Ok, so first of all, I know this picture has some glare on it; I'll replace it with a better picture when the oil paint dries. This is my attempt at another solely oil paint piece-I didn't want "Peaceful" to be the only oil painting. I feel like this piece is one of the better ones thematically, but one of the weaker ones technically. My idea to convey the emotion of jealousy was to stretch reality by transforming the portrait into a gargoyle, looking on from the top of a church where a faceless couple are getting married. The fact that the person is a statue emphasizes the harshness and all-consuming nature of jealousy. The design in this is the repetition of the garden hedges onto the side of the building and into the background: almost as if the emotion of jealousy is closing in on everything, a festering emotion. I had a lot of trouble with this one--I did a lot of problem-solving and had to re-acquaint myself with the basics of oil painting...I feel like, technically, I still have a ways to go. I am happy with the values in the statue, yet I could not get the style to become lose, abstract, and focused on shape (like Emily Branch's stuff). After the critique (and Mrs. Danahy's help), I re-drew and re-sized the gargoyle, defined shapes, and lightened up the background to make the values make more sense. Overall, I am not satisfied with this, and plan to try and revisit it somehow.
i think this is really the first potrait that has the feel of a story behind it.the face still needs work along with the rest of the body but the background is very good.
ReplyDeleteI really like this one! I like how you made a whole scenario for this emotion and displayed that through the gargoyle. I also think the painting as depth and is very evocative.
ReplyDeleteI know you struggled somewhat with this piece, but I really think your struggle resulted in a successful piece of artwork. The gargoyle clearly is showing jealousy because of the marriage scene below. This piece definitly has more of a story to tell than some of your other piece and I love that! another interesting piece! good job!
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ReplyDeleteGood work with the painting. I know you were frustrated but I agree with Mary's comment above that this piece is more evocative in content than some of the others. I do think you will like it better if you go back and redraw into it. Tip: sometimes I cheat in this process and use a small, round watercolor brush to do this!