Labdscape Painting
These are my in progress pictures and my final work.
This is one of Gustav Klimt's most famous paintings.
1. Who was your referenced artist for the painting? Name 4 main ideas you used from your research to create your painting.
Name - Gustav Klimt
1. The gold leaf
2. Making the focus (the rocks) more detailed than everything else.
3. Incorporating reds and golds in the trees.
4. Leaving the leaves less detailed and more abstract.
2. Describe the craftsmanship of your painting. (Is it neat and well executed?)
I think it turned out way better than I expected it to. I had to repaint some things, but the stuff I repainted didn't look weird. I made sure to clean up the edges of everything so it looked neat.
3. What was the most difficult part of this project?
The most difficult part of this was painting the water. It was really hard to get the reflections to look right, and the highlights to be the right color.
4. Describe your color choices and how they reflect the work of your chosen artist?
I incorporated some warmer colors with the regular greens, grays, and browns of the landscape to make it look more like something Klimt would have done during his golden phase. He didn't do a lot of landscapes, so it wasn't easy to make the color choices look exactly like something he would choose.
5. Describe how the style of your landscape reflects your chosen artist.
I tried not to focus too much on details and have everything look kind of fluid, but still realistic. This was more fun to do because I wasn't trying to directly copy a picture; I was doing what I thought Klimt might do.
6. What do you think your chosen artist would say if he or she could see your painting today?
I think he might like it, but I don't think he would feel like it exactly mimicked his style.
7. What would you do differently if you were to do this project again?
I wouldn't do much differently. I think it turned out as well as it could with my current experience, but if I could've done the water better, I would have. I wanted to show that it was shallow, but it was very hard. I also might have added more trees.
Name - Gustav Klimt
1. The gold leaf
2. Making the focus (the rocks) more detailed than everything else.
3. Incorporating reds and golds in the trees.
4. Leaving the leaves less detailed and more abstract.
2. Describe the craftsmanship of your painting. (Is it neat and well executed?)
I think it turned out way better than I expected it to. I had to repaint some things, but the stuff I repainted didn't look weird. I made sure to clean up the edges of everything so it looked neat.
3. What was the most difficult part of this project?
The most difficult part of this was painting the water. It was really hard to get the reflections to look right, and the highlights to be the right color.
4. Describe your color choices and how they reflect the work of your chosen artist?
I incorporated some warmer colors with the regular greens, grays, and browns of the landscape to make it look more like something Klimt would have done during his golden phase. He didn't do a lot of landscapes, so it wasn't easy to make the color choices look exactly like something he would choose.
5. Describe how the style of your landscape reflects your chosen artist.
I tried not to focus too much on details and have everything look kind of fluid, but still realistic. This was more fun to do because I wasn't trying to directly copy a picture; I was doing what I thought Klimt might do.
6. What do you think your chosen artist would say if he or she could see your painting today?
I think he might like it, but I don't think he would feel like it exactly mimicked his style.
7. What would you do differently if you were to do this project again?
I wouldn't do much differently. I think it turned out as well as it could with my current experience, but if I could've done the water better, I would have. I wanted to show that it was shallow, but it was very hard. I also might have added more trees.
Clay Project
1. Describe the craftsmanship of your sculpture. (Is it neat and well executed?)I think my project turned out really nice. The lime is detailed and I made sure to paint the little white dots (pores?) on the rind. The cherries are shaped correctly, and there aren't any big cracks/damages in my work. Everything is as smooth or as textured as I planned it to be. I think I succeeded in making the cherries look like they were soft, or easily squished. They're hollow, so when I put them in the glass they sunk in a little, which I wanted.
2. What was the most difficult part of this project?
This project was pretty easy. I think the most difficult part was making the lime, but even that wasn't too difficult. It was pretty hard to make enough cherries to fill the glass a substantial amount, and I only was able to cover the bottom with 60+ cherries, but that was more of a "time" issue and less of a "these cherries are difficult to make" issue.
3. Did your color choices work together harmoniously?
I think the brighter green of the lime and the pinkish red of the cherries work really good together. Green and red are complementary colors, so it makes sense that they make each other look better. The fruits look very bright and exciting, and the red and clear gels I'm using to fill the glass will also look good with the cherries and the lime.
4. Is your sculpture interesting from all views?
My sculpture had to look interesting from all views, because the glass is see-through. I actually think my project looks more realistic from the bottom, where all the cherries kind of blend together in the gel. All the clay items are painted and able to be looked at from any angle.
