Final Project Visual Analysis

In response to Amedeo Modigliani's artwork, I wanted to paint similarly to his portraits using the blacking out of the eye technique. To modernize this idea, however, I wanted to portray the subjects staring at their phones, as a way to comment on our society and how relied we have become to technology. I used dark, gloomy, muddy colors to reinforce the grim topic and this is also the same color pallet that Modigliani used in almost all of his paintings. I wanted my paintings to be very symmetrical and simple which is why I used straight black lines in the background of the subjects. I think that this project turned out really well and I enjoyed doing it after learning so much about my artist. I now have so much more appreciation for Modigliani because this project took way more time, patience and attention to detail than I had anticipated.