As an art student, I belive it could be beneficial for my work to progress if I were able to add another skill to create a more dynamic style into my own work. As I am combining beauty, a sense of abstract and light into play, it could really benefit my work if I experimented within the possible outcomes of using paint to create a dynamic composition and also images which to work well into my narrative without being incredibly repetitive. Not only does this style of painting not create a whole new piece, but the movements and lines only benefit and expand the composition already there. It is not creating a whole new piece which has no relevancy to photography at all, but adding a more dynamic feel to a landscape piece. Much of the paint itself, is then further edited in photoshop to make the image even more illuminating and create more of a premis for relevance within the original image itself. The majority of these images below are based off looking at the colours of the key parts of the original image. This too is how I would create my own composition. For this experimentation, I want to develop the possibilities of painting in two ways, physically printing off the pictures, painting on and then colour correcting on photo editing software after to create a clear vibrancy for the paint, or however, secondly I belive it would be possible to try and create these effects of painting on photoshop, however, I feel this would destroy the point to create a painted edge to the piece.
The concept of painting onto a photograph is much more modern and contemporary, and this progressive style. Ben Hecht is a truly unique mixed media artist, using original photographs and painting over them with handmade encaustic paints (made from beeswax). Instead of purchasing paints, Hecht creates all of his paints from scratch. He sources his beeswax locally, mixes it with dry pigments in his colours of choice, and adds crystallised resin to finish the process. He prints his photographs large scale (often over 40 inches on any side), and then manipulates them through the use of paint. He tends to play with photographs of the ocean, manipulating them by adding greens, blues and whites, creating a beautiful 3D piece of work that is part photograph and part painting.
These two pieces are based off the influence of clouds and the sky, and forming off the basis as if the clouds were to continue to form into a direct observational of art itself. The effect of the first piece, is more of a slight influence, only showing small lines overcoming the sun. This slight influence is interesting as it is not as a huge progressive change as others seen from this artistic work. The same smaller lines are visible in the second, but the amount has increased varies amounts. The copious small lines where done with the intentions to look as though they are small specs of light purposely found within this area of the sun or the sky. To my taste I prefer the larger thicker lines, however, I do understand why the artists chose otherwise. All the delicate lines work better within the founded darker pieces of the clouds and sun itself.
To my mind the image above is the most dynamic and possibly inspirational image for the forming of my project. Firstly they have edited a fold within the original image, so they knew where or how they could paint on the composition they intended. However, in this case the lights are edited on repeated of colour in order to form dynamic lines, and not actually physical paint. Consequently this is an option for my own development, however not my original idea. I belive the use of the bright lines throughout enhances the interesting light of line within the composition, and too the triangular shapes creates a form surrounding the tree and creating a subject of importance within the image itself.
I believe the copious possible outcomes is what interests me to experimenting within this painted or photoshopped technique. I will definitely experiment within the presentation of these images, As too they will create a more dynamic and again personal impact as I would be adding my own stroke and impact into the image themselves. The amount of interest found where the line is draw, creates a new sight of vision to how we look at a piece, and this is why I believe it is a successful technique.
