Saskia vdW

my art portfolio for university submission.

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Sketchbook Pages, mixed media, A5

Descriptions: Sketchbook pages to show my sketching process, examples of photo studies and a looser way of working

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Ideas Page for Final Piece Light and Perspex, Fineliner and pen, 2 pages of an A4 sketchbook

description: a page showing my thought process when approaching a final piece, this was done to evaluate compositions, colour  pallets as well as key details to include in the final piece 

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Preparational studies for Portrait of a Classmate, mixed media, altogether on an A1 sheet

Description: studies from my initial photoshoot of my classmate, wanting to convey movement and practice drawing people

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Reflection in London Final Piece, alcohol marker, A3

description: pieces exploring how the sublime is imitated and transformed in architecture and particularly skyscrapers

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Purple Branches, alcohol marker, A5

sketch: highlighter and ink pen

description: Piece and its prior stages, demonstrating my creative process when creating a study from life

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Close-ups of a Car, alcohol marker, A5

Description: colour studies made to strengthen my use of colour and light mimicking certain textures and surfaces - from my own pictures

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Studies of Reflection in London #1-4, alcohol marker, fineliner, A5

description: an investiation of light and reflection on buildings in central London 

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plein air studies of buildings, fineliner and water-based markers, A5

description: studies of buildings made to better observe the architectural principals and components in my local area

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Sketchbook Studies of Buildings #1 and #2, watercolour, pencil and fineliner, A5

description: an exploration of the effect of colour and media in artwork and what techniques make a strong piece

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Light and Perspex- Final piece, alcohol marker, A1

description: My final piece on this subject, made over ten-hours. I was able to push the depth texture and composition of this piece to create a much more evocative piece than the previous experiments.

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Cityscape animations #1, #2 and #3, background image: ink, animation: digital, A2

Description: animations made to explore the movement of reflection over glass surfaces

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Experiment in Light and Perspex 2#, alcohol marker and finerliner, A5

description: A study of images edited together exploring colour and light in an abstract composition

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Experiment in Light and Perspex 1#, alcohol marker, A5

Description: A study of images edited together exploring colour and light in an abstract composition

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Portraits of a Classmate, Guoache and Oil Pastel, A1

Description:

made as an exploration into figurative art I experimented with abstract colour use and perspective