Theme blog
The theme of my artwork is detail because in my choice painting, landscape painting, macro still life and puzzle piece painting I used different types of detail. In my choice painting I used dark and light white paint to add detail to the clouds from the view of a plane. My landscape painting is a painting of the Golden Gate Bridge. To create this, I used different shades of blue, green, red and white to add detail to my painting. I also used the technique of adding tiny dots to my painting. In my macro still life I took a picture of a couple daisies heeled together by a rubber band. When painting this picture, I used white, yellow, green and brown paint to paint the flowers and the rubber band and to add detail I used blue and red paint as complementary colors. Lastly, for my puzzle piece painting I used many colors, but the most prominent color used was pink. I created several shades of pink in order to add detail to the cherry blossom trees.
While creating these paintings I learned many new skills. These skills include shading, use of complementary colors, how to create proportion and how to used different shades of one color. For example, while painting my choice painting, I learned how to create proportion when painting clouds. I had to paint the clouds farther away smaller than the cloud closer. Also, when painting my landscape painting I learned how to shade when painting the water. The water that was closer was darker and the water that was farther was lighter. In my macro still life, I learned how to use complementary colors when painting the middle of the flowers and the flower stems. The middle of the flowers are yellow so I added small spots of blue, also the stems are green so I added small spots of red. Lastly, when painting my puzzle painting I learned how to use different shades of one color when painting the cherry blossom trees. I painted the trees several shades of pink.
Over this year or art class I learned many new skills and art element and was able to create an overall mood for my art. New skills I learned include creating proportion, shading, use of complementary colors and painting with multiply shades of the same color. Art elements I used include lines, shadows, texture and emphasis. The overall mood created by my artwork is happy and light because I often used bright colors which are associated with happy moods.