Alexa Meade

After doing this I researched into artists that work on skin and I really liked Alexa Meade's work so I went on to do more research. She works on an unusual canvas: the actual human body. And she takes a classical concept — trompe l'oeil, the art of making a two-dimensional representation look three-dimensional — and turns it on its head. Her aim is to do the opposite, to collapse depth and make her living models into flat pictures."

I feel that this work links in with my research into jenny Sevilles work as It is a similar way of painting but instead of on paper its on skin. I prefer the effect on skin better than paper also I feel it looks easier.

Russ Mills

I love the way that Russ Mills works because it is messy but still visual. Working in a messy form means the image doesn't have to be perfect and I feel working like this works best for me, I really like how he uses just black and white to show the lights and darks. After painting using acrylics I came back to it and roughly sketched  detail with a biro pen.

This is another image I have done inspired by Russ Mills, the first image is a portrait done by Russ the second image is my attempt at doing something similar and working in the same way I feel this worked out really well and was really simple but looks mind blowing. The last image is another one of Russ Mills paintings I interpreted a mixture of both the face from the first image and the orange/ red blend from the last image and think it worked really well.

On the right is another painting I have done inspired by Russ Mills I feel that I cannot work like this as it is hard but I have tried. A really good reason why I like Russ Mills work is because its messy and it doesn't matter if it goes wrong because it still looks good. I think after trying to do this on paper I will do an experiment and try doing this with face paint on my brother and see if I find it easier. Doing it in a different way may get me used to working in this way to then develop onto paper.

Here is a image of me trying to use the same style as Russ Mills but on skin instead of paper as I found it hard.

After doing this on skin I found it a little easier and went on to do a face mould and paint it.

This is me with clingfilm on my face as a barrier from the modrock.I covered all of my face but left a hole below the nose so I could breath.

This is an image of me with the modrock on and waiting for it to set.I then took off the mould ready to paint.

Jenny saville

Here I have painted my hand and half a face the same style as jenny saville i feel that working like this suits me as i feel it works and it is easy. I really like jenny savilles work and have done more research. 

Jenny Saville paints women all shapes and sizes naked also she paints them squished against glass. 

I have took some pictures of a friend with her face against glass that i will go on to paint.

Glen Preece

This image is like a story of how i have worked, I started of by drawing a woman's face using pencils I then went on to convert this image using a similar technique as Glen Preece which is shown in the second image. I was very inspired by how he works but i feel it is easier to use acrylics and a black pen rather than using pencils or oil dry brush. The last image shown is so you get the feel of how he works and how my painting relates to his work.

Here is my first attempt at painting in a similar style to Glen Preece, when doing this I used a mixture of acrylic, pen, intense blocks and also water colours. I really like working in this way as I feel that the reds against the dull black works well and stands out.

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