5. Describe the differences in constructing a sculpture and doing something 2D.
One of the differences between constructing a sculpture and doing something 2D is the fact that you don't need to add a lot of value to a sculpture. It's 3D, so the light will create highlights and shadows on it without the help of paint. However, I added a little white paint to my lime anyway, just to make it look wetter. Another difference between making a sculpture and doing something 2D is that you have to plan a sculpture from all perspectives, but a drawing or a painting only captures one.
6. How did you create textures in your sculpture?
The cherries didn't have a lot of texture, so I didn't have to do much for them. I created textures in the lime by carving out the fleshy bits with a little knife and the needle tool. Some things got added with paint, too.
7. Does your sculpture look like the actual food? How did you accomplish this?
Yes, I think my sculpture looks like the actual food. I did my best to make the fruits the same shapes, sizes, and colors as the actual thing.
8. What would you do differently if you were to do this project again?
If I were to do this project again, I would probably sand down the edges of the lime so they were a little more even. That's really the only thing that bothers me.
Color Wheel
This is the color wheel I did. The primary colors are hands, while the rest are a sleeve, buttons, plants, and a bracelet. I need to post a final picture but I decided to paint the whole background, so just imagine this but with the yellow hand done, more detail on the red hand, and the buttons with dots.
Painting
This is the painting I did of the painting I was given in class.
Value Chart
This is the value chart I did in acrylic paint.
Watercolor Final
1. Describe the craftsmanship of your drawing. (Is it neat and well executed?)
I don't really like this painting. I'm going to go back and add more details later, but I think right now it looks kind of boring and flat. The colors were really hard to create, and so were the ripples from the honey being poured.
2. Do you think you used a full range of values to create the illusion of depth?
I think I could have had darker values, but I do like the highlights I did, especially on the edge of the spatula where the honey spills over.
3. How do you think you represented the style of the artist Georgia O’ Keeffe?
A lot of O' Keeffe's work is up close and detailed, and I made my piece a close up of honey and tried to include details. It could be a little closer, though.
4. Describe your choice of colors/color harmonies and how you used them throughout the artwork.
I used a lot of yellows, browns, and grays. The picture wasn't very colorful, so I made the honey brighter than it really was. I think the colors make the picture seem more serious.
5. How did you create contrast in your drawing?
I used browns, oranges, and brown-black mixtures for the darker areas. For the stream of honey coming down onto the spatula, I left everything dark but the highlights.
6. How did you use textures, highlights and shadows to enhance your artwork?
I tried to make the honey look very smooth, but still make the wood under it easy to see. I put brighter highlights on the honey, because it's wet, and shadows around it to show it's piling up a little. I included the lines of the wood, and made the background kind of blurry so it doesn't take focus away.
7. Describe any difficulties you had creating your drawing and what you could do to improve your drawing?
It was really hard to get the bubbles in the honey. I ended up blending them back in, but I'm going to try to add them again. I wish I had done the honey in prismacolor first, instead of just the wood. I think it would have looked better. I also think I should have done lighter layers.
I don't really like this painting. I'm going to go back and add more details later, but I think right now it looks kind of boring and flat. The colors were really hard to create, and so were the ripples from the honey being poured.
2. Do you think you used a full range of values to create the illusion of depth?
I think I could have had darker values, but I do like the highlights I did, especially on the edge of the spatula where the honey spills over.
3. How do you think you represented the style of the artist Georgia O’ Keeffe?
A lot of O' Keeffe's work is up close and detailed, and I made my piece a close up of honey and tried to include details. It could be a little closer, though.
4. Describe your choice of colors/color harmonies and how you used them throughout the artwork.
I used a lot of yellows, browns, and grays. The picture wasn't very colorful, so I made the honey brighter than it really was. I think the colors make the picture seem more serious.
5. How did you create contrast in your drawing?
I used browns, oranges, and brown-black mixtures for the darker areas. For the stream of honey coming down onto the spatula, I left everything dark but the highlights.
6. How did you use textures, highlights and shadows to enhance your artwork?
I tried to make the honey look very smooth, but still make the wood under it easy to see. I put brighter highlights on the honey, because it's wet, and shadows around it to show it's piling up a little. I included the lines of the wood, and made the background kind of blurry so it doesn't take focus away.
7. Describe any difficulties you had creating your drawing and what you could do to improve your drawing?
It was really hard to get the bubbles in the honey. I ended up blending them back in, but I'm going to try to add them again. I wish I had done the honey in prismacolor first, instead of just the wood. I think it would have looked better. I also think I should have done lighter layers.
Pen & Ink Final
1. Discuss your decision on pen and ink techniques. Why you chose to use one or more.
I chose the hatching and stippling techniques, because they seemed to fit the textures of the objects more. The stippling looks good on the statue, because it is made of stone. The hatching makes the house look like it's made of wood, and goes with the movement of the rocks.
