Layers portrait art

Serica Bawden - experimental layered portrait of my mother using a double line with pencil and biro's on A1 paper

It looks like a pretty but not extraordinary illustration, right? Keep scrolling. It's actually a series of sheets of bullet-proof glass suspended so that they look like a face when viewed from the right angle. Michael Murphy assembled this sculpture. This and other works by him are on display at gallery nine5 in New York City. Link -via Colossal...

In intricately cut collages by Ontario-based artist Christine Kim, flowers, foliage, and crown-like adornments encompass anonymous portraits. Painted floral motifs on carefully torn pieces of paper paired with slats of wood appear like lath exposed beneath ornate wallpaper, providing a backdrop for the elegant silhouettes. The elaborate designs of the figures’ headdresses suggest wrought ironContinue reading "Layers of Intricately Cut Paper Evoke Strength and Vulnerability in Christine Kim’s…

Blind self portrait on tracing paper layered over a more detailed self portrait.

For her drawings on Mylar film, Fujinami first applies dry pigment to one side of the film to create the image. Once the image is fixed, she uses a combination of gesso, acrylic paint, charcoal, pastel, pencil and dry pigment to the reverse, creating the complex, layered images that emerge in each piece. I think of my work, on film, as a translucent mirror reflecting both the outer and inner natures of the human being. I want it to reflect both the visible face of a specific person, and the…

Reiko Fujinami @ Forum | For her drawings on Mylar film, Fuj… | Flickr

JPH is a very interesting Artist, that works with a variety of mixed media. For today's post we have chosen his Acrylic Art. His paintings really look impressive, but it is not until you see how he creates them, that you appreciate his technique, a video below shows you, just that. The paint is layered and the image almost appears to emerge from the canvas, like a head emerging from a lake. The beauty is that there are some paintings, that have emerged more than others, they are therefore…

Swirling Lines and Swaths of Charcoal Form Dramatic Portraits by Lee.K | Colossal