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I got a lot of interesting feedback form my tutor Emma which pushed me to reflect and rethink some of my work. I loved some of Emma’s takes on my drawings and how they can be perceived outside of my own perception that maybe I hadn’t really thought of and how these ideas can helpContinue reading “Feedback and Reflection”

I had my model come over and we worked on some poses where he was lounging, comfortable and making the eye contact I wanted. We played around with how he should lay and came up with the idea to have him point as well. It looked eye catching and would help draw in the viewerContinue reading “Assessment piece”

After experimenting with ideas, concepts and different compositions and mediums I was ready to start taking steps towards my assessment piece. I wanted to create an interaction between my portrait and the viewer, creating a dialogue between the viewer and the model depicted. To create a shared sense of intimacy and understanding. I want toContinue reading “Final ideas for Assessment piece”

I had a few modeling sessions to explore this and setting them up took work and time. I found a different model to work with for my first experiment to try a fresh new face. It would give me some new facial features to get my head around, as I was getting used to Joe’sContinue reading “Exploring mediums”

I was so excited to finally work with a model again as it had been a lonely lockdown. I had him lay in relaxed positions on my bed to create a similar composition to that of Edward Hoppers ‘Morning sun’. Slowly as we worked together he became more relaxed and loose in his body languageContinue reading “First Look- sketches of a man from a female perspective”

I began to think about where I could go next with the female gaze and I thought it would be interesting and new to look at the male body through a female perspective. We see women all the time through a male gaze that sometimes its difficult to distinguish between our own point of viewContinue reading “What is a man to the female gaze?”

I began my drawings looking at my body in the nude. I wanted to explore that subject matter as I had seen so many feminist artists explore the female gaze in this way. Its bold, daring and brave. It’s also meant to be empowering. I thought it would be a good way at depicting myselfContinue reading “The Female Gaze on the Female nude”

I began my journey by looking at my own female experiences and creating simple artistic responses in order to think about which direction I wanted to head in with my work. I began looking at a recent experience of dealing with a miscarriage. Losing a foetus or baby, it was very early on, was hardContinue reading “A collection of female experiences”

I have looked into this topic before in Part 4 The nude- What it means to be naked. Looking in detail at the male gaze and what that means for the female subject of the painting. For my Personal Project I want to look at the other side of the fence in more detail and whatContinue reading “The Male and Female Gaze”

I want to maintain a focus on Part 4- The figure and the head, and look more into the concepts of a portrait, not just the technical ability to capture a realistic looking body. I am interested by the historical objectification of the female body by the male gaze and how I can turn thatContinue reading “The expression of the human form; looking at gender and nudes from both a male and female perspective.”