For this project I had originally started out having trees as my focus point, but shortly began to run out of ideas and ways in which to take the subject further. Realising that i was rapidly becoming bored of my trees project, I began searching for a new focus point and came to the decision to look into portraiture. I had always loved portraits in art and I really wanted to take this opportunity to develop and expand my skills in the area, by trying out a range of mediums and techniques.
Not only did I want to develop my drawing skills in portraiture and explore the space between abstract and conventional art like Michael Edens and Vince Low but I also wished to play around with the facial features. To help me achieve this, I began going around the studios asking students to pull interesting faces and expressions and taking photographs.
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I have also managed to get a few students to pose for me, so that i could practice drawing from life and get a true feeling of the face’s form and dimensions. In the end I felt that my life drawings where lacking something and seemed uninterested, so I stuck to drawing from photographs where I felt more confident to explore drawing styles.
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Having had my chance to experiment with inks, charcoal and pen, I moved on to looking at creating art though digital medium. I used my photos from earlier on in my project to create something entirely new, using a mixture of layering and a range of opacities I was able to create rather interesting and strange drawings, some I would also consider a little on the creepy side.
