The last time I painted a landscape was in Art 2, at the start of sophomore year. I had done that one in acrylic paint, and it was actually quite similar to this one. When I showed that piece in critique that year, some of the older students who were in Art 4 at the time told me they would have liked to see how I would have done with oils. I'm here to say that oil paints work MUCH better for landscape paintings, at least in my opinion. It was really cool to see how I could use a different kind of paint for a landscape that had almost the same components (rocks, trees, water). I'm REALLY pleased with the final product of this project. I wasn't sure at first how the landscape would go, since I hadn't done one in a while, but this is one of my favorite paintings I've done in my high school career.
Something I feel like I did really well in this was the use of abnormal/ unnatural colors. Obviously, rocks aren't purple, but I decided to paint them like this. It was mainly because I was being lazy and didn't want to try and paint realistic rocks, but as I painted I began to like the purple rocks a lot. The challenge then became how to sort of incorporate other colors into the rocks so that the piece looked cohesive instead of having this stark difference between the rocks, water and sky. I tried to add some purples into the sky as well. I like how the colors in the sky are very blended and thick, but then the rocks have that sort of impressionistic look. I thought that the contrast of textures I used worked really well. The water is one of my favorite parts of this piece. I like how I captured lots of different values to show reflections of light and different depths. Overall, this project was a huge success (at least I think so). I think it definitely helped me grow as an artist, and show me that I shouldn't knock things because they seem like they'll be too difficult. It also reminded me of how much I like to paint landscapes, and I know that now I'll definitely be experimenting with them more.
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I LOVE this one so much!! The color scheme is to die for, blues and purple. (Purple is great). The way you do water is unbelievable. I would really love to learn how you accomplished this, even though you'll probably say you don't know!
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Kearstyn
1/18/2017 06:06:33 am
Every time I see this piece I am amazed, I love all the colors you used and that you did not stick to the original colors. The purple land really adds a nice calming and unique touch. The detail in the land and water is awesome and I think your choice to use oil paint was a great idea! This is the kind of painting I could see being bought at an art gallery because it is that good! You are an amazing artist and I wish you luck in AP art next year!!
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A Little InfoThis page is all of my art from Art Four, which I took my junior year of high school. The main goal of this class was to begin collecting pieces that I can potentially add to my AP Portfolio at the end of Senior year. During this class I created some of my favorite pieces, and also one of my least favorite (I'm looking at you, adirondack chair painting). I'll be retaking this class in the fall of senior year to add more pieces to learn and grow even more, and create more potential portfolio pieces. Archives
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