Artist Inspiration: Dante Gabriel Rosetti
In the last few years, I've found that one of my favourite art movements in history was The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
Founded in London in 1848 by a group of young artists and poets, they were opposed to the idealisation of Renaissance master Raphael by The Royal Academy, seeking to paint with more intense colours and greater details. They were known for their historical and religious paintings but also paintings depicting scenes from literature and poetry. They also share similarities with The Romantic movement, being fond of depicting scenes of love and death.
One of the principal members of this movement (as well as one of my favourite artists) was Dante Gabriel Rosetti (1828 - 1882).
Above are two paintings by him that have wonderful colour palettes that I'd like to take inspiration from for my own work
FIG. 1 - Proserpine (1874), makes use of deep greens and blues, which goes well with the subject's dark hair.
FIG. 2 - In Joan of Arc (1864), the subject's red gold hair is matched with clothes and complimented by the deep blue background, as well as her bright blue eyes.
FIG. 3 - I've created some swatches of the basic colours that make up these paintings.
Since I had my watercolours out I also practiced using them by painting a tomato.