In My Room II - chromatic greys/figurative exploration

Using a red ground, I experimented with chromatic greys again on A1 paper in oil. Wanting to make the colours play off each other without characteristically getting too gaudy and colourful, I stuck to colour theory, using only lemon yellow, cadmium red, cobalt blue and titanium white to conjure up tonal greys, hinting with green to offset the complimentary red background.
I'm hoping to study more colour theory and work on my complimentary colours, alternating ground colours and working towards a comprehensive understanding of colour so as to not get too trigger happy with my permanent rose (guilty!)
Working at confidently placing the figure in space is also prominent in my practice, instead of rigidly sitting within a graphite underdrawing, I have painted and rubbed away painted outlines so as to build a depth to the composition and freely building an environment within which my figure can sit.
Influences: Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Paula Rego, Marlene Dumas.

Venture into sculpture

Having studied to an extent the biomorphism of Henry Moore, I was inspired to work from the amorphous forms in my printmaking to create these quick visceral abstract maquettes. Whilst not my favourite works, they stand at maximum 30cm high and add an interesting 3 dimensional aspect to my body of work this term.

preparatory sketches working loosely from the forms in my printmaking 

the internal structures are built from tinfoil and trusty papier mache

I covered the sculptures in magazine clippings, chosen carefully for their visceral colours, and abstracted further by vigorously brushing with white spirit

Debauchery

In this 100cm x 110cm oil painting on canvas, I worked from a fleeting photograph taken at my 21st birthday party. Wanting to depict my celebrations with my closest friend, the painting immortalises a moment I personally will never remember. I could say that I made this painting in anticipated nostalgia and sentimentality more so than anything else.
That said, my main influences were Lucian Freud and Marlene Dumas.

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