Thursday, October 20, 2011

Portrait 2: Research

This new project has occupied more than half of the used pages in my journal, but despite all the sketches and scratches I only feel like I now have something able to develop.
None the less this blog addresses my research, both technical and content related.

(1) Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres:
Looking at furthering portrait style and technical know how I reviewed and read "Portraits by Ingres".His style was impeccable, his subject matter a little questionable by me. But his self portrait "Young man with Earring" spoke to me as seemed to convey an openness and vulnerability of the artist through the pose, gaze and colours.

(2) The Portrait Now:
I managed to find the text where Elaine got so many of her examples and was able to look through all the artists and their work in depth. To rename each and why would be redundant so here is who stuck out to me.
Technically speaking the "Kate Moss" by Chuck Close caught my eye for its detail, especially as it worked for his usual large scale. But Eric Fisch's technique drew me in as he mixes a contrast of brush strokes from a smooth background to rough skin tone. I see the use of this in a piece but not sure I would try it in this project.

(3) Painting People: Figure Painting Today
The text was the simplest I could find in a sea of human anatomy books at Clemens. What I needed was a text that I could always refer to when doing my initial sketches.

(4) The artist guide to facial expressions:
This text had allot to offer, but far too much to study in one sitting. Especially as my last piece was fairly expressionless. Now having arrived at a piece that will include not one but two facial expressions, I fell I can now go back and consult the technical explanations of the facial gestures.

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