assignment 6 vanitas project inspired by john coplans' a body, 1979-2001, and pat steirs the brueghel series

The assignment starts off with getting a section from John Coplans  reclining figure, page 86-87.
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We painted a orange undertone to get the outline of the figure and tonal shading. The panels next to me on my left and right all had to line up so that unity was felt across all of the panels. with the body image. I was absent that day and my two classmates that were assigned on each side of me hashed marks with pencils to help me know where the arm and hands were. I then gridded my image and I gridded my medium to scale the drawing on to it to keep it proportion.
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*Note, just like with the other things we have done in all classes, we had to erase all pencil marks, to keep the image clean.

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Each student received a different artist to mimic and use the artists style on their panels. This should look really cool because of the variety.  The Artist I was assigned was Beatriz Milhazes. I had to mimic her style but keep the continuity of the body so it could still line up with the panels next to me. This had some challenges because of her style with geometric shapes. I had to research many different examples of her work to find the right elements she used to give the implied lines so my painting would match the other panels next to me.
Beatriz Milhazes used vivid colors that had strong saturation. She did use white and blacks in her paintings also. This helped me to try to use those colors to form the implied lines of the lower section. I used Acrylic, which I thought was helpful to maintain vivid colors easier, it felt easier to mix.





​Finished work below.