Second metal plate

Here I tried to do it again, although this was less successful. I think I should've added more linseed oil to the melted crayon. I also left this one of the metal hotplate too long and made it burn away by accident.

Melting onto card

I have tried to make a melted painting onto card, but it's much harder to achieve. I believe that having patience to do this is required. If I leave directly on the metal plate, it starts to burn and fumes come out. Maybe I should try having the paper above a metal surface so heat waves from the metal plate would be enough to melt the paint but not burn it.

Outside viewing of propaganda poster

I have taken Michael Branthwaites advice and took my poster onto the street. I found a place where I could post it up and leave it there. I took photographs of it for documentation and returned to university without it. Just like a poster, it'll fade away over time.

Metal Surface

I have decided to use a metal surface to use my paints on. Here I can manipulate the paints on the surface, allowing them to dry then adding more to it creating layers. I have to be careful while doing this, since if the crayon is left on the metal surface for too long, it'll start to burn and fumes will come out. The crayon mixed with linseed oil had an interesting affect, but only when it was on the bottom layer. It came out from underneath and made great looking lines of orange. The image was easier to correct when it was melted as well. I think the best way to do this would be to have the metal plate a few centimetres off the surface, this way it won't get to hot that it'll start burning.

Michael Branthwaite tutorial and advice

In this tutorial Michael has given me good advice on how to progress with some of my work. He has given me names of artists to look at including Bob and Roberta Smith who use political texts. He also suggested that I hang them in places and have them remain there.

William Hague

I got an image of William Hague (State Secretary) from the internet to use for an art piece. I also used a different medium to paint on, this time brown paper. I have taken Liz's advice and started using colours that relate to certain brands. An example could be that purple is associated with Cadbury. In this case I've used silver to contract Apples silver image. I've also used Apples logo to go against the silver, making it look like an advertisement. I've used melted crayons mixed with Linseed oil on this one and also normal oil pastels. By the end of it, the character is holding up an I-phone with words underneath him saying
"The I-phone update isn't available to anti-capitalists, go home"
I've made it more humorous with the text on this one. The character now however looks like Freddy Kruger.

One of the ideas I've got so far that could be taken is making a painting that views different angles  of the person for the propaganda poster. Also I've been thinking of animating some of the paintings that I have and making a short animation of an advertisement.

David Cameron melted

I have managed to do a portrait of David Cameron on elephant size paper. I took Michele's  advice and started to paint directly onto paper. It was indeed a challenging thing to accomplish. I did like the way that some of the layers of paint looked uncanny, such as the ghost like hand. The image was from a newspaper article where David Cameron's visiting Manchester train station. I then added text to this painting to make it look like an advertisement.