Exam- Homeless-Encountering Hope

Final piece, I wanted to encounter the idea of hope the homeless scene is alot more happy, bright and colourful as of this but still shes looking down, my favourite aspect is the wall melting into the swirls as if shes lost in hope, im happy with the outcome of my piece to improve id define the swirls alot more and add a few more butterflies, I would of also liked to done an alternative piece illistrating the darkness of the topic.

 Brusho copy of Georgia O'keeffe's flower, the way she used vibrent colours and movement to bring alive a flower is something i wanted to include in my own piece, the oil painting worked in with biro below starts to capture the vibrance of colour.

Own photos

I chose to introduce butterflies as its a great symbol of beauty/ hope also gave me a chance to bring some more colour and detail in.

O'keeffe brings snaps of different colour into her work I tried also to implement this into the hair of the homeless character by introducing the blue.

Own photos, capturing the homeless scene i attempted to capture the rawness of the topic with the harsh brick wall behind.

Oil painting of own photo, I tried to express movement with vibrant colours to give the feeling of dreams, I also took inspiration from some of van gogh's work as he introduced swirls and movement into his work, in van gogh's piece he also uses rich colours the golden yellow crops against the dark moody sky, the strokes all seem to be heading away from you like the pictures been disturbed .

Bringing the two together

Pencil drawing of photo with butterfly, along with using colour in my project I also wanted to capture the coldness of the content by using tonel drawings, using Don McCullin's rich black and white photos which are intensley sharp. He often took photos of the homeless giving them this intense feeling, Kathe Kollwitz also uses the rawness of tonel in her charcoal drawings.

Pencil copy, with butterfly this shows alot more age the resseses of the wrinkles make the image more harsh the eyes look tired which is in contrast to the butterfly.

Don Mc Cullin,

Pencil drawing of Don McCullin

Brusho and biro butterflies, capturing movement of flight using the movement of the brusho

Etchings, using brusho to go into them using same technique above,

Carbon paper, Using O'keeffe's flowers and Kathy Kollwitz self portrait, added more colour to give a little life.

Kathe Kollwitz work feels quiet, dark and a little sinister but she also captures mother and child, she captures moments. Using the idea of observational drawings i sketched my hand and face.

  

The figure

In this oil painting on board i tried to get across the saying seen but not heard, she looks as if she just want to burst her mouth open an speak, the neutral colours in the background make the image feel suttle and give it that quiet feel, i attempted to impliment bright colours into the chair and dress to make it feel as if this image has more to give, the cloth on the chair is golden to suggest she has more to be worth than this quiet figure reading in her chair.

Below are four life drawings created using chalk, charcoal and oil pastels, most from a 40 minute sitting.

Rotluff

Vermeer

water landscapes

A oil painting copy of one of emmerson's work, and a biro on newspaper including landscpaes within each circle.

Using circle idea of a world within a world a beach scene withing a deserted landscape.

Oil on canvas taken from photo of Durban landscape

 This oil painting is more accurate than the acrylic below,  flowers as bursts of colour done using a pallet knife, this is something i wish to bring in to my main piece.

Very abstract piece based on the work Emerson does from my photo of the pond, the dynamic view of reflection makes this piece full of movement. It is an acrylic on canvas and was made using only cardboard shapes i enjoyed creating this as of the expression and method involved.

This is an acryclic paiting created by lots of small strokes creates a mountanous scene, a little wonderland.

 

Monet, emmerson mayers on the left, own photos on the rights, capturing dramatic skies and scotland water landscapes. I love the expression involved in emmerson's paintings it creates a mood of excitment he brings the canvas alive.

An abstract charcoal of my pond image this links in with the work Monet did with the pond.

Brusho and biro, early morning sunrise