For my first project, i created a collage , i also incorporated cubism into this final piece, along with 2 self-portraits , and it was done on a background i made from newspaper articles that portrayed the world today.









I started off experimenting with different images i could add to the collage, so i used carbon paper to draw some headphones and painted an eye onto black paper using white acrylic.










This piece in my sketch book was largely influnced by rauschenberg as i liked the was he washed over his images with paint.











On the right is on of Rauschenbergs collages, this was a major influence to me with my first final piece as i liked the way there were clear images beneath the clutter and more relaxed stlye of art in the forground.











Then i tried using stencils , so i created a stencil of a gas mask, and also of the quote "i will sleep when i die"

Here i looked at 'Chuck Close' for my artist research, and i recreated one of his famous self portrait, using pencils , i think this was succesful as i felt pencils worked particularly well to show facial features and depth.

Here is the original image i felt that as it was a black and white picture , penicls would be best suited to recreate this image successfully.