Ava Goldberg

Clairmont

During my pre ib art course, I was able to experiment and explore with many different artists and their techniques. After visiting the art museum in Bern I really got interested in surrealist art like Meret Oppenheim and how she aims to revolutionise human experience. I did many responses with art to surrealism such as working with painting and collages.

I really enjoy using oil paint when doing art because I like how it doesn't dry quickly and you can really try and get every detail down over the span of a couple days or a week. Also with oil paint it makes blending really fun. Whilst on my art journey I experimented with a lot of different techniques from water colours to clay. When working with clay it was very difficult but also really interesting and fun to see what I could sculpt with no experience before. Although that was really cool, a technique I spent some time on was collages.

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YEAR 11 ART EXHIBITION BOOK | 2021 - 2022

My collages would interpret painting and have different types of techniques on one canvas.

When starting out with a new idea for art, I would put it on an artist's study. My artist study would say about my artists work and what inspires me and what I could create inspired by them. From there, I chose the best things about the artist's work and captured it within mine. Every project required me to experiment with something different, showing my vast assortment of techniques. I want my audience to really understand my art, and be able to know my intentions behind the paint. I want them to see my art and say woah that's really good.

My outcomes are all very different. I wouldn't say I focus on one thing mainly, but a lot of different perspectives. I do work with faces a lot but also with just eyes or just lips. I also work with landscapes quite a bit. I really like David Hockney and his use of colour with landscapes and the warm environment it gives you.

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