†Saoirse Fitzgerald†

Painting

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Unfinished painting of my family

This is an unfinished painting of my family, I decided to go bigger with the scale of the painting even though I found this to be quite a challenge. I have never attempted to paint so many people in one piece before, it was quite overwhelming but I am not mad at how it came out. I think the blonde woman (my grandmother) is in need of the most work as she looks very very weird.

I am proud of how the dogs came out and strangely enough I am happy with how I came out looking. There are alot of mistakes but I could work on this forever so I decided to leave it here before I went insane.

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I did this quick painting of me and my friend based off a photo, I only did this painting to use up the rest of my paint on my pallet.

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Self portrait

I decided to try painting a self portrait, and I'm not too upset about how it turned out. I do think I need to work on noses and eyes as I found it tricky to get the lights and darks looking correct. The hair was alot of fun, as I got to experiment with colour and tone to make the form of my curls.

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BERTHA WEGMANN

After painting and drawing my sisters many times this project, I decided to look into other artists who also painted there sisters. I found Bertha wegmann. Bertha wegmann is a dainish painter born in 1846. She is known as one of the first women to get a chair at the Royal Danish Academy of Arts. The painting I focused on is a portrait of her younger sister. The painting is titled 'madam Anna Seekamp' and was painted in 1882. This piece is quite a relaxed one as her sister is seen knitting and sitting slouched in a chair.

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Painting of my other sister :D

I enjoy how this came out I'm proud of the face on this one. I think the background adds some more depth to it.

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Quick life paintings in my sketchbook.

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Painting Of My Sister Holding Our Dog

Personally I like this painting, especially how my dog came out. I was hesitant to even make this piece as I am not used to painting animals but I'm glad I attempted it.

The shadows and light on my sisters jumper was a challenge but I think they translated well.

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More detailed drawing of my sister going through her pokemon cards. I used three different fine liners with different thickness to add more details.

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Life drawings of my sister in my new fine liners.

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I painted this piece of my grandmother and my cousin. But when I finished it I thought it looked a bit boring so I went in and added quick thin ink lines. I think this brought the image more life and helped to define all the browns and blues of my grandmothers kitchen.

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JENNY SAVILLE

Jenny saville is a figurative painter from the UK. She is known for her large scale nudes of females. Her work usually focuses on mother's and children.

Saville's paintings are usually large scale at 6x 6 feet or sometimes more. Her style of painting has been compared to Lucian Freud and Rubens. She often uses small brushstrokes to build up paint and uses these brushstrokes to soften the painting.

As of 2018 she is known as the "most expensive living female artist" when her painting 'propped' (1992) sold for £67.3 million.

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BAD PAINTING!

I attempted a self portrait in green tones but it came out wrong. I spent too long on it and had to step away. The proportions in the face are wrong, the eyes are too far away and it just doesn't look like me in general. I am hoping to attempt this again or maybe paint someone else.

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Another life drawing.

This drawing is one I'm quite proud of as I think the proportions are good and the dog came out well too.

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Quick painting of my sister

Very quick painting of my sister to practice life drawing in different mediums. I find that my quick life drawings don't turn out the way I want them to in paint but it's nice to try.

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More quick sketches of friends and people on my train.

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Nude life drawing.

Today I attended Sylvias morning life drawing class. I decided to continue my work with colour and texture by using oil pastels. I did a starter sketch in pencil then a quick pastel one and finally a finished piece in oil pastels.

I really enjoyed how my final piece turned out, I think my proportions and shadow and light are well executed in the colour.

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Drawings in the park.

I decided to do some life drawings in the park today. I wanted to try a different medium to pencil so I landed on crayons as i like the texture and colour they give a drawing but they are also easy to walk around with.

The crayon adds colour and in my opinion a bit more life and emotion.