Breaking Free
The multi-media piece I created is called Breaking Free. In this piece I used ink to draw a small bird perched on a branch. I then used chalk in order to add colour to the piece by colouring the branch brown and adding a multi-colour effect to the bird. In the eye I incorporated a black piece of photo paper with hints on white.
I choose to do this piece as it I feel it represents me entering this completely new experience of university. I decided to draw a bird because travelling way up north to go to school as I did, reminds me of a bird migrating south for the winter. Birds spend half the year at their home and the other half travelling away from it which is how I feel spending the school year here. I made this bird perched slightly uncomfortably on a branch as if it has just reached its destination, this is to represent the fact that I am not completely comfortable in my new home yet. With time this bird will make a nest and settle down as with time I will be more comfortable in my new home and begin to consider it a second home. I drew the bird in sketchy and unsolid lines opposed to clear, concise, …show more content…
However I am not completely pleased with how I coloured the bird in. I enjoy the colours and how they blend but wish I had done them in a less liney fashion. If I were to do it again I would group the colours more in order to avoid the liney look.
The finished copy differentiates from my initial plans quite drastically. I had planned to use ink and watercolour paint and ended up using ink, chalk and a part of a photo. This created a look I was still happy with just very different then what I first intended. I had also hoped to have a more random and chaotic look to the piece and help capture my emotion moving here but ended up with a more uniform look to the
The multi-media piece I created is called Breaking Free. In this piece I used ink to draw a small bird perched on a branch. I then used chalk in order to add colour to the piece by colouring the branch brown and adding a multi-colour effect to the bird. In the eye I incorporated a black piece of photo paper with hints on white.
I choose to do this piece as it I feel it represents me entering this completely new experience of university. I decided to draw a bird because travelling way up north to go to school as I did, reminds me of a bird migrating south for the winter. Birds spend half the year at their home and the other half travelling away from it which is how I feel spending the school year here. I made this bird perched slightly uncomfortably on a branch as if it has just reached its destination, this is to represent the fact that I am not completely comfortable in my new home yet. With time this bird will make a nest and settle down as with time I will be more comfortable in my new home and begin to consider it a second home. I drew the bird in sketchy and unsolid lines opposed to clear, concise, …show more content…
However I am not completely pleased with how I coloured the bird in. I enjoy the colours and how they blend but wish I had done them in a less liney fashion. If I were to do it again I would group the colours more in order to avoid the liney look.
The finished copy differentiates from my initial plans quite drastically. I had planned to use ink and watercolour paint and ended up using ink, chalk and a part of a photo. This created a look I was still happy with just very different then what I first intended. I had also hoped to have a more random and chaotic look to the piece and help capture my emotion moving here but ended up with a more uniform look to the