2nd commission progress: arms and face

2nd commission beginning stages : a reproduction of Cristina Troufa 'Pedestal' 2011

Following my previous commission finished earlier this year, I have been asked to reproduce this piece by artist Cristina Troufa. My piece is 70cm x 100cm on canvas, painted in acrylic.

my lovely parents kindly bought me an easel to work on pieces in the corner of the living room!!

in order to copy the picture to the best of my ability, I gridded the printed image and then scaled up onto the canvas. (I don't have a long ruler and so had to use a large piece of wood to secure straight lines on my grid!)

the drawing starts to come to life

close up of the drawing. I outline the drawing in non- water soluble pencils, as I added a wash over the drawing and needed to make sure the pencil colour would not run with the watery paint 

beginning the painting. I'm very happy with the vibrancy so far. However, the white i used to mix in the colour for the wash was rather watery and did more to thin out the mixture than to lighten it, making brush strokes visible. I will have to go over these darker areas to solidify the background colour

A2 final piece. 48"x72" canvas. acrylic and bitumen. 12 hours.

day one - as you can see i accidentally painted the wrong fingers at first!

the set up

there are bits purposely done in a rougher style - this is to add to the theme of flaw and perfection, enhancing the FLAWED aspect

my previous piece making an entrance!

almost there!

hands

this piece is approximately 180cm in height (haven't measured it sorry! just going on my what i think it could be compared to my height).

it is done in acrylic with black outline in bitumen paint (used to paint fences for example; it is gloopy and quite fun to trail along an line)

the hands on the far sides are partially unfinished - this is to reflect the theme of Perfection and Flaws, obviously linking to flaws. Also to save time for when i do my final piece!!

a trip to the V&A and Sloane Street

RIP to one of our greatest artists, Alexander McQueen, 1969-2010

in the gardens of the V&A, lovely weather

such an amazing car on sloane street

alice

thought these were very interesting, jeans turning into a skirt??? Alberta Ferretti