Another piece of Mode2’s work
that I find inspiring is “Black Gold of the Sun,” done in 2008 which started
off as a primary sketch turned painting.
The concept for this piece, I
believe, is something that started out as a simple sketch. The image contains
the picture of a pregnant woman, from the facial features and shading of the
image, it looks as though she is black. The figure is also pregnant, in front
of what appears to be a large sun before it sets.
The style of this image is
what attracted me to it the most. The main figure in the image is made up of
very sketchy and untidy lines. However, as untidy as these lines look, they
have been strategically done in order to show shadow, tone and highlights on
the females body, which I find very, very effective. The background of this
image is also delicately painted
I believe this would inspire
and encourage me, when I’m doing pencil sketches, as usually I blend and smudge
the lines I draw to make very soft images, and this would be a wonderful
change. I feel the style of this piece is illustrative, which automatically is
in my good books, as well as it being a single colour scheme, which simplifies
the image and gives it an extremely warm feeling, very tribal or even African.
The techniques used in this
piece are simple, yet very effective. I believe that the background is made
from oil paint and pastel on a canvas, used to create such a warm and glowing
feel, usually that associated with motherhood. The drawing on the canvas looks
to me as though it was done in either sharpened pastels or coloured pencil,
giving off the earthly and wooden feel to the image, which again is associated
with tribal influences. This image would definitely influence me in a way the
others haven’t because of how this image was done. It started off as an
unfinished sketch, which then was went back to after a while and rendered back
as a painting. This would definitely influence me to keep any unwanted pieces
of work and make them into something actually successful.
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