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INDEPENDENT PROJECT 8

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Description
This is a series of two pieces, which used was originally made up of more pieces intending to form a grid, but instead I decided to have only 2 pieces. They are continuing with my rework of Studio Piece 8, which will be about Tahrir and the January 25th Revolution. With this I will have tackled all the major periods of modern Egyptian history,

What were the artistic and/or cultural influences for this project? Who/what influenced either the composition and/or the style.
I researched several artists, mainly Ahmed Kassim who did revolution inspire artwork, and who had an amazing technique, however, my work is too photorealistic since it's based on photos, and therefore does not have the slightly-out-of-proportion aspect too it, that makes it more creative and unique. I was influenced in my technique by Bahgory, especially for the first piece, because the people are so abstracted.

What materials/media/processes did you use and or experiment with, and how?
I experimented in trials by painting and drawing with pastels on transparent tracing paper over the photos in full color, in my final the prints were sepia or black and white, and I used acrylic paints. What I needed to experiment with most was what to include from the details of the photograph, and what to disregard while preserving the overall scene. All the photos I used in my trials and finals, were original photos that I took, you can view some of them at mostamera.tumblr.com

How do you think you have responded to advice and criticism during this project (and during the term), both from fellow students and the teacher. Did you actively seek advice? If so, was it useful?
I took advice from my dad over the winter break, and he told me he like the simplified photo-base images more, especially the trials with the banner continuing through 2 pieces, which was I agree was a great trial, and I intend to make final pieces out of it, however I will need some equipment like a projector.

What could you take through to the next project and develop further? This could be anything, from a technique to an idea, not necessarily just the theme?
I don't think I'll be painting directly on photos again, but using tracing is more effective (and was in my trials), therefore I will be doing that. My next pieces with the Tahrir theme will be a composition of people in the square, as I have used the technique of drawing large masses of people in several trials. and the tracing banner pieces, which I've already tried.