Observation Paper

I like this drawing because i had a a difficult time starting out, but in the end all the time i worked on it, surely paid off!

Observation

I like this picture because it really show my sense of imagination. I found it an easy project, except for moving on from each location so quickly. That kind of tripped me up, but in the end I really like how it came out.

Places

The places project was easy for me to create. I had an idea before we even started, in this picture, A tree branch, and path is what one should see before the beach, like they are going through it themselves. I was trying to make an optical illusion but it seems as though it did not work. I had a hard time with the legs, getting them at the angle that I wanted them to be.

12/2/09

It felt weird going around to other people’s drawings today especially when they were already really well drawn. I felt as though I would mess it up and they would be mad when they got back to their easel, but I soon realized some areas in the person’s drawing that could use some help. My process for correcting was when I saw something that I felt as though did not fit or work, I would erase it and start over but if I saw something that just needed some tweaking I would use the charcoal to correct the small mistake. When I returned to my drawing I felt very confused, a lot was erased and I had a hard time trying to correct my own drawing. I had to start over on my trash can and chair but that’s all I got to in the end.

Self portrait

In this painting i was trying to show one side as being a quiet, chilled out person and with the pink, i was trying to show my loud and happy side. Although the pink side didn't turn out as bright as i would have liked it to, i think that it looks good. I had a lot of trouble with the blue side, i tried to make it light and dark in some parts but then it got too watery. With the pink side, i wanted it to be brighter then it turned out. When I drew the picture i feel as though it didn't turn out looking like me, but i think i could have done a better job if i worked a little longer on it. I had a lot of trouble with the background and hair, they blended together, making it hard to see where the hair ended and the background started. 

Kiki Smith

Kiki Smith

American

Homespun Tales

This sculpture, made by Smith is elegance itself. Made with careful strokes from different tools, the women looks almost really, as if she is looking right at us, trying to send a message. While there is no color Smith did a wonderful job using her materials to bring out the life in the sculpture.

Kiki Smith is mostly known for her painting and drawing but succeeds greatly in her sculpting. Smith chooses to draw, paint and sculpt in a different way, she wants to create a story with her strokes of pencil, clay and paint. What she tries to tell in all her artwork is metaphor of social issues. They are hidden within her artwork of women and men. Smith has also worked with clothing, printing body part on them with a secret meaning of social issues for women and men alike.

Mona Lisa

Leonardo Da Vinci

16th Century 

Italian 

Sunday

Alex Echo

American

These pictures are similar by the way that they were painted. They both have women as the main point, with a landscape in the background. The landscapes are more natural with flowers and fields. They are different by the techniques used to paint them. The background in "Sunday" is more modern while the "Mona Lisa" is more old fashioned, of course because of when it was made (in the 16th century).  The artists point of views are very much different. I believe Alex Echo was trying to make the girl magical and distant, while the "Mona Lisa" is more about the women, rather then the background. It seems like the background was the final touches of the "Mona Lisa".