Fine art workshop

Hello guys this week I am going to tell you all about my last lesson it my fine art workshop that I have been doing for the last 4 weeks. This week we were not given a artists style to use in our work instead we were given the rule you can use any thing you want to paint with except paintbrushes. So we could use cardboard, pallet knives, sticks etc. to create our still life painting but no paintbrushes. This is the still life set up that I painted in the workshop :

Still life set up

At first I was going to draw the outline of the still life however I thought it would be easier to just put the basic objects on with paint using a sponge to get the shape of the set up. In the image below is a close up of my painting. If you look closely you can see that I have stuck string onto the painting to show the pattern on the cloth and I have dipped the string in paint to drag across the paper to make a pattern as well.    

Close up of my painting 

I used many different materials to paint my picture and it made the painting look different to what using a paintbrush would have made it look. The materials I used to make my painting were a sponge, pallet knives, string, cardboard and my fingers. I found this a rather messy task but it was really fun and entertaining to do. It is amazing to see what effects you can create by using random objects or materials when painting and it is a good way to experiment to see what you could use in future paintings.This is a picture of my finished piece:

My finished artwork

Altogether I am quite happy with the end picture and I think using different materials to create it made it look a lot better than it would have. I like the use of line and the fact that it stands out against the dark background and that it gives you something bright to focus on. This is a great way to create outstanding artwork.

I hope that I have given people a few ideas for there own artwork and I will be writing another blog soon. Thanks everyone for reading x