In this book/ project so far, my main focus has definately been portrait work. As the theme is passions and obsessions, the portraits I've painted have been of the people I feel most strongly about, which has ranged from favourite musicians (such as Florence and the Machine), to members of my close family, to myself, as these are the people I experience the strongest emotions for, though the emotions themselves may be different. I want also to create some portraits of my close friends, as I believe I experience emotions on a similiar level for them as I do my loved ones.
Looking back at my work, I think that I have improved my skills in acrylic paints quite a lot since the start of the year. This is likely because I have been practicing with them a lot more. As I use them more, I find myself becoming more confident and sure when I paint, which I never used to in past years. There are acrylic studies in the beginning of this book which aren't great, but I suddenly improved and have since produced some good work.
I think in hindsight it is much easier to paint from existing artwork than from real life, or photographs. This is because when copying a painting, all the hard work such as composition, tones, colours have all been decided for you; you are just copying these onto another piece of paper. The problem arising with drawing from real life (for me at least) is that I have to make decisions on these components of the painting which will inevitably decide whether the painting is good or not. Also, it is harder for me to translate 3D objects in a 3D world into 2D when I draw them, as it is harder to recreate the same sense of depth, and the distance between objects that a photograph gives us.
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