These are a bit over the top, but they show lines!
I think this line drawing is more successful than the one above. What do you think?
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Over-The-Top-Lines
These are a bit over the top, but they show lines!
I think this line drawing is more successful than the one above. What do you think?
Friday, October 12, 2007
Arrielle Dreher
Mrs.Wierenga
12 October 2007
DAIO
This famous piece of artwork is called “Waterfall”. M.C Escher did it in 1961. In the Foreground of this picture is the base of the building that has stairways, landing, and a garden filled with unusual plants. It also has doorways, windows and two people. One is hung up Landry the other relaxing against one of the walls of a balcony. In the middleground is a great waterfall that has two tall towards with geomectic shaped cubes at the top of each one. There is a water way in between each of the tower and at the end of the water way is a water fall. In the background is a cliff but is foamed so it has setps.
This artwork has a lot of texture, from the side s of the water way that look like brick to the shingles of the top of the watermill. Also the shading in “waterfall” is everywhere, you can easily tell where the sun is and how he made sure that everywere had is that needed it. Finally M.C Escher uses also of line in this pieces he has made. It helps show the texture and the small detail in his work.
There is a story behind every artwork. In this one is about another world far way in space where water is there main sourer of energy and everywhere you look you see green. Life is easy and there is hardly anyone.
I think this pieces of artwork is every successful because it is unlike anything you have ever seen before. The small details make it more creative than ever. I like this drawing because it different and make me think about it and what’s going one.
Echer, M.C. 1961 ,"Waterfall". Echer Musem. 11 october 2007
Mrs.Wierenga
12 October 2007
DAIO
This famous piece of artwork is called “Waterfall”. M.C Escher did it in 1961. In the Foreground of this picture is the base of the building that has stairways, landing, and a garden filled with unusual plants. It also has doorways, windows and two people. One is hung up Landry the other relaxing against one of the walls of a balcony. In the middleground is a great waterfall that has two tall towards with geomectic shaped cubes at the top of each one. There is a water way in between each of the tower and at the end of the water way is a water fall. In the background is a cliff but is foamed so it has setps.
This artwork has a lot of texture, from the side s of the water way that look like brick to the shingles of the top of the watermill. Also the shading in “waterfall” is everywhere, you can easily tell where the sun is and how he made sure that everywere had is that needed it. Finally M.C Escher uses also of line in this pieces he has made. It helps show the texture and the small detail in his work.
There is a story behind every artwork. In this one is about another world far way in space where water is there main sourer of energy and everywhere you look you see green. Life is easy and there is hardly anyone.
I think this pieces of artwork is every successful because it is unlike anything you have ever seen before. The small details make it more creative than ever. I like this drawing because it different and make me think about it and what’s going one.
Echer, M.C. 1961 ,"Waterfall". Echer Musem. 11 october 2007
Thursday, October 11, 2007
"Winter Garden" by Vincent Van Gogh
Dominique Hunter
Mrs. Wierenga
Drawing
12 October 2007
“Winter Garden” by Vincent Van Gogh
“Winter Garden” was created by Vincent Van Gogh in 1884. In the foreground, there is the garden which is filled with dead trees and plants. In the middle ground, is a man with a black robe walking down the pathway. In the background there are more dead plants and trees on a barren field.
The very neutral and bland colors, and lack of any bright colors, used in this piece give the impression of death or winter. The lines in the piece make everything seem more fragile and prone to breaking. The lines and space between everything also give it a forbidding feeling, which makes you not want to enter into that world. Van Gogh also uses emphasis and contrast to call attention to the different details which make this drawing so venomous.
This drawing leaves rooms for many interpretations. Winter is a very depressing season and Van Gogh is showing that clearly here. He could also be illustrating an experience of death through the melancholic scene. Van Gogh could also be expressing his inner depression through the image of a desolate landscape filled with misery and loneliness. He very well might be portraying himself as the man in the black robe.
I really like this drawing because of its variety in ideas and context. Everything in this piece seems to come together and perfectly illustrates the most likely intended idea of hopeless feeling. The season of winter is full of death and sometimes even depression. This piece makes you feel the emotions of sadness and isolation just by looking at it and that’s why I like it so much.
Works Cited
Van Gogh,Vincent . Winter Garden. 1884 .Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. 11 October 2007. <>.
Mrs. Wierenga
Drawing
12 October 2007
“Winter Garden” by Vincent Van Gogh
“Winter Garden” was created by Vincent Van Gogh in 1884. In the foreground, there is the garden which is filled with dead trees and plants. In the middle ground, is a man with a black robe walking down the pathway. In the background there are more dead plants and trees on a barren field.
The very neutral and bland colors, and lack of any bright colors, used in this piece give the impression of death or winter. The lines in the piece make everything seem more fragile and prone to breaking. The lines and space between everything also give it a forbidding feeling, which makes you not want to enter into that world. Van Gogh also uses emphasis and contrast to call attention to the different details which make this drawing so venomous.
