1. THE ART CRITICISM PROCESS
The art criticism process if a four step process to critique artwork. The four steps are describe, analyze, interpret, and judge. I will go through each of them. The first part is to describe the artwork and say what you see in it. For example, you could say what images you see, which art elements you see, the color schemes, and how you would describe it to another person. The next step is to analyze the art work and list the art elements as well as the design principles. Some examples of these would be line, texture, space, proportion, etc. The third step to the process is to interpret the artwork. Some ways you can do this are by figuring out what the mood is, what feeling is communicated, what the story is saying, and what ideas are represented. The final step in the process is to judge the artwork. This is more of your personal opinion and what you think about the artwork, if you think it was successful and why, and then supporting your opinion with criteria or evidence.
The art criticism process if a four step process to critique artwork. The four steps are describe, analyze, interpret, and judge. I will go through each of them. The first part is to describe the artwork and say what you see in it. For example, you could say what images you see, which art elements you see, the color schemes, and how you would describe it to another person. The next step is to analyze the art work and list the art elements as well as the design principles. Some examples of these would be line, texture, space, proportion, etc. The third step to the process is to interpret the artwork. Some ways you can do this are by figuring out what the mood is, what feeling is communicated, what the story is saying, and what ideas are represented. The final step in the process is to judge the artwork. This is more of your personal opinion and what you think about the artwork, if you think it was successful and why, and then supporting your opinion with criteria or evidence.
2. CRITIQUE ONE OF MY PIECES
Describe. The first thing I notice when looking at this piece is the colors that were used to create her. The blue of her shirt is very bright, the white on her teeth is pretty blinding, and the brown for her hair is very consistent, dark brown. This piece looks more realistic rather than abstract, and looks as if it was a portrait that was taken of someone and then painting. When describing this to another person, I would say that this looks like an painting of someone where the lines and values were very distinct from the other elements, and the elements that were focused on were the structure of the face with defined cheek bones and highlighting of the face.
Analyze. On this piece, as for space, there was the use of a lot of negative space such as in the whites of the eyes, the teeth, and the area around the person, and this really helps the rest of the elements pop since they stand out from the darker values. I would describe the colors as being very bright and exciting, they all pop out at you at once. Most of the values on this piece are dark since it has a darker skin color, dark brown hair, and a dark blue shirt. A lot of lines that appear on this piece are curved such as the shoulders, the edges of the face, the lips, the nose, the eyes, etc. There's no movement occurring in the piece because it looks very still, like a portrait. The form or technique in this painting looks like some form of painting, but not acrylic or watercolor for the face, because the texture looks a little bit more oily than either watercolor or acrylic. That is an overall analysis of some of the elements in this piece.
Interpret. When looking at this piece, I feel cheerful because the person depicted in the painting looks happy, but I also feel sort of uncomfortable because the person posing in the painting looks like they are posing for the picture in a slightly uncomfortable way. The feeling it portrays is happy though because it seems as if they are enjoying what they are doing. The story that is being told is that it looks like they are modeling. It looks like she had her makeup done and got everything done to take picture like this. She looks as if she is sort of being forced into modeling, and looking like she doesn't necessarily want to be there because she is being all made up and photographed, yet she still looks somewhat happy.
Judge. I think that this piece was overall pretty successful, because I think that it looks pretty realistic with the facial features, but there were some parts that could be worked on to improve upon it. For example, I think that one of the things that could be worked on is the teeth because they are just a white chunk on her face, but they could be made more teeth like. I also think that the hair could have more colors added to it to make it seem a little bit more realistic. I also think that the shirt could be worked on so that the blue isn't just a block of plain blue. Some elements that I think were successful was the facial structure, because I think that it was hard to get it to look that way with the makeup medium used. I think that the cheekbones look realistic with the darker areas on the face and the pinker areas around the cheekbone. I also think that the eyes look good with the eyelashes and eyeliner looking realistic. So overall, I think that this piece was successful with being realistic, but some elements could be improved upon.
THE PROCESS OF MAKING MY PIECE:
From the beginning of this piece in brainstorming, I knew that I wanted to do a piece using makeup, because I love doing work with makeup. I then experimented with a bunch of different types of paper to see which ones would allowed me to use the makeup without absorbing it since it is really liquid like and oily. I then figured out that canvas would work the best for the type of project that I was wanting to do, so I decided to use Eddy as my model. One day, I did all of her makeup and then took a picture of her that I would use as my model for the portrait. I then used the projector to sketch it out on the canvas, and then I started to paint using makeup and using acrylic paint for the parts that makeup would not work on. Her skin ended up being darker than in reality and so did her hair, but overall, I am glad with the way that it turned out!
