Drawing - presentation research

Nick Rain

My drawing presentation is not on an artist that draws, I struggled to find an artist/drawings which linked well with what my journey project already consisted of, also not being able to go on the London trip or visit galleries I started searching the internet. I came across a photographer, who may not be a drawing artist, but his images were really thought provoking and had a real meaning, not something that could be made up. Each photograph had a disturbing story behind it, and you could see this from the expressions on the girls faces, the pain that they were hiding. They made me instantly want to look further into the images and find out more about the subject. Many of the images were from over 10 years ago, but it doesn’t stop the emotion from the portraits.

Nick Rain did a series of images from different parts of the world; they were an assignment and part of a project to Combat Trafficking in children and women. The photographs are all in black and white, and are portraits of young girls/women who are trafficked by ‘pimps’ for prostitution, some of the girls look younger than 10 years of age. Not all of the photos are about the prostitution; some are about children who are trafficked for other reasons, such as begging. Some of the photographs are also just about poverty in men and women, the jobs they have to do to get buy, the places they have to live in and the things they have to see and live with for the rest of their lives.

The fact that these images are in black and white makes them even more effective, they make you focus on the person and nothing else around them, and it makes the photographs look darker and more depressing. The images draw you into the girls eyes, and makes you question about their life, and it’s even quite hard to believe. The photos show a scary real life.

After finding these images I researched into the photographer more, he has been on many journeys, and travels, including some of the places that I have included in my work. Although as a photographer of his travels, I didn’t find the rest of his work anywhere near as interesting as the project he was involved with. Art is supposed to draw in an audience, make them think and question, his series of images for the project definitely do this even if they were for something completely un-related to art. 

Nick Lepard

I first looked at Nick Lepard when I was doing a-levels, the style in which he paints still inspires me, as it is so textured. He uses the paint to create strokes and marks in his portraits which shape the face and also makes the painting very expressive. He manages the lose look while still keeping the detail and expression in the face, and that is what inspires me the most. 

Even though this painting is more tidy, the lines in the face create the shape and expression of the man. The hints of blue and grey, show a coldness and the tone is very dull. He is a great artist to look at for my paint project.

Drawing - Presentation research

Nick Rain

Slaves To Poverty

Mark Bradford

Mark Bradford creates collages on canva’s, he incorporates elements from his daily life into his work, using things like leaflets, posters and other things that he finds. He works using paint and collage, also stencils, and graffiti. This piece is called ‘The Devil is Beating His Wife,’ within this; he has used different materials and colours to represent different things in life. I have been looking at his work for inspiration for the ‘journey’ project for drawing. 

Jorge Charmorro

This artist manually manipulates photographs, changing images to become something new, or someone else. Here he has used pages from a book of images of statues, using a cut out of part of a portrait, this almost brings the statue to life and gives them a new meaning.

        

   

Charmorro also cuts out parts of the faces, paints on them and puts string on them. The portraits with the eyes and mouths missing almost show a lifelessness, and a depressing emotion. 

Water Colour - 'indi1288'

    

This is an artist who I found on deviantart.com, the user name was ‘indi1288’, when looking at water colour portraits I really liked the colours, and the detail in this artists work, the features of the face are very precise, and there is clean lines. Within this the use of colour, such as the hints of blue and red really give a more detailed effect. The subtle drips/splashes that the artist uses really give the paintings some meaning, and make the paintings look more interesting, without being over the top.

 

Sally Mann -Faces

I feel like this collection of images by sally mann show expressions captured by the people, as if they didn’t know the photo was being taken. I like the effects from the old camera and the out of focus features.

With parts of the face being out of focus this also gives the impression that these were snapshots .

The eyes were very important to me as I think in sally mann’s images these are the main focal point, they are always sharp and clear, they almost tell the story of the photograph. The image above is my favourite out of the collection, as even though the eyes are very dark they stand out and make you question what is going on in the mans head and what he is thinking. 

With my own photographs I tried to take close up photographs of people during conversation to give a more ‘natural’ look. I took photos of different textures to add to my images on photo shop to try and give a similar effect. 

@che_az –Instagram

                  

         

I found this photographer/artist on Instagram, his username is @che_az. I really liked his collection of photographs, and for the Journey project I think they link really well. He is overlaying photographs with textures, and other images with give the photos a different meaning, and almost a thought inside the persons head.

                                 

They also show movement and time, using blurs and making parts out of focus.  I think they are interesting collection digital manipulations.

Catherine Hennessy

“0000019” water colour, pen & ink.

I really like the style in which Catherine Hennessy paints, a lot of her work are only the features of a face instead of a full head. This means the focus is on area’s such as the eyes, which give a depth to the paintings and draw the viewer in. She works in colour and black and white, some are quite delicate and minimal, whereas others are bold and bright. My favourites of hers are her black and white paintings, and they are perfect for inspiring me for my paint project -  self expression.

“photo sensitivity” by Catherine Hennessy

Ink & Glue experiments

Life drawing - Left foot