Tutor: Vicky Cull
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^Two paintings of mine using acrylic on board.
I created the two paintings above in an image making class. After looking through some books I decided to base my work on some black and white photographs of stone steps, so I had to completely make up the colours and tone within my paintings. I had a palette of two different blues, reds, yellows and one white. At first I used the primary colours without mixing them and tried to use the lighter and darker shades in the right places to create the shapes of the photographs in order to recreate the image on the right. I decided on where to put which colour by the shade of the photograph I was using, and then I mixed those colours to make different shades of grey to accentuate the shading of the photograph I used to create the painting on the left. In contrary to the coloured painting, I used the different shades of grey according to which way the area of the photograph I was painting was facing.
^Murnau Street with Women (1908)
I enjoyed using shapes and colours to create new versions of these pictures as they are both a primary influence for me. This is one of the reasons I enjoy the work of Wassily Kandinsky so much, a Russian expressionist painter who founded the Abstract art movement. I feel that the Abstract movement has had the biggest influence on my personal taste and artistic style, but the painting above is a bit earlier than the era of abstraction. Kandinsky has, however, made this scene more exciting by using unusual colours and tones to depict the painting, so while it is not necessarily abstract, the colours he has used give the slightly surreal feel of an abstract piece of work. This is one of the first paintings of his in which he uses certain colours in places where they would not normally be used. The oil has also been applied to the canvas so the brush strokes are visible. The picture is almost entirely made up of clear, rectangular brush strokes to intensify the tone and shade of these unconventional colours. I think by using a brighter palette, a more relaxed hand, and a freer vision, Kandinsky started creating works that would make art a much freer form of expression. Since his work at the beginning of the 20th century, art has been about much more than landscapes and portraits, it encompasses many mediums other than paint, and includes a much more exciting and varied array of colours and inspiration. I think this is the main reason for my love of his work; Kandinsky was such an inspirational and innovative artist who pushed the boundaries of 19th century art to give the 20th century it’s own vast style.
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