First Assignment

 

The first Assignment of Visual Art 3 class was to construct a painting of gift bags under a spotlight using oil paints and a pallet knife. The goals of the assignment were to capture the folds within the bag and to practice capturing the light upon the objects. I am overall satisfied with the end result of the painting, but feel i could have made my edges crisper, and for next time would like to practice putting a more detailed pencil sketch on the canvas before I begin to paint so that I do not have to struggle so much with accurate proportions with the oil.

Introduction

For this blog I will be publishing the works of art which I have completed for my Visual Art 3 class. My posts will include photos of my work, brief explanations, as well as inspirations and assignment details. I am in my junior year of highschool, and have been taking art classes since the eighth grade off and on. I enjoy taking art as both a challenge and relaxing hobby. I love learning how I can continue to improve my work and love to see my paintings and drawings continue to develop in technique and quality.

Photo Taken to paint

Photo inspired by Edward Hooper

Inspiration

For the next project in Visual art IV, I will be using the works of Edward Hopper for inspiration. I really enjoy his use of straight lines, composition, and bold shadows. Everything in the paintings of Hopper is very straight and draws the eye toward the main focal point of the painting. As someone who typically tends to paint with a softer focus and less details, I think it would be a good challenge for me to try and take the opposite approach with the inspiration of Hopper. All of the paintings of Hopper evoke a sentiment of loneliness, with typically a single figure alone in a room, or an alley.

Match

The purpose of this sketch is to represent one of the various interpretations of the word "match". Other interpretations might include a matching pair, or a chess match. The candle on the right hand side of the page is there for the purpose of better demonstrating the function of the lit match on the left hand side. It was a challenge to portray through pencil the dull glow of the flame which hovers above the match stick.