Make up Continuity..

We done a practical lesson where we done our own contemporary interpretation of Anita Berbers image below where she is dressed all in red . Originally the dress Anita Berber was wearing for this portrait was black not actually red the painter just decided to paint her in a red dress. While doing this image we were looking at continuity documenting what we were doing using images and face charts so that this look could be reproduced. Below are pictures of the look I created for the contemporary interpretation of Anita Berber I used quite bright colours to create the look but they still had a darkness to them I also done a face chart that matched the look while writing all the products and how I created the look down.

Koobles models

French fashion brand Kooples is grabbing the attention of hipster types around the world with its "Couples" campaign. The name pretty much says it all - real life couples model Kooples clothing in a series of pictures and videos. 
Info sourced from: http://www.gq.co.za/style/fashion-news/630352.html
 http://www.thekooples.co.uk/

While discussing ideas in a lesson with my lecturer I was talking about possibly looking at taking pictures of diverse and individual people together almost like odd couples together and placing people together that are complete opposites to see how this looked and really show diversity together with different people. While discussing this idea my lecturer she mentioned the brand kooples and there campaigns, how they use people placed together who are quite different to each other but also have a similar look and how it works really well as a campaign and is different to other campaigns. While looking and thinking about this idea I decided that it would properly be quite hard to find different people men and woman to photograph together easily and decided to look into but not take the idea any further. 

Scratch wigs ...

Applying scratch wigs to the head.

I firstly started of by brushing the hair threw and then started to plait the hair into French plaits and wrap them around the head and grip them into place. I then plaited the front part of the hair also as my model had a fringe so it was shorter at the front I then gripped that plait back also. After plaiting the hair and pinning it into place I sprayed the hair with some hairspray to get the stray hairs down, then I applied a pair of tights to the head to keep the hair in place and also so the wig has something to sit on without irritating the models head. After doing this I gripped the hair at the sides to keep the tights in place on the head. Once this was done you can apply different wigs to the head getting your model to help you put this on by holding the front of the wig while you pull the back of it on to the head. Make sure you brush and style the wig before placing it on the head as this will be harder to do once placed on the head and could be uncomfortable. Also make sure no grips/pins are digging into your models head before you place the wig on properly as your model will be uncomfortable.

John Galliano Ready To Wear 2007

The make up artists for this look for the fashion show was Pat McGrath's, Julien d'Y done the hair, and Michael Howells' produced the set design. When I came across the pictures of Galliano's looks it was on pintrest while searching 1920s images, these images came up and I could see a link to the looks off the 1920's and also cabaret. I also found this images linked to the abstract art we were doing on the face due to the colour and movements this had in it. I really like the looks and styling over all of Galliano's work especially as all the looks are slightly different and had different colours within them along with the accessories. 

Sketch and face chart

This was a very quick sketch I created from a similar image off Google of a fun cabaret dancer. I drew and painted bits of it smudging it out using the space using very quick movements just to get a slight caricature feel to it like some of the artists of this time created. I wanted to draw an image of a cabaret dancer because at the minute I am thinking about the idea of potentially creating an image based on a cabaret dancer or at least with the same styling of a cabaret dancer. Below I have also done a quick face chart look of a cabaret dancer look I wanted this to be quite dark and smudges as if they have had a long night. 

Videos showcasing diversity..

These are some videos that showcase diversity and some great make up skills showing how make up can change an appearance and make somebody into anybody they want to be. The first video is a video from the brand Vichy dermablend which is a great high coverage make up used to cover things such as tattoos, birthmarks and scaring and various other things, the video is called 'Go beyond the cover' The first link will take you to the video for the campaign which is a really great video so watch. The second you tube link I have put up is for another video by Ellis Faas called a family affair this video is great and has really clever and really great abstract art like make up which at the end is peeled of and we realise its been like a mask on the persons face.

Go beyond the cover link- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IOl2ZVRZag

Ellis Faas 'A family affair' link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOf0Ajstdjc

Some of my ideal beauty's ..

This is a collage I have made showing some of my ideal beauty's but this doesn't just mean beauty seen on the outside its beauty that I believe shows within and on the out, and also within objects and animals etc, Anything I personally find beautiful. I have based a lot of my ideal beauty's based on looks on this collage but I will include more things which I find beautiful and inspiring.

I find freckles really beautiful and I don't understand why people try to cover them up they make the person individual and add a tone and individuality to the face.

