I decided to go back to the large scale life drawings that I had completed earlier in the year, and refined them to include techniques, materials and influences from my main focus artist Robert Rauschenberg.
I chose this particular piece to improve as it was the most lacking out of all of the chalk drawings and the one in particular that hadn't any deeper darker tones that i've learnt drastically improve life drawings from observation in particular. It's this contrast that I chose to focus on and improve.
This is the outcome of working over the top of the previous marks, adding cling film texture and darker tones of red paint to highlight the darker tones of the body and create a larger variation of tone and texture in the whole drawing.
I also chose to include materials influenced by artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, such as burnt paper and also wire to represent an area of even darker tone, such as the hair.
I feel like this has really improved the overall look of the piece, drawing attention to the areas of darker tone and lighter tones where there are almost no marks at all.
