Langhamer, C. (2013 ,p.63) “The emergence of the “pin-up” image offered new models of femininity.”
This is a pastel drawing of the main female character Lacey. The lady is holding a rose. The figure is the focal point of the drawing. Lacey’s eyes are closed, but she is happy,as she is smiling. Lacey’s skin is pale, but in her cheeks can see tints of red. Her thick brown hair adds beauty to the outlook of the image. Lacey has a pretty face. I have included lots of shaded pastels such as red, brown, blue and green.
I spend time thinking about were I needed to place certain parts of the face. Such as the eyes, nose and mouth. I wanted to make Lacey look like a real figure, as much as I could. So I have looked at John Currin as he takes a lot of care and time in to making sure that the face is correctly featured. So this is why I have chosen to look at his work. Dexter (2006, p.70) “the subjects face is treated with the same care and deliberation as the rest of her body”
I quite like the image as it makes me feel happy and it’s bright pastels gets the viewer to notice it. It is almost like a pin-up poster for a bill board from the past, which the person is smiling. The lady is making the viewer feel welcomed. So then the viewer will be interested, gets there attention.
Bernasconi, F. (2005, p.367) “women are simply one of the many themes that make up an existential panaorama with realism.” Araki likes to include women in his work as he feels they bring a quality to the photographs. As they adds a real side of life to his work, making it more interesting to the viewer. As their feminist shines through. My work is of a female figure, the main character in the story, Lacey. The work has no real portrait qualities as it is very flat. The pastels add lightness, but there should be more mixture and blending. Nobuyoshi Araki is a photographer, who themes include the female figure. His photographs also look sometimes like a female pin-up poster. Which my drawing does as it shows Lacey in a almost photographic image, like a poster.
