Fine Art Portfolio - "good artists copy, bad artists steal" (2014)

Pencil drawing, A2 in size
Completed 2014, aged 17
Influenced by Edgar Degas 

Pencil drawing, A2 in size
Completed 2014, aged 17
Influenced by Edouard Manet 

Pencil drawing, A3 in size
Completed 2014, aged 17

Pencil drawing, A2 in size
Completed 2015, aged 17
Influenced by Michael Borremans 

Example of a sketchbook page, completed in correlation to my most recent "good artists copy, bad artists steal" project, and displaying written reflection and explanation of experimental responses. These responses were influenced by the work of Edgar Degas, and are displayed in a bound A4 sketchbook. 

Sketchbook double-page spread displaying an artist annotation page. I will expect to complete one of these annotations for each artist of interest before beginning a creative body of work. Extensive research, possible links to other works and the artist's own inspiration for particular pieces is written about, helping to formulate my own ideas for later responses and artworks. This annotation spread investigates the work of Michael Borremans. 

My leading fine art pencil drawings are affiliated with my most recent project, which aims to look back at the metaphorical DNA of artwork and aiming to discover whether artists can be traced as influenced by the work of their contemporaries. The quest is to determine further Picasso's famous quote "good artists copy, bad artists steal", and therefore introduces this series of drawings. Under this project bracket, I attempted to trace the influence for Michael Borremans's work, discovering Edouard Manet and Edgar Degas as possible prestiges and thus making my own artistic responses to all three established artists. I also experimented with paint and pastel to produce smaller works that widened my media coverage; and finding many transferable skills of shadow and composition of light and dark I was pleased with the outcomes. My best works however were my larger-scale pencil drawings where the attention to detail and consideration to tonal contrast between light and dark have made success for the pieces.