In 1899 Edgar Degas created this pastel drawing of Russian women dancing. This was the first of many which were first executed in charcoals before being reworked in pastel colours.
The women are moving their extremely long hair around whilst dancing, and the flowers adorning the hair really stand out from a colour perspective and the artist has made them really visible. The yellows suggest daffodils possibly and could be seasonal aswell as cultural. They are created using primary colours and therefore are more attractive to the eye and 'more confirmed' colours than the majority of secondary colours that make up the image. This has brought a view of cultural studies to my work/research and is something I wish to develop further.
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