7 ADV ART & PORTFOLIO - Keng Lye

Keng Lye is an singapore-based artist that deals with layering and painting! He uses resin and acrylic paint to create realistic works of underwater animals. He calls this series "Alive Without Breath".. which is actually really fitting. Check it out:

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OKAY i think this is really cool because these are paintings that aren't 2D-- he makes these works by pouring in thin layers of clear resin, letting it dry, and then painting on it. He does this over and over again to create realistic animals in anything ranging from drawers to bowls to buckets. Another thing that's cool is that he even started experimenting with the animals protruding from the 'water.' The one below is the first one that he's finished:

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The concept that he deals with is almost the same as mine as I paint realistically (well, I TRY to paint realistically. Doesn't really work out) layer after layer after layer.

Keng Lye gets his inspiration from Riusuke Fukahori, the artist that first developed the method of using clear resin & painting on layers of it. He calls himself a goldfish artist. Here's some of his works:

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These are crazy good. The process seems excruciating but the result is amazing. I love how they're using layers to take several units of 2D art to make one unit of something 3D! I explored a similar concept with the Ghost Ship project where I painted different paintings on several layers of translucent tracing paper and put them together to make one piece of art. I hated it and it came out awful but I'm really intrigued by the concept! I want to try again and make something better with the same methods.

Links:

• http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/alive-without-life-art/
• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2359197/Artist-creates-stunning-3D-paintings-fish-using-layers-paint-resin.html
• https://www.artsy.net/artist/riusuke-fukahori << This one's on Fukahori