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
I struggle a lot with the background and haven’t yet finished this piece. My inspiration for it is the artist Peter Deligdisch, whose approach to drawing is one of letting things be created in the moment. I find it easier to draw or paint when I have an idea of what the finished work should look like, which is in direct contrast to Peter’s approach. The reason I chose to
I was never comfortable with painting scenery and always struggled with drawing backgrounds. I decided to try a Bob Ross oil painting tutorial, as they had helped many people create beautiful landscapesAfter following a few, I painted one from my own imagination. To challenge myself, I opted for only using a palette knife. I enjoy using them, however I had never tried applying textures to objects in a way that
I drew this in school where my art teacher, Herr Schulz, encouraged me to try out new materials and techniques, and gave me charcoal and graphite powder to draw with in any way I liked. It is one of my fondest memories of him. He is also the person who encouraged me to pursue paintingI mixed the graphite powder with water to create a paint mixture and used this as
This is the portrait of one of my school friends. As a group, we were all applying for university courses that required us to submit portfolios – so we decided to work on them together. The painting is one in a series of three, painted from a photograph I took. The paintings are at varying stages of abstraction. It was the first time I tried painting a person using this
This portrait of my older sister is very personal to me; I decided to paint a portrait of her, which would show her the way I see her as accurately as possible, within the context of materials, colour and composition.I used a dark, pastos application of the paint on every part of it surrounding her face so that the viewers focus gets pulled in, as well as by the light-dark
This collection of nude drawings is from one of the life drawing sessions I voluntarily attended. I very much enjoyed the work environment in which nude studies are conducted because everyone is focussed on the same thing at the same time, only paying attention to the shape and structure of the model’s body.Every drawing has blue, purple and pink tones. In most of the nude studies very concentrated aquarelle paint
This was my first finished artwork using acrylic paint, which I had always struggled with. The medium and motif were both due to me working at the studio of artist Hilde Bauer through winning the regional art competition “Jugend Kunstpreis 2019” – Youth Art Award 2019.She taught me the dry-brush technique for acrylic and oil painting. Although I found it difficult to finish it due to a lack of motivation
The self-portrait depicts what I felt like at a time of my life where everything about my future was uncertain. Creating art and finding time for it besides work became more challenging. I fell into a daily life which I didn’t like or want to keep for myself any longer than I had to, but that I saw no way out of.The portrait is painted with thickly applied acrylics in