automatic art (surrealism automatism)

this technique basically takes away the conscious self-censorship that comes through in other techniques (not a bad thing). which set the piece up to show emotions, thoughts etc. automatic drawing is the parallel to automatic writing which is also a good practise for an artist. allowing the subconscious to come out. 

at the start i was simply just pencil and paper drawing but its developed over time and now theres quite a few painting and even graphic drawings which were done through automatic drawing. 

to me this is a good exercise to draw out peoples raw emotions and show what they are truly feeling. 

an automatic drawing by andre masson

hockney photo montage

these are 3 hockney or hockney inspired photomontages. i like how theres a range of ones where the photo is created by many separate photos and a photo which is just cut up into multiple smaller ones. 

 in this one its almost as if he took 20 photos of the man moving capturing separate stages in the mans movement but in the same collage. 

using alcohol with acrylic paints

start off with a 50/50 mix of a acrylic and water. paint the first layer then add alcohol using the end of a paint brush. leave to dry! 

continue to add layers until you are happy with the end result.

salt and splatter technique

Start off with some thick stretched out paper. Cover the bottom lay with whatever colour you want add a fair amount of water to the acrylic so it becomes runny. Add a layer of salt then wait for the paint to dry. Scrape the salt off, leaving a layer of slight bumpiness and paint. then proceed to use the splatter and throw techniques explained in other post.

research into paint throwing techniques

 the lines going through the paint were created by a clean paint brush pressed in and flicked, this brings out the colours layered underneath. 

 the spiral was created by water down acrylic in a cup and simply spilled in a spiral formation around the canvas. its also been layered up so the different colours were poured inside the shape of the first spiral(more or less)

 these throws were created by using multiple techniques ranging from using a spraying device to get faint dots, a nozzle on a paint pot to get finer lines and a pint pot with out nozzle to get large, thick lines. 

 the faint lines were created by a paint brush with minimal paint on, creating faint rough lines over played by thicker lines with are very defined in comparison 

 this was done by painting with a clean brush over the splattered yellows, greens and blacks(dots) in a  curved motion. the blacks give it that bit of extra depth that makes it stand out even as a background or bottom layer of the painting. 

this is the start where half of the painting was splattered thickly with yellow and the other with red 

unit 6 ideas

I'm wanting to find a solution for the stressful life of being a student. giving them an alternate way of escaping their work but whilst still being creative.
for example painting outside, your emotions, thoughts

FMP intentions

The main focus in my FMP is to highlight the lifestyle of a level3 to foundation degree student. I'm going to do this by taking photographs of significant stages in students creative processes. My reason for doing this is to show how much thought, handwork and experimentation goes into even the early stages of a creative career.

technical:
id like to develop my photography skills in general but the main things are understanding more about what settings to use in certain situations, having a wider knowledge of compositional methods and even putting more thought into he photos i take.this is so that when i come to evaluate later it'll be a much quite and easier process.
Also I'd like to understand more about why people use black and white rather than fun colour and other photoshop techniques. Understand taking photos using film.

i wil, fight somebody with a GO PRO on my head.  i will choreograph the fight so my GO PRO will be safe.

website to reference composition- http://www.digital-photo-secrets.com/tip/3372/18-composition-rules-for-photos-that-shine/