Eric Blum inspired painting

Eric Blum is a an abstract artists who experiments whit paints , mainly with acrylic. He does this by watering down the paints to make the paint thinner. This process is long and time consuming . It consists of going over repeatedly until it has different shades and faded effects, which too reminds me of water colours.

This painting is inspired by Eric Blum and has bits of the palm house . I was also influenced by the Roman / Greek painting with the statues . I took the bottom part of the statute as i thought that created a old, romantic and mythical garden like effect. I also added a flower that originally is yellow and some other plants form the palm house , only using red,yellow and orange tones . 

For me i found this task frustrating as it took one and half weeks to finish . However i found it fascinating how the painting became almost 3d like from the faded effects and the different layers of paint created. I am happy and proud with the out come and is something i would like to go back to and improve my skills on .

 3D wire sculpture 

For this task we had to create a 3D sculpture using the materials of wire and tissue paper.

Firsts step (first step for any sculpture) was to make the skeleton . By using a long piece of thick wire and bent it until it formed a circle which would be the base . From that base i used a thinner wire and cut it into 4 pieces which would be the spine of the sculpture . Now having the spine and the base i then used a very thin and bendable pieces of wire which i used to make 4 joined circles which would go around the spine of the sculpture and would also be the parts that suppoted the spine . 

Once the skeleton was finished i could then start using the tissue paper .I decided to use orange and more earthy tones that where more to the truth off the original object .When placing the tissue paper on the desired parts i would then cover it with thick glue which would be its protective layer , not only was it the protective layer and made it less likely to break ,but it aslo gave a shine to it .    

For me this task was a joy and very educational. Although it took a long time to make and was difficult to shape i still found it rewarding. It was something i had never done . When i think of the word sculpturing , i never would of thought of tissue paper . I automatically thought of marble and stone. I found the process rather harsh and if i could go back i would try and be more prepared, simply by using gloves and creating more space on my desk. 

This is something i would do again , i would increase the size of the object that i am using and maybe not be so accurate with colours and shaping , instead i would be more creative and go out of my comfort zone .

Rome 

  

 Rome , the city of arts , Greek mythology and Roman history .Rome is  one of the first places where art was really born . It's crumbling agent ruins are all filled with art and all art has its own story and history behind it .  

This trip was for my fathers 60th and was not meant be a art tour but it was hard not be inspired by its culture and historical architecture. Unfortunately i have no quick sketches however i brought my camera and took a few photos. I didn't intend to make a blog post about it but i thought it would be interesting.

  

 One of the most memorable moments that still vividly is in my memory is the Medici villa. If you didn't know the Medici family where the most powerful family in Italy who came from Florence and many of who became Popes , Cardinals , Bishops and later royals. The Medici villa is one of the iconic pieces of architecture i have seen yet . Its a mixture of recycled pieces from different places and buildings around Italy . Its fascinating how unique every part of the villa is ,you could see which part of the villa came from a different piece  . The villa looked out of place but for me that made it even more beautiful . Every part of the villa had a story to it,  how each material came , why it came and why some if it was destroyed . The Medici family have been a big part of my life for the past 3 years , they have inspired me with the arts , pushed my style, so for me i owe them a great deal to my style . There was one room that really struck me , the ceiling was covered in grey and gold and filled with small butterflies . The story behind this was that  one of the Medici brother become jealous of his brother , after he died he burnt the ceiling .  The villas gardens is now a place for art students who came up the idea of redoing the ceiling. They did this by burning the painting and creating butterfly's out of the flames . By dong this it inked more to the history of the room. The burning represents the burning of the room and the butterflies represents the freshness and new life of the room.

Rome is a place for artists to become inspired and become educated of the history behind art and how it all started . I think every country has its place for the beginning of art and can be an inspiration for  creative people around the world.