New Elizabethan brief- About me

We've been set our first project brief called "New Elizabethans". For this project we have to find an Elizabethan portrait and a contemporary version that we feel reflects the sitter and links the two in some way, this could be a picture of our favourite singer as long as the two relate in some way. 

We then have to take inspiration from these images to create a look and design a minimum of 4 face charts to show our progress throughout the project. 

The final assessment will be 2 hours long in which we have to create a face chart of our final look with notes and then our partner has to apply the makeup onto us.

I don't have any previous experience in makeup but I have been self taught since an early age. 

I studied Elizabethan theatre at A level and so I do have a little experience in this subject which should help my understanding of the context of our project. Hopefully that knowledge will help me to do well on my project and should help the development of my research.

Usually I'm not well at time management so that is a personal goal of mine for this project.

Morrill, J. S. (2014) ‘Elizabeth I (queen of England)’, Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica. Available at: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/184810/Elizabeth-I (Accessed: 8 October 2014).

I am really excited for this project because I think Elizabeth the first is such an interesting character and the era itself and the Renaissance are fun to study and something which can bring a lot of inspiration.

The elizabethan portrait I chose was the one shown below. 

The contempary version of this sitter I found was an image of Beyonce in her O2 advertisment.

Beyoncé Announces ‘Mrs. Carter Show’ World Tour Dates (2013). Beyoncé Announces ‘Mrs. Carter Show’ World Tour Dates | MTV UK. Available at: http://www.mtv.co.uk/beyonce/news/beyonce-announces-mrs-carter-show-world-tour-dates (Accessed: 8 October 2014).