InspirationFor my inspiration, I mainly was researching artists and artworks that consisted of only painting in color, rather than using flesh tones. It was hard for me to find artists that did this, I looked into contemporary artists, impressionists and many others. However, in the end I turned to classical artists (during the time period of Baroque and Romanticism). I found these two pieces in an art book I had within my house. I chose this two artworks specifically because of the color palette used, the muted colors went along with what I wanted to do for the piece: depict the presence of the person in a certain color. I wanted to use the colors of blue and orange since they are complementary to each other and with each artwork, I really wanted to incorporate the idea of of having the center of the painting to focus and hone in on the figure of the painting. I want the eyes of the viewer to directly come to the center.
The reason why I chose these two paintings was because of the fact that the background slowly gradients into a darker less visible background, and this is something that would also help make the figure in the center of my piece become more prominent. |