art and design evaluation

1. ART AND DESIGN REVIEW
Amy Middleton 9026

2. PORTRAIT-INITIAL SOURCES
• For the initial ideas I went to the National Portrait Gallery and the
National gallery to gather research, for the first two images you can see,
these are from the National Gallery, the first one is a portrait by Camille
Pissarro I decided to do this as I l liked the quirkiness of the background
and the tonal values. For the second image done by louis Léopold I liked
the window feel and the black and white old style feel. For the second
part, I also researched into the National portrait gallery and the first
artist is Brian Sayer As I like the whole body image with the coat being
the main colour focus on the page as it draws you in. Finally, I looked at
Harold Gilman and Spencer Gore I decided to look at this artist as I felt
that he abstract look would be interesting to review and paint due to the
sporadic nature of the colours.

3. DEVELOPMENT
• this development stage of the project I looked at the certain ideas that
I could do for the portrait, I also looked at experimenting with different
techniques through my initial ideas, I also took my main inspiration from
the first artists that I looked at as they used tonal techniques and
created a realism effect which is what I wanted to rely back to my own
work.

4. FINAL PORTRAIT
• I decided to do the final portrait in a simplistic tonal way instead of the
other abstract paintings that I looked at as I felt that it would represent
more of a realistic feel which is what I wanted to convey in my piece. I
decided to add a blue background as it is my favourite colour and I
would stand out against the green top and the brown hair which made it
stand out more.

5. PREVIOUS PROJECTS
• The printmaking project helped me develop my techniques as it made
me evaluate the process in which different styles of art are made and
how it can relate to the real world.
• The final graphics project that we had to do helped my techniques as it
made me consider the styles and ways in which I evaluate my work.