FMP Year 1 project- My Self.

For our end of year project, we were asked to design and create a project based on ourselves. To begin this project I started by Collecting a range of primary sources, to give me some base to work on. I created a mind map briefly mentioning all the topics that make up my life and my interests; the people that are in my life and the hobbies I possess. I used watercolour to create all my studies because I wanted it to be brief and quick. I also write down a list of possible themes to base my project on, such as music, my childhood, my hobbies and family just to give me some ideas.

 

After creating my mind map I went onto my sketchbook sheets. I created a page on me personally, and added some primary photographs from me as a child, now and some photographs of the hobbies I am involved in. I think to improve I definitely could have included some secondary evidence just to mix it up a little. My studies could have been better quality but as I produced them from a screen they were not as detailed as they could have been if I used a photograph.

Next I looked into my family. I used a range of mixed media such a collage and paint, observational drawing and ink transfer. I transferred an image of me and my family to give it a worn effect, as it was an old photograph. I wanted my page to be snapshot of the past, as if a briefcase of my childhood had leaked out onto the page. My sister is very important to me, and I produced two studies of her, one from now and one from her as a child, to show how she has aged over time. I also included some tickets from past holidays I have shared with her, to show the things we have experienced whilst we have grown up. (Due to my project being cut up for portfolio I do not have the original sheet for my overall theme.)
I decided to choose childhood as my theme for this project, so I had created an A3 design sheet presenting my theme. I included photographs from my and my childhood friends, and created some small studies of me and my family. I used a primary image from one of my first holidays at seaside. I used acrylic to paint this as I was working small. If I had used pastel or watercolour it may have smudged and blended so I figured acrylic paint would work the best. I used small strokes and kept my colours minimal in the background to really bring out the figures in the foreground showing they are important to me.

I then created a range of sketchbook sheets going over the theme of childhood. I included secondary sourced images of some of the programs and music I loved as a child. I used tissue paper to form a feather boa shape, as a distinct memory from my childhood was dressing up with my friends in fancy dress. I wanted to add some texture to my sheets also. I definitely feel to improve I could have included my primary and secondary sources to show evidence rather than just copying them onto my sheets. I also made a montage of all the favourite people in my life. I created a background of different mediums, watercolour, inks and tissue paper, and made four studies of the four women that influence my life greatly, and have helped me become the person I am today from my childhood.