Week 20

In Monday's lesson I plan to continue working onto the blue and green fabric in the style of Kulkov. I am also going to sew into this.
-I found that I prefer hand sewing marks even though it takes longer to do. This is because the marks are thicker and more noticeable.

In Tuesday's lesson I am going to work over the blue fabric again and start looking at ways to represent the medals earned for service in Iraq, Afghanistan and Northern Ireland. I am going to use the yellow fabric that I inked and sew over this.
-As I dyed the fabric using bright yellow ink, this incorporates Andy Warhol's bright selection of colour in his piece "camouflage" that I looked at early on in the year. I chose this colour as it is the nearest to the sand colour that is on the Iraq/Afghanistan medals. I have began stitching a sky blue thread into the fabric in a vertical line, whilst using both horizontal and vertical stitches. I chose not to stitch at other angles as this can come to look messy as it would be in a small space. Furthermore, the stitches are all different and this represents how each soldier, although trained to do the same thing, they are all slightly different in terms of physical capabilities and personality.

Week 19

In Monday's lesson I am going to use ink on two pillow cases that I bought this weekend, I thought this would be a cheap way to use fabric. I will use the red and yellow drawing ink. Once it dries I will work over this with biro and will eventually sew into the fabric. If the ink takes a long time to dry, I will continue putting work into my sketchbook that has not yet been mounted in.
-I found that the ink did bleed together as I wanted it too and I believe it has created a striking effect because of the use of the bright colours. The ink didn't take that long to dry and so I was able to start working onto the fabric using black ballpoint pen in the style of Vlad Kulkov.

In Tuesday's lesson I am going to work onto the rest of the inked fabric, using coloured pen as well as black.

- As replicating Kulkov's technique is quite time consuming as it requires a lot of layering, I only managed to finish the red,orange and yellow inked fabric section.

In Thursday's lesson I am going to monoprint onto fabric using dark green and dark red ink. I am also going to work over the blue and green fabric I prepared on Monday.

-I found that the monoprints looked most effective when there was plenty of ink and a lot of water used. It also occurred to me that these colours are similar to the colours on the medal received for service in Northern Ireland.

Week 18

In Monday's lesson I am going to experiment using ink in my responses to Vlad Kulkov's work. I am going to try to create movement and union whilst using this medium.
-In the lesson I didn't use ink as a came across brusho and decided to experiment using this instead as I have never used this before. I found that it was difficult to manipulate but produces a vibrant colour.

In Tuesday's lesson I am going to work over the work I did in Monday's lesson in the style of Kulkov. I am going to use ballpoint pen as it produces stronger colour than pencil crayon.

- I found that the using Kulkov's technique over the brushy is very interesting and that the colour is incredibly vivid. Using this medium is a quick way to get colour onto the page and adding another layer of marks to the piece. I then prepared some experiments using drawing ink which will dry for Thursdays lesson.

In Thursday's lesson I am going to work onto the ink that I experimented with on Tuesday now that it is dry. I am going to work in the style of Kulkov and compare the final outcome to the brusho I used on Tuesday. I am also going to work onto my collages of the pocket layering different marks and colour

-I found that the ink that is painted as camouflage looks better than the ink that has been allowed to drip down the page as the drips don't add to the overall composition, they just detract from the centre. I think that the camouflage shapes work well in red, orange and yellow as they connote fire, destrusction and battle. I think that the shapes would bleed into each other more if I used the drawing ink on fabric and so I am going to experiment with this. Also, I didn't have time to work onto the collage of the pockets but I will do this soon.