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Art criticism process:
Who did you do a portrait of?
I did a portrait of my father. What medium did you use? I used pencil and newspaper to make my piece. Explain your process start to finish. As seen in the slideshow above, I began with a simple sketch and shading. I then did his beard in newspaper, and finished shading and drawing his face. I finished with newspaper on his hat and shirt. What do you find successful and what might you change if you were to complete it again? If I were to do this again I would draw his entire face first then place the newspaper on, to avoid smearing. I would also use colored newspaper for the background and make the hat and shirt just black and white. What warm up is proving to be the most helpful so far in your portrait piece? Explain.
The facial proportions have been the most helpful to me so far in my portrait project. I used that warmup to check to make sure I was making my person look like a person, not just "going for it". What did you find most surprising about the facial proportions and why? The most surprising thing about the facial proportions for me were the symmetry of the face, the centering of the eyes, and how everything was connected and all worked together to make a very generic face. What has been my process since the post above?
I glazed the eyes and the mouth. Then I fired it. I then painted the rest with acrylic paint. I added a finish to the jar and cookies, but left cookie monster untouched. What do I find successful about my finished piece? I really like the different textures that turned out and how it looks very much like fur and very much like a jar at the same time. What would I have changed if I were to do it again? I would have only done acrylic paint, because the eyes weren't as white as I wanted them to be. What do I plan to do with my piece?
I will fire it, glaze it, and paint it. How do I plan to finish it? After firing I will glaze the black and white areas and fire again. After that I will paint the rest with acrylic paint. What have I found difficult so far? The most difficult part so far has been the fitting of the lid over the base. How where they difficult? It was difficult because it had to fit an inch thick and was very difficult to adjust without shifting the still malleable clay. What do I find successful so far? The base was very successful, providing almost no issues and being surprisingly simple. My process up to this point: I first used a slab wrapped around a pvc pipe to create the base. I had to scratch and slip the edges so that it would not crack or break apart. While it was still in the greenware stage I had to make the final adjustments to the large scale item, including the cookies and the fur. The final picture in the slideshow is when my piece was in the bisque ware stage. It had been fired once and was ready for glaze. How does piece show off theme of "line"?
The use of lines allowed me to be able to show shadowing and landscape around and on the hippo. This helped create a sense of realism. How is this piece successful? The piece showed shadowing and created clear contrast in light and dark. What might you change if you were to do it again? If I were to do this project again I would make the lines around the hippo more clear and defined. I would increase the amount of contrast to make the hippo strongly stand out from the background. The place represented in my art is the Outer Banks. The importance of this place to me is that our family all traveled together and did the entire Outer Banks in just a few days and we had a great time. The most challenging thing about this piece was the water. The most successful part of my piece is the reflections of the pillars. In the slideshow above is my entire process, where some days were more productive than others.
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