Brianna Seawood: October 2014

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Daily Object Sketch:Day 19 (10-29-14)

Art Critique 1

The art I will be critiquing is by Emily Parker. She recreated Metamorphosis by Vladimir Kush. The basket made by using pastels, stands out to me when I first look at her recreated artwork. It stands out to me because it is the darkest and boldest color Emily used. The navy blue is also dark, but the brown stands out more because it is on a light background. My eyes follow the brown basket up to the balloon and then to the white clouds. I look from light to dark. The meaning that this artwork could represent is that your dreams can take you anywhere! If I were to name this artwork, I would name it The Dream Balloon. The color that is used in this piece is blended and mixed to make it look natural. The color signifies the balloon is a part of the clouds riding into the sunset or sunrise. I think Emily chose to recreate this art because she is very creative and she really wanted to use the cotton balls as the clouds, and also the original artwork stood out to her. This is a very creative way to recreate the original art piece. It is nice how she mixed the elements of cotton balls, paint, and pastels.

Monday, October 20, 2014

Daily Object Sketch:Day 16 (10-20-14)

Color Project Artist Statement

Six Project Sketches

Halfway Photo

Finished Project

Original Artwork- “Thérèse Dreaming” by Balthasar Klossowski

Statement: Balthasar Klossowski created the painting I am recreating. It's called “Thérèse Dreaming”. Balthus was French and painted figures and landscapes. Both of his parents were painters and he grew up in Paris. Some people thought he was a pervert because he was always painting adolescent girls.

I choose the recreate this artwork because it was the easiest of the three that I had picked. Also, I really like animals, so the cat in the painting stood out to me. As soon as a saw it an idea of how to recreate it popped into my head. As I began thinking about it, there was a lot I could do with this painting. This symbolizes that teens are always sleeping because we don't get enough sleep at night but animals like cats get to sleep all they want and do whatever they want whenever they want.

I used primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. The emotions in the artwork are calm but contrasting so the tiger stands out. I changed the colors because a tiger isn't the same color of a house cat and to make it pop. Some of the colors are the same though. I changed the house cat to a tiger, the milk to meat and water, the girl to a zookeeper, and the background to an animal enclosure.