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At the North Carolina Museum of Art I looked at many art pieces and evaluated them. one piece in particular that spoke to me is Georgia o'Keefe's Cebolla Church. i feel that this painting spoke to me because from afar i only noticed the major details, such as the green grass, blue sky, white door, tan building. When i stepped closer to the painting i noticed much more like the white door had no handle, and there were skull figures in the window. I feel that the overall message that the painting is conveying is that the figures feel trapped inside the church and therefore not being able to leave.
overall, the trip to the museum was very beneficial to me and taught me to take a closer look at art itself. I used around 4 layers of watercolor paint to create deminsions and depth within the flowers. The first layer used is a very light blue and black, this making it the base layer. I then added lighter colors and eventually started to darken the colors and add detail. The piece was a very good exercise for being free with my hand and learning to be less worried about detail. I also enjoy the colors and abstraction of the flowers.My nature series is a series I choose to do because of my love for nature. I used a simple medium, weighted pens. I wanted this series to be simple but still showing how beautiful nature is. the reference material i used was nature itself. I looked at different artists that are inspired by nature such as Claude Monet and Leonardo da Vinci, both of these artists used nature to draw and paint beautiful pieces. I also looked at impressionist artwork, such as waterlilies by Claude Monet. My skills have developed through this project because i was able to improve my observational and drawing skills. I think i have done well with making the pieces have a conversation with each other, almost like a story. I could have improved on adding more detail to the middle piece, the tree.
I have used line to create the nature. I have used color and tone to create the texture and lightness of nature. I used weighted pens and i feel that they worked very successfully. I wanted to convey the message of peacefulness and simplicity that is nature. I do feel that i was successful in conveying this. Overall, I do feel happy with my piece. i'm currently in the process of creating an abstract version of flowers using watercolor. I love the depth and contrast that the multiple layers of watercolor create.
Frida Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907 in Coyoacan Mexico, where she was raised. She later traveled to New York with her husband Diego Rivera. Frida attended Mexico's premier school, Escuela Nacional preparatoria.
In her early life, Frida was dignosed with polio. Her father recommend that she play sports to strengthen her legs. She often did sports such as swimming, bicycling, and boxing. It was very unlikely at this time for a girl to be as active as she was. Many years later, Frida was involved in a bus accident leaving her spinal column broken, along with a broken collar bone, broken ribs, and eleven fractures in her right leg. There were many other injuries and she was only 18 at the time. Frida's art work is important to art history because it shows her mental and physical suffering. Most of her work is self identifying. Through her self portraits she is very open with her emotional and physical pain and struggles. Most of her art work is done with acrylic paint. she often painted self portraits as her famous quote says "I paint self portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best." This shows that she was often alone and isolated, which influenced her work. Frida was mostly influenced by indigenous Mexican culture, with bold colors and dramatic symbolism. |
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