Body Painting
Alexa Meade
Progress Shots:
1) What considerations led you to modify/change your original plan when you were in the process of developing your project?
Originally I didn't think a lot about making it look like a painting I mostly just painted on my hand. So, I thought more about adding details and highlights / shadows.
2) What evidence can be found in your portfolio (Instagram and website) of how the exploration and revision stages changed your original idea?
In my instagram you can find that I worked on being more realistic and added more highlights and shadows.
3) What emotions do you associate with the colours you picked for your design? How might other peoples associations of colour change the way they feel when looking at your work?
I used dark purples and reds which I associate with anger and sadness. I think when people look at my work people will feel sadder because that's what I associate with the colours. But, I think that the way people interpret my colour palette will change how they interpret the emotion in the photos.
4) What criteria would you use when selecting an art work to present to your class? Would you use different criteria when selecting a work for a community art show? Why? What, if anything, would you do differently when creating your art work if you knew it was going to be displayed in a public space? Why?
I think for presenting art to the class is more casual to me because these are people I know and I don't think they would judge too harshly but, with a community art show I would be more stressed and more pressure to be perfect because this will be the first thing a stranger knows about me. If it was going to be displayed in a public space I would definitely be less painterly and try to look exactly like a person also I might change the background because I feel like it blended into my face.
5) What are some techniques you used to create the effect of light in a painting?
I would use a lighter shade of the base colour and apply it to the side the light is coming from and put a darker shade coming from the other direction.