OK so the photo is slightly bad, I think the colours in places are a little inaccurate and have lost their vividness (can you tell I'm a perfectionist?) and I put the round corners in editing the photo, but this is one of my recent paintings. I chose the topic 'The Society Portrait' for my Fine Art coursework which I decided upon because eventually I want to bea portrait painter. I was inspired by John Singer Sargent's paintings in the Tate Britain over the summer and so chose him as one of my three main artists. The others are Degas and Renoir as I'm still smitten with Impressionism! The original in this case was actually painted in Sargent's Impressionist period after he visited Monet.
As he is a relatively new artist to me I have had to do more research on him and also study his technique which is why I did this piece. The rules go that you are allowed to reproduce a work as long as it is a different size and as the largest piece of oil painting paper in the college shop wouldn't cover this, my work is a long way off which isn't particularly helpful! I had a book to work from so I photocopied that and created a grid to transfer the general shape and keep everything in proportion. It was really interesting working out the layers of paint and what went over what to create the final effect and I really enjoyed creating the work- I find nothing more satisfying and peaceful than painting in oils.
4 comments:
Wow, well done - this is amazingly good :)
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This look like such a great piece. It's done really well.
I thought you were into fashion designing??' This picture is so wonderful, especially for me that am incapable of drawing at all.
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This is so pretty. I love learning a bit about how you did it as well, I know nothing about art what so ever so thanks for the insight.
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