Otto Dix

I really enjoyed experimenting with the palette and I liked the techniques I learnt in this lesson. I hope to use this technique later in this unit.

Looking back at the final images I realised I should have stopped earlier as I slowly ruined it the more colours I added.

This is a close up image to see where I went wrong. I can see on the cheeks its all the same colour because I blended too much. But under the eye you can see brush strokes an the light blue. I really like it where the white and blue mix its like a reflection.

After a while I found that I started blending the colours in too much creating a brown colour overall. I started to realise sometimes more is less. So I know fr next time not to try and use too many colours and blend them in too much.

Using the Kryolan supracolor palette I started to mix and blend colours in trying to recreate the Otto Dix style painting. I found it really fun using the face as a canvas and I really enjoyed the free brush strokes. I started on the nose and worked my way up to the forehead. I then started looking around the eyes. I constantly looked at the painting trying to work out the different colours used.

Otto Dix Painting https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLayFYX-Qq7UGKnLWOmOGwn1V9I2SCSXPgv05RLleAsaXbmGSaVFLayAb6ixugW3r7tvLUXFYcaXwkmqz9bQBQaKvOZeJa5-evlqgZp7xJ0a9i5VVybw6RGfSbUDkKsGMiLmugINtt_QTt/s1600/1913_self+portrait.jpg