During my time on the drawing module I have noticed several improvements and struggles in regards to my performance and skill with certain media. One in particular I feel has improved is my ability with charcoal and chalk. These conflicting shades normally don't compliment each other as they stand out as much as possible however I've found that when trying to define light areas in my life drawing work, as well as mid tones and dark zones, that they are a great tool for trying to show tone as well as to quickly flesh out an image.
One particular artist I feel shows this is Douglas McDougall who recently travelling around Beijing using charcoal and graphite to create hyper realistic images that look almost exactly like photographs. * (Douglas McDougall — knight Webb gallery, 2016) In a lot of his specific workings we see that even though those are the main materials he uses to draw they are not the only ones to leave a mark on the page. The artist also uses items such as sandpaper, scalpels and erasers to create his other marks which can leave imprints to create the other textures that are seen on the images.
When comparing my own work to his however there are major differences. His workings for one involve more than just the drawing tools and not only that the amount of time and detail he pours into them is far beyond the time I put into mine. In comparing the technicality of our images though I would say we both aim to capture the mid, light and dark tones in the same ways. Another point to add is that with my images I am just attempting to capture a rough image whereas he is creating a hyper realistic image, essentially trying to pull the viewer into the world of his images, trying to get them to see his characters stories from the marks and stretches shown on the subjects face.
The second artist I chose to look at was Vincent Van Gogh as his paint work is full of bright colours, sometimes complimenting and sometimes conflicting. His work sprung to mind the second we began working with paints and using contrasting colours for dark and light tones, the effect of which made a mass of colours on our pages but still showed a very clear image. Van Gogh's own work is similar in that he doesn't see just a single colour in his work and then add tone, He adds other colours in to act as the tone instead. A good example of this is in 'Starry Night' *(Impact, 2002) where even though the images are exaggerated and we know its set in the night time you barely even see a slight use of black on this painting. The sky is filled with a mass of blue and green swirls from clouds floating past, the light from the stars and the moon pours out into the sky adding in blends of yellows and then finally the actual image of the landscape below is barely even noticed due to the mass of colour and shapes produced in the above section. In comparison to my own work I also used bright colours to cause the image to look exaggerated in terms of tonal value, similar to Van Gogh, however if any of my negative space were to look anything similar to his images I would paint for the rest of my life. Another good point to make when comparing my painted images and his is another artist entirely. Jenny Saville tends to use paint in a more realistic way to create images or portraits of people or models however she still does use a sense of exaggeration, expanding on her colour pallets from the normal pinks and pale colours to incorporate deeper colours and tones. This in itself also seems similar to Van Gogh in the sense that it uses a variation of colours and layers to change the tone of an image instead of relying on the same colour in a slightly different tone. A good example of this is her portraits. *(Gagosian, 2016)
For my next comparison I am going to be looking at Leonardo Da Vinci, Specifically for his pencil drawings, which I will then compare against my own. Da Vinci came from the Renaissance period in Italy, a time when artists exploded out into the world and masterpieces were coming from everywhere. Da Vinci is unique however in the sense that he didnt just do art he was also a mathematician, an engineer and many more. His more famous workings being the Mona Lisa painting and my own personal favorite his flying machine. His sketch work was mainly simple line drawings which somehow showed massive detail which is impressive considering the lack of real effort to blend in tone (for his engineering/ anatomical drawings that is). His Anatomical sketches show off that even though he is lacking a great deal of details and tones you can clearly see the defined shapes and appearances of the individuals giving a clear and crisp image *(Leonardo Da Vinci - the complete works, 2002). Most of my own pencil images drawn will attempt to show tone through shading in different grades of pencils which does vary from the line drawing style Da Vinci did tend to use.
In the future of my drawing work I would like to improve my own skill set and style to incorporate more of these workings in to give a clear and realistic image but at the same time to show a more technical visualization of the human body, to show clearly what moves and what sort of points have stress placed on them.
To conclude, My work will never be finished in terms of developing my style and techniques but if I can incorporate any of these skills or styles I've spoken about then I would be one step closer to being as good as I can be. I will look to do such improvements through practice and self motivated studies.
Bibliography:
Douglas McDougall — knight Webb gallery (2016) Available at: http://www.knightwebbgallery.com/artist/douglas-mcdougall/# (Accessed: 30 November 2016).
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(Douglas McDougall — knight Webb gallery, 2016)
Bibliography:
Impact, T.N. (2002) Vincent van Gogh gallery. Available at: http://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/starry-night.html (Accessed: 30 November 2016).
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(Impact, 2002)
Bibliography:
Gagosian (2016) Jenny Saville. Available at: http://www.gagosian.com/artists/jenny-saville (Accessed: 30 November 2016).
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(Gagosian, 2016)
Bibliography:
Leonardo Da Vinci - the complete works (2002) Available at: http://www.leonardoda-vinci.org/ (Accessed: 30 November 2016).
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(Leonardo Da Vinci - the complete works, 2002)
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