The brief for Semester 2 week 2 was to create self-portraits and still life's using acrylic and watercolour paint in the style of other artists.
Acrylic Paint
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For acrylic paint, one of the artist's I chose was Jenny Saville.
I feel most drawn to Jenny Saville's portraiture as I feel I could see clear links to her work and my own work. However, when attempting her style I had to step out of my comfort zone. A large part of Saville's style is excess paint, creating a thickness to the surface, as someone who is quite conservative with paint replicating her style was at first confronting but soon freeing. By imitating her style I find being drawn to spontaneity and creating large marks and allowing them to stay large and 'messy.' I think a draw back of this style is that it works best with a very large canvas, unfortunately I didn't have one to hand, in the future I would like to attempt this style again at a larger scale. Below is my painting research for the painting underneath it. To the right and below are Saville's paintings I used as inspiration. 
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Jenny Saville, 'Rosetta', 2005-06
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Jenny Saville, 'Rapture', 2020
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Another artist I chose for acrylic paint was Ivon Hitchens.
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Before creating work inspired the artists, I created a still life in acrylic.
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Watercolour Paint
Arthur Melville, 'Autumn Loch Lomond', 1893
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For watercolour paint, one of the artist's I chose was Arthur Melville.
I found replicating Melville's to be challenging, his work gives the impression of effortlessness and playfulness (especially in his work to the left). However, replicating Melville's skilled effortlessness requires a great deal of effort. In my replication of his style I find I have not quite found his elegant simplicity, possibly this is a draw back from working from a photograph, seeing every detail as a flat image rather the depth of working in the real environment. I feel Melville's style is effective in capturing his perception of the world as well as a level of accuracy of it in a more interesting way. To the bottom left is my Melville inspired painting, to the right is another Melville painting that inspired me. |
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Media Research
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Media Research
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The above photos of my work were all 'pimped up' on photoshop, below is a collection of the original unedited photos.
