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Degree Show
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Publishing my website
After a lot of hard work I have now finally published my website. I used the website builder ‘Weebly’ and my web address is www.molliehart.co.uk. I found ‘Weebly’ to be a really good website builder, it was really simple to […]
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Brother Portrait
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Stepmother Portrait
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Reflecting on my work so far
The degree show is fast approaching and I am starting to realise just how little time I have left. At just under 8 weeks until my work has to be finished for assessment, I thought this would be a good […]
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Experimenting with materials
Following my theme of adding abstract elements to realistic drawings, I’ve been experimenting with tape and acetate. First I marked out my meausrements for the portraits, and then I placed some tape in thin stripes over the paper. I then […]
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Artist Research – Elizabeth Peyton
One of my favourite portrait artist’s is Elizabeth Peyton, who I also looked at for my dissertation. Elizabeth Peyton is an American artist who graduated with a fine arts degree from the school of visual arts in New York in […]
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Artist Research- Chuck Close
Whilst writing my dissertation ‘Contemporary Portraiture: the Influence of Primary and Secondary Sources’, one of the artist’s I looked at was Chuck Close. Charles Thomas “Chuck” Close is an American painter and photographer, renowned for his large-scale photo based portraits. […]
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Drawing from old photographs
After reflecting on my subject matter, it led me to also think about the sources I use for my portraits, particularly why I use photographs rather than working from life. I think it has always been a big part of […]
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Subject Matter
I have been thinking about my subject matter recently and my choices behind who I decide to paint or draw in my portraits. Thinking about the story behind my work isn’t really something I have consciously done before; I tend […]
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Acrylic Painting Continued
After my Self-portrait, I decided I wanted to continue with this style of altering the natural tones in the face, and so I took a series of photographs of my sister. These images show the stages of the portrait painting […]
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Self-portrait painting
Since my mixed media studies, I have been working with acrylics on a self-portrait. I wanted to challenge myself by using a contrast of warm and cold tones to paint the face. This was inspired by some makeup art imagery […]