'Bye, bye love...'

  

This is a painting a I did during my reaserch for my FMP, it was taken from a black and white photograph of my Grandmother sat infront of a brick wall.

To add texture to the painting I used pieces of old book pages in the background of the brick wall before painting over it using watercolours. I then painted my Grandmother in black and white acrylics, making sure she stood out.

'She waits in the late twilight...'

This, and 3 others, were the result of a side project from my FMP. Still relating to my family I created four framed textile pieces which combined old family photos and textiles processes. This photograph  is of my great grandmother and her three sisters, it is dated 1922.

This decoration is made of a single circle of old book page, a single circle of hand-made felt and then three buttons sewn on to finish it. I think this would actually look lovely as a broach or a decoration for hand-made cards etc.

The colours could be made to preference, and the book page could be chosen for a meaningful reason or if they have no preference just any book page could be used.

To uncover the past...

These are some of my sketchbook pages from my FMP on my Foundation course, I've been using my family as my source of inspiration. They have given me so many paths to choose from and develop I am finding myself struggling to narrow it all down and find a focal point.
The top two images are of a panting I did of my mother, it was copied from a photograph of her on her First Holy Communion and one of my favourites so far.

'United in love for all eternity...'

As promised some images of my final pieces from the Swan Lake project.