Coming to a Finish

Not moving form the mind set which I have progressed to which is, responding to the actual dog movements, I have continued to use a variety of materials and techniques to attempt to convey the movement of the dog. This has ranged from covering my hands in paint and ink, to pallett knives and 3D paper pieces that give an odd but effective idea of how the dog has moved. Though I have used a range of materials, I believe paint is the most ideal. It was fluid, easily appiable and gives that sweeping motion that tends to appear within canine movements. I believe paint works best.

 

Link for Abstract painting stop motion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iqlqm96ybZk&context=C36c11ccADOEgsToPDskJyqDPLHZXj0GwJkAop-SM3

Responding to the SImplest Movements

As much as I love ink, I feel f I were to experiment using just ink I wouldn't progress very far. I've gone from looking at the abstract form of the dog movements as I found myself becoming repetitive in the patterns that emerged. What I've been doing recently is using materials to respond to the marks that are left behind because of the dog movement. Paw prints and tail strokes are mimicked using human hands and inks or paints. The rolling movement of dog was attempted using clay as a material however it was both too heavy and too block-like to convey the frantic motion that is a dog trying to dry its fur. I enjoy what I've moved on to as though the form of the dog is gone, and I have moved away from the simple broken-down patterns, the movement of a dog is still obvious in each artpiece. I find that the most enjoyable part of the project so far has definitely been just looking at what the dog is doing and responding to the movements.

I quite like this 3D model as it does not look like anything, it is a direct response to the rolling movement of a dog and has been constructed to follow that particular movement.