Andreas Feininger

 

Andreas Feininger - New York Midtown, Manhattan at 42nd Street in1947.

An American photographer and a writer on photographic technique. He was noted for the dynamic black and white scences of Manhattan and for the studies of the structures of natural objects. He focus on the New York skyline, capturing the layering of the high buildings and the working industry in the 1900s.

 

                                                                        Textures

 

This image which I took in formby pinewoods, I captured of the bark on a low angle to focus on the texture and layering of the tree. I thought the roughness of the bark was interesting so I decided to use different materials which would give my image texture and make it stand out. The picture below shows the sample I have produced from the idea of a messy rough texture to give similaraties of the tree and the warm colours.

 For the smaple I layered tissue paper to create creased edges and sharp lines. Once it was completely dry, I mixed orange and medium brown ink together to create a lighter brown. Parts of the tissue paper I ripped off giving the image more texture. I place the ink quickly over the tissue paper as it sunk in and around the paper, bringing the image forward. I can clearly see that the texture I produced represents the bark, as it is rough due to the texture and the layers make it stand out.

 

 

 

 

 

Aeolus 

 

 

Gillian Ayres (born 1930)

In the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool I came across this painting which caught my attention because of the texture of the work. Her technique of dragging one thick colour over another, wet on wet, produces sensuous effects. Amidst the density and apparent chaos of her imagery: trees and flowers, hedges and fences, a wheel and bridges, as though a garden or a farm provided inspiration for the painting. Ayres usually gives her work poetic or literary titles. In Greek Mythology Aeolus if the ruler of the winds. I choose this particular painting due to the texture of the thick mark making being used to create sharp edges of different lines and shapes. The colour is also a main key feature of the painting as it stands out and brings the image alive.

Oil on Canvas, painted in 1987.