Project Update

I have finished my sketch book....finally! Which is why I haven't been updating my blog recently. I first made a mind map to decide which subject to base my project on. As I said in my previous post, I decided to base it upon the theme of water and the beach. I looked at different aspects of the beach which I have always associated with it. I looked at different shells first by drawing them and then cutting them out in different colours and materials before putting them in my sketch book. I did this so that I could see which colours and shapes I thought worked best together.
Next I looked at sea creatures and used the website www.tagxedo.com to create images of sea creatures using words that I think of when I picture the beach. I mainly have used the colour blue throughout the later pages of my sketch book as that is the main colour for my theme.

Next, I looked at the artist Claude Monet. I chose this artist because I really enjoy his work and he incorporates many images of water in his paintings. I chose a few of his paintings I liked best that showed how talented he was at painting water. Many of the images are of the sea which is what I wanted to use for my final piece. At this stage I had not yet decided what I wanted to make for my final piece but I knew that I wanted to somehow use imagery of the ocean.