This drawing leaves rooms for many interpretations. Winter is a very depressing season and Van Gogh is showing that clearly here. He could also be illustrating an experience of death through the melancholic scene. Van Gogh could also be expressing his inner depression through the image of a desolate landscape filled with misery and loneliness. He very well might be portraying himself as the man in the black robe.
I really like this drawing because of its variety in ideas and context. Everything in this piece seems to come together and perfectly illustrates the most likely intended idea of hopeless feeling. The season of winter is full of death and sometimes even depression. This piece makes you feel the emotions of sadness and isolation just by looking at it and that’s why I like it so much.
Works Cited
Van Gogh,Vincent . Winter Garden. 1884 .Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. 11 October 2007. <>.
Josefa Solano-Richante
Mrs. W
Drawing
11 October 2007
Mrs. W
Drawing
11 October 2007
In 1520 Michelangelo drew Ideal Head of a Woman with red chalk. It is of a beautiful woman’s head and shoulders with long wavy hair. The foreground of the drawing is the woman’s face which contains the most detail of the entire drawing. The middleground consists of her shoulders and long hair that goes over them. The background is very plain and is mostly nothing at all except for a lightly shaded surface surrounding the head.
The only section of the drawing with a good amount of realistic detail is the woman’s face in which he used criss-crossing lines to make shading in certain areas. He used great contrast to emphasize the dimensions and lighting on the face. The smooth shading of her face also gives her a youthful look From the bottom of the chin to the neck and down, there is a quick decline in detail in which the shapes of the hair and body is implied only by some thin curved lines. This is also true for the braided hair on top of her head.
I think that Michelangelo drew Ideal Head of a Woman to both create and express his own taste in women. All of her facial features from the curve of her eyebrows to the roundness of her cheeks to the decorative style of her hair give her a very elegant and aesthetic feel that most men would find to be beautiful.
I like this drawing because even though it is simple, I think Michelangelo did a good job creating the feeling on his mind through a simple facial expression. I really like the woman’s hair with her braids and feather. But even though I admire this drawing, I think that an oil painting of this woman would create room for much more emotion.
The only section of the drawing with a good amount of realistic detail is the woman’s face in which he used criss-crossing lines to make shading in certain areas. He used great contrast to emphasize the dimensions and lighting on the face. The smooth shading of her face also gives her a youthful look From the bottom of the chin to the neck and down, there is a quick decline in detail in which the shapes of the hair and body is implied only by some thin curved lines. This is also true for the braided hair on top of her head.
I think that Michelangelo drew Ideal Head of a Woman to both create and express his own taste in women. All of her facial features from the curve of her eyebrows to the roundness of her cheeks to the decorative style of her hair give her a very elegant and aesthetic feel that most men would find to be beautiful.
I like this drawing because even though it is simple, I think Michelangelo did a good job creating the feeling on his mind through a simple facial expression. I really like the woman’s hair with her braids and feather. But even though I admire this drawing, I think that an oil painting of this woman would create room for much more emotion.
Work Cited
"Ideal Head of a Woman." Lourve. The Lourve Museum. 10 Oct. 2007 .
D.A.I.O
This drawing is a red chalk drawing by the French artist, Jean-honore Fragonard, and is titled A Gathering at Woods' Edge. The fore ground of the drawing is a road with many people. The middle ground looks like a forest with many trees. In the background, seems to be a cloudy day.
The tree’s leaves give puffy texture that makes it seem like they would be soft to touch, and the ground gives bumpy but soft impression. He gives emphasis on tree shrubs by coloring dark between the trees, which makes the shrub, improve in appearance. He uses soft short lines to shade in order to give the shrubs a volume.
This drawing looks like in a middle of a day. People are sitting and having a pleasant time. It seems really quiet because it is in the middle of a forest. It looks like a nice road for a stroll. The artist might draw this drawing when he was having a calm day. It gives a feeling of emptiness, because the tree in the back only has branches.
This drawing gave me a soft impression when I first saw it. I like the drawing because it gives me pleasant look and comfort. It gives country like feelings. This drawing looks successful because it immediately gives people a soft and comforting feeling.
Fragonard, Jean-honore, A Gathering at Woods’Edge. 1760-1780. The Metropolitan Museum of Art,NY.10/10/2007 <htttp://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/09/euwf/hod_1995.101.htm >.
Dan Bruinooge
Mrs. W
Drawing
11 October 2007
Mrs. W
Drawing
11 October 2007
An Austrian artist named Alfred Kubin completed The Last King in 1903. He used ink on paper. The foreground of the picture shows a skeleton dressed in king’s clothes with his head down and legs crossed. In the middleground, which is on the right of the paper has a group of men in cloaks and one of them is holding some sort of pitch fork with something on the top that is smoking. In the background, there is empty space with slight shades around the skeleton and the upper right corner.
