Hockney Underwater Portraits
No artist captured the thrill
of the quick plunge, or leisurely submersion, quite like David Hockney. He was born in England in 1937 and ended up moving to California in the
early 60s- which started his infatuation with swimming pools. He was inspired to create a series of
paintings of swimming pools which was fuelled by the sea, sun, colors and a
certain form of luxury. The Californian swimming pool remained one of his main
painting themes ever since. After
viewing various examples of his work and inspiration students set out to create
their own pool pictures in the form of an underwater self portrait. Students colored their portraits using oil
crayons and then applied a water color resist to fill in the water.
No artist captured the thrill
of the quick plunge, or leisurely submersion, quite like David Hockney. He was born in England in 1937 and ended up moving to California in the
early 60s- which started his infatuation with swimming pools. He was inspired to create a series of
paintings of swimming pools which was fuelled by the sea, sun, colors and a
certain form of luxury. The Californian swimming pool remained one of his main
painting themes ever since. After
viewing various examples of his work and inspiration students set out to create
their own pool pictures in the form of an underwater self portrait. Students colored their portraits using oil
crayons and then applied a water color resist to fill in the water.
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