During our last family holiday, I took a lot of photos of my brother and sister to use as photographic references for my sketches. Since my sister is away at university, we – my brother and I – don’t often have the opportunity During our last family holiday, I took a lot of photos of my brother and sister to use as photographic references for my sketches. Since my sister
This was the first oil painting that I was happy with, so much so that I wanted to put my name on it. I didn’t want to sign it on the front, so I added my last name as a print on his shirt as a cheeky wave at anyone who noticed.This portrait is of a musician from “Danger Incorporated” who’s music my sister and I reconnected through. This piece
The inspiration for this painting was a regular guest at the café where I worked, an obese, miserable-looking man who worked at a local healthcare office and quite obviously wasn’t enjoying his time there.This is one of the acrylic paintings where I finally managed to blend the paint to create the illusion of three dimensionality. This, as well as the dark-light and primary colour contrast, elevates the rhino from the
I usually draw things which I find visually appealing, which is why I decided to intentionally draw the opposite, something I wouldnt find visually appeaing.His face, neck and t-shirt are drawn with graphite pencils, whereas the darker shadows, as well as the black of the cap and hoodie, are drawn with a black coloured pencil.The background has a light blue wash with a few slashes of a slightly darker blue.
I was doodling little faces when I had the idea to hide a face within a face, which I liked so much that I immediately sketched it and then drew it a second time on a larger piece of paper in ink, taking a little bit more time to put more effort into creating a finished piece.The abstract shapes around the small, elvish head create a larger face; the two
I used to be a regular at a cafe near where I live. I sat down with two other regular guests while they were having a philosophical discussion and I took photos of the scene to paint it later.The bright figure and the objects surrounding him; the coffee bowl and its reflection, the packet of cigarettes and the sugar dispenser are in very light shades, creating a strong light-dark-contrast. A
The painting is a homage to a painting by Matthew Davis, whose colourful pointillism painting has been on the wall of our dining room ever since I can remember.The colours surrounding the trees were applied with a palette knife, whereas the black trees were painted. The background merges into the foreground and melts together with the trees through the use of the same colours, with bright red to orange accents,
I had the desire to paint something that would allow me to focus on learning how to mix my colours with oil paint, and I picked the bronze vase because it had so many underlying colours I could try to capture.The individual reflective colours within the metal are exaggerated to be saturated oranges, blues and greens which are put down side by side, recreating the texture of bronze in a
This is the only self-initiated drawing I have ever completed in front of other people. I don’t know if that is the reason why it turned out to be one of my favourite pieces from a technical aspect, however I managed to achieve what I wanted to.The bust is elevated from the background by being the only space in the drawing which is drawn in graphite, whereas the background is
I created this piece as a school project, for which we had to create an “additional” piece to fit into a series of Cindy Sherman’s photography. The clown’s makeup is presenting a smile, however the facial expression of the face underneath is serious.I dressed up as a clown, making sure the makeup would look right when I pulled a frown, and my teacher showed me how to edit the background