Experimenting

I ripped up the two paintings and collage them onto each other to see how they contrast between each other, the ripped effects add a creative edge to the piece plus the layers are an idea I may stick with. As throughout the course of my experimentation I have used layers upon layers to create different diverse outcomes.

Experimenting

I found an image on Google images of a wedding audience and decided to pick out people that were looking in a similar direction to the audience in the painting. I cut them out and stuck them onto the original painting to make the painting more fun and in a style that the Chapman Brothers would.

I also defaced the painting in the way the Chapman Brothers would, to expand my development and experimentation further.

I liked the way these results turned out, however I do not think this would be something I use in my final piece. 

The Chapman Brothers

The Chapman Brothers were my inspiration to experiment and develop my piece further, by defacing and creating my own versions of a painting. My work will not be as in your face and gruesome as the Chapman Brothers work, but I will take the inspiration into my own work.

The Unequal Marriage

'The Unequal Marriage' - Vasily Pukirev

The Unequal Marriage was the next 'famous' painting I found. It was quite hard to find paintings to on weddings and marriage. However I used this painting to experiment with next and to see what other ideas I could come up with to add to my final piece. 

Arnolfini Hands

OK so I'm not the best artist in the world. My attempt at drawing the hands in the Arnolfini Portrait to symbolise the martial oath between two people plus in my opinion to symbolise the comfort and closeness of a couple. 

P.S. (Still experimenting my skills will develop throughout)

Experimenting

Arnolfini and African Wedding - I got an image of a African bride and groom placed them onto acetate, photocopied the acetated piece on top of the Arnolfini portrait to create a layering effect. I also did this in black and white to see how the colours would contrast. I enlarged the top half of the bride as that is where the images contrasted the most between the two brides. However the groom did not turn out very well as each image was really dark to layer on top of each each.

Arnolfini Portrait and Chinese Wedding - I did the same again to some Chinese images I had found. I layered the acetate onto the portrait and photocopied to see what effect this would create. Again the bride's top half work really well, but the groom side was really dark in the black and white version.

Arnolfini Portrait and 21st Century Wedding - I did the same for a third time to experiment however this time the bride's top half made a really creative effect like the image is moving back in time. I really like to work with this image to develop further as I like the way this effect has been created.