JOE HULL ART

I had originally intended on attempting to repair the violin, but concluded ultimately that it wasn't worth it. In my A1 studies I dissected its form and tried not to be too precious about it. In contrast to the flat, matte images, an observational study from a live, 3D object is much harder yet produces more vivid results as you are no longer stuck to the confines of an image. Bringing the object into real-life gives the artist more freedom to exaggerate form and obscure what they see, rather than producing a piece similar or as exact as a picture. I think for the uninitiated, the point of creating work is to make it hyper-realistic-however it is much more interesting to me to make something more abstract.  *Drew it, this helped me to focus on the painting rather than how I was holding the object and meant that I had the same angle, so I wasn't confused of proportions I knew that later on in the course I would reference the violin frequent...

BASIC METHOD 1) Place Laminate/waterproof material onto a piece of newspaper.  2) Squeeze out a pea-sized amount of ink (water-based) onto the laminate and spread with the roller. If there is too much ink on the laminate then it will make a louder noise, the ideal amount of ink on the laminate corresponds to a quieter , sticky-sounding noise. 3) Roll out the ink from the laminate and onto a glass plate. 4) Lift up the plate and fold the newspaper in half, this will prevent excess marks around the laminate being printed as well. 4) Place the sheet of paper over the plate and use the hand baron to press the paper down, to create a crisper print and more solid a colour print. 5) Remove the paper from the plate and the ink will have left a print. TECHNIQUE Make sure there is enough ink on the plate to create a quality print, I made the mistake initially of being very cautious of the amount I was putting down, but found that a little more than the recommended was good for...