This is my first page of Developments where I tried out doing a couple of piece in the style of Gerhard Richter. I started out with a head shot and painted over it like he did, just for a little practice. I used dark colours because I don't like the picture and I thought these might show negative emotions. I also used a pallet knife to show these emotions because you get less control, same as the person in the photo had little control over the photo taken. The second photo I used was of a landscape from when I went on holiday once. I used the blue wavy lines to portray the calm, happy feeling I had there looking at the clear blue skies and I used a paintbrush for this because it would flow better than a pallet knife. The green was to represent the trees with their spikey branches. I also did this with a paintbrush because I was still calm and peaceful looking at these trees and this picture makes me feel calm and happy. I wanted the paint to show this.