Currently, I am working on 2 projects, one of which, I decided to do by my own choice. The first project, is a painting, made on hard w hite paper, which consists of the skeletal structure of hands in different positions, with a relatively wide range of media, to enhance and give more structure and dynamism to the painting itself, such as tissue paper, almost entirely covered by bleach, black indian ink to make the outline of the hands, and acryllic colours of very unusual colours:
The second and most important project, consists of the sculpture of the skeletal structure of a hand coming out of a quilt or some sort of similat fabric, on which, circular shapes would be drawn so to represent a very peculiar gate I saw between Via del Corso and Via Nazionale, which was characterised by an excessively rich quantity of geometrical shapes and lines. My intention is to draw those circular shapes using Batìk, on white cotton, and then dye it in a dark colour (such as dark blue or dark purple), so as to create a contrast with the pale white of the skeleton. Below, some pictures of the development of my two projects and how they are gradually evolving:
A couple of days ago, I was re-reading a french magazine of art I bought during Christmas holidays, called "Univers des Arts"and discouvered many unknown artists, and the one who struck me the most was Raymond Poulet. His paintings are inspired by Oriental art and contain a wide range of colours, as well as geometric lines and shapes, dynamism and words ("L'image et L'écriture" in fact means "the image and the writing"). For example, an amazing painting known as "Un jour de plus" contains a short text written in vietnamese:
"Each morning, when I wake up, I thank life, for giving me, another day in which to love"
Here's the link to his official website if you want to discover and learn about his other paintings, as well as sculptures:
Here are some pictures I took of the interesting pages did so far on my workbook which relate to the 2 new projects I am working on: the first, is the skeletal structure of a hand coming out from a quilt with circular patterns drawn on it ( to represent the patterns of a gate located between the Colosseum and Via del Corso) and the second, is a painting of the anatomy of the skeletal structure of a hand in different positions. The other drawings and sketches are just different ideas for a final project.The materials I used to create these skecthes were the following: -charcoal - black indian ink and bambu sticks (of different sizes) -Photoshop -highlighter -dark blue pen -tissue paper -coloured ink -acryllic paint -bleach
