Miles donovan - Stencils (pintrest part 3)

Miles Donovan, is a graphic designer and illustrator, his work has been used and elements found in many different regions. Mainly used for editorial work and advertising clients, his work is very diverse and can easily be altered to fit the different design briefs that his clients may require. This helped him become so popular. the art work below, is titled "coney island astroland" and was produced by printclub London.

This was also created for public use as well. He used a technique called screen-print as the base layer of the design and then a variety of hand made stencils that formed the layers  the art work, and then finalised it by using 3 different shades of pinks with white paint to add to the greatness of it. I think that the use of similar toned colours create a kind of step by step effect with the objects, I say this because, firstly you see the dark pink/red highlighting some of the images, then as you glance at a distance you then come across the big wheel in the back which is white against a salmon shade pink, then as you look around more you then find white writing against the rosey pink background. It also relates to one of the subject areas I studied in art called crowd scenes. I say this because the work looks very busy like there is a lot going on at one time.

I singled out this piece in particular because;

• Firstly; it kind of brought me back down memory lane a bit. Looking at it reminded me of the first time I ever came across a funfair and ever went to one. The joy and laughter, fun and memorable moments i shared with my family all replay in my mind when i look at this piece.
• Secondly, it reminded me of the difficulty I had when it came to the crowd scene project in my art lessons and how much I refused to do it but, after looking at this I wish I could go back and change that now because, I can now see how fun it can be to just throw things together and crowd a page with paintings, stencils and colours and still make it look amazing.

Trying to better my understanding of stencilling and the other artists who participated in this movement like Bansky or Cabelleno but mainly Donovan, I looked at a few different websites, www.illustrationdivision.com/Donovan, I took a look at this to try and grab hold of more information about the type of illustrations he does and how stencilling works. I found that a stencil can be formed of any object or anything you see or imagine, this is kind of similar to that of Donovan's work. I discovered an interview of him that helped me to find out how he goes about creating his work; www.theartfuls.com/interveiws/miles_donovan and there was a  quote from the interview that stood out to me the most; "a little bit of this, a little bit of that". After hearing that, it made me think about the times i used to hear my teachers, other artists and even my parents saying that but i never knew that it actually worked when you apply it to your work - well maybe in the case of art.