This year has been far from conventional. From all the way to online critiques to completing all my work in my own living room, I cannot believe that this year's art class was as successful as it ended up being. The art show was literally incredible and I haven't gotten off the high of having all my work around me in one room.
I teared up at the show for the sole reason that the past four years at Maggie Walker art have been so impactful on not only my journey as an artist, but as a student as a whole because it has allowed me to grow as a creative person. Thank you so much everyone and I look forward to continuing this blog in college!!
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For this quarter, I decided to check out an international museum since we could explore online galleries. When I visited the Louvre website, I came across several very niche websites which discussed specific aspects of different galleries. Being an avid Latin student, I decided to further explore the Galerie of Antiques and "Ideal Greek Beauty." The site initially allows the viewer to study the history behind the pieces of Ancient Greek Statues and gives some backstory on one of the most famous pieces in the Hall: Venus de Milo.
It was very interesting to read and study the statues that slowly began to make up the gallery and was donated by several famous members of societies including royals. As a painter, it was very interesting to look at the masterful works by the ancient greeks and the study of beauty through sculpture. It is also intriguing to see that the beauty standards across the generations have remained quite standard for men and yet are different for women. As depicted by ancient sculptors, muscles are a common attribute of the "ideal" men displayed in the gallery, and yet Venus is shown to not be as slim as what is considered "ideal" in this day and age. I really loved this exhibit and I definitely will explore the Louvre website more.
It's done! It actually took way less time than I had anticipated from the last time I worked on it, and I think it was because the shape of the face was mostly defined. I'm not exactly happy about how the piece turned out with the hair being slightly brown and also the extra color outside the frame (I'm planning on sanding it off), but hopefully it will do. I think that I can already predict that through my critique, I will need to define the fingers more and fill in the hair with more of a black/darker umber color. I also think that a major problem with this subject is that the left shoulder seems flat/disconnected from the rest of the body. I have to admit, I liked this piece more before I had done the eyes, but I am quite proud of myself for trying a new color scheme. Yay!
I have worked on an outline for the face (just because I am scared to do the eyes and hands) and I like it!! I think that the lips are definitely more detailed compared to the rest of the test which makes it seem a little out of place, so I can just disrupt it slightly with my knife when it dries a little. I also think that I really like how the black outline of the hari looks against the blue greens of the skin. I worked on my palette from last class and added a bit of yellow ochre and green to make the color scheme a larger range and although I still don't love how the white makes the highlights look, I'm not entirely mad about it.
This lecture was so interesting, and was especially cool to hear for a second time two years later. I recognized some aspects of the presentation and learned new things which added to my base understanding of Japanese art. The ideas of wabi-sabi have stuck with me through the years, and the appreciation of art through its imperfections has always seemed so intriguing since there seems to often have a heavy influence on perfection when it comes to sculpture and painting. Unfinished work or work centered around every-day art rather than polished work is a truly unique element of Japanese art. The differences between eastern and western culture came through during this lecture when she discussed how although both are very integrated within religion and society, Japanese art is founded in the celebration of Shinto religion and others such as Buddhism and Confucianism. Overall, I really appreciated this lecture for the focus on how events such as tea ceremonies in Japanese culture celebrated art in a very different way from Westernized movements, and it honestly aligns very much with my own love for "rough" and "imperfect" work.
I realllllly struggled with this painting. Since my last painting was so similar, I think I was stuck in a mindset where I wanted to replicate the brushstroke and shades which I had used when painting Ria. That's why I decided that I could use this critique more as a process critique rather than a final because after working on this piece for two days straight, I am still stuck on what to do. Also, oil paint dries much quicker on wood, and therefore I want to work on it tomorrow and Friday in order to complete the painting. I think that the features that proved to be most difficult for me this time was the eyes because Kyra's eyes were open compared to Ria's and thee contour of her lips. Her nose is a bit crooked but I really don't know how to fix it which are the questions I am going to ask in this critique :).
I FINALLY FINALIZED MY PHOTO!! As I had said in my last process post, I decided that it would be cool to take photos of family friends and my brother in order to get the fastest reference photo. But after taking a couple of dynamic shots using my iPhone at a gathering I was at, I just simply was not getting the "feeling/emotion" that I wanted to get from my painting. So I drove over to my friend Kyra's house and took a ridiculous amount of photos of her trying to figure out a pose. When I got home, I sketched it out on the wood, and I am ready to start the bruneille painting. I understand I am late, but I do want to complete my painting in two sittings close together, so I am ready and excited.
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