Copies and Emulations

Piece 1

I painted the image from the picture as part of my experimentation in the run up to the exam. The theme of course is covert and obscure. This is beautiful but full of mystery with a very subtle link to the wildness of  nature (long flowing hair , leaves and butterflies) and  my chosen topic of masquerade. I painted in acrylic and concentrated on tone, light and shadow to build up and create texture.I really like this piece as it looks very forbidding and I love the element  of mystery in it.

Piece 2

I chose this image as I knew it would be a challenge. It was painted in 1493. It was painted in the renaissance.  I think that I will struggle with the dress and the head dress. They are very detailed so I will have  to concentrate on the detail.

This  is my copy. I'm am fairly happy with my copy. I am particularly happy with the head dress. The head dress was particularly good. It was also the easiest to do. When I first looked at the head dress I thought it was hard but it proved to be the easiest of the head dress.