Personal investigation pages

This is the first completed page for my personal investigation. It's just a simple mood board with a few pictures I found online that gave me a few ideas on how to start my PI. I would love to add more to it and I have found so many more pictures and ideas however, I relied on using the schools printer and due to being out of school because of Covid-19, I haven't been able to print off any new pictures for my sketch book. What I will do is upload all the photos onto my laptop and create some sort of collage/online mood board so I can show you the sort of vibe/mood i'm aiming for in my PI.

This page isn't finished yet, but you can sort of see what my plan is for it. This is the beginning of my exploration into the Old Masters as they are a crucial part of my PI. These first two pages will be on Peter Paul Rubens and Sandro Botticelli. I am looking at one of their paintings each and hoping that I can learn some new techniques from them.

The above photo is the Birth of Venus which is the painting i will be interpreting by Botticelli.

The below photo is Samson and Delilah by Peter Paul Rubens which is the other artist i will be researching.

I found this picture on pinterest and it really intrigued me so I decided to paint it myself. I used a canvas board as my surface and used oil paint as my medium. I have another post about the process of this painting (https://aimeeshieldsart.blogspot.com/2020/05/painting-timelapse.html). I think what intrigued me most was the emotion I felt, you can see the amount of pain in this mans eyes. I hope that I will eventually find the original painting so I can read about its backstory but for now I will just interpret this picture my own way. The only thing I can think if as to why the man has a nail in his head, is that this picture is possibly religious? The blood pouring from his head makes me think this could possibly be a painting of Jesus as he wore a crown of thorns before his death. My painting may not be an exact copy of the reference however I am still made up with the outcome as I think it still conveys the same emotions, which to me is the most important factor.