why oil paint?

oil painting was invented by Huybrecht and Jan eyck, it was made of pigment and linseed oil. i find that even with all of the kinds of art that we have today because it is easy to use. for some it may be harder but in general t is easy to work wit. the mixing is simple and the colors are more accurate and if someone wants to make a correction it is more easily done than with other kinds of paint such as acrylic. there can be layering which make painting look more realistic, and it is also easier to create the highlights and shadows which are an important part of art.

what is a portrait?

this is a self portrait by Jacob Lawrence. Lawrence uses bright lively colors in this painting which can describe a lively happy person. he places himself in a room that is fool of things. for example in his hand there are paint brushes that describe that he has a passion for painting. he is also placed in a room that looks like place that can be comfortable because the person is happy in the painting. Lawrence reinvents the concept of portrait because its not traditional i the sense that, it doesn't look realistic but more cartoony.

this is a portrait of Dr. Gachet by Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh uses dull cool colors to portray the person that contrast against the warm colors of the table. the table holds books that seem that they can be important to the person and that is the reason that they are there. the background seems blank and dull like the person is lost or bored and not happy with what they are doing. can Gogh is not a traditional portrait artist the person doesn't look realistic because of the way that he uses the brush strokes, so he is an artist that reinvents the concepts of portraits.

this portrait is called librarian by Guiseppe Archimboldo. Archimboldo has reinvented the concept of portrait because in this one he doesn't even use the body of the person to create the person, he uses what the person uses in everyday life to give the story of the person. he uses a dark background that brings the attention to the more bright colors of the books. he also has more details on the books rather than the face of the person which draws the attention to the books or the body of the portrait.

studies in smallness:finished paintings

to do these painting s i feel that i learned a lot. i think the easier part was the color mixing but the harder part was making these paintings look accurate. i think that in the end the paintings came out good i like the way that they turned out. i think that when it came to hi lights they came out good but the harder at was making the right color to create a shadow.

texture and surface painting

this is my set up for the the texture and surface painting

this is my sketch for the surface and texture painting

a sense of place

this picture is a very balanced one. the amount of things in the front of the room balances out with the size of the foot of the bed. the earthy tones that are used make it seem as if it was a room of an adult. the closed window make a it a dark room and the cool colors of the left side of the room balance out those warm colors of the right side. it seems like a quiet safe environment that one might want to be in unlike the one below the looks as if the woman doesn't wan to be there.

the mood of this painting is gloomy and sad. the way that the woman is position make it seems as if she id thinking. the expression on her face doesn't seem likes she;s happy. the room is very simple. the cool colors of the bed and the empty walls make it seem lonely. the one window creates a highlight on the empty wall bringing more attention to its emptiness, and the dark colors used in the room just brings the sad lonely mood.

where i am at

i think that the most challenging aspect of the course so far has been making my painting look 3D, and not having a black so it makes mixing dark colors harder. like when we had to do the still life of white objects. having to make different whites with out using black was hard because i had to mix other colors to get my dark whites. i have had to get help from ms Roberts in order to understand what my painting needs to be able to make it look 3D. usually its the smallest of things but it helps.
i think i have progresses in color mixing. when we had to do the fruit paintings my colors were pretty accurate and now that we have made our own set ups my colors are coming out fine as well.
i think that looking at paintings throughout history affect us because it gives us and example and it also can provide ideas of what we should do or what we an do in the future with our own paintings.

nighthawks by edward hopper

i chose the painting nighthawks by Edward hopper. it is a painting of a corner of a city to the right of the painting there is diner with 4 people in it. one man sits alone while there is one man in white that serves them because he is behind the counter. and the two other people sit to the left of the man who sits alone. the woman a well dressed red head seems to be ignoring the man that she is with.

i thank this painting is interesting because its unusual, the painting is no really symmetrical and t brings the attention to where the diner is not only because it is the biggest part of the painting but also because it is the part that is in the light. i like that there is so much detail in the painting for example, the people are so detailed and placed in such a way that one can come up with their story for the painting.