This is are second attempt at the large scale piece for the tavern scene in a Rake's Progress. These first two photos show the initial background that we did for our piece. Even at this point without any detail on it I think that it already looks better than the piece that we had done previously.
We didn't add much colour to the background so that the details and key features, when put on top stand out from the background.
We decided to put the figures into the piece we would create layers of fabric to place on top of the background, rather than painting them on because the background might have smudged into them.
This shows the figures placed on the background. To create the figure shapes we drew around each other. We chose to use white fabric for the figures so that they would stand out from the dark background. I think that the figures work well but they need something, like the table in the painting, to pull the whole composition together as some of the figures look like they are floating.
Close up of Tom Rakewell's representation in the piece. We chose to dress this character because he is the main focal point of the artworks therefore we wanted him to stand out more from the other figures.
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