1. The art criticism process: a. Describe: Tell exactly what you see. b. Analyze: Use the elements/principles to reflect upon the art form. c. Intrepret: Consider: - What is the artist trying to say? - What caused the artist to say it? - What is the historical milieu that surrounds the work of art? - Why was the work of art created in this particular style? d. Evaluate: How successful or important is the work of art? 2. Old art piece with old critique: 3. To start off, I had painted the canvas light pink. On top of that I sketched out the beach on top of the canvas with a reference photo and never sketched on a sketchbook. I then had painted the ocean first, buiding it up and blending. Then I painted the sand, trying to add a realistic flare to it. Then, I painted the sky with many different blues to make an ombré effect. I wanted to make everything look smooth and tried to make it as realistic as possible. I think I conveyed that this piece was close to me and gave me drive to finish it with a purpose. a. This painting shows a beach with a blue ocean and beige sand with footprints. The ocean has foam and a single wave on the left. b. This piece has a sky with a blue fade and the ocean has highlights that show reflection. There is shadow and highlight present on the sand that is not too well combined (high contrast). The ocean has more well mixed colors and dimension. There are two highlights that go in different directions. There is shadowing on the foam, but it looks flat. Although, the green towards the middle does show the depth that the ocean has. c. The artist is trying to show the beach of California that she was close to for so long. She felt compelled to pain this piece because she had to leave it behind, so this a tribute to the memories that she had there. She had grown up on these beaches all her life so it impacted her greatly growing up. This style is a simple one that tries to convey realism, but with a more 2D effect. The shadows and highlights support realistic value while the flatness brings a romanticized, almost unreal, view of the beach. d. This piece is slightly successful in that the viewer may wish they were at the beach or feelint the summer sun. It might create a sense of nostaligia for summer and a feeling of happiness. The work of art is trivial, but does give the viewer a good feeling, if nothing else. 3 Questions8. I learned the most from the mouth and ear sketch we did towards the end of the year. This warmup helped me to understand human anatomy more and give me a start to go off. Before, I didn't know how to draw ears properly, but now I have an example to base further work on. I enjoy drawing potraits and people, but there was always something off, this piece taught me what I was doing wrong and how to fix it. Now, I can shade and highlight correctly, as well as get the structure right. 15. I think my most successful project was my Mothman paper maché because I was so obsessed with making it as perfect as it could be. My paper maché definitely expressed a theme of mystery and the feeling of dread when spotting a supernatural terror out in the dark. This project took me around three weeks abd in that time, I made an armature, filled it with paper, coated it in newspaper and glue, and finally painted the outside to make it similar to the Mothman myth. This project had people coming up to me all day long as I was carrying it , so I believe that counts as a success because it intrigued everyone so much. 18. The medium I most enjoyed working with was acrylic because I was most comfortable using it. I used it for my potrait piece because I thought it would make it look more seamless and easy to look at. Acrylic is my go-to, so I definitely had to use my most personal art medium in a potrait of my mom, otherwise it wouldn't had looked as good to me. However, I never used clay to make bowls and I wish I got to work with the clay and mold it. I think it would've been fun to physically make something with shape and use. Overall, I'm happy with the mediums I used and I'm glad I got to experience so many different art forms.
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