In-depth analysis of Elia Fernandez

This piece of work is made by the artist Elia illustration. She is a 24 year old from madrid who now lives in the netherlands in den haag. the piece of work that i have here is called ' My Astronaut" and the piece is a illustration which in away can be made into mix media to some people. The piece is a painting in some form, the piece was made in 2012 and was made for her own work but was then later exhibited. I have chosen to do a analysis on this piece as when I first looked at the artist/work I automatically feel in love with the way the artist has used colour with in this piece and the way the illustration comes out of the colour and shape of the body, I also love how the name goes well with the colour as it looks like a galaxy which would explain why the piece is called " my astronaut ". I am also looking at this piece as I am a illustrator my self and strong illustration such as this really interests me so when a piece like this comes along I have to in away do a analysis of it.

To get a better understanding of her work I looked her up on the internet but I could not find any website that she has created her self to show off her work other than hat of the website that lets you show off and put your work on it, the website is called deviant art ;Deviant art. That link right their is the link that shows you her work on the website, as you can see when you go on their their is a few pieces of work done by her on their which is nice to see but I really think she should make her own website for her work as she is a great illustrator. Here is a quote from her which was then used for this article which showed off a lot of her work: ”I’m trying to define my personal style through an specific way of transforming the reality. I extract segments of reality and combine them with illustration, making visible unreal elements so everyone can see them.” - Elia Fernández.After reading this quote from the artist her work makes a lot more since in so many ways, she says that she is using her own style to in away transform reality which is great and in some ways I try to do this in my own work so to find a artist who is a lot like me is really inspiring. o course the genre of art that this goes with is illustration and in away a new modern form of illustration which is my favourite sort of illustration.

The theme I would say that goes along with this piece of work would have to be space and in some sense dreaming. The title does make the work easier to understand as if their was no title you would wonder what the colouring is all about but with the title of " My astronaut" it makes so much sense. the subject mater is simply just what ever Elia Fernandez wants it could be a little story on its own. the artist i think has got inspiration just from looking up into the night sky and where she lives I can imagine the night sky being amazing and very clear.

The materials used for this would have to be water colour and maybe a fine liner is being used to get this effect, the techniques would have to be of course drawing and illustration an their is a bit of layering as you can see she did two heads and one of course was done before the other their for giving of the layering effect. the artist's use of colour is very well done as it gives the whole piece of work a different meaning as I have said before about the night sky and the title just goes well with the whole piece and goes well with the colour which brings back the meaning which is shown off very well in this, she has used deep dark colours which is what the whole space thing is all about which is good to see that she is trying to show off that. The work is sketch book size and the paper of the size is A4, which is a good size to one exhibit and two to work with which is what I find in my own work as you can get a lot more detail with in your work and more meaning in away. The textures with in the work is very clean lines and very tonal but looks great like that and really fits with her style.

My first reaction the work was that it is a very well drawn illustration and love everything about it from the colour and the title which I have said before. I love how its done on A4 piece of paper and also I love the style of her work and the colour elements that she has put with in her work. On thing I dont like is that the background is a bit plan maybe if their was some drip watercolour with in the background but then again this could easily make the work not as good as it is. the piece reminds me of work such as erin petson as he uses colour with in his work to. This has really inspired me to do more work like this because I really do fill like their is a link between me and this artist as she uses her own style to create her own way of reality which is what i try to do with in my work, and i think todays drawing of the day will be very different to my other drawings thanks to this artist.