Working with Pallet Knives

For my preliminary work on my final culminating oil painting of my back yard. I decided I wanted to try a dreamish look to fit my theme (Dreams).   I stretched a canvas.   I treated it with gesso because the canvas absorb too much paint if I didn't.    I originally wanted to do a painting with a brush but was advised to try a pallete knife.   I checked on the internet on how to paint with a pallet knife.  There were lots of sites and videos on how to paint a landscape with a pallet knife. I was advised to roughly divide the canvas into three sections, top third, middle third and lower third.  After this I started to paint the sky with a mixture of titanium white and ultramarine blue.  I painted the water in the pond with the same mixture and added a bit of burnt sienna.   For the trees and grass I mixed blue and yellow with some more burnt sienna, now and then.   I enjoyed using the pallet for its texture and how quick it was. 

Finishing Finale

 

For my last piece of artwork I did a painting to do with the theme of dreams. In order to do this I had to think of a setting, and what this painting would show. After some thought I realized most dreams take place in a familiar setting so I based the picture on my back yard.My mother suggested to me I should use pallet knives after seeing how the knives were used I saw they could create a desired effect. The effect was when you are far enough away it looks rather accurate but the closer you inspect it the more of a mess it seems. Another addition to the painting was the upside down tree to show strange things are in dreams even when everything else is normal.  

Getting a Start on Cross Curricular

With much thought I have decided against my early idea to do a cross curricular on biology. Instead I have decided to do a painting on my involvement in our fake law case. Seeing as I was a DNA and fingerprint analyst meaning I will likely show a representation of law, blood and someone's finger prints likely my own.

After Thoughts on Cross-Curricular

My thoughts on the finished product of my cross-curricular are mostly positive with a few minimal errors including the lack of tracing I should have used in order to create a more accurate scale and ironically keep it more on scale with the painting. Some things I did like about this painting is how I combined the blood and finger print analysis of my law class into a single hand print and how given the height of the scale it fits into the painting rather well.

context with Brian Jungen

Red Sea Eagle by: Brian Jungen
My thoughts on the red sea eagle are it is an interesting piece especially given its story. In my opinion this art piece symbolized the artists view on airplanes. This is made evident in the artist's story of how he found inspiration for the red sea eagle. Another interesting  piece by Jungen is his Basket ball piece. This piece is so interesting as context is almost a necessity in order to understand the true value of the painting. The context is so necessary as it enrichs the painting as a whole to understand its meaning is based around the place where the piece was built. The place being a building in Detroit which was formerly a sweat shop (the sewing tables) and how the seems to be abundant with recreational basketball courts ( the basketball nets and markings).
  
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Struggle Assignment

Struggle Final Draft

For my finished art piece of Struggle I decided to make two significant changes from my rough draft leading to several smaller changes in the final product. The first major change I had made from my rough draft to the final product was I had decided to do a camera photo instead of drawing as I was not yet talented enough to do a pencil based picture of someone's face . the next change I made was to get rid of the "good" and "bad"words on my models face as after review with my teacher it seemed all but to obvious the unnatural darkness represented an evil of sorts and the unscathed part of the face represented good. My final thoughts on this art piece are that it evidently shows an inner struggle of black and white (good and bad) literally.