Timed Assessment

I came into the timed assessment confident in my design and procedure, I had made sure I had all the equipment and the list of how to do the look in a short time frame. 

I laid out all my products, set my model up in her clothing and bib to prepare for the assessment. I had all my designs and procedure on the mirror to stick to. I feel that the assessment went better than I had anticipated and the images showcase that. 

The look is clean, neat and shows the painting effect that I wanted. The camera settings didn't really pick up the oil look I wanted but it came out with a soft finish which looks beautiful. 

My application of the wig we very well also, I have got the accessories already laid out and already new where to put them in the wig before putting in on my model. 

Overall, the look went exactly to plan and if I were to do this again I wouldn't really change anything, the only fault I can think of is maybe next time change the camera settings to really show the oil on the face so she looked more shiny. 

However, I loved this outcome and I did it in under an hour which really made me proud of my final Catwalk look.  

Butterfly inspiration

So for my editorial Day look I really wanted to incorporate butterflies onto the face and in the wig itself. I found the images below on instagram and google just looking around and taking inspiration on where to place the butterflies on the face. The main image that really made me fall in love with the idea is the one with Justin Dingwall (Top left image) his contrast of white skin against the subtle coloured butterflies is so soft and gentle. I really want to imitate this on the skin of my model for this look. My model also has freckles and I think that when it comes to the shoot I will make them more pronounced to have that really sweet and innocent look with the gentle butterflies placed on top.

When actually attaching them to the face, I think my best bet is to use Duo glue, hold it there for a bit and then they will be stuck, simple but effective. Cannot wait to get down and do this shoot just currently waiting for my photographer to be free to get the look done!

Inspiration for skin

Paint and powder

So my inspiration is texture so I really wanted to have a good look at what other artists have created with wet looks, painted look, materials etc.

I want to be able to say I have done them all and found what works best for me and my shoot!

Below are all images found on Pintrest that are all about texture and creating the different dimensions on the skin that I want to achieve.

Dewey/ wet skin

Links:
https://uk.pinterest.com/ghostriverart/war-paint/
https://uk.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=wet%20skin&rs=typed&0=wet%7Ctyped&1=skin%7Ctyped

Test Images of the Lighting and backdrops for advert

So in the studio I wanted to have a test of the lighting with the wig and butterflies. I was thinking I wanted to have a Yousuf Karsh lighting effect, which is very hollywood looking, shadowed. But when I took the pictures they came out way to dark and didn't suit the look.

So I went back to the drawing board and looked at 1700's/1800's portrait artists paintings. Giovanni Battista Lampi, Meister der Erzherzoginnenportraits and Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Burn. They all have the soft quality with lighting, from above and at the side making the main glow on the face of the sitter, which makes the veiwers eye go straight to their faces and then look around at the rest of the scene. 

So I went back into the studio, and set up the lighting with a boom light to have the light from above, I then got a slave light at the side facing the side of the model and the background. 

The background was a little too dark but this can be easily changed, but the main thing is that the face is lit, there isn't a shadow under the wig and the soft lighting is achieved. Which I think came out rather will below you can see the before and after editing that I did on the text image. 

I lightened the back drop, and softened her face. I have over done it but this is the idea I have to make her look porcelain in the day shoot and for the night one have a dark backdrop and very textured skin. 

So for my actual shoot, I will set up the light the same as the images below which I took in the studio to remind myself how I did it. I may even add an extra light behind to light the backdrop a bit more. I also will be testing out with the butterflies  stuck onto the back drop and see how that comes out. 

Links:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elena_Pavlovna_of_Russia_by_Lampi_(1800s,_Didier_Aaron_%26_Cie).jpg

en.wikipedia.org

Week Five Reflection

This week was also good, got to see other presentations and what they had come up with, it also gave me inspiration for my own ideas and things that I had missed out. 

In the makeup session we did lips, power lip, sexy lip and romantic lick, matte glossy and satin, this was a good lesson and helped me decide what kind of lip shape, colour and texture I wanted in my own designs. In the hair session we did a natural beauty hair look and beach hair, which is good as beach hair is my usual hair!

In photography we learnt how to do a white out with two lights and a white backdrop; I did do photography before university and have actually forgotten everything, I have a brain like a fish!  But with simon he explained things in a way that I actually remember which is lovely. 

This week I have been thinking of what lighting and location I will have my shoots, for editorial, I am doing it on location so natural lighting with be what I will work with, for advertisement, it will be studio based and have a hollywood style lighting or really soft lighting, I'm not sure yet and or catwalk I haven't a clue yet to be honest. 

Timed Assessment Practice

In my practice I was just experimenting with lots of different mediums like pearls and the Crystal clear. I love all the looks but the one I like the most  is the top image is simple but effective. The gold leaf on the eyelids on the second image was way to heavy on the eyes so not going to do that!

In the top image I just did a simple base with Revlon ivory, powdered, slightly added colour to the eyebrows, got my beauty bay dusty pink on the lids, smoked out. On the lips is the Illamasqua pink lip shade, and on the cheeks and eyebrows in dots is some crystal clear gel, but i did them thicker to look more pearl like!

Rowfant House in Sussex - Location for Editorial

'Although Rowfant house is often described as an Elizabethan manor house, it is, in fact, a mixture of 15th, 16th,18th and 19th century  architecture, so skilfully and harmoniously blended that it is thought of as wholly Elizabethan. In the entrance hall there is a panel of three portraits: Henry VIII, his daughter, Elizabeth I, and his father, Henry VII.' This description from their website made me fall in love with the location as is so fitting to my project and time zone.

Brief history from website

"The Locker–Lampson family, owners of Rowfant House from 1848 until 1962, comprised a colourful group, particularly Oliver Stillingfleet Locker-Lampson, barrister, journalist, MP for 35 years and Commander of an Armoured Car Unit in the First World War. It was during his escapades in the First World War that Oliver came into close contact with the Czar of Russia and agreed to help  smuggle the Czar to safety in the West. However, the Czar would not leave his wife and children behind and in doing so condemned them  all to a terrible fate.

There is even a well-documented story that Oliver was asked to carry out the murder of Rasputin. Oliver himself never confirmed this but is on record as having been visited twice by a Russian Officer who was later involved in the murder.

The Ministry of Defence requisitioned Rowfant House during the Second World War and Winston Churchill, who was a personal friend of Oliver’s, spent many enjoyable hours there.

After the Second World War, Latvians who had fled from their country before its occupation by the Soviet Union were living in Germany as Displaced Persons. In 1946-48, recruited by the British as what were known as European Volunteer Workers, thousands of them arrived in Great Britain.

When the Latvian Lutheran Church in London started to lease Rowfant House from the Locker-Lampson family in 1953, it had for some years been left empty and in a dilapidated condition, but the Latvian Church through the voluntary work of its members soon made the house habitable again and began to use it for residential purposes and for a variety of community events."