Recreating

"The Arnolfini Portrait" Jan Van Eyck, 1434.

In the art portfolio lesson in the first week, we started working on a recreation of a painting. I and Aya chose a picture called "The Arnolfini Portrait" Jan Van Eyck, 1434. We chose some materials that were presented to us and started creating the background. For the background, we used some pieces of fabric, paper, and curtains. Next, we decided to attach a woven plate to the symbol of the clock. Also to create an atmosphere of wealth, we added gold figurines and fruits to our painting. Instead of a window, we used a picture frame, and instead of gold jewellery in the background, we used a necklace that looked similar. On the rest to images. I was a man, for my outfit, we chose a black long cloth similar to the original and a hat. For the image of the Girl, we chose a red belt, a green dress, blue pieces of fabric for the sleeves and net fabrics for the headdress - veils. For more atmosphere, we added pieces of colourful leather and textile fabric to the floor. Instead of a dog, we chose a lion toy.

I think we were able to convey the atmosphere well, we came close to the original, taking into account the materials and conditions we had and using our facial expressions. If in the future we had more materials and space, we would make it closer to the original, considering the colour, texture and make-up. I think we didn't do a good enough job with the colour scheme, we could have made the dress greener, the background better, and darker.

There are some photos of the processes.