Art board update (wow, look at me go)

 So, panel two is nearly done, which is pretty snazzy. Quick recap: my theme is unattainable perfection and the obsession over being perfect. A truely heartwarming idea. My artist models include Artemisia Gentilschi, Frida Kahlo and Faith ringold. 

The last series (because order isn't relevent in my blog posts):

Art series 8 is supposed to sum up all of board two. Board two focuses on the grotesque side of perfectionism, while still being aesthetically pleasing. The women's faces are painted in watercolour (a delicate and 'feminine' medium) whilst there are flowers bursting out of their skulls. Blood is dripping down their faces.

I couldn't get them to rotate. So the overall visual feel of these paintings is "if a water colour palette could throw up on a piece of paper", which is exactly what I wanted. There is a grungy feel which represents the messiness of perfectionism (how it can make your life a mess). There is also gold leaf to link with the gold boarders of the first board. My artist model for this series was Frida Kahlo. Her paintings are often close up portraits. They also seem to use flowers as a motif a fair bid, along with gruesome imagery (like the one where her heart is cut out). I Incorporated these motifs whilst not translating the media (I used water colour, she used oil paint). 

Art series something (the top one of the second board, I have lost count):

I didn't really have a plan for this series (I know, shocking, considering that everything is planned out to scale) as I started the first one at 2.30 am on a fateful Sunday morning. The next thought was obviously "great, now lets make it look kinda scary". The gold boarder and stitching are both elements which I used in the first board. These paintings now have gold leaf on the white swirls, I just don't have a photo.

This series is in the same style as art series 8 (because I started it in lock down and only had watercolours at the time). Same style features as well. We have some figures in the middle of the painting, dark purple backgrounds, flowers and stitching (with white embroidery thread). Once again, I have used the juxtaposition of beauty (flowers, colours ect) and gruesomeness (because having eyeballs is for suckers).

Its fair to say that I am pretty darn happy with this series. I am really proud of how they turned out and for experimenting with watercolour (I used to find it really annoying because its so easy to mess up).

Art series 'the other one':

I know, creative naming. This series is inspired by botanical charts. Other than the flower motif within my boards, the only real reason why I decided on a botanical chart style is because I think they are really cool. Of course, I needed to make this series depressing, so I added some lovely labels which represent the cycle of perfectionism. I also used the same dripping effect as the other two series, because I CAN. 

Purple flowers, because this is one of my board's main colours. They also have white stitching to tie in with the Faith Ringold emulation series (first board) and the 'girls without eyeballs' series. 

That brings us to the grand finale... The finished board:

I don't know how to get them to be side by side. I guess this year I wont be spending all of study leave in the art room (because that ended REAAAAALLY well last year). Chances are I will do a few touch ups before the end of the year, but I am really happy with myself.