Still Life: Artist Reference Da Vinci

This is a piece of work I completed in my sketch book. This piece is an artist reference and is about Leonardo Da Vinci. Da Vinci is an old master and his work really influenced in my final piece. Da Vinci gave me a clear idea of what I would like to do for my final piece. Da Vinci mostly uses skulls in his paintings which are very dull. However they are very affective as Da Vinci uses a neat style of painting which really shows the objects being 3D. To make this page look old I used a damp tea bag and simply whipped it over the paper to create a really rough and old looking page, which fits in well with the topic, being that Da Vinci's work is from many years ago. I  Really like this page in my sketch book because it looks important as it is old and rugged. I think this piece is very successful as it gives lots of interesting information on the still life work of Da Vinci, and I also explain on this piece how Da Vinci can Influence me in the future. The part I most like about this page in my sketch book is the envelope in the bottom right corner. In this is some of Da Vinci's still life painting. I believe this is very clever as it makes Da Vinci's pieces feel really important and significant. Da Vinci uses lots of skulls in his work and this is what I have looked a lot at in art this year. I will definitely use the influence of Da Vinci in my final piece because of this reason. This page in my sketch book is really successful and very significant as it will definitely influence me and that is why this is one of my favourite pieces in my sketch book.

Still Life: Artist Reference Van Gogh

This is work I completed in my sketch book. I used the influence of an old master, this being Vincent Van Gogh. I used Van Gogh examples to draw my own piece which is on the page on the right in my sketch book. I like Van Gogh's work because it is very colourful and he used a very unique painting style. I used examples of Van Gogh's work, like 'Vase with oleanders', which are very colourful and transferred that into my own work. As you can see Van Gogh liked to paint Flowers and skulls, therefore I decided to combine the two to crate a piece that I believe symbolises life and death. My piece is a skull split into two sections. One section of the skull is dull and dark and represents death. The other section of the skull is colourful and full of vibrant colours, this represents life.
 This is one of my favourite piece of works in my sketch book, because it shows the skill of using the influence of an old artist and creating my own piece. I love the vibrant colours on this page which really stand out and this page really gives my sketch book character and just simply livens my sketch book up. I do think that I will use the influence of Van Gogh in my final piece, because I like the colours in his pieces and he uses skulls, which I have looked at and done on my earlier blogs. I believe this piece is very successful and it is definitely one of my favourite pieces.

Van Goghs work can also be related with my later project Human Condition which canm be seen later on in this blog. My final piece for that project was a theme of life and death and therefore Van Gogh  can influence me in that project as well as this one.