Artist Research
Russel Mills: British artist, born 1952 in Yorkshire. has produced book and album covers. has collaborated with several musicians How Russ Mills creates his work: He first starts off by using to fine liners to draw the main feature of the piece. He thens moves it onto photoshop and creates rough brushstrokes. He uses photoshop as it is the closest he can get to pointing without painting, and if eh makes a mistake he can easily correct it. He then moves it onto a canvas for the final finish of the piece. What i like about this piece is -----> the symbolism created by the use of colour, and general build of the piece. The dark, moody colours use in the piece suggesting the mood of the person featured and an event they have been through, which has clearly termed them apart quite literally, as can be seen in the piece. the figure stretching across the piece appears torn in the middle, the shape of the body supporting this belief. the marks made also support this, the...