Botanical Studies

Artists statement

For this assignment on botanical studies I will be investigating compositions dealing with ivy and other creeping plants. The theme of this series will deal with the cycle of decay and reclamation by nature. 

To affect this theme, my compositions with show ivy and other plants growing in, around and on man made objects and structures. A depth of field will also serve to draw the viewer in and achieve a sense of journey which equates to the passage of time. The compositions will attempt to replicate spirals and circles to ground the image in the theme  of life cycles.

The environment will be a garden and broken down walls and houses. When a house is left vacant, inevitably plant life will seek to occupy the area. Even in a house that has residents, man battles to keep order and standardization on that which is in essence natural chaos.

While these environments are outside of the botanical gardens, they none the less are applicable to location of study. The Botanical Gardens is the embodiment of striving to impose control over the natural progression of nature.

 

A question of Style

Here's something you can try at home!

All you need to do is look up a bunch of artists, ones you like/dislike/inspired by/all begin with the letter J ect. and try to isolate what it is about their style that makes it unique. Just so your not redrawing their pictures, find an object and try to do something with that object in the chosen artists style.

I did all the sketches and finished pieces in A5 and mounted 4 drawings per A3 black card.

Here's some I did earlier.

 So those Are the finished ones. Here are the sketches and the way I set out the project.

And once it's done it makes for a couple of nice wall hanging things.