Project Review no.1

So far, I am pleased with my outcomes in relation to the artists I have researched. My piece featuring the sleeping girl with foliage around her was inspired by Mariana Ruiz Johnson and Helen Wells. I am pleased with the composition of the image and how the colours fit together, but I think my piece would look better without the black outlines - especially around the girl, as it looks too harsh against her pale skin tone.

 I am really happy with the result of my response to Ricardo Cavolo's work. I think I interpreted his style very accurately whilst displaying my project theme, making it more individualistic. After completing these two pieces, I realised that I preferred working with bold lines around large, simpler shapes than  finer lines around intricate shapes. For my next step, I need to think about the composition I would like my final pieces to have - whether to include full bodies within the canvas, or make them focus on portraiture. Additionally, I must develop/find a style where I feel comfortable drawing more less simplified figures - such as creepy things from nightmares. I need to solve how I am going to interpret scary stories into a more abstract/artistic and colourful style. How am I going to do these things? First of all, I am going to experiment with printmaking with the sketch I drew with monsters surrounding a sleeping girl - etching, lino printing and perhaps disperse dyes with a heat press. I already had this idea and I want to be able to discover my love/hate towards these methods. Then, I am going to research artists that draw unusual/creepy things from their imagination in order to develop how I visually interpret my stories.  Additionally, I also think I should practise drawing in Photoshop with a tablet to see how my outcomes would differ.

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