Abstract make up with Lottie

My research began looking into the artist Otto Dix. He is a German artist and one of the great  impressions of the Great War and Weimar society. He is known for his harsh, realistic art work of brutality of war. He used a range of colours and harsh markings to represent the brutality of war. He also used markings on the face in a none conventional manner which distorts the face. When applying my make up I took this into account using sharp edges and bold lines.

Otto Dix http://paintings-art-picture.com/Otto-Dix-Paintings/images/Otto%20Dix%20Paintings%2021.jpg 1926

This is a close up of the different types of brush strokes I used. I enjoyed the freedom of using many different colours and using the face as a blank canvas. I thought bringing the colour into the eyebrows was a good way to connect all the colours together instead of just looking at a face with make up on. And instead seeing it as a piece of art.

This is my final look on the model. I'm very happy with the outcome as I felt that you could really see all the different types of brush strokes and it was so much fun playing around with the face. It felt like I was doing a painting instead of just make up. It looked very abstract like Otto Dix work.

My starting piece. I slowly added colour to the face.

Otto Dix http://uploads7.wikiart.org/images/otto-dix/warrior-with-a-pipe.jpg 1926



When I started to apply colour to the face I had to think about the structure of the face . Thinking about where to contour on the face. In the first image I began adding colour to the face. Using a tooth brush to create textured marks and a fine brush to make bold marks. I started off with simple colours black and white. Using black and white allowed me to create tones and good base to start with. I then slowly started to add other colours to