My literary hero...
Hercule Poirot | mixed media on paper | 2009
I live for watching Poirot (and Miss Marple, who's portrait is coming soon) on Masterpiece Mystery -- so it's no real surprise that when I set out to take my artwork in a new direction (of which you'll see represented here on the blog), this was the subject I chose to draw first.
Besides being a fantastic actor, David Suchet has such interesting features and portrays the unique character of Poirot with perfect nuance.
I really enjoyed working on this piece -- it was quite the process, actually...
Since it was the first piece of my 'new direction', I was a bit uneasy about the possibility of taking it 'too far' (by that I mean too much color, textures, etc. pulling away and distracting from the subject.) So I left it in black and white for the longest time and slowly began to add more as I assured myself that it needed proper definition and most importantly: light. That really established my objective for these pieces: to establish strong light and the opportunity for proper emotion/connection between subject and viewer. It was a rewarding, and as I said before, enjoyable process to work through.
As always, thank you for reading!
Best,
M
Besides being a fantastic actor, David Suchet has such interesting features and portrays the unique character of Poirot with perfect nuance.
I really enjoyed working on this piece -- it was quite the process, actually...
Since it was the first piece of my 'new direction', I was a bit uneasy about the possibility of taking it 'too far' (by that I mean too much color, textures, etc. pulling away and distracting from the subject.) So I left it in black and white for the longest time and slowly began to add more as I assured myself that it needed proper definition and most importantly: light. That really established my objective for these pieces: to establish strong light and the opportunity for proper emotion/connection between subject and viewer. It was a rewarding, and as I said before, enjoyable process to work through.
As always, thank you for reading!
Best,
M