Explanation: My piece is a painting of a city in Italy named Riomaggoire. There are lots of buildings on a cliffside on the left side of the painting. Surrounding the cliff and extending out to the horizon is the ocean, which fades from a light to a dark shade of blue. There is also a band of smaller rocks extending into the ocean from the base of the cliff and lots of froth and foam on the water near the cliff and band of rocks.
I loved the oil painting process. I really liked all the colors I was able to create with oil paints and how easily the paints blended. I enjoyed the process much more than painting with acrylics, I had a lot of fun trying to create new colors and textures, and experimenting with different thicknesses of paint. I also liked how painting with oils forced me to try painting with less precise strokes since getting straight edges with oil paint is really hard. I liked that the oil painting process pushed me to try new techniques and approaches, and overall, I really loved painting with oil paints. This landscape piece is depicting a city in Italy named Riomaggoire. This piece has a lot of meaning to me. I visited this city a few years ago with my family and I spent the day with them walking through the streets, trying local food, and enjoying the scenery. This city was incredibly beautiful as it was right on the ocean, and it was also isolated. There weren't many tourists or big roads around, and I loved it. I had so much fun with my family that day just enjoying the environment and company, I felt very calm and relaxed. I tried to capture those peaceful and sheltered feelings in this painting. This painting means a lot to me because it reminds me of a fond time I had with my family.
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Description: My piece is a painting of a waterfall, which is centered in the middle of the piece. The waterfall is running down a hill and acts like a river would. The waterfall has a series of drops indicated by white froth in the water. To the left of the waterfall is the base of a stone cliff. In the middle of the waterfall are two large stones/boulders, and there is one stone/boulder on the right bank. To the right of the waterfall is covered in yellow-green grass, and bare trees with skinny branches. Part of the sky can be seen at the top of the painting, with orange light from a sunrise coming up behind one of the trees. For the rocks I used lots of gray, green, and blue tones mixed together. The grass has a yellow and green color scheme while the trees are a reddish-brown. The waterfall had different shades of blue and some gray-green colors in it. The sky is made up of light and dark blue splotches with some orange from the sun. Overall I tried to use lots of grays, greens, and blues in my piece to mimic the color scheme of the original piece I was inspired by.
Analysis: In my piece I use elements and principles such as color, shape, texture, emphasis, and movement. I used color by trying to create a color scheme that incorporated lots of blue and gray tones/undertones, and attempting to use more muted colors for the grass and trees. I used shape through the trees and rocks. I made the rocks different shapes and emphasized the shape of the trees by having no leaves and drawing attention to the unique outlines created by the branches. I used texture a lot in this piece. For the rock/stones I used a pallet knife to paint an organic texture. For the grass I used the spread out bristles of my paint brush to paint blades of grass. I also layered many colors using this technique to give the hill texture. On the trees I tried to paint some rough texture to the bark through the lighting. I used emphasis in this piece through the placement of the subjects, and the color scheme. I placed two large rocks in the waterfall to draw attention to the water, and used the stark contrast of white foam on blue water to draw attention to these rocks, and waterfall even more. I also used color in the sky, and emphasized the sunrise and the tree in front of the sunrise through the use of complimentary colors. Finally I demonstrated movement in this piece through my paint strokes. When painting the waterfall and using different blues, I painted in the direction the water was flowing to create a sense of movement. Similarly I painted the grass blades in many different directions to avoid a uniform grass texture and to add movement to the grass. Interpretation: The mood of this piece is tranquil, but amazed. The scene painted is very peaceful in itself. It's a natural scene painted right at sunrise. However, the movement of the water, with all the foam and splashes is meant to be interpreted as powerful, leaving the viewer in awe and reminding the viewer that while nature is beautiful and can be serene, it is still powerful. This is also represented through the trees. The trees are in a beautiful location but are bare and seem more rugged, reminding the viewer that nature does not have to be delicate to be beautiful. Judgement: I think my piece was successful. I loved the grass, especially at the top of the hill. I believe this is where the most depth was shown in my piece, and I really liked the colors of the grass up there. I think the texture on the rock was successful, especially with all the colors I used, which built up the texture even more. I used many different painting techniques in this piece, and I think they all worked out well and how I intended them to. I also think I did a good job of keeping some elements from the piece I was inspired by, especially the texture of the sky. If I were to redo this painting however I would try and make the perspective better. I believe I am lacking depth in this piece, and it makes the hill look flat and doesn't have the sense of distance I wanted. I might also make the waterfall less blue and add some more grays into the water. |
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