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James Abbott MicNeill Whistler 1834-1903, Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Chelsea 1871, Oil paint on wood

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Painting part of a series: 'nocturnes' (aimed to convey atmosphere of the River Thames at night.)

The view is painted from Battersea Bridge looking towards Chelsea.

Whistler was influenced by Japanese woodblock prints and the restrained colour pallette used.

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Was recommended to try using AI website this person does not exist.

Every time the website is refreshed a completely different generated face appears.

Whilst it was able to create realistic faces, I selected some faces that generated with some errors.

I'm interested in incorporating AI or technology into my work but am unsure how. There is an AI workshop soon that I might join.

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John Everett Millais, 1829-1896, Christ in the House of His Parents ('The Carpenter's Shop') 1849-50, Oil on canvas

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Millais depicted the Holy family as working class people --> kept with the new respect for labour at that time.

It's an interesting way to protest against the academic art of the time in terms of portraying religious subjects.

The smaller details, like the drops of blood on the red hair boys hand and feet, help indicate to us this is Jesus

The Pre-Raphaelite circle are more concerned with authenticity and beauty, this could be why Jesus has red hair (as it's considered a rare and beautiful hair type).

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John Everett Millais, 1829-1896, Ophelia 1851-2, Oil on canvas

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Depicting the death of Ophelia from Hamlet (traumatised by the murder of her father by her fiancé + cancelled betrothal --> drowned herself in a stream after looking for flowers amongst the countryside).

Millais painted the scene by Hogsmill River, Surrey.

Elizabeth Siddal, who posed as Ophelia, wore a wedding dress in a filled bathtub for Millais to paint.

Siddal was a working class woman, she joined the Pre-Raphaelite circle --> challenged Victorian expectations

The Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood is something worth researching further into...

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Jane Morris 1839-1914 William Morris 1834-1896 Jane (Jerry) Morris 1861-1935, Honeysuckle embroidery 1880, Embroidery, silk and linen 

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Morris & Co.'s block printed, woven and embroidered textiles.

Jane Morris her sister Bessie and daugters Jenny and May played important roles in the firms textile production company.

Honeysuckle is one of the few surviving pieces embroidered by Jane and Jenny, which was first exhibited in the first Arts and Crafts Exhibition society in 1888.

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Casting workshop

Was a new experiences and I found the textures and imprints created have a somewhat sci-fi effect.

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Following from my interest in life drawing I have started compiling a series of lazy postures via Pinterest and started making some sketches.

I am currently watching a TV show called "Severance", a dystopian type show depicting office workers.

Perhaps I correlate this sort of posture with office worker, who are always tired. However these postures reflect my daily mood too.

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AI practice workshop

Started drawing my image I generated last week, which is based on a dystopian office setting.

I found recreating this scene more raw, as in putting hand to paper and creating a drawing. Whilst the computer generated one felt more instant.

We had a discussion during the workshop about whether AI will ever become sentient. Whilst Google's chat bot showed signs of sentience, we concluded that it's purely a tool that should not imitate human behaviour.

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Some sketches following from the lazy posture drawings, however these are using my own pictures I took of myself.

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Decided to cover this canvas with silver leaf, applying the material in a more care free way to imitate this feeling of laziness, to hopefully create more organic texture.

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Painted the picture I took and applied it to a smaller silver leaf background.

I'm unsure as to why I have decided to use more silver leaf, it may just be for an aesthetic purpose. As at the moment, I can't seem to find anything to link the silver to a concept.

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Christmas break is nearing and I am excited to go back to Hong Kong.

I found a shop that sells Hong Kong style milk tea and have combined it with a mixture of acrylic and water to create these backgrounds.

Implementing food or beverage into work seems like a possible thing I could explore further.

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After viewing Zhou Xinyu's work at The Shophouse, I have become interested in the colour blue, it's meaning, plus the use of memory in work.

I have combined a mixture of instant snow and glitter glue (two materials I used when I was a child) to create an abstract background.

Whilst I aimed to evoke a sense of nostalgia, it appears to feel more dream like or melancholic.

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Camille Pissarro, The Market Stall, 1884, Tempera and watercolour over black chalk on board

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Best known for landscapes/rural life scenes --> Market scenes depicting country communities in Pontoise and Gisors, northwest of Paris.

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Zhou Zinyu, Floaters 2023, Acrylic and oil stick on wooden board

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Unique work with etching of the time on the top of the composition, along with a clock in the background displaying a different time.

The artist likes to layer people and fruit together to create the illusion of different fragments of memory merging into one subjective visual.

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Zhou Xinyu, Till death do us part 2023, Acrylic and oil stick on wood

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The artist likes to work on small scale for her trial pieces and has enlarged her composition to a big canvas.

Combination of oil and acrylic creates strange bubble like texture where the two mediums collide with each other.

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Zhou Xinyu, He saw a dying bird 2023, Acrylic and oil stick on canvas

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Layering effect of acrylic and oil is very prominent in this smaller piece.

The screen printing style allows for layers to be even.

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Zhou Xinyu, A mess, a calm face 2023, Acrylic and oil stick on wood

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Faces depicted in her paintings mostly derive from mass media, underlying the universality of humans.

Artist digitally distorts image and screen prints then combines with oil and acrylic.

Mediation, is created through abstract shapes on left and face on right, between reality vs illusion in society

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I have purchased some oil sticks and have combined it with acrylic to create another lazy feeling painting using one of the pictures I took of myself.

I'm intrigued as to how the artist Zhou Xinyu has been able to create such a unique and distinguishable style by combining oil and acrylic togther. I will experiment further with this soon.

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Layering all the pictures I took and applied a blue filter, grain and a background I created via photoshop.

Whilst colour doesn't have an objective meaning, blue currently feels rather dream like and melancholic to me. I will research further into the use of body language, and how I can combine that with colour to evoke certain moods.

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Richard Parkes Bonington, Venice: The Piazza San Marco 1828, Oil on canvas

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Unfinished work resembles watercolour, graphic depiction of the buildings and light.

Use of translucent palette allows for some of the drawing to come through.

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Used Photoshop Beta's generative fill tool to create a dystopian office setting, inspired by the TV show "Severance".

The prompt was: dystopian office setting, cool toned, no warm colours, big windows.

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Another variation that was created using generative fill, same prompt too.

I enjoy the harsh contrast between light and dark, the emptiness of the composition also enhances this eerie feeling when paired with the green colour scheme.

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Some generative fill creates I made for fun.

The AI tool is quite fun to use too.