Although i said i wasn’t going to continue on the path of pointillism at this time, i found myself more drawn to creating work through pointillism. So i decided to work from my drawing “Higher” to create a pointillism version in acrylic. I decided to keep it simple following the black and white theme of my work. Not over complicating the image. From a distance it just looks like a simple drawing but up close you can identify all the little dots that make up the final image, inviting the audience to get up close and personal with the work.
I was drawn to this image because of the strong direct gaze. The source of this image was taken from the same image that i created the portrait drawing from, focusing on the woman’s face with the muscular shoulders and chest suggesting a more muscular form. My style of painting is very identifiable. I use black whites and grays to build up the form of my images reworking the paint until i am satisfied with the final out come. Similar to Jenny Saville, who reworks her images as she paints, using a basic outline then altering that image, allowing it to grow and change so you end up with a completely different image to the one you set out with in the beginning. (Sylvester, D.2005. P.15)
Keeping with the black and white theme, i chose this image online and altered it by using Photoshop, creating this graffiti effect. I do admire graffiti although it doesn’t usually go hand in hand with the female nude. The style however is very modern and is used by many artists like Banksy to send out messages. Although his work is not linked to the female nude Banksys work is powered by peoples reactions, similar to that surrounding the female nude. Banksy once observed. “The public reaction is what supplies meaning and value. Art comes alive in the arguments you have about it.” (Anthony, A. 2014. The Observer)
This is a drawing that i created from a picture that i found online, it may not be an extreme muscular women but i felt a connection with the image as soon as i saw it. I like in particular the lines that have formed, from the transformation from photograph to pencil on paper. I can see from my drawing the possibilities that i could create if i were to paint this image. I would still keep to the black and white style as i feel that is where my strength lies. Maybe this image could be one in a series of images. The lines and shades flow so nicely in this image, and i could expand on the motion of these lines allowing them to be freer. Which would give the impression of the wind taking on the form/subject.
By looking at different artists and how they have painted the female nude it accrued to me that you dont see pointillism in female nudes. This idea of painting in pointillism came from looking at a piece by French Post-Impressionist painter Georges Pierre Seurat and his painting :- A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884, 1884/86, Oil on canvas, (207.5 x 308.1 cm).
The incredible detail made by tiny dots inspired me to create a small piece myself with the female nude. Just to see the effect it would bring to the nude. I dont feel at this point that i will continue with pointillism, but maybe in the future i could develop this idea further using the female nude as a subject still.
