Through the whole learning process in Drawing, Painting and Sensory knowing, I have learned that “there really is no such thing as Art, there are only artists� (Simblet, 2005). The thoughts of artists can be expressed and shaped through the painting that artists created, and the process of creating painting also can be regarded as a process to inspire, analyse and develop ideas (Seligman, 2016). We know that different artists have a different style, but it also means different artists have a different point of view. We also know that artist in the different period can have a different expression of art, but it also means the thoughts have been changed and different ideas have been illustrated. Artist Julie Ford Oliver was the major inspiration for the interpretative painting (figure 1). The daring and colourful strokes of her painting in a strikingly passionate impasto style are important to subject matter. The goal I wanted to achieve in my interpretative painting was to learn and understand how Julie used various colours and techniques to depict a harmony in her painting, and develop a personal style of painting. Thinking and analysis the vision are important before painting. It is not enough if only rendering the shape, size and position in space of the subject, the intrinsic nature including purpose, meaning and texture also need to be considered (Simblet, 2005). The major technique I used in the interpretative painting was dry paints, which helped to create a more expressive effect (Daniels, 1988). The scumbling and glazing also have been used (figure 5). I also tried different material and media such as the rope to create a unique texture (figure 4). In terms of the most challenging parts of this painting, I found the distances haven’t been illustrated well and the colour used in the background make it cluttered and disordered, which needs to be solved later on.
Figure 1: painting by Julie Ford Oliver