2. How did you use perspective? Why is perspective important?
There are a few different perspectives in the drawing: looking up at the statue, around the corner into the tunnel, down at the water, and straight on into the hole in the cliff. Perspective is important because it makes art more interesting, and can make everything look more real.
3. How is texture important in your composition?
Texture is important because it makes the stuff in the drawing look like something instead of just shapes. My drawing had to be really detailed, so people would know the rocks are rocks and the statue is a statue.
4. Why is value so important in this project?
Value gives the things in the drawing more life and dimension. Medium values can be hard to get when you use pen, but it's also easier to get darker and lighter values. There isn't as much smudging as there is with mediums like pencil.
5. Describe your craftsmanship (How well the project is crafted technically).
I like this drawing a lot, and had fun doing it. I enjoy pen, and I think it's the best thing I've done (in class) so far. It could be better, but I think it's pretty good. The stippling isn't too messy and the shading flows with the shapes of the objects.
6. If you could recreate your piece what would you do differently to enhance your final outcome?
I would probably practice waves more, and do something different with the top of the cliff. I would also redraw the water around the neck, and redraw the face.
8. When applying the pen and ink techniques why and how is it important to make sure you understand the concepts taught in class?
If you don't understand the concepts taught in class, you will probably mess up on the drawing and it'll look bad, or you'll try to come up with your own way of doing it and mess up with the shading. You can't erase pen or blend it like you can with pencil, so you need to go into it with knowledge of how to shade and draw with pen.
9. As a growing artist how do you think what you have learned will guide and better your future projects.
After doing this project, I started using pen and ink more. Before, my pen and ink drawings weren't very good, because I didn't really know how to shade, but now I think they look a lot better. I like using pen and marker together, too. It looks very clean. I think my future projects will look a lot better than this one did.
I chose the hatching and stippling techniques, because they seemed to fit the textures of the objects more. The stippling looks good on the statue, because it is made of stone. The hatching makes the house look like it's made of wood, and goes with the movement of the rocks.
2. How did you use perspective? Why is perspective important?
There are a few different perspectives in the drawing: looking up at the statue, around the corner into the tunnel, down at the water, and straight on into the hole in the cliff. Perspective is important because it makes art more interesting, and can make everything look more real.
3. How is texture important in your composition?
Texture is important because it makes the stuff in the drawing look like something instead of just shapes. My drawing had to be really detailed, so people would know the rocks are rocks and the statue is a statue.
4. Why is value so important in this project?
Value gives the things in the drawing more life and dimension. Medium values can be hard to get when you use pen, but it's also easier to get darker and lighter values. There isn't as much smudging as there is with mediums like pencil.
5. Describe your craftsmanship (How well the project is crafted technically).
I like this drawing a lot, and had fun doing it. I enjoy pen, and I think it's the best thing I've done (in class) so far. It could be better, but I think it's pretty good. The stippling isn't too messy and the shading flows with the shapes of the objects.
6. If you could recreate your piece what would you do differently to enhance your final outcome?
I would probably practice waves more, and do something different with the top of the cliff. I would also redraw the water around the neck, and redraw the face.
8. When applying the pen and ink techniques why and how is it important to make sure you understand the concepts taught in class?
If you don't understand the concepts taught in class, you will probably mess up on the drawing and it'll look bad, or you'll try to come up with your own way of doing it and mess up with the shading. You can't erase pen or blend it like you can with pencil, so you need to go into it with knowledge of how to shade and draw with pen.
9. As a growing artist how do you think what you have learned will guide and better your future projects.
After doing this project, I started using pen and ink more. Before, my pen and ink drawings weren't very good, because I didn't really know how to shade, but now I think they look a lot better. I like using pen and marker together, too. It looks very clean. I think my future projects will look a lot better than this one did.
Watercolor Apples
This is the first apple I did. It's my own choice of color with salt and wax.
This is the second apple I did. It's monochrome with wax.
This is the third apple I did. It's in cool colors with wax.
This is the last apple I painted. It's in complementary colors, with pen and salt.
Prismacolor Fruits
These are the fruits I did in prismacolor. I chose to draw an apple and a pomegranate. I didn't finish the background but I will post a picture when I'm done.
Prismacolor Practice
Here are the spheres I did in prismacolor.
Pastel Practice
These are the drawings I did using pastels.
Perspective Drawings
These are the shapes and techniques I did with the watercolors.
Shapes with Pen
These are the shapes I did in pen using the different shading techniques.