Amy Sol; Wreath, (2012.)

Another piece of work created by Amy Sol, which caught my eye instantly, was her 2012 piece entitled “Wreath.” I feel this piece relates to, or could be slightly based off children’s’ stories, when looking at all the delicately produced animals and their simple and content expressions, as when most animals are produced or included in artwork, they are passed off as aggressive and mighty beasts.

The style of this piece is very subtle and gentle, which is helped by a very subtle background, the layout and placement of each individual pieces on this image work in favour of a soft and gentle nature as well, mainly because of the idea of a circle having no sharp edges. Also, the circle would metaphorically insinuate that everything would live together and connect through some sort of mutual kindness.

The techniques used in this piece are very simple. Is it a sketched out piece, later filled in with great detail, all in pencils of different thickness's and densities. I feel as though this aspect would inspire me and help my skills vastly, mainly because of the previously mentioned problem I have with my colouring ability. And I feel that using only pencil or even pen would work very well until I was at a stage where I felt comfortable showing off my perfected technique of colouring.

Another aspect of this image that would benefit my skills in the long run would be presentation. I feel as though my work is very predictable when it comes to layout, and sometimes having constant dynamic poses doesn’t always fit best with my work, and I feel that using this kind of layout would let me get so much more into my pieces of artwork, and bind them all together in a very effective way. As opposed to having random characters just lying around the page and not looking as though they are truly interacting with each other.