Art I
"I dream my painting, and then I paint my dream." -Vincent Van Gogh
5/20/2017 0 Comments Questionnaire, 1) It's hard to pick a favorite project out of everything we did this year, but if I have to, I think it would be the observational piece or our final projects. My art is very much based around observation, so the observational piece allowed me to incorporate a lot of detail into the drawing. I drew a woman refugee with a head covering, using lots of color and detail from the photo I was observing, and I really enjoyed that. I also have enjoyed the final projects because I got to do mine based on an artist who really inspires me, Kehinde Wiley. I am able to incorporate both observational and detail skills, as well a using a sort of pop-art style for the background.
2) The most inspiring artist I learned about this year was not one that was used on an art history day, but was one I did my research blog on. I also saw one of his pieces at the art museum when we went, and was completely blown away by his work. His name is Kehinde Wiley. He is inspiring to me because in his artwork, he paints African-American people in their every-day clothing. But he models them in a stance of power and prestige, many of the paintings based on European paintings from an earlier time period. Through this, he advocates for the African American culture, empowering them and capturing people's attention with striking detail in every piece. I aspire to create art as meaningful as this. 3) I also can't say that I really had a project this year that I disliked. So I will talk about the one I struggled with the most. I struggled the most with the recycled materials project because I have never worked with that kind of material before, and trying to manipulate it to do what I was difficult and frustrating. I worked with a group to create a butterfly out of blue and black trash bags and colorful fabric. I don't think we had an understanding of how to pull a piece together to make it look unified rather than scattered and unfinished, so the end result was not at all what I expected. But I think that it helped me learn that practice really is important, and I can't expect to be good at everything the first time. 4) All of the artists we discussed in class were incredibly inspiring, so I will discuss the artist I had trouble relating to the most. Franz Kline is an abstract artist that we talked about, and although her pictures really made you think and wonder about what you were seeing, her art style is not as inspiring to me as artists who focus on detail and color are.
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