Still concentrating on heroes I thought what better hero is there than that of Dr Who and his side kick. Time is a central theme of Dr Who and I like the idea of freezing individual moments. I thought about the different emotions each actor brings to the role and how I could depict those emotions. I wanted to make quick sketches putting emphasis on the scene or emotion rather than the likeness of the drawing to the actor. I used water-colour pencils, ink and graphite. The water-colour emphasized the fading away of the character before he is brought back to life by Rose. The fluidity of ink adds movement to the fearful expression of actor Matt Smith whilst the graphite is hard and accentuates the anger in the 9th Dr’s face. When drawing the doctor and rose mirroring one another I let the ink run and drip. I scratched and smudged so that elements of the image became blurred and imperfect. This is something I may try in Oils on a larger scale.
I also tried working to a smaller scale just to see how this would affect the image. This painting of Marius from Les Misérables was quickly executed and sourced from a film still. I painted with Oils onto card but I wasn’t too concerned with detail so much as scale. It gives an intimacy that larger paintings cannot but I think it would be interesting to see these kinds of images on the complete opposite size so that it envelopes the viewer. Much like Chuck Close’s work I want the audience to have to stand back to view the image imitating a cinematic feeling.
The Image above is a continuation from work of an earlier post-a painting of The Avengers. My decision has been to put it to one side I felt it was too much of a departure from my faces being that it concentrates more on the whole characters rather than emotion. So for the moment I feel there is plenty more to explore within the face alone. Maybe I will come back to this work at a later date.
