Art Criticism
Art History
The artist that influences my artwork is Vincent Van Gogh and I showed that by incorporating his artwork in my one point. I like his artwork because of the texture he uses in his paintings and how his brush strokes look so simple. I also love how he uses colors and puts them together and it looks beautiful, obviously my favorite piece from him is Starry Night. I used his piece Starry Night by making swirls in my sketch and recreating the scene on the walls. Vincent has influenced many modern day artists and will continue to inspire with his classic pieces.
Production
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This is my mashup project.
I made a wire grid out of hog wire and got it painted copper then I just made a bunch of little squares to represent me as a person and an artist. I used symbols words and quotes to do this. The first picture is a quote that I think everybody should live by and it has a lot of meaning to me. The second picture is a symbol that is a horse head because of my love for horses. The next picture over is a simple little drawing of three waves and this represents my love and connection with the water as in the ocean and the pool. The last one on the first row is a drawing of two clefs in music, the treble clef and the base clef formed into a heart. This is because of my love for music as in actual songs and piano and violin. The picture on the middle side left of the grid is a symbol for psychology and this is because I want to become a psychologist in the future. The color choices, yellows and oranges are bright happy colors and that is how I wish to make people. The next one over is a word, "wanderlust" this word means a strong desire to travel. This is my favorite word because I love the meaning behind it and in the future my goal is to be able to go where ever I want. The last one in the second row is a symbol with the meaning "friendship and family" and these two things mean a lot to me. The next one on the start of the third row is a small picture of a rest sign from music and under it it says "breathe". This shows how a rest sign tells the musician to pause so it means to just take a minute and breathe. The next one is a sketch of a bunch of little trees this just shows my love for doodling and doing small sketches. The next one consists of a symbol and a french quote. The symbol in Chinese means beautiful, the quote "la vie est belle" translated means life is beautiful. This is just to show to never take anything for granted. The next one on the start to the last row is another horse symbolism to show my love for horses but what I like about it is it is drawn with only one line. This is to show simplicity and the beauty of things. Now the next one is a small arrow with a meaning behind it, an arrow can only be shot by pulling it backwards, when life is dragging you back with difficulties, it means its going to launch you into something great, so just relax and keep aiming. The next one is another quote, and what I meant by the middle of nowhere I meant like a huge plot of land where no one could find you with many horses and a small house with a big barn because that is what I consider the center of my world. Now the last one is for all you Harry Potter fans, nine and three quarters is the number of the platform for the Hogwarts train and this is here because I have an obsession with Harry Potter. So yeah that pretty much sums up my project and who I am as a person!
I made a wire grid out of hog wire and got it painted copper then I just made a bunch of little squares to represent me as a person and an artist. I used symbols words and quotes to do this. The first picture is a quote that I think everybody should live by and it has a lot of meaning to me. The second picture is a symbol that is a horse head because of my love for horses. The next picture over is a simple little drawing of three waves and this represents my love and connection with the water as in the ocean and the pool. The last one on the first row is a drawing of two clefs in music, the treble clef and the base clef formed into a heart. This is because of my love for music as in actual songs and piano and violin. The picture on the middle side left of the grid is a symbol for psychology and this is because I want to become a psychologist in the future. The color choices, yellows and oranges are bright happy colors and that is how I wish to make people. The next one over is a word, "wanderlust" this word means a strong desire to travel. This is my favorite word because I love the meaning behind it and in the future my goal is to be able to go where ever I want. The last one in the second row is a symbol with the meaning "friendship and family" and these two things mean a lot to me. The next one on the start of the third row is a small picture of a rest sign from music and under it it says "breathe". This shows how a rest sign tells the musician to pause so it means to just take a minute and breathe. The next one is a sketch of a bunch of little trees this just shows my love for doodling and doing small sketches. The next one consists of a symbol and a french quote. The symbol in Chinese means beautiful, the quote "la vie est belle" translated means life is beautiful. This is just to show to never take anything for granted. The next one on the start to the last row is another horse symbolism to show my love for horses but what I like about it is it is drawn with only one line. This is to show simplicity and the beauty of things. Now the next one is a small arrow with a meaning behind it, an arrow can only be shot by pulling it backwards, when life is dragging you back with difficulties, it means its going to launch you into something great, so just relax and keep aiming. The next one is another quote, and what I meant by the middle of nowhere I meant like a huge plot of land where no one could find you with many horses and a small house with a big barn because that is what I consider the center of my world. Now the last one is for all you Harry Potter fans, nine and three quarters is the number of the platform for the Hogwarts train and this is here because I have an obsession with Harry Potter. So yeah that pretty much sums up my project and who I am as a person!
Aesthetics
This is a painting I made to represent me as an artist in the way I painted and what I used. This is a painting of a sunset over the ocean with palm trees. I painted this because I love the feeling you get when you look at this painting, you feel happy and relaxed. I made this because of my love to travel and I love the ocean and all of its secrets. The colors I chose were very random and they don't make sense and that's what I like about it because the colors are warm toned and you would see some of them in a sunset but not all of them and I feel like it makes the art a lot different and in a way more interesting. I love how the palm trees aren't colorful and vibrant green, but they are solid black to put all the attention to the beautiful sky and how the sun kisses the ocean and that is how I found a name for this piece of artwork I call, The Sun-kissed Ocean.