MEGAN WHEATLEY THIRD YEAR

this painting is has more of me in it and I am enjoying the marks I have created. I am thinking about grounds and how they affect the...

Thinking more about colour palettes and how the colours speak to one another. I wanted to start painting and let the motivation and...

Putting together a stretcher frame and preparing a canvas to work on!

I decided to take the weekend to take some better photos of my work and reflected on the year so far; This term has been really tough. It...

Today I worked in a kind of drawing progression, I love how raw the marks look and I feel like I was being truthful to my unconcious and...

More drawings today..

After my conversation with Sandra Smith we decided drawing small could hold the same weight as the larger paintings. Especially as a...

I didn't expect to feel like I wanted to leave this piece being so one touch and simple. Maybe I will carry on with it at a later date...

today I am trying sketching as an emotional dumping ground. These drawings feel very raw and emotive- I feel I am able to leave bad...

I was able to truly feel like I am heading towards a practice that authentically use zen to not make decisions and work with intuition...

Some better images of the 3rd of january piece. Highlighting the 'writing'

I have been looking into manifestation and the power of law of attraction. what I have gathered from it is that self confidence and self...

After enjoying working with the wet on wet paint I decided to give oil sticks a go, as I have heard that they draw smoothly and slip...

continuing with the ideas of - Zen -unconscious -colour size/ colour interactions -expression - abstract self portrait/ snapshot of my...

Today I worked on a wet primed surfaces- this was satisfying to drag a paint brush over. It moved smoothly and I was able to move more...

As I spoke about months ago I am still concerned with the idea of self portraits. In my opinion emotions are more interesting that...

I think the colours work well in this, I like how some of the marks merge together and others sit on top. I have been working in a way of...

After enjoying my last painting so much I decided to work in a similar way today. layering marks and experimenting with colour...