New Proposition

Originally my proposition was to be five paintings portraying movement. However, after my ten original sketches, and some suggestions from my professor, I decided to narrow my idea down. From my ten sketches the ones that stood out were the ones of different facial expressions, so I decided to make my final proposition focus on the movement of the face, specifically facial expressions. On top of that a few of my paintings are going to be inspired by different artists. My first two portraits, of my friends Phil and Madison, are different, but in a similar style. So, at the suggestion of my professor, to change up the style of each portrait I should use a different artist as inspiration for my final three portraits. For the third portrait I am using The Portrait of Gertrude Stein by Picasso as inspiration. For this one I want to use an amplified color palate, line, and more painterly strokes to imitate the style Picasso used. For my fourth portrait I want to use Franz Hals as an inspiration and for my fifth I want to use a pop artist as inspiration to make the five portraits vastly different, but still portraying my original idea of movement in the face. While not all the faces are making an obvious facial movements, they are still different expressions and each portrait will portray different emotions and will be inspired by different artists.