Nick Knight

Book : Nick Knight
I have one of Nick Knights book which has some amazing imagery in and really different and expiring photographs and videos that he has done. Below are some of the images I came across in his book which I think show a great sense of diversity in a great way and are images that are done beautifully and artistic.
Catherine Long, Mat Fraser. Access-able, Dazed & Confused, September 1998.

Alison Lapper, Access-able, Dazed & Confused, September 1928

Abstract & Jeanne Mammen

This is an abstract make up look I done based on images I have researched and found from the Berlin era including paintings from this era. I experimented with different textures and movements to create this effect on the face, I used string and stuck this on then to work over the top of it with colours and movements. I quite like the end result of this look and think the textures and colours turnt out quite well referencing back to art movements. and diversity of this project.

Jeanne Mammen 

Jeanne Mammen is one of the most impressive, unusual and versatile German female artists of the twentieth century. She is frequently mentioned in connection with Käthe Kollwitz and Hanna Höch, two artists who also showed a strong engagement in social emancipation, and whose most successful years also date to the Weimar era. 

http://www.jeanne-mammen.de/html/english/contents/artist.html

I really like Jeanne Mammen's work and how she paints and draws the Weimar era. I choose these two different paintings of hers as they are both very individual and show her versatility in images. The first one is painted very brightly with lots of movements shapes and tones within the background and the people in the painting. The second image is very grey coloured and quite intense showing a completely different atmosphere to the first image.

Darya Kholodnkyh

Darya Kholodnykh work I found on pintrest while looking for unique make up looks that incorporated an abstract effect. When I came across the images I found them really interesting and beautiful to look at with the different colours effects and textures used in each image. These images reminded me of the looks we were creating in lessons and off paintings within the Berlin era. I really like the different movements, textures and colours used in each of the images showing how you can really create and explore with colour and texture. 
Images sourced from: pintrest.

Abstract art on the face

These are some images taken from class, we are currently looking and creating abstract art on the face. This has included exploring colours that could potentially be opposites and also looking at colours that highlight and shade the face and contour and shape the face according to the lighting in the room and the angle the light touches the face. We also touched on creating different movements and textures on the face making the supra colour thick on the face and building the colour up in places or leaving light strokes of supra colour. Here are some pictures of different examples using different colours, textures and movements the textures you cant see as well in the photographs.

George Grosz

George Grosz a well known German artist who was known mainly for his caricature drawings of people and Berlin life around the 1920's. I really like how Grosz draws people and the scenes around him they portray the Berlin era well without actually being there or seeing what it was really like. I really like the colours that Grosz uses to draw especially the tones he uses on the skin, body, face and also in the hair. These are real tones found in the skin just more exaggerated which I like, and makes the people he has drawn really stand out and makes them individual. 

Anita Berber by Karl Lagerfeld.

Anita Berber by Karl Lagerfeld For Vogue Germany, October 2009


These photographs created by Karl Lagerfeld for vogue Germany are a great and beautiful interpretation on Anita Berber. Everything about the images make them current from the make-up to the accessories and clothes, you can see the inspiration taken from previous photographs of Anita Berber making them look and relate back to 1920s/1930s Berlin. These are beautifully thought out and are modern intakes of Anita Berbers life in pictures.

Info sourced from: http://www.ananasamiami.com/2011/03/anita-berber-by-karl-lagerfeld-for.html

Berlin Cabaret...

(Above is a clip from the film Cabaret (1972) this film is based on 'Goodbye to Berlin' and the characters featured within the book. This clip from the film gives us a sense of the performance life within Berlin at the time, with the popularity on cabaret performances and the mad characters featured within the performances.

Clubs satisfied nearly every sexual fantasy a man or woman could possibly want the dancers and performers of these famous clubs were mostly young people who loved  to show there sense of freedom and exploration. Audiences were of a mixed sex and age coming to watch these extraordinary but peculiar shows often to see what these dancers and performers had to show. They mostly acted and danced to show there own individuality playing around with there looks and movements showing everyone what they had to offer and how they were dissimilar to others.

info sourced from: http://www.eclectecon.net/2013/03/cabaret-berlin-in-the-late-1920s-early-1930s.html

Anita Berber sketch

Here is a sketch I made of Anita Berber from a picture I saw of a plaque with this image on. I liked the look of the carving of this picture and liked the style in which it was taken along with the hairstyling and dark eye make-up. This made me want to re create a sketched version of this to see if I could get the same effect as the original picture I saw.