This piece of work by Erik Jones is called ‘Detail of Eve’, Erik looked very seriously at the way in which he could portray mental issues and try to promote awareness of them within his artwork, without having to use words. Erik uses subtle light tones, against harsh, shocking red for the eyes and dark red for the lips. Erik Jones uses colouring pencils as a background base colour before painting over the top of it with acrylic or ink, colouring pencils are transparent which is hugely important. The pencil colours are used as a base colour to begin the ‘build up’ of the piece. He uses thick black lines for the eyes which make the eyes stand out. Erik uses red tint in the eyes, which increase the attention to the eyes and away from the rest of the face. Erik Jones uses a 3d effect like many artists, however I think his art looks especially lifelike. He puts a lot of time and effort into the faces particularly of his pieces, it makes them look extremely detailed and look almost real. Erik Jones suffers from mild depression, however his focus is not necessarily on himself, it is much more based upon others who suffer from depression, as well as schizophrenia, multiple personality disorder, etc. This influenced several pieces of his work, if not all of it. Erik was extremely interested in the human body, male and female, however his main passion in the body was faces, but more particularly eyes. Erik shows most of the emotion in his pictures through the eyes of the person he is drawing/painting.

This piece of work by Edvard Munch is called ‘The Scream’. Edvard uses distinct coloured oil pastels in his work, such as blacks, blues and reds. He uses a huge contrast in ‘The Scream’, it is supposed to be a reflection on how Edvard felt. He suffered from a depression and later became an alcoholic; this is something which inspired many aspects of his work, right up till the point of his death. He also had a fixation on dominant women devouring weak men, this was due to the obsession he had with his first love. Edvard uses many different images of people in his paintings, for example in ‘The Scream’ he uses a bald man, whereas in his other work he uses people such as Madonna. This shows a variety in the models that Edvard Munch uses. Edvard does not only do his pictures once, but sometimes quite a few times. This was the case of ‘The Scream’; he did not only do it once but 4 times in the end. He did 2 pastel versions one in 1893 and 1895, he also did 2 painted ones one in 1893 and 1910. "I was walking down the road with two friends when the sun set; suddenly, the sky turned as red as blood. I stopped and leaned against the fence, feeling unspeakably tired. Tongues of fire and blood stretched over the bluish black fjord. My friends went on walking, while I lagged behind, shivering with fear. Then I heard the enormous, infinite scream of nature."

Edvard and Erik both have similarities in their work, such as; they both use both female and male models. They also have gained inspiration from their own experiences and not from other outside influences. They use different materials to create the same given effect of their picture. Both Erik and Edvard create a depressive feeling to their work but they use completely different materials, one uses ink and colouring pencils, while the other uses pastels and paint. However there are also some differences between the two artists. Erik uses a close up view of the face, focusing mainly on eyes and facial features, whereas Edvard uses far always views in his artwork. Another difference is that Erik uses other people’s emotions as a model, almost mimicking his own emotions but in their body. Edvard on the other hand uses himself as the portrayer of emotions that he feels. These artists make are hugely contrasting, due to the fact their work is so different from each her.