Masri Hayssam - Dolcia – Oil, Acrylic, Gesso 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.8in

Dolcia by Masri Hayssam is a very expressive painting in terms of strokes and gestures created by the paint. The features on the face are very prominent and stand out from the rest of the face which almost creates a background as it’s painted so loosely.  The colours are mainly blue tones giving it a cold tone and also makes the painting seem like there is a deep emotion behind the eyes. The thick lines and strokes are quite messy and rough but are placed in certain ways to make up some of the outlines. I really like how Hayssam paints his faces, they look quite quick, almost like a sketch, and I think that is really effective. I think this sort of quick style would be something to experiment with. 

Andy Denzler

To continue my journey project I want to look at the break up of an image/painting/drawing. I came across Andy Denzler and his work inspired me to go down this kind of wrote. I found the textures, the blurs and movements  in his paintings interesting to look at, and thought this is something I could experiment with in drawing.  

                                                    Jaeyeol Han- Passerby, Comma 13.4 x 8.3 x 1.2 in

I really like this style and how the artist has created the face using a few large strokes, the minimal use of different colours is really effective too and could link into how I am currently looking at how colour effects an images in terms of emotion and mood. The yellow Han has used to create highlights is interesting and it’s different, however, the features in portrait are not as clear as some other paintings I have looked at. I do like how the background is not touched and it is literally just the outline of the face.

Brandi Hofer -  The case of  M.Valadamer 20 x 18 x 0.8 in

This painting by Brandi Hofer, caught my eye as I had been taking photographs, for self-directed, using lighting to create a different effect and mood in the photographs. A few photographs I have taken have used red lights, and some of them I want to use to create paintings from. This has given me inspiration as to how I could include the colour into my paintings, like I have with my photographs. I also like how the artist has used very little colour in the face, with only hints of red and yellow to create highlights and how the background has been bought into the face. The strokes from the background make it all flow.

                                      Jeong Ah Lim - An Ordinary Person 9. 20.9 x 17.9 x 0.8in

I like how the artist has used the background to create the face, by only painting the features and some strokes to make the outlines. The different coloured backgrounds in her work is similar to the photographs I have been taking for self- directed as the colours could mean different things and also can give the painting/photograph a different emotion/mood.  

                                               Thomas Donaldson – 9-14-13 Head. Acrylic, 

                                                         Oil paint, Spray paint, wax 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8in

Although I am not keen on the colours used in this painting or the face itself, I like the build up of textures and the fact Donaldson has used lots of different mediums to create the painting is very interesting. I also like how the right hand side is not of the background is not as textured as the rest of the painting. I think looking into how he’s worked spray paint and wax into the painting could be something which would be interesting to experiment with for my Self-directed project.