Analyze. On this piece, as for space, there was the use of a lot of negative space such as in the whites of the eyes, the teeth, and the area around the person, and this really helps the rest of the elements pop since they stand out from the darker values. I would describe the colors as being very bright and exciting, they all pop out at you at once. Most of the values on this piece are dark since it has a darker skin color, dark brown hair, and a dark blue shirt. A lot of lines that appear on this piece are curved such as the shoulders, the edges of the face, the lips, the nose, the eyes, etc. There's no movement occurring in the piece because it looks very still, like a portrait. The form or technique in this painting looks like some form of painting, but not acrylic or watercolor for the face, because the texture looks a little bit more oily than either watercolor or acrylic. That is an overall analysis of some of the elements in this piece.
Interpret. When looking at this piece, I feel cheerful because the person depicted in the painting looks happy, but I also feel sort of uncomfortable because the person posing in the painting looks like they are posing for the picture in a slightly uncomfortable way. The feeling it portrays is happy though because it seems as if they are enjoying what they are doing. The story that is being told is that it looks like they are modeling. It looks like she had her makeup done and got everything done to take picture like this. She looks as if she is sort of being forced into modeling, and looking like she doesn't necessarily want to be there because she is being all made up and photographed, yet she still looks somewhat happy.
Judge. I think that this piece was overall pretty successful, because I think that it looks pretty realistic with the facial features, but there were some parts that could be worked on to improve upon it. For example, I think that one of the things that could be worked on is the teeth because they are just a white chunk on her face, but they could be made more teeth like. I also think that the hair could have more colors added to it to make it seem a little bit more realistic. I also think that the shirt could be worked on so that the blue isn't just a block of plain blue. Some elements that I think were successful was the facial structure, because I think that it was hard to get it to look that way with the makeup medium used. I think that the cheekbones look realistic with the darker areas on the face and the pinker areas around the cheekbone. I also think that the eyes look good with the eyelashes and eyeliner looking realistic. So overall, I think that this piece was successful with being realistic, but some elements could be improved upon.
THE PROCESS OF MAKING MY PIECE:
From the beginning of this piece in brainstorming, I knew that I wanted to do a piece using makeup, because I love doing work with makeup. I then experimented with a bunch of different types of paper to see which ones would allowed me to use the makeup without absorbing it since it is really liquid like and oily. I then figured out that canvas would work the best for the type of project that I was wanting to do, so I decided to use Eddy as my model. One day, I did all of her makeup and then took a picture of her that I would use as my model for the portrait. I then used the projector to sketch it out on the canvas, and then I started to paint using makeup and using acrylic paint for the parts that makeup would not work on. Her skin ended up being darker than in reality and so did her hair, but overall, I am glad with the way that it turned out!
3. ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS:
Question 1. Regardless of whether a project was successful or not, describe the one where you learned, grew, or developed the most from? Please explain.
Question 1. Regardless of whether a project was successful or not, describe the one where you learned, grew, or developed the most from? Please explain.
This multi media project I really learned a lot from, because I used so many different mediums and therefore learned a lot of different techniques with each one. For example, I did Saint Basil's Cathedral and the Washington Monument in acrylic paint and I learned techniques such as dotting and shadowing with this piece. I also learned a lot of pen technique when creating the Eiffel Tower, especially considering I had to redo it a few times to get it right. I also really learned from making the Arc de Triomphe with the linocut stamp, because I was able to do a different kind of linocut than my previous project, by cutting out the majority of it aside from the arc part. That is how I learned a lot from this project!
Question 2. Do over: If given the opportunity, which project would you do over? Describe why and how you would redo this project. Reasons might include choosing a different theme, using a different medium or creating a different idea completely. Include photo.
Question 2. Do over: If given the opportunity, which project would you do over? Describe why and how you would redo this project. Reasons might include choosing a different theme, using a different medium or creating a different idea completely. Include photo.
This was the final piece we did, and I think that I would redo this one of I could redo a project, since I had so little time to complete it. My idea with the piece was to make it abstract and just make as many different layers as I possibly could. I ended up only getting three mediums on it which were tissue paper, splatter paint, and a 3D pen drawing. If I had more time, I would have continued to come up with new mediums and new layers that I could've added on top to keep adding to it. I would've kept the first two mediums since I really like how they turned out and just kept adding more ones like this rather than the 3D pen drawing.
Question 3. Was there a tool you had never used before and learned in this class? What was it and how did you use it?
Question 3. Was there a tool you had never used before and learned in this class? What was it and how did you use it?
The tool that I had never used before in this class was a linocut tool. I learned how to use it when we were doing our linocut project, and I created a mermaid tail. I learned that when using the tool, you can change out the head that it is on it to have different widths so that you can cut smaller and larger portions out of the block. I used it to create a mermaid tail with the scales and water, and I also learned how to use it even better when I created the Arc de Triomphe because I learned new techniques to make it. I enjoyed using this tool!