I think that working with the embroidery hoop scale is more to my liking, I think that because it’s not necessarily a big scale, the detail can be kept to a minimal and still look effective without having to worry about over-doing it with unnecessary details that could possibly ruin the outcome.
Using my finger prints to replicate the brush markings on the smaller scale portraits. I wanted to see it the image could look as impactive as the others, and that a finger print gives the work a more personal touch, an ownership if you will and that then refers back to the idea of ones fear.
I’m not really happy with the overall outcome with this portrait, It is much larger than the hoop scale. But I also think that these paintings are like inverted black and white photographs which are also considered to be bold styles and colours, but the style doesn’t fit with the theme of fear I’m going by.
I also found myself having to add extra details in places such as the face for toning and shading because the white outline didn’t look as effective as I was expecting it to be. So I think that I will be sticking to use calico towards my final, because it’s gave me the best results and my peers seemed to find the material more effective with the black acrylic.
Courtney Blair Art 