Focusing on portraits...
We are focusing on portraits during these practicals to help us create and piece together our final 'Cabaret' design. This is Otto Dix's portrait of the journalist Sylvia Von Harden(1926) called 'Toy Machine.' We were asked to focus on the depth of the painting and the different tones and textures used to make the eyes look more sunken in and the different highlights used to bring out certain features.
- Remove any heavy eye make-up but foundation can be left as we are building onto the face anyway so it makes no difference.
- Keep referring to the image when first applying as we are recreating an image so it needs to be exact/mirrored.
- Add a base colour, (I used a mixture of the white from the kryolan supra-colour palette and a little bit of foundation so the base wasn't to white just pale.)
- Don't play around on one area of the face for to long as the supra-colours tend to crack. I found that my base colour started to look a little rough and cracked around the nose and the middle of the forehead as there was so much grease and product on the face. Trying to mirror one part of the portrait for to long can also blur your perspective as you end up observing it for longer than necessary. So apply fast and accurately but with a slight free hand.
- Finish with a setting spray rather than powder.
Otto Dix's portrait of the journalist Sylvia Von Harden(1926.)
Called 'Toy Machine.'
Model - Phoebe-Jacob Espstein
Always ensure the product is compatible with the models skin type.
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