For this task, I decided to work in three directions.
I. The first one was about colour.
Out of my previous drawings, I selected ones which I believe involves colours as a key element.
In order to work out this idea further, I analysed and researched again works of Nicolas de Staël and my previous. With a final work, I’m not so happy.
Even if a colour is difficult and juicy my abilities are not strong for this technique yet – probably I would need to combine even more elements and depict them as one colourful stain. But I’m not sure that it is what I want to do in the future as the method itself very old and doesn’t bring new perspectives. I could mix oil with an ultraviolet colour, but I tried it in my earlier works.
All painting was more dimensional under the UV light. In the next works, I’m going to develop this idea further.
II. The second one was about a form.
Some of my past drawings were significantly better in shape than the others.
I draw a couple of ideas and decided that “the best is what you like to do”…
So to draw with a church dome was like a small positive burst and native environment (it was a beloved motive of any Russian landscape practice).
Vibrant cold colours, together with the natural warm background of the wood reinforce the feeling about the forest.
As a recommendation from my tutor was to compare my work with another artist…
The Siege of Constantinople 1995, © Per Kirkeby [Online] Available from: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/per-kirkeby-2238 [Accessed 12/02/19]
Per Kirkeby work is more detailed and multi-layered. Structure recreates the dimensionality. In bigger work potentially I will be also more sophisticated but my work, I think, includes more elements of modernity (a different light and UV threads).
As a central composition spot in the Kirkeby’s painting is a blue stain. It is supported by violet-grey colour at the bottom of the painting. In my work central figure is a silhouette of church and these stripes supported by oil pastel’s lines.
III. And the third was about reality and digitality.
I wanted to come back to this idea and combine digital lines, colours, potential and oil. After experimenting and thinking about this possible combination – I realised that photo on iPad itself already depicting all needed… So the work turned to be more philosophical and with a big sense of fun.
Analysing works by Petra Cortright I see incredible potential in “the digital world” – only the question of how it should look like. I disagree to recreate disturbing and asocial behaviour or images. Also, simple reprinting digital work on any flat surface takes humanity away… In other words – yes, man created the painting on the digital device but how it is presented is artificial, robotic. For example, David Hockney The Queen’s Window even though it was designed on iPad on the glass it looks still very alive and human. But other drawings of him if they are printed on the paper, for instance, losing the vibrancy for my taste. With screen is different… The screen makes all the colours and forms “naturalistic”. My conclusion for today – digital drawing looks good on a digital display or something with a “back” light.
The Queen’s Window, designed by David Hockney and created by Barley studio in York. Photograph: WPA Pool/Getty Images [Online] Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/sep/26/david-hockney-unveils-ipad-designed-queens-window-westminster-abbey [Accessed 12/02/19]
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