For this project we were all given a famous artist that we had to research and paint a landscape in their style. I was given Mary Cassatt, an impressionist and chose to paint a landscape of a place I visited in Maine. How do I take risks? For this painting I had to use the style of an impressionist painter, which I had never done before. Using so many small brush strokes was different than how I'd usually paint, so it was really difficult at first. Another way I took risks was by adding a lot of color into my work. I had to add colors that weren't "typical", like purples in the water and pinks in the rocks. This was not something I've done before, so it was really interesting to see the outcome. How do I collaborate? As I was painting this, I had to ask other people for their input a lot. The people at my table gave a lot of encouraging comments on my work whenever I was frustrated, and they helped me see ways to improve the thing that was stumping me. The Art 4 students in our classroom also gave a lot of input on what they would do to make it better. This really helped me make my painting so successful. Also, my mom (who used to teach art) gave me some much needed constructive criticism when I took it home to work. All of these people and more helped me really bring my painting together. How do I reflect? I personally feel like this is one of the best things I've done in all of my art classes at AHS. I went into this with pretty low expectations, since I'd never painted anything like this before. I really love the way it turned out, and the way all of the colors in the water made it look like an impressionist painting. I feel like this could have been more like Mary Cassatt's work but it was hard to recreate her style with acrylics, since she primarily used pastels. Over all I am quite pleased with the final product, and will definitely benefit from this project later in my art making career.
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SOME info for youAll of this is art from my second art class, which I took the first semester of my sophomore year in high school. This was the year that I realized, "Hey, maybe I'm actually sort of okay at this." After I took Art Two I had pretty much decided in my mind that I wanted to go further with art and explore my abilities. Archives
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