Final piece

This is my final piece for this project, I decided to doter my final idea by removing the UFO and doing the idea of lots of silhouettes of aliens. I started of  by getting a A3 wooden frame and cutting a piece of wooden board down to size to fit on top of the frame. I then secured the wooden board to the frame using a glue gun, pressing down thoroughly round the edges to make certain that it had fused together. The next stage was painting the board I decided to paint the very bottom black using acrylic paint and the very top part white also using acrylic. For the mid section I wanted to create a ombre, faded look with no harsh lines. I wanted it to look effortless like the sky! so using a paint brush I began at the bottom painting and as I moved upward towards the white I kept adding more white paint to the black to create a dark grey then light grey until I got to the white section. To make sure it was blended well with no lines I used a dabbing method where I would dab the paintbrush until it all came together to create a smoky hazy sky. The edges of the frame needed painting so I made the decision of painting it plain black so the face of the board would stand out more. My next step was making the alien figures, I put the wooden board to one side to dry and began cutting out figures In gold, silver and dark grey foil like material. This was quite a challenge as the material was quite thin and delicate so I had to have a steady hand and make sure I didn't rip it when moving the scissors. Once all the mini figures were cut out I began arranging them on the now dry painted wooden board, trying to create a sort of random, mixed look. Once I was happy with the arrangement I stuck them all down with prit stick glue. Lastly I had to secure some kind of hanging mechanism so I was able to put my work on display at the exhibition at Beeston library. I found the best way was to screw two eyed hook like screws either end of the final piece, then threading some string through a couple of times and tying it in a knot to make a loop. I am really happy with my final piece and think the faded sky compliments the shiny figures really well.