This painting has a very surreal and symbolic feel to it. It is surreal because of how the texture of all the figures is somewhat realistic which the actual subject is unrealistic. It is symbolic because of how the king is a skeleton instead of a human with skin and muscles. The skeleton king in his white robe contrasts with the chair and the crowd around him which makes him stand out more.
I believe that Kubin drew this picture to mark the end of kings in a symbolic way. When people think of skeletons, they usually associate them with dead people. This fits perfectly with how it is to symbolize the fall or “death” of kings. I think that it’s safe to assume that Kubin had an interest in politics in somewhat of a progressive way.
I like this painting because it has a deeper meaning that is still accessible to a common viewer as opposed to some other works of art that if you weren’t told the story behind it, you wouldn’t have the slightest idea what’s going on. He gets his message across very clearly which I think is an important part of drawing.
Work Cited
Kubin, Alfred. The Last King. 1903. Museum of Modern Art. Moma.Org. 10 Oct. 2007
Seulah Lee"Tahitian Faces by Paul Gauguin"
This is a charcoal drawing on a laid paper by Paul Gauguin, the French artist, and is descripted faces. He drew a young Tahitian woman and her three different sides of face. First, its frontal face is in the center and is the most descripted part. Her eyes are blancked as a scrupture or a doll. Her lips are also closed that symbolize the strength of woman.
Strength of woman, which is the most meaningful to me, is expressed by using a gradation and a texture. There is a gradation on her forward face; her hair and her left side of her face. Gauguin also shaded her hair thikly but softly as real hair.
Not only the frontal face in the center, but also the background is a smooth texture making it to appear to flow along the paper. In my own thought, this is to symbolize a woman's secret part as her own emotion or her own feeling.
Gauguin's last facial drawing on the bottom, in addition, shaded as well as the frontal face; but not as much detailed as it. The eye is not even emphasized and is much smoothier than others faces. Its texture makes me think how woman covers her sadness and anger quietly. The closed lips are the balance which Gauguin used for showing a silence.
All three dimensions, therefore, are the emphasis that concludes three different characteristics of general women. According to this article, "masklike faces, likewise, are smudged by the sooty contour lines and shadows. This figure is not even close to the expression of beauty but is the symbol of manlike character" (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
Gauguin, therefore, put his uniqueness on Tahitian woman's faces, expressing not only the strength of woman but the secret side of woman's feature. Shades, texture, lines, and sketch are symbolic rather than realistic. This drawing is, in conclusion, not the simple portrait but is an expression of human mind.
-Worked by.
Gauguin, Paul. Tahitian Faces. 1899. The Metropolitan Musement of Art, New York. 10 Oct. 2007. <http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/viewOne.asp?dep=9&viewmode=0&item=1996.418>.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
DAO! oct. 10
Rachel Snack
Mrs. Wierenga
DAOI
10 October 2007
Jan Brueghel: View of Heidelberg
Jan Brueghel’s drawing of the View of Heidelberg created in 1588, is a simple drawing of a town sitting atop a hill next to a wide river. In the background there are blue clouds. They are smooth, peaceful, and simple; and they almost look like they could be the vague shape of mountains. Also in the background is the city, and main focal point of the picture. It is drawn in sepia colors and is sketched lightly. A bridge connects the city to another strech of land on the other side of the river. In the middleground is the river, which takes up most of the drawing. It is lightly tinted blue but looks calm and simple, just like the sky. Also in the middleground is a boat, the only one in the river and it looks like it might be a fishing boat, because of the net on the back of the boat. Looking at the foreground, you can see a small strech of land, a bank on the side of the river that keeps the river from dominating the page. It is also drawn in like sepia colors and some greens.
To me this looks like a fantasy world. Something you might see in Lord Of The Rings. It is quite and simple and reminds me of a medival setting, with wide open areas and tall castle like structures. There is little texture or variety, everything is simple and light. However the light color contrasts Brueghel uses creates movement and variety in the picture. That alone makes the picture unique and stunning.
I think that this might have been Brueghel’s escape. It could have been his imagination, or perhaps a real place; it was beautiful and calming. Maybe the boat in the picture was Brueghel’s or he lived in the city. Maybe he simply wished it to be real. Whatever it was, I think anyone who saw it would have been inspired to paint.
I love this picture, which was one of the reasons why I picked to report on it. Its so calming and so beautiful, I get caught up in it. In my opinion this work is successful because Brueghel made me feel the mood of his paitning, which I think for any artist is the hardest thing. He was talented and used his skill to provide an escape not only for himself but for anyone who saw his painting. No doubt about it, Brueghel had a beautiful mind.
Brughel, Jan. Works of Art: Drawings and Paintings. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2007. 10 Oct. 2007.
