Induction Work

Induction Task

For my induction task i decided to create small pieces of pointillism depicting different images. Pointillism is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of colour are applied in patterns to form an image. I took inspiration from this idea along with the techniques used in pointillism tattoos.Pointillism tattoos are the heirs of two different types of arts. First, the traditional hand-poke tattoo art, and then the pointillism. Pointillism is an artistic technique of painting using dots to create images and shadings. To create this effect I used different sized fine liners ( 0.8, 0.5, 0.3, 0.2 and 0.1) to create small dots of different quantities and different saturation to create tone, depth and texture.
My first drawing is of a hairless cat. I decided to draw this image because a hairless cat has many wrinkles in their skin as well as piercing, large eyes which I wanted to show through pointillism, as well as their large detailed ears. Many view hairless cats as being "ugly" or "the ET of the cat world" due to them having very short, almost invisible hair, wrinkly skin and abnormally large ears and eyes ; contrasting to their cousins in the cat family with "cute" fluffy fur. To me hairless cats have an unusual beauty and are also known to be intelligent, inquisitive and extremely friendly.


 For my second drawing I created and black and white mandala and incorporated pointillism shading into certain areas.Mandalas are circular designs symbolizing the notion that life is never ending. Many mandalas have spiritual significance to an individual or group of individuals. I created multiple different sized circles with a pair of compasses and started to draw petal like shapes.









I also used the same technique to draw a moth in front of a geometric shape with red pen. One of my biggest fears is moths so decided to incorporate my fear into my art; to show how fear can be beautiful and a natural emotion that shows ourselfs we are human.