(SW8)++All+Mixed+Together

Studio Work # 8 **All Mixed Together**

**Media:** Acrylic And Varnish, **Size:** ... x... cm, **Month of completion:** July 2012

**Description:** This is a collage of different people with different facial expressions. Each expression that is in the collage was painted with the color that the the facial expression in the picture expressed. For example, there is a girl who has a depressed face, i painted the whole picture with blue because blue symbolizes depression and sadness. Each picture was painted with the color that the image expressed and then i put those pictures together and i created a collage.

**Analysis:** **What were the artistic and/or cultural influences for this project?** **Who/what influenced either the composition and/or the style.** I was being influenced by Jeffrey Isaac and how he painted a series of facial expressions portraits with their background colors set the facial expression mood in the painting. I decided painting a thin layer of paint over the magazine images. The color of the thin layer of paint depended on the meaning color of the facial expression in the images.

**What materials/media/processes did you use and or experiment with, and how?** I used acrylic on water to paint the thin layer over the magazine pictures. I used varnish as a last layer to apply over the collage. The main material that i used was magazine paper that i stuck together.

**How do you think you have responded to advice and criticism during this project (and during the term), both from fellow students and the teacher. Did you actively seek advice? If so, was it useful?** One of my friends has encouraged me to make a collage and i applied all the ideas to it. The advice was useful because the collage ended up looking very good.

**Clearly explain the weaknesses/areas for improvement -** I think this collage isn't put together so well. They are all cut in squares and they look scattered. The collage doesn't look so professional but i still like it.

**Clearly explain the strengths of the piece –** The various amount of colors sets a really good mood. Also the composition of the pictures look good.There are very big and small pictures that make the collage look interesting. Varnish was applied on the collage and the collage it self looks like its one big picture.

**What could you take through to the next project and develop further? This could be anything, from a technique to an idea, not necessarily just the theme.** I will draw someone with a certain facial expression and also paint the background with the color that the facial expression expresses.