Mrs. Wierenga
DAOI
10 October 2007
Jan Brueghel: View of Heidelberg
Jan Brueghel’s drawing of the View of Heidelberg created in 1588, is a simple drawing of a town sitting atop a hill next to a wide river. In the background there are blue clouds. They are smooth, peaceful, and simple; and they almost look like they could be the vague shape of mountains. Also in the background is the city, and main focal point of the picture. It is drawn in sepia colors and is sketched lightly. A bridge connects the city to another strech of land on the other side of the river. In the middleground is the river, which takes up most of the drawing. It is lightly tinted blue but looks calm and simple, just like the sky. Also in the middleground is a boat, the only one in the river and it looks like it might be a fishing boat, because of the net on the back of the boat. Looking at the foreground, you can see a small strech of land, a bank on the side of the river that keeps the river from dominating the page. It is also drawn in like sepia colors and some greens.
To me this looks like a fantasy world. Something you might see in Lord Of The Rings. It is quite and simple and reminds me of a medival setting, with wide open areas and tall castle like structures. There is little texture or variety, everything is simple and light. However the light color contrasts Brueghel uses creates movement and variety in the picture. That alone makes the picture unique and stunning.
I think that this might have been Brueghel’s escape. It could have been his imagination, or perhaps a real place; it was beautiful and calming. Maybe the boat in the picture was Brueghel’s or he lived in the city. Maybe he simply wished it to be real. Whatever it was, I think anyone who saw it would have been inspired to paint.
I love this picture, which was one of the reasons why I picked to report on it. Its so calming and so beautiful, I get caught up in it. In my opinion this work is successful because Brueghel made me feel the mood of his paitning, which I think for any artist is the hardest thing. He was talented and used his skill to provide an escape not only for himself but for anyone who saw his painting. No doubt about it, Brueghel had a beautiful mind.
Brughel, Jan. Works of Art: Drawings and Paintings. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2007. 10 Oct. 2007
DAIO
Sieun Lim
Ms. Wieringa
Drawing
10 October 2007
This drawing is by Vincent van Gogh, and it is entitled Winter Garden. This artwork was made with a pen and ink and created in 1884. The landscape was based on Gogh’s hometown. In the foreground of the piece, there are two twisted and dark trees on a lane and a man who are too dark to recognize his figure standing between them, and both left and right side of the road show some rural fields. The middle ground continues to show the scenery of rural town with the road, but there is no tree on the road in this part. Then, there is a vague building that looks like a church in the background.
On the Winter Garden, Vincent van Gogh put some elements of art to make his drawing impressive. First of all, he used sharp and twisty lines for drawing the tress which express his personal agony or sorrow. As it is called Winter Garden, the big empty space of the sky brings feelings of coldness and isolation to the picture. In addition, the simple and dark color of brown makes the drawing more serious and gloomy. Gogh put strong shading to make the foreground vivid. On the other hand, he made the background dull and faint, for example, compared to the dark trees in the foreground, the church in the background is hard to be seen. This contrast of darkness creates a distance in the landscape and makes it more realistic and 3-D. Also, there are several principles of art in the piece. A composition of main objects, the trees and the man, in the middle ground makes the drawing visually balanced, and a strong contrast of light and dark values from the trees and the man create an emphasis on the picture. Also, the movement from the twisty lines of the trees makes them look like wrenching and screaming like a human.
The picture looks so sad and lonely to me. As every creature dies in winter, things in the drawing look ending their lives. Especially, the dark man on the drawing seems to have short time before his death and to struggle with his great emotional pain as the two trees by him writhe in agony. Looking at the place far away from him, he must miss someone in that place and want to meet that person before his death. However, the distance between the man and the vague place in the background looks so far from each other, so I think that it might be going to be a sad ending at last.
I like this drawing by Vincent van Gogh who is my most famous artist. Although most of his drawings and paintings are negative, sad, and gloomy, I love to see his effort to express his emotions sincerely and honestly through his artworks. Therefore, his art is unique and different from other normal realistic art. Gogh has strength of inspiring his emotions to the audience, so it made me feel like being in the place of the Winter Garden when I saw it. Although I was firstly shocked by the dark mood of the Winter Garden, I wanted to go and find more deep inside of the story in the drawing. I love art works that mentally influence on me, and Gogh’s pictures always give me exciting emotional experience as I look at them.
Work Cited
Gogh,Vincent van. Winter Garden. 1884 .Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. 10 October 2007.
<http://www3.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?lang=en>
Ms. Wieringa
Drawing
10 October 2007
This drawing is by Vincent van Gogh, and it is entitled Winter Garden. This artwork was made with a pen and ink and created in 1884. The landscape was based on Gogh’s hometown. In the foreground of the piece, there are two twisted and dark trees on a lane and a man who are too dark to recognize his figure standing between them, and both left and right side of the road show some rural fields. The middle ground continues to show the scenery of rural town with the road, but there is no tree on the road in this part. Then, there is a vague building that looks like a church in the background.
