Peace room evaluation

1. This first one didn't work very well due to the coposition clash. I don't think the centre point is overly calming, despite that being the intention I attempted to portray.

   
   

   
   

   

   I really enjoy this one. Despite it not being overly calming, I think it works relatively well. If I was to change the colours and make it a lot more subtle, I feel as though it would have been a lot more relevant and been more of an influence to the final design. But I do think that the blending works relatively well. 

   
   

   

   Similar to the above evaluation, this is relatively too dark to be of advocation for the final design. But, I still think that if the colours were lighter and of a more calming colour, I believe it would have worked well. 

   
   

   

   

   

   

   

   The above images are experiments and composition thoughts. I tried to work out how and what would fit to be a "peaceful" centre point and how it would work with a background. The third one definitely made an impact on my final (as you can blatantly see) due to its calming aesthetic and how pleasantly it is situated on the canvas.
   

   

   Although the background may portray the idea of "clouds" that was not intentional. I feel like this painting worked extremely well; its colours being very calming; it's centre image being subtle and the over-all painting fitting together quite pleasantly. But, however, maybe I could have used more colours (such as pastel pink or a outer shade of blue) with a not-so-dark pen to draw the centre because then it would have maybe worked slightly better.
   

   

   Due to this being a close up, you aren't able to see what this image is. But; this is quite nice in person. Although just an experiment, if I was to have done it properly, the carved, light paint would have classed quite nicely with the black background. 
   

   

   Trying out different backgrounds and how they could fit with a boarder. I did not use this in my final piece as I didn't think it worked strongly enough to be part of the final.

   

   Trying out the technique of "masking tape" which leaves structured lines. Despite disliking the end result of it, I do think it still worked well.
   

   

   
   

   The above image is of my take on a Jackson pollock piece. Although I didn't especially use this technique in my work, you can see how I have incorporated the 'splatter effect' on it. I thought using a subtler version of his work over the top of mine, would leave the overall composition with a pleasant finish.

   

   This is my experiment; taking an ordinary item and creating it into something that looks nothing like it but still holds essence of it. This was originally a part of bark from a tree. I thought that maybe by trying this, it could possibly influence my work to be completely structurally strong even if it looks nothing like the original object! 
   

   

   
   

   This is probably the most relevant part of my experiments. Through this experiment, I doscovered that I liked the idea of a focal point. Despite it being completely different, I decided that by using a subtle, pleasant background with calming colours and a contrasting focal point; it worked well by instantly engaging the audiences attention and being extremely aesthetically pleasing. This lead me to my final piece. 

   

   My final piece worked relatively well and incorporated many of my previous investigations. I decided to use calming, pastel colours as I personally believe they are very relaxing and pleasant colours, definitely relevant for this assignment. I decided to paint a somewhat 3D sphere in the centre of the painting as its the main focal point. The cuboid isn't entirely painted, just outlined, to show that it slightly below the sphere, being less-of a focal point. The background is painted and then dabbed with a sponge to give it texture. Then, finally, I incorporated Jackson Pollocks work by splatting  calm colours over the images I'd previously painted. This over-all composition worked a lot better than all my other designs, being the most calming/fitting better to give a better aesthetically pleasing finish. My previous investigations indefinitely inspired my final piece as you can see by looking and comparing all.