Brick Lane Market #10 and Failed piece

Brick Lane Market #10 and Failed piece 

This is my most current piece of work 

I haven't been able to do a lot of practical work considering the essay hand in and TOP presentations but i still manage to do little by little everyday

So far the symposium presentation went very well

Symposium day went extremely well

Unit 5 TOP was a great success through my perspective 

However i look at this painting, as much as it is aesthetically pleasing and relates to my practice, i feel as if my practice isn't developing 

As much as i enjoy painting these, i feel as if i should step it up a notch and look into ways and processes in which i could develop my practice further 

This is Brick Lane Market #10, 2015

Most current 

Failed Work

A few weeks ago i tried doing a larger scaled painting 

At first i thought it might work, i stuck with it. 

But as i continued....

the scale made it feel..... less precious, delicate 

ironic how graffiti is suppose to be this street, urban feel, yet when i translate this research into a A3 size painting, i feel as if its delicate, must be taken care of. i

The is definitely because of the process

Applying spray paint to a brick wall or a metal door has completely different characteristics as say when applying paint to a canvas with a thin fine brush 

Because of the process, this is no longer street graffiti, it may be inspired by it but the context is completely different, now that i have applied it with my own hand through my own process

This large scaled painting failed, which is good because i learned from this 

"Portobello Road", London, Acrylic Painting Piece

"Portobello Road", London, Acrylic Painting Piece

This upcoming series of paintings, i am capturing the presence of a location through man-made marks and decisions and projecting them to the audience through paint. 

I went to Portobello road and gathered in information, i photographed marks such like these:

I painted on a piece of wood to emphasise the streets atmosphere/mood.

I painted with a method of layering

See how it progresses......

From here i continued layering images and marks

The crowdingness talks business on the street, colours show liveliness and life, spirit. 

chalk marks and writings, describes the selling atmosphere in this road. 

Final Look

This is just the beginning stages and i plan to develop this on further

Good or Bad Idea?

This is one of the ideas i had, but didn't end up pursuing.

I decided to do test pieces on photoshop before

Here i am looking at the item;

What condition is it in?

How has it got to that stage?

How did the item end up in that location?

How people have interacted with it before, during and after its use?

Any wear, tear, damage done to it? 

Bringing the item from an image out onto a stand for people to inspect it. 

see it for what is really is. 

Asking questions with no real answer

The water bottle is rotated differently, have to watch out for this. 

If i were to do this, i think i need more interesting items, location varies but item is the key to get people's attention, and the more thats happened to it, may be more interesting to view