On the Winter Garden, Vincent van Gogh put some elements of art to make his drawing impressive. First of all, he used sharp and twisty lines for drawing the tress which express his personal agony or sorrow. As it is called Winter Garden, the big empty space of the sky brings feelings of coldness and isolation to the picture. In addition, the simple and dark color of brown makes the drawing more serious and gloomy. Gogh put strong shading to make the foreground vivid. On the other hand, he made the background dull and faint, for example, compared to the dark trees in the foreground, the church in the background is hard to be seen. This contrast of darkness creates a distance in the landscape and makes it more realistic and 3-D. Also, there are several principles of art in the piece. A composition of main objects, the trees and the man, in the middle ground makes the drawing visually balanced, and a strong contrast of light and dark values from the trees and the man create an emphasis on the picture. Also, the movement from the twisty lines of the trees makes them look like wrenching and screaming like a human.
The picture looks so sad and lonely to me. As every creature dies in winter, things in the drawing look ending their lives. Especially, the dark man on the drawing seems to have short time before his death and to struggle with his great emotional pain as the two trees by him writhe in agony. Looking at the place far away from him, he must miss someone in that place and want to meet that person before his death. However, the distance between the man and the vague place in the background looks so far from each other, so I think that it might be going to be a sad ending at last.
I like this drawing by Vincent van Gogh who is my most famous artist. Although most of his drawings and paintings are negative, sad, and gloomy, I love to see his effort to express his emotions sincerely and honestly through his artworks. Therefore, his art is unique and different from other normal realistic art. Gogh has strength of inspiring his emotions to the audience, so it made me feel like being in the place of the Winter Garden when I saw it. Although I was firstly shocked by the dark mood of the Winter Garden, I wanted to go and find more deep inside of the story in the drawing. I love art works that mentally influence on me, and Gogh’s pictures always give me exciting emotional experience as I look at them.
Work Cited
Gogh,Vincent van. Winter Garden. 1884 .Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. 10 October 2007.
<http://www3.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?lang=en>
DAIO - Cindy Baik
Cindy Baik
Ms. Wieringa
Drawing
Oct. 10. 2007
Ms. Wieringa
Drawing
Oct. 10. 2007
DAIO
I am going to introduce a drawing called, Children Hunting Bird's Nests(1850) which is drawn by Jean-Francois Millet, French (1814-1875). This drawing was done with chalk, heightened with opaque water color on light blue paper. There are three distinctive grounds in this drawing: foreground, middleground, and background. In the foreground of the drawing, there is a tall tree. There is also some grass on the right side. For the middleground, there are some children who are hunting bird's nests. One of them is up in the tree holding the nest. He is trying to drop it to the three children who are trying to catch it at the bottom of tree. For the last, I think Millet drew the woods for the background of this drawing.
In Children Hunting Bird's Nests, Millet did a successful job because he pointed out the three different grounds by coloring differently. For example, he draw the tree in the foreground with very dark shading. Then he expressed the tree and children in the middleground with white color so he could emphasis it. Next, he draw a vague wood for the background and he colored some dark for showing that it is a deep wood. It also tells that the sun is on the right side, because the shading is on the left side.
The children in this drawing remind me of my childhood. It shows the freedom of childhood by drawing fearless children who are hunting the nests. The boy up in the tree must be very proud of himself because he is the one who went up to the tree and got the nests. The rest of them are eager to see it and touch it. They will probably bring that nest to their house and show their parents what they got. It reminds me so vividly about my childhood. My friends and I did similar things, such as catching bugs.
I think it is a very succesful work. Jean-Francoi, Millet did a great job by showing the shading and the intensity of coloring. By his perspective representation, it looks very real and makes me want to join them.
Jean-Francoi, Millet. Children Hunting Bird's Nests. 1850. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia. 10 Oct. 2007 <http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/51956.html>
Daio
Samantha de Waal Malefyt
Mrs. Wierenga
Drawing
DAIO
This drawing is titled Nocturne and it was created by James Abbott McNeill Whistler in 1878. This piece was done with lithotint with scraping. In the foreground of the drawing is a solitary man on a small vessel in a lake that stretches into the middle ground. In the background, there is the outline of a town and some hills.
In this drawing, Whistler uses a lot of blending in order to create a smooth, foggy texture over the lake and the background. The soft, undefined lines also add to the texture of the painting. The extra shading on the man and the boat create emphasis and add value to the elements in the foreground. The light shading in the middle ground compared with the darker shades in the fore- and backgrounds gives the viewer a sense of the space between the man in the foreground and the town in the background.
In the picture, it seems that the man is out on the lake in the very early morning, because of the foggy atmosphere around him and the peaceful state of the lake. The man appears to be totally isolated and separated from civilization, like he is enjoying a sort of escape. Its seems that he is enjoying the clear morning on the still lake before the rest of the town wakes up and goes off to work and disturbs the peace.
