Choice Piece
Title: "Taken Beauty"
Size: 1 foot x .5 foot Medium: Acrylic Paint March 2019 Exhibition TextThe piece "Taken Beauty" is a Piece inspired by "Olive Trees With Yellow Sky And Sun" by Vincent Van Gogh and "Goldfish" by Henri Matisse. Through what's displayed in the piece the purpose is to show viewers the difference between a healthy rain forest and a deforested area that is empty and destroyed.
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InspirationThe first inspiration for "Taken Beauty" was the painting titled "Olive Trees" by Vincent Van Gogh. Aspects from the piece that influenced the look of the final piece were the many paint line strokes that create a unique look to an image. The second inspiration was "Goldfish" by Henri Matisse. Through this painting there was a big influence made by the bright hues used to bring attention. Anither thisnh thats was influenced from this piece was the dark green colors that are used to create value on the leaves.
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Planning
The first sketch is the image I decided to use for the final painting. It displays the healthy intact rain forest to the left and to the right the tree stumps are all that remains.
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The second sketch was an image of the rainforest but from an areal view. I didn't using this sketch because It would've been too time consuming making all the lines to smaller trees.
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Process
(1 & 2)- The first two steps were to make the canvas. After connecting the corners of the 1 foot by .5 foot I stapled them. After stapling them securely I placed the frame over the canvas textile and cut out enough to fold it over corners and staple it again. Once the textile is in place I cut the excess from the back and began to gesso it with two coats.
(3 & 4)- After I finished constructing and putting two coats of gesso I painted on a light blue coat all over the canvas. A day later after the paint was completely dry I drew the final image sketch on to the canvas lightly.
(5 & 6)- `Once the image was drawn on the canvas I gathered all the colors needed to paint the base images before painting on the lines.
(7 & 8)- After having the base colors on the drawn image I began experimenting with how the lines that I was painting were gong to look. After trying the long lines I decided not to because the shorter stroke line make it look more better when all of the different shades of the color are interfering together.
(9 & 10)- After I finished painting on the strokes on different shades of brown of the tree trunks I began painting the sky and mixing up the blue lines with the gray smoke lines. In image 10 it shows the rain forest plants that I added to give it more vibrant colors as a contrast to the brown and green.
(11 & 12)- I continued by painting the tree stumps a finishing the mix of different valued blue lines for the sky . Once that was done I added another plant to the left of the big leaf that is near the water in the bottom left.
(13)- After I was done with the major parts of the painting such as the sky and the trees I made final touches by painting the lines on to the stumps and making another bright colored flower all the way to the left of the near the water.
Critique
Compare and Contrast
Similarities:
- Both use bright hues bring focus to a certain part of he painting. - The piece "Olive Trees" uses various lines to create a unique and eye appealing exposition. - Another similarity is the common technique used to create emphasis in the trees. Similarities: - Both pieces demonstrate the use of green with different values. - |
Differences:
- "Taken beauty" displays the use of cooler hues, such as blue, green, unlike "Olive Trees" which shows warmer colors. - In "Olive trees" Van Gogh used long lines to outline the trees unlike " Taken beauty that only showed short stroke lines. - Unlike "Olive Trees", "Take Beauty" doesn't display balance due the lack of objects to the right of the image. Differences: - "Goldfish" uses a balace of warm and cool colors unlike "Taken Beauty". - |
Reflection
Overall in the end I was very pleased with how the painting turned out. Taking my time to paint on all of the small stroked lines that give it that Van Gogh feel was worth it. Through the influence of Matisse I was able to use the dark valued shading for the leaves and add more dimension and contrast. One obstacle that I had to face when painting was cracks that were appearing because of me maneuvering the canvas. In order to resolve the issue I painted over the crack a rain forest plant that also added more color to the bleak brown and green hue repetition.
ACT Responses
Clearly explain how you you were able to "identify the cause-effect relationship between your inspiration and its effect upon your artwork" - The inspiration piece helped guide the color scheme director of the work and also the displaying aspects in the work.
What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration? - My overall approach was to bring awareness of the affects of deforestation through the painting medium.
What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration? - I further learned about the issue of deforestation and tried to depict it in a way where you can compare and contrast the look of a forest by looking at two sides on a canvas.
What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research? - The central idea of the research was to demonstrate the effects of deforestation in an art style that is appealing,
What kind of inferences did you make while reading your research? - I made inferences about the issue and how it can effect the environment and many forests. The inspiration artwork would take part it helping display the problem.
Clearly explain how you you were able to "identify the cause-effect relationship between your inspiration and its effect upon your artwork" - The inspiration piece helped guide the color scheme director of the work and also the displaying aspects in the work.
What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration? - My overall approach was to bring awareness of the affects of deforestation through the painting medium.
What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration? - I further learned about the issue of deforestation and tried to depict it in a way where you can compare and contrast the look of a forest by looking at two sides on a canvas.
What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research? - The central idea of the research was to demonstrate the effects of deforestation in an art style that is appealing,
What kind of inferences did you make while reading your research? - I made inferences about the issue and how it can effect the environment and many forests. The inspiration artwork would take part it helping display the problem.
Citation [MLA Format]
- Gogh, Vincent van. “Vincent Van Gogh. The Olive Trees. Saint Rémy, June-July 1889 | MoMA.” The Museum of Modern Art, www.moma.org/collection//80013.
- “The Goldfish, 1912 by Henri Matisse.” Henri Matisse, www.henrimatisse.org/goldfish.jsp.
- Perroud, Sandrine. “Tall Trees Are Crucial for the Survival of the Amazon Rainforest.” Tall Trees Are Crucial for the Survival of the Amazon Rainforest, actu.epfl.ch/news/tall-trees-are-crucial-for-the-survival-of-the-ama/.
- “The Goldfish, 1912 by Henri Matisse.” Henri Matisse, www.henrimatisse.org/goldfish.jsp.
- Perroud, Sandrine. “Tall Trees Are Crucial for the Survival of the Amazon Rainforest.” Tall Trees Are Crucial for the Survival of the Amazon Rainforest, actu.epfl.ch/news/tall-trees-are-crucial-for-the-survival-of-the-ama/.