duck :) she’s not perfect but I had fun making this. Trying to branch out a little from exclusively seagulls whilst talking about birds.

I don’t exactly think this suits my theme as much, as I’m trying to focus more on the grand movements of birds. Like them taking off and flapping their wings. The duck is much more still and peaceful. But I still enjoyed making it and mixing all the colours. I think it helped me narrow down the aspects of my theme I’m interested in.

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This painting made me think of the Duck Stamp contest. A contest exclusive to America which revolves around appreciating wildlife. (Ducks)

This is the completed master shot! I mainly used watercolours and colouring pencils, although I used thick, dabbled layers of acrylic paint for the sea foam and my prints for the rocks.

I focused in heavily on the element of pattern- I made sure to include different motifs in the sea, sand and the ones already made from the rocks I printed in the last elective.

I think the spirals in the sea are very effective in conveying it's movement, and I drew a lot of inspiration from Song of the Sea and the Neolithic patterns used in the piece. The ridges of sand show geomorphological movement and movement of time, while the rocks show the movement of particles and time.

Once I'd finished the patterns, I did two washes on the sky, one red and one blue, to create a greyish sky that also had a playful feel to it. I didn't want the sky to be too gloomy because I think it would contradict the light, jovial mood of the piece. I added in sand dunes similar to the beach where I took my primary research photos (see photo above!)

Photography of flame on a match

Fire is a sorce of light, fire also moves. Fire and Flames were one of the first forms of light and heat that was naturally made but also man made by scoring a match or two pieces of flint being struck against each other. I decided to take some photos of a flame and match to capture the movement of the light. I took photos on different background. My favtoure one was the wallpaper we have on our stairs landing upstairs I loved seeing how the light made the glitter sparkle, shine, and move. This captured my eye and I would love to explore this further!!

Movement for me is about my movements around Limerick city. The movements of the people from street view/high view point. I’m inspired by the people around Limerick city. The movements of mine that I see, people, traffic the hustle and bustle of the city and recording a moment in time that makes it move for me, while also looking looking at older photo references seeing how much the city has changed compared to now I also think is facing seeing if anything has changed or what stayed the same through movement of time.

This is a mix of both primary and secondary research photography-but I had so much fun looking at the city from different perspective and in a different w which is what I think movement means to me, looking at movement through different perspectives

I absolutely love dramatic and extremely colourful lighting. I think it makes anything look more fun and visually interesting. I want to try using more limited but extreme colours to get this effect.

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