I really like this drawing because it has a real sense of peace about it. It makes me feel relaxed and after looking at it for a few minutes, I immediately felt calmer. I think this piece is successful because it shows a very unique and striking atmosphere, which is something Whistler was trying to show. The drawing definitely shows a peaceful, serene atmosphere that is obvious and striking to even the casual observer.
Works Cited
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill. Nocturne. 1878. The
of Art.
DAIO
This drawing is a Conte crayon and gouache drawing by Georges-Pierre-Seurat, a French Artist, and is titled At the Concert Européen (Au Concert Européen). . In the foreground of the drawing there are four silhouettes of one man, and three women sitting down, the backs of the chairs, the white collars of the women’s shirts. The middle ground is the ladies hair, and a woman illuminated, singing. In the background you see the illuminated woman with a backdrop behind her.
This drawing shows a very eerie scene. The concert hall is dark, like one usually is, and the stage is lit up showing the soloist singing. It looks like a nice place to sit and relax and listen to the concert. The medium was crayon, and the drawing does not have much detail in it except for the background, but is still eye catching.
I like the drawing of Au Concert Européen because at first it seems just like a bunch of dark shapes, but when you continue to look at it you can make out the people. And the small details that Pierre-Seurat. The work is successful because Pierre-Seurat was using a different kind of technique that not a lot of drawers typically use. It is a work of art that is very interesting.
Georges-Pierre, Seurat. "The Collection." The MoMA. 1886. MoMA.Org. 9 Oct. 2007
DAIO- Julie Park
DAIO
This drawing is an ink drawing by the French artist, Georges Bataille, and is titled Untitled drawing for Soleil Vitré. In the foreground of the drawing is a man's face with a beard and spiky hair. He has a long nose and slightly frowning lips. There is no middle ground. The background features many abstract symbols such as flowers by his eyes and an animal on the man's right cheek. There are also various tiny faces on his forehead, two pairs of eyes surrounding his lips.
In this drawing, Bataille creates emphasis by using various inks. The prominent features of the face (such as the eyes, nose, and lips) are drawn with a dark ink, while the more abstract features in the background are given light ink. He uses short lines to detail the face's hair and beard, while using quick dots to outline the perimeter of his face. The darker shades in the middle of his face create a balance with the outer areas along with the abstract symbols. There is a sense of freedom in this drawing as some lines seem to be drawn wherever Bataille wished them.
This drawing shows a man's face which appears sad. The beard and short hair on top make it seem like he is an old man who has had a lot of experiences. Those experiences are shown in the background. There are two faces of a young, cheerful boy on the forehead and nearby there is a campfire. The perimeter of his face could also be grass, which could also remind him of his childhood. But I don't understand the diagonal line that is shooting from the top of his nose. It could represent blood, sweat, or tears, or even a combination of them. Bataille is comparing an old man's current state with the carefree memories that are part of his life.
I find this drawing very interesting because I can see the different points of view from his face. I like this drawing because I can see the emotion not just on his face, but from the background objects. This work is successful because Bataille is trying to create a drawing that gets your attention and makes you think. And this drawing definitely made me stop and want to figure out the meaning behind it.
This drawing is an ink drawing by the French artist, Georges Bataille, and is titled Untitled drawing for Soleil Vitré. In the foreground of the drawing is a man's face with a beard and spiky hair. He has a long nose and slightly frowning lips. There is no middle ground. The background features many abstract symbols such as flowers by his eyes and an animal on the man's right cheek. There are also various tiny faces on his forehead, two pairs of eyes surrounding his lips.
In this drawing, Bataille creates emphasis by using various inks. The prominent features of the face (such as the eyes, nose, and lips) are drawn with a dark ink, while the more abstract features in the background are given light ink. He uses short lines to detail the face's hair and beard, while using quick dots to outline the perimeter of his face. The darker shades in the middle of his face create a balance with the outer areas along with the abstract symbols. There is a sense of freedom in this drawing as some lines seem to be drawn wherever Bataille wished them.
This drawing shows a man's face which appears sad. The beard and short hair on top make it seem like he is an old man who has had a lot of experiences. Those experiences are shown in the background. There are two faces of a young, cheerful boy on the forehead and nearby there is a campfire. The perimeter of his face could also be grass, which could also remind him of his childhood. But I don't understand the diagonal line that is shooting from the top of his nose. It could represent blood, sweat, or tears, or even a combination of them. Bataille is comparing an old man's current state with the carefree memories that are part of his life.
I find this drawing very interesting because I can see the different points of view from his face. I like this drawing because I can see the emotion not just on his face, but from the background objects. This work is successful because Bataille is trying to create a drawing that gets your attention and makes you think. And this drawing definitely made me stop and want to figure out the meaning behind it.
