The Art Of Paintings

The texture of the canvas works very well with the subject matter portrayed in the painting. The strong ocean current and the cloudy mountain side are complimented by the canvas. It makes the waves seem like they’re moving against the ship. The ship is nicely detailed as well as the people in the painting. The brushstrokes are very clean and precise on the waves in the foreground. The brushstrokes do create a sense of movement in the painting. The surface of the artwork looks rough where the ocean is painted and where the clouds are painted it appears smooth and soft. This artwork is linear rather than painterly.

Two sculptures, among others, lie in the outskirts of the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden at UCLA. One of them, The Walking Man, is a bronze sculpture created by French sculptor Auguste Rodin in 1905. The other, made more than 100 years later, is T.E.U.C.L.A., a large scale steel sculpture made by minimalist sculptor Richard Serra. Although it may seem like these works have more differences than similarities, both emphasize the processes of their creation and are major movements away from the classical tradition of sculpture. However, The Walking Man and T.E.U.C.L.A. also differ in several aspects that reflect their respective artists’ personal portrayals of modern sculpture. These aspects include: mode of production, composition and the arrangement of volumes, the play of light and shadow, and visual experience. Together these elements of formal organization work together to convey meaning in both of these works. Rodin’s deliberate rejection of refinement and disregard for the direct translation of the unformed to formed in The Walking Man represent the process and spontaneity of reality, while Serra’s use of curvature and aperture in T.E.U.C.L.A. models the spaces people move through and the perceptive skills they use in life and nature.

I like this painting because of the feeling and memories it reminds me of. The water and rocks remind me of all my childhood memories of swimming in the water and hiking mountains. The bright and light colors create a cheerful and

The second artwork I chose to evaluate is Romare Bearden's Rocket to the Moon. This collage uses black and white as well as color. Bearden used warm colors throughout the collage and unified everything very nicely. Throughout this artwork a square pattern is visible making everything well balanced. You can see the pattern on the windows, bricks on the walls, and the actual buildings themselves. There is some implied motion also visible in the small rocket at the very top of this collage. It is as if the rocket is taking off to the moon on the upper right hand side. The moon implies that this scene possibly takes place at night but, it seems to be a very well lit day. A lot seems to be going on in this scene but, the focal point are the people

When Claudia asked me to participate in her senior project, i immediately said i would help her out. I took a look at the other pieces that she had already received and i was amazed. Klaude’s piece was by far the my favourite. I then got to brainstorming ideas on how I can implicate wildlife animals into my style of painting. I went through weeks of

At first, I only gave this painting a glance because I thought the colors looked very boring to me. It was not pleasing to the eye because it was your average

Art can be expressed in many forms but one of the best has got to be political art, as it expresses art in a relevant form for many to understand, it doesn’t require knowledge in history. It puts out a statement in a bold way so that people may better understand what is trying to be expressed. Many artists use art in topics like reproductive rights, equality, gun control, human rights, the environment and war to express desire for change. One of the most outspoken political artists is Barbara Kruger, who has had her work installed in many well-known museums. Kruger has become even more known because of her relevance using art to criticize well-known public figures like Kim Kardashian and George W. Bush, she has also been a proud supporter of reproductive rights. One of her most known works is “Your body is a battleground” which was printed in 1989 in her support for the “March for Women’s Lives”. To show the positive and negatives sides of the inner struggle, the good and the evil. She has a reputation of supporting feminism ideas but she hasn’t stopped there, she’s even had her work put on display in the Hirshhorn Museum. She has gotten the attention of The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times because of her distinctive contemporary works. The beauty of her art is that it relates to many, her art ranges from domestic violence to compulsive shopping and everything in-between, it is also really easy

Form of "afterlife insurance" in order to trick the soul into staying alive in the event of the body's destruction

In Grandview Boulevard, completed in 1974 CE, the artist utilizes painterly brushstrokes. The shadows of the trees that are painted dark purple appear to have more painterly aspects than the rest of the composition. From far away, the painting seems smooth and sleek, but up close, the individual thick brushstrokes can be seen. The implied texture of the leaves in the painting is sturdy and prickly, and the texture of the yellowed grass appears to be dry and coarse, however, the actual texture of the painting itself is smooth. The artist also uses both curvilinear and geometric lines. In looking at the trees in the painting, they are composed of primarily geometric lines (excluding the leafy top) that run in a

1. Discuss the impact of photography on the nineteenth-century landscape. How did it affect painting? What were the political implications of the medium? Use examples to support your essay.

Finally, Color is the last of the visual elements that I found this painting captured. The use of warm colors in the painting allows the image to be welcoming and have a positive disposition on the image. The colors are also relatively softer then what the normal colors would be, the reds are not as rich as red could be, the yellow is not as vibrant as yellow can be. Overall though I found the use of visual elements to be prominent in the painting making the image somewhat more

This part of the painting has not one shape in common, which makes it unique and makes it stand out from the rest of the piece. All the objects look as if the painter swiftly moved the soft, bristles of the brush on the wall. Some of the shapes are plant-like, which are either green or a whitish blue color. These shapes are more near the face of this image and coming down the side of the face. Some shapes are either thin lines, dots, or larger circular shapes that almost look like a swirl. The swirl figures are all different colors and range from blue, green, pink, orangish red, yellow, and some black. The swirls are randomly throughout, but each of them connect or in some way touch another swirl or figure. Beneath the swirls is a light tan color that is the wall that the piece has been created on. This part of the painting beside the face reminds me of what is happening inside a person’s head. The colorful patterns and shapes reflect just how amazing the brain might be functioning because of everything that is stored in their heads. For example, creativity, knowledge, emotions, and so much more that make each person unique in their own way. This part of the piece has so many different colors and shapes it represents the different things that humans, and the girl in this particular piece, have constant, active

Chagall often used his home village of Vitebsk as a focal point in many of his paintings as he loved his home even when he was in exile; this is why I used my childhood homes as two of the prominent elements in my work as I am often nostalgic and home-sick when I am at school. Chagall’s use of cubism is also prominent in my painting, seen in the street and by my grandma’s house, as I found his version of cubism emotive and unique. I was also moved by Chagall’s stain glass work and tried to incorporate this in the texture of the sky, ocean, and cubist sections and also through a heavy use of the color blue. Furthermore pertaining to my use of color, Chagall’s subtle use of expressionism inspired me to pay attention to color, which led me to use a vibrant and rich yet cool and calm color scheme to further represent the nostalgia I have for the figures. Finally, in my last subtle homage to Chagall, I incorporated flowers into my piece similar to how Chagall used traditional Russian flower patterns in his work. By studying the life and work of Marc Chagall, I was able to create a work that means a lot to me and that I am able to be genuinely proud

I was very inspired by Pablo Picasso’s Blue Period work and this enabled me to create an activity about anger for children to participate in. I will display some of Picasso’s work on the board to hope that the children also become inspired. My idea is that the children draw a few things that they hate or that makes them angry and then to use a red watercolour or acrylic to go over their art work to express their anger. My drawing on the right is something that would be show to the children as an example of what should be expected. Drawing is an important skill for young children as it helps with intellectual and emotional development and also aids imagination (Cox, 2007).

"A picture can paint a thousand words." I found the one picture in my mind that does paint a thousand words and more. It was a couple of weeks ago when I saw this picture in the writing center; the writing center is part of State College. The beautiful colors caught my eye. I was so enchanted by the painting, I lost the group I was with. When I heard about the observation essay, where we have to write about a person or thing in the city that catches your eye. I knew right away that I wanted to write about the painting. I don’t know why, but I felt that the painting was describing the way I felt at that moment.