Journal 13, Draw the design on canvas, preserve the flowers using pylox.
October 27, Drawing the design on Canvas.
After deciding which designs should fit in my 40cmx60cm canvas, today I finally draw the design on the canvas. Looking at the designs and my canvas, I think that I need to have little changes because of the space I have only for the 40cmx60cm length canvas. All of my designs have the same characteristics, which was to have very long length. With that in mind, when applying the design on the canvas, the buildings look smaller than I thought it would, and that makes more blank space on the canvas. So what I did was to crop some parts of the design, and actually emphasise on the buildings that represents Indonesia (Monas, the towers). Below is the picture for my design:
After deciding which designs should fit in my 40cmx60cm canvas, today I finally draw the design on the canvas. Looking at the designs and my canvas, I think that I need to have little changes because of the space I have only for the 40cmx60cm length canvas. All of my designs have the same characteristics, which was to have very long length. With that in mind, when applying the design on the canvas, the buildings look smaller than I thought it would, and that makes more blank space on the canvas. So what I did was to crop some parts of the design, and actually emphasise on the buildings that represents Indonesia (Monas, the towers). Below is the picture for my design:
October 1, 2014 - October 4, 2014
On October 1st, I tried to preserve all of the flower petals by using pylox, because my supervisor and my art teacher said that the colour from the flower petals could actually fade away if it is exposed to the sun and to the moist surroundings. So what I did was placing all of the flower petals one by one with more or less 3 cm distance. After I think I have enough flowers, I sprayed the pylox on top of the flower petals. Before, I have actually do trial and error with pylox and the result shows how the flower petal's surface became glossy, and have the "coat" to help it preserve more (the result is attached below)So by doing this method, it would help to preserve the flower so it could be displayed in my artwork later on.
On October 4th, I tried to take all of the flowers that has been pyloxed and clean them a little so that it would be appropriate for the artwork later. Below is the step by step on how I take off the flowers.
On October 1st, I tried to preserve all of the flower petals by using pylox, because my supervisor and my art teacher said that the colour from the flower petals could actually fade away if it is exposed to the sun and to the moist surroundings. So what I did was placing all of the flower petals one by one with more or less 3 cm distance. After I think I have enough flowers, I sprayed the pylox on top of the flower petals. Before, I have actually do trial and error with pylox and the result shows how the flower petal's surface became glossy, and have the "coat" to help it preserve more (the result is attached below)So by doing this method, it would help to preserve the flower so it could be displayed in my artwork later on.
On October 4th, I tried to take all of the flowers that has been pyloxed and clean them a little so that it would be appropriate for the artwork later. Below is the step by step on how I take off the flowers.