Bataille Georges, Untitled drawing for Soleil Vitre. no date. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. 10 Oct. 2007 < http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?object_id=84991>
Art Daio 2, View of Heidelberg
Ms. Wieringa
Drawing I
11 October 2007
Drawing I
11 October 2007
Art Daio: View of Heidelberg
This work of art, the View of Heidelberg, was drawn by Jan Brueghel. The pen and brown ink drawing with blue and brown washes was completed in ca. 1589. In the foreground, there is hard, bareness land and what appears to be a cliff, in the middle ground there is a lake with a boat, and finally in the background there is a castle and a bridge with a large mountain located behind them.
By analyzing this piece, it is discovered that many elements and principles of art were used in its creation. Space, for example is an element of art. Space is seen in this drawing by the distance between the land and the boat, and finally, from the boat to the land. Line is also another element used throughout this drawing. Line is seen in the way that the boat, bridge, and castle are outlined. The lines in the castle, boat, and bridge define the edges of the objects. Harmony, a principle of art, is the last thing present in the drawing. Harmony is achieved in this drawing by the way that similar elements are used to create an uncomplicated feel to the work.
Although this piece, the View of Heidelberg, is quite simple, many interpretations can be drawn from it. Could it possibly be a stately castle standing majestically on a hill? Or is it a vast and large city? Many variations are possible, for example, maybe the boat symbolizes oncoming enemies or someone that just fled the quite remarkable castle. Even this piece in all its simplicity could have many different meanings and variations depending on the viewer’s opinion.
This painting, the View of Heidelberg, is one of Brueghel’s drawings that reside in Metropolitan Museum of Art. In my opinion, I believe this painting is okay, it’s not the greatest I’ve seen, but it’s not the worst either. Some portions of the painting are very simple and almost too washed out by the lack of color and shading. I do not think that this painting was very successful because of the lack of striking color and contrast. The piece itself is not strong enough to catch the viewer’s eye or to stand alone.
Work Cited
Brueghel, Jan. View of Heidelberg. 1588-1589. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 9 Oct. 2007 <http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/viewOnezoom.asp?dep=9&zoom%20Flag=0&viewmode=0&item=1995%2E15>.
This is a famous drawing done by M.C. Escher in 1948, called Drawing Hands. In the foreground we see a right hand busy sketching a shirt-cuff upon a drawing pad. At this point its work is incomplete, but a little further to the right it has already drawn a left hand emerging from a sleeve in such detail that this hand has come right up out of the flat surface, and in its turn it is sketching the cuff from which the right hand is emerging. In the background we have a pad of paper pinned onto a drawing surface, this kind of background helps keep the focus on the hands.
Escher uses a lot of different elements in this drawing. The element of line is apparent when you look at the cuffs that are being drawn and also the drawing pad. Another element of art that Escher used in this drawing would be texture. The hands are perfectly shaded so that it looks very realistic. Not only did Escher use different elements of art, he also used some principles in his drawing. One of the main principle of art that he used would be movement. The circular shape of the hands drawing each other creates great movement throughout the whole drawing, and keeps your eyes moving around the whole picture.
Escher enjoyed giving his viewers a visual game in which he transformed flat pattern into three-dimensional objects. He takes one of the most common objects, like our hands, and creates an interesting concept with them. This drawing makes you ask a lot of questions.
I really love this drawing because it keeps you asking questions, such as, what hand started drawing first. Drawing Hands is one of Escher’s most recognized prints, although most people who are asked cannot name the artist. Drawing Hands is a conflict between the flat surface and spatial perception. No artist before or after Escher has been able to turn flat surfaces into such spatial realism. And through this, Escher’s Drawing Hands is a very successful drawing.
Escher, M.C. “Drawing Hands”. 1948. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. 10 Oct. 2007.
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Escher uses a lot of different elements in this drawing. The element of line is apparent when you look at the cuffs that are being drawn and also the drawing pad. Another element of art that Escher used in this drawing would be texture. The hands are perfectly shaded so that it looks very realistic. Not only did Escher use different elements of art, he also used some principles in his drawing. One of the main principle of art that he used would be movement. The circular shape of the hands drawing each other creates great movement throughout the whole drawing, and keeps your eyes moving around the whole picture.
Escher enjoyed giving his viewers a visual game in which he transformed flat pattern into three-dimensional objects. He takes one of the most common objects, like our hands, and creates an interesting concept with them. This drawing makes you ask a lot of questions.
I really love this drawing because it keeps you asking questions, such as, what hand started drawing first. Drawing Hands is one of Escher’s most recognized prints, although most people who are asked cannot name the artist. Drawing Hands is a conflict between the flat surface and spatial perception. No artist before or after Escher has been able to turn flat surfaces into such spatial realism. And through this, Escher’s Drawing Hands is a very successful drawing.
