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From my analysis, I have created an acrylic paint piece in the style of Lowry based around 'Going to the match'. |
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| Since Lowry's 'Going to the Match' is based around a football ground, I decided to add my personal touch by using a Rugby League ground, reflecting my upbringing in the northern industrial town of Wigan. Wigan Rugby League FC currently play at a multi-million pound stadium at Robin Park, the JJB Stadium. However, I feel this stadium is too 'modern', and I decided I wanted to keep the actual location of 'the match' as old fashioned as possible. |
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| However, four years ago, Wigan moved from their old stadium at Central Park near Wigan town centre. They played their home games there for more than 70 years. I felt that this stadium would be more suited to a Lowry-style piece. | ||
| Having attained some images of Central Park from the Internet, I went about sketching various views of the stadium for a potential final piece. Below is a selection of my acquired images. | ||
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| Above right is my pencil representation of the picture of Central Park above left. I concentrated on getting colour balances right, as well as shades of grey on the stadium itself. This was just one idea for the development of my final piece. | ||
| In my oil paint on paper image of the turnstiles at Central Park, I have employed many 'Lowry-esque' techniques, including the use of my finger to create the effect of a sky, and a pencil covered in paint to sketch the outlines of the figures entering the stadium. I also used the same limited palette Lowry would have used, but still managed to create many different shades and tones nevertheless. I feel this piece recaptures the atmosphere of a typical home match minutes before kickoff, when there is a mad rush to get a good position in the stands. |
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For my final acrylic piece, I selected one particular image of Central Park to use (shown below) due to its likeness to a Lowry one-point perspective piece. I decided to add the bollards at the front of the picture in the style of Lowry's 'The Fever Van', and a sign to the front right is one of the only indications of the time in history of the painting. I also painted the sky with a slightly red tinge, which sort of vaguely links in with the club's colours. Added to the right of the picture is a car park which, although is a later 20th century thing, has links with the time the piece was painted. |
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This is the photo of Hilton St. which I used as a base for my piece. |
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Select an image to enlarge it. |
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