bacon and looking at David Hockney, I had to look at the way they morphed and manipulated the face in order to portray emotion.
I worked with both water colours and acrylic paints during this project, and found that both were suited better for different pieces, for instance I used water colours for the cubism piece and acrylics for the francis bacon and chuck close style paintings. I felt as though using water colours would create a lighter overall colour and tone to the painting, this is because the photo I was working from was quite light and the David Hockney photos I was looking through were all generally quite light, therefore a lighter washed out paint such as water colours was more suited in my opinion. When working on the Francis Bacon and Chuck Close I felt as though acrylic would be better suited as their paintings contain thicker and more blocked colours.
The most successful aspect of this assignment was learning that painting does not have to as close as possible to real life, that in a sense it needs to be slightly different in order to differ between the ever growing photography. This revelation helped me a great deal as I used to always try and have my drawings/painting as accurate to real life as possible, whereas now I can focus on giving it my own style and focus more on the message in conveying.
During this project we looked at a lot of different artists that heavily influenced the art world that we know, and how the era they lived in might have influenced them to be different in the paintings.
My first presented with the assignment brief I was excited and looked forward to exploring the different styles that can be achieved through using emotion and morphing the human face.
The techniques I used varied depending on the piece I was working on, as the styles of the artists we looked at differed. When working of the Van Gogh transcript I looked closely at his work in order to recreate his style effectively, studying his brush strokes to get the same effect on the skin. This helped me in my expressionist painting, as I learnt that accuracy to real life is not necessary when conveying emotion, and that the use of colour and facial expressions are the most effective way of getting your point across. When it came to Francis Bacon and looking at David Hockney, I had to look at the way they morphed and manipulated the face in order to portray emotion.
I worked with both water colours and acrylic paints during this project, and found that both were suited better for different pieces, for instance I used water colours for the cubism piece and acrylics for the francis bacon and chuck close style paintings. I felt as though using water colours would create a lighter overall colour and tone to the painting, this is because the photo I was working from was quite light and the David Hockney photos I was looking through were all generally quite light, therefore a lighter washed out paint such as water colours was more suited in my opinion. When working on the Francis Bacon and Chuck Close I felt as though acrylic would be better suited as their paintings contain thicker and more blocked colours.
The most successful aspect of this assignment was learning that painting does not have to as close as possible to real life, that in a sense it needs to be slightly different in order to differ between the ever growing photography. This revelation helped me a great deal as I used to always try and have my drawings/painting as accurate to real life as possible, whereas now I can focus on giving it my own style and focus more on the message in conveying.
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