Katsushika Hokusai is the creator of this beautiful work of art, he is a Japanese artist, it can be seen in the drawing style that is traditional Japanese style, in this case The Great Wave is part of a collection of several paintings that he made in the year 1829, however this work was not taken into account at the time, it was not until 1860 that it began to gain popularity, at that time it reached Europe and attracted the attention of several influential artists of the time, among them is Vicent Van Gogh thus giving more fame to this beautiful work, Katsushika created a total of 36 paintings which showed Mount Fuji from different perspectives, among this collection was this painting being one of his most famous works.
For me this painting is beautiful, both for its composition and for the colors that I use, the wave seems to have a quite curved and perfect figure, it is as if it had been created by magic, the details of the foam of the wave are amazing And even more shocking is to see those small boats fighting against this huge wave, fighting for their lives and the destiny that is approaching them, in the background we can see Mount Fuji, the most important and representative mountain in Japan, which symbolizes many things such as the Immortality and this wave is even bigger than Mount Fuji itself, imagine being there near it, it would be devastating.
So I join this #Makeupchallenge challenge created by
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to show how beautiful art is and the way we can recreate and represent these works of art, which are a fundamental part of our history as humans.
I must confess that it was not easy, I chose something quite complex but that I like a lot, to start I added base to my face, spread it all over my face and then I began to make the shape of the wave using a blue shadow, once ready. the shape continues with the rest, in this case I started with my eyes which I painted in a light blue color and then I added liquid eyeliner, continue with my eyebrows which I marked a little using some black shadow.
The next thing was to fill in the wave, for this I used the same shade of dark blue with which I had marked the shape previously, since it was very difficult for me to apply white shadow on top of the blue, look for a cold paint which I was adding with small strokes to give the impression of being the foam of the sea, also use black liquid eyeliner to trace around the shape of the wave and some white dots inside it, finally add a little mascara and a lipstick of a very tone soft so as not to look so overloaded.
I found this challenge quite creative and fun, even though I chose something quite difficult I think I did the best I could, I love this painting a lot and I wanted to do it perfectly, I feel honored to be able to represent art through makeup. that you can appreciate the value of these little things even more, I hope you liked it.