(AS-A2 project) Reuel Feenstra !!! graphite and charcole artist...

This was created by Reuel Feenstra, he lives in a small town called grand valley. he is an artist that specialises in graphite and charcole drawings of realistic drawings, most of his work that he does is for photographers and members of the public that want drawing of family members. this is a picture of a hand drawn human eye and has been called eye see you, it was created in 2009 and it is just amazing. the design has been made for person use. 

the reason i have chosen to analyse this piece is for the pure emotion that it gives off when looking at it. i love the fact that it is so simple but has so much emotion when looking at it, it is as if the picture connect to you and i think that is the most important thing. that was what i thought when i first saw it how amazing it is by the way it connects to the person looking at it, this reminds me of a young family member for they looks like it comes from a young's person face. this reminds slightly of the life drawing from janice shaw as it looks so life like and has a similar style of drawing. this piece of art work inspires me to do more with drawing, and to see the amazing effects that can be done, so much detail has gone into this piece of work. 

i have looked at a few websites to gain further knowledge of the artist and also his work, i found a web site that has about his life on there and also about his work which helped me to understand how he feels about his work and why he does what he does, http://www.2bdrawing.com/about_me.shtml it also helps you to know more about the persons work you are looking at. i also looked at a website that had a few of his drawing on there http://drawingartist.deviantart.com/ this was to get a better understanding of his work and to see the style in which he draws. “ often like to draw or colour at the kitchen table. I remember drawing horses, birds, cars, airplanes, and buildings. As a family, we would often go to the public library and find drawing books, and in this way, I learned how to draw.” that was a quote from a website that had a story about his life and how he become to be an artist and do drawings for a living. 

I don't think that the artwork does have a theme, i don't think that any of his work comes with a theme its simply drawings of photographs given to him by photographers or drawings of people or objects for members of the public. i think the title is fun and a play on words with the eye see you and i think it fits the art work exactly. the materials that have been used are charcole and graphite together to create this amazing picture. the artist find inspiration from whatever he is asked to draw next its a fresh idea every-time. the artist has used shading to create effect and definition to the piece. the lighter and darker colours shows the detail of the eye and face. the formal elements of this piece is definitely colour and shaping, to create the definition of the eye and face.