The mask: an update

I wanted the background of my mask to be a grey-like colour so I researched and did some swatches of the kind of colours I was thinking about.

I painted my mask a basic grey around the main area and then a blue-grey around the base to create the sense of depth.

I began adding the detail I wanted to the mask around the eyes, nose and cheek bones. I still need to add further detail and add a wig to my mask.

Casting eachother

We were asked to create some statue-like figures to be placed in part of the construction department. 

This was our first time casting large parts of eachothers body, and turned out to be a good team building exercise. 

We started casting eachother in positions linked to construction.

We also decided to have plain figures dotted around to make the others stand out.

I even gave it a go myself.

After some deliberation we chose to look more closely at our topic area, which is folk art. 

We decided to make some of the figures look like those from folk tales and old circus'.

The mask

After creating the plaster cast of my face i began to add all of the features i wanted my latex mask to have

I added thin eyebrows, bigger lips and over- exaggerated, more defined cheekbones. I also added clay to the bridge of the nose to make it straighter and more masculine.

I sketched a couple of ideas of what i wanted my mask to look like which were inspired by Wilder Mann.

I started adding latex to my base and waited for it to dry before adding multiple layers to thicken it.

Face casting

We were told last week that we'd be making our own latex masks and today we started the process. 

First step: creating a modrock base.

we had to first cover eachother faces with clingfilm so that we didnt have to endure the painful experience of having modrock stuck to our faces. i had the pleasure of sticking modrock to emma's face. It was quite fun although you had to work quickly to cover a large space.

put them all together and they looked like something out of a horror movie.

Step two: plaster

After the initial casts had set and we had placed modrock over the gaps in the noses, we poured a very thick ammount of plaster into them and shook them to make sure it got into every little bit.

This again turned out to look like something which belonged in a child's nightmare.

The next step once they are all dry is to add clay to the cast so that it can take form when they latex is applied.

Life drawing week 5:freedom

For week 5 of our life drawing we got to choose for ourselves what media we wanted to choose. Because of how well I got on with digital media last week I decided to start of with this. 

I really liked this reclining pose as i modeled the style around that of  Henry Moore's by Adding more contour lines than were needed.

After doing some digital work i reverted back to paint so i could experiment with colour. I chose to use my hands to paint as i found the effect it gave my work much more interesting then when i use brushes. Primary colours were chosen also because i wanted to challenge myself as i found the difficult to use in previous weeks.

Life drawing-week 4: Digital

I was a little bit nervous about using digital software to do create my art and my first piece looks very stiff, boring and plain but i feel that i quickly became comfortable with the software.

I then started experimenting with colours and backgrounds. I ended up really liking digital art and am really looking forward to using it again and trying some new pen strokes and combinations.