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Recent creations and experimentation

After taking my own photos for the idea of recklessness and helplessness in my A2 human form project I have started to record and experiment from one particular image. I am playing around with the idea of having metaphorical scares through accidents and reckless behavior.  

The mirrored cracks identify that the female figure has many scares and that many viewers can see themselves through the similar, reckless actions of one another. 

Use of photography to lead to new developments

Using photography I was able to create my interpretations of reckless and helpless behavior. These were manipulated using an editing program of my computer and all make-up I applied myself.

Personal Artist study

This is an extract from my artist study assignment, a working document which answers the question 'How do male portrait artists present females within their work'.

This cropped image concentrates on a female figures portrait exposing the face, neck and chest.  Saliot’s use free hand, expressive brush strokes of oil paints in rich colours of warm yellows and reds bring a warm, exciting energy to the piece as well as the posed position of the female acting like an iconic personality in the media of the present day. It also reminds me of the Pop art scene and lifestyle. The close up portrait allows us as viewers to share the intimacy with the female in the piece as well as Saliot. He uses this practice in many of his works so viewers can understand the atmosphere and intentions of his pieces.
The warmth of the woman is presented through her posed stance and posture but there is nothing awkward about her; instead a sparkle of confidence oozes through the surface of the painting allowing viewers to have a positive but un-answered view about the female; she is ultimately left anonymous. The sunglasses the female is wearing leaves me with the interpretation that she is using them as a shield from the camera in front of her. The cigarette gives me the impression that she doesn’t care what people think as the unhealthy action juxtaposes the pure, natural beauty of the female. The female’s attitude is rebellious but the usage of the sunglasses hide the truth to how she really is feeling or to mask her identity.  

Recreational drawings

These drawings I produce in my own time based on my favorite films, all are done with a range of tonal pencils. These are not involved in my A2 project.

Experimentation and New Directions

These new images and sketch book extracts show the new thoughts and evolving of themes after the creation of the second outcome. After creating the two outcomes I decided to look at the theme of reckless behavior, sparking these new sketch book pages.

 

Suffering outcome

Second Outcome 'Suffering' creation

These photographs and sketch book extracts show the build up of my second, large canvas outcome based on my artist investigation. 

New Images and Developments

This new image was gathered at the same time as the first outcome images but I felt had real potential to become it's own large outcome. Here was the image 'suffering' 

Hammered (first outcome)

'Hammered' Outcome creation 

Creating the my first A2 outcome and presenting it within my sketch book.

Further Development 

This particular development came from gathered new images I took of myself to impersonate some of Thomas Saliot's pieces, these images and sketch book extracts lead on to be my inspiration for my first outcome.

Artist Investigation - Thomas Saliot

These next few images explore the way in which I have investigated into the working techniques and facts about French portrait artist Thomas Saliot. Saliot uses mainly, warm, confident females within his work which have been put into situations to highlight their recklessness or mood. 

Further recording and exploration 

This post explores the further exploratory images and Ideas which follow from the starting images of my A2 project, these images explore the human form in changes of age, perfection and cropped snapshots of femininity. 

Including sketches, pencil work, critical annotations and painting work.

Starting Images

To start my most recent human form project which is at the moment ongoing, I started to record and investigate the human face, it's features and angles.

This post has extracts from my sketch book and a close look at what the first pages of what my A2 project explores.