Escher, M.C. “Drawing Hands”. 1948. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. 10 Oct. 2007.
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DAIO Drawing
Seo yoon Kim
Ms. Wieringa
Drawing
Oct. 5.2007
DAIO
I am going to introduce an art piece called Samson and Delilah (1506). The art piece drawn by Albrecht Altdorfer (1480 - 1538), was done with dark brown ink and heightened with white pen on brown prepared paper. The art piece has three points of interest which are foreground, middleground, and background. I think the two people, look like talking each other, the rock, and the ground are the foreground of the work of art. I think the old trees with steps are the middle ground because it looks like it is in between the people and background. The last part, the background, is the old buildings that is broken.
In the Samson and Delilah, Albrecht Altdorfer used white and dark brown pen to make positive and negative space. I, therefore, could find three points of interest in this art piece. Moreover, the detail is very successful in the foreground because the ground looks real. Also, Albrecht Altdorfer used white pen to emphasize the texture of grasses, so the grasses look moving.
I think the story of Samson and Delilah is related to the war. According to the art work the atmosphere and broken buildings in the background of the art piece looks tensioned and brittle respectively. I could find the two men names, Samson and Delilah, from the title of the art piece. They tried to help each other in the war. Samson got injuries, Delilah, therefore, tries to help Samson. Delilah found the way to escape from the dangerous region, but Samson could not walk to the steps.
Showing successfully positive and negative spaces by usage of bright and dark colors, Albrecht Altdorfer made one great art work. Samson and Delilah is the drawing without color. It, however, shows tension and mood of the war very well.
Work Cites
Albrecht, Altdorfer. Samson and Delilah. 1506. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 5 October 2007. < http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/viewOne.asp?dep=9&viewmode=0&item=06%2E1051%2E2 >
Friday, October 5, 2007
DAIO- Seo-Yoon Kim 2
Seo yoon Kim
Ms. Wieringa
Drawing
Oct. 5.2007
DAIO
I am going to introduce an art piece called Young Woman with a Water Pitcher (1662). The art piece drawn by Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675), was done with Oil on canvas. The art piece has three points of interest which are foreground, middleground, and background. I think the all objects that on the table, covered by red carpet, such as water pitcher and its saucer are the foreground of the work of art. I think the young woman is the middle ground because it looks like it is in between the table and the wall. The last part, the background, is the wall that I mentioned in the middle ground and a yellow tapestry, so detail that I thought this work of art is a photo.
In the Young Woman with a Water Picher, Johannes Vermeer used dark colors, navy and black, to front and back ground in order to show the light is coming from the window. Because of the light that is coming from the window, background had done with bright yellowish color. The details on the yellow tapestry and flower shape texture on the red table carpet are amazingly done. The shading on the young woman’s cloth is another important point to empathize the lines on the cloths. Using bright and dark colors at the same time, Johannes Vermeer made the drawing much vivid and contrast.
Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch. I, therefore, believe that the young woman also a Dutch. When I saw Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, I realized what Johannes Vermeer would like to tell us about. The story is about a Dutch young woman who lives in nunnery. The young woman always depressed when she was looking at the window. Throughout this colorful window, she could felt another beauty of the world that she never felt before. She had been dreamed that she ran away from this horrible prison and flied like the bird that she always saw through the window. She, however, closed the window because she is holding a Water Pitcher. She knew that the beauty she felt was a temptation of the world. She looks sad and depressed, but she is smiling in the love of God.
Trying not to find the art work that is not drawing, I had to skip many art pieces that was came to my attention. Young Woman with a Water Picher was the one of the art piece that I had skipped because at the very first time of searching I strongly believed that this art piece is not a drawing. Because of the details and perfect textures, I thought this art piece is photography. Showing successfully positive and negative spaces by usage of bright and dark colors, Johannes Vermeer made one great art work.
Work Cites
Johannes, Vermeer. Young Woman with a Water Picher. 1662. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 5 October 2007. < http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/viewOne.asp?dep=11&viewmode=0&item=89.15.21 >
Ms. Wieringa
Drawing
Oct. 5.2007
DAIO
I am going to introduce an art piece called Young Woman with a Water Pitcher (1662). The art piece drawn by Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675), was done with Oil on canvas. The art piece has three points of interest which are foreground, middleground, and background. I think the all objects that on the table, covered by red carpet, such as water pitcher and its saucer are the foreground of the work of art. I think the young woman is the middle ground because it looks like it is in between the table and the wall. The last part, the background, is the wall that I mentioned in the middle ground and a yellow tapestry, so detail that I thought this work of art is a photo.
In the Young Woman with a Water Picher, Johannes Vermeer used dark colors, navy and black, to front and back ground in order to show the light is coming from the window. Because of the light that is coming from the window, background had done with bright yellowish color. The details on the yellow tapestry and flower shape texture on the red table carpet are