1/30/20- (This is my reflection for 1/20/20) I'm still not super pleased with the wonkiness of the perspective and the shapes of the dots. It feels like it's trying to be both realistic and semi Cezanne-ish as the perspective isn't quite there. I'm also a little upset as the die I photographed and was going to use in my display was stolen and now I must go find/buy a new one. I wasn't super sold on the content when focusing on the hypocrisy of the art world; however, when I started thinking more on fate and chance/luck, I found that I was more interested and that my audience was more intrigued. I want to focus on this content for a little bit and see where that takes me, talking about how random is fate and how religion plays into the idea of a predetermined destination as well as maybe the scientific idea of a parallel universe or infinite universes that could have resulted in a different life based on your decisions/choices. It's a lot to think about but hopefully it will lead me to a place with deeper meaning and content.
1/15/20- I didn't get a whole lot painted today as I was also busy photographing previous work so I only finished the values within the divots of the dots. I am still struggling a lil bit with how to paint the background and I got some feedback (thanks Raina!) on how to proceed. She suggested keeping an off white tone in the background and using medium to add texture. This gave me an idea for the background because instead of keeping it a plain, flat surface, I'm now considering the idea to add words in charcoal or just black paint asking "why is this art?" going behind the die. I'm gonna ask coach before I proceed but I think that would be more visually interesting than just a flat color. Also after looking at the picture vs the painting, I think I might need to rework some of the dots, particularly on the left side (five dots) bc the perspective makes them appear more oval and the ones I painted are still too circular. I also got feedback that I should work on blending the values for the three and five dot sides to make them appear a bit more finished and artist-y vs just messy painting. 1/13/20- Today I tried to finish the die and while I didn't quite reach this goal, I still focused on making sure the die was visually interesting through the use of various values and visual brushstrokes to get that effect. I need to redefine some of the lines to make the die appear more rounded and three-dimensional rather than caving inwards on itself. I also still need to go in and add the values to the dark circles; this will hopefully assist in giving the die a more 3D feel rather than just a painting of one. As I get closer to finishing the die itself, I need to start thinking about what I want to do with the background. This is stumping me because while I don't really want to stay in the b&w because I think it might read too monochromatic, I am not sure what color would fit. Maybe red because that color typically goes along with die but not sure yet... 1/8/20- So after a bit of thinking I decided on painting a die and to display it next to a die in order to expose the hypocrisy in the art world and how more elitist critiques would call a painting art but regard the ready-made art as worthless just because it isn't seen as having to do with showing any artist ability. I decided on painting a die because it symbolizes chance and luck, and I feel that with art, it is all a game of chance to see how your art is received by the public and if you will become successful. I definitely need to go in and make it appear more rounded but I kinda like the more abstracted values of the paint.
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