Following on from my thoughts, I bought a nectarine and currently have it in a box on my radiator - I am trying to encourage it to go mouldy. I have been taking a photo of it everyday to show the effect that time has over it. Whilst photographing it I have dropped it a few times, consequently these bruise marks have added another effect to the colouring of it. However, this too is interesting as has resulted in sections of the nectarines weeping. Nevertheless, it is making very slow progress with producing mould. Whilst I have been waiting for this to happen I have been making small observational drawings. Figure 1) I composed this piece in order to see what medium looked best with this subject matter. I found that watercolour worked best as I was able to bleed the colours into one another. Also, where sections had dried quickly, it created a vein / scaly look, which close up looked extremely effective. The middle one looked too grainy with the pencil marks, and will not be using this again. the final one I did with oil pastel. I believe that this does not work well for the plump nectarine as it makes it look old, however, this technique would be much better suited for when it gets old and begins to wrinkle up. Following on from this, I believe that it might look effective if I was to paint it.
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April 2016
Kerry FosterThird Year Fine Art Student at Falmouth School of Art. Fellow artists: |