Reflection on year 3.

My end of year art exhibition culminated the success of my practice.

This year, I have developed and extended on an idea which I began to experiement with at the end of my second year. The notion of movement is one that really inspired and engaged me. I have considered how movement can be represented and captured in somewhat 'unconventional ways'. The variety of my work includes:

Movement drawings:

These drawings have been created by allowing the motion of various vehicles that I am travelling in to create marks on my paper, thus creating visual representations of those specific journeys.

Glowstick photography:

I have used various coloured glowsticks and a digital camera in a dark open space to create these photographs.

The thought behind this idea was to create movement by moving the glowsticks in a variety of ways and capturing this movement by slowing down the shutter speed on the camera. A special thanks goes to Amy, Luke, and Taz.

Spinning top drawings:

On the internet I managed to find a spinning top which uses a writing/drawing implement as its spindle. This was fantastic as this would allow me to use pens and pencils to create drawings which would show the journey that the spinning top had taken.

To begin with, I experimented with perfecting the technique in my sketchbook, and then I moved out of my sketchbook onto large paper. With the technique perfected and an understanding of how the spinning top worked, I incorporated Abode Photoshop into my work. I was then able to manipulate a variety of my spinning top drawing images in many ways.

So overall, with both really positive and critical feedback behind me, I think I am now able to progress my knowledge and understanding of art application. I have found that reading about art and art history has really helped me to underpin personal ideas and conclusions about critical judgement and perception, as well as it being related to my theme of movement. At the moment I am not too sure what will be in store for my art next year. I am hoping that many visits to art galleries, and further reading behind art and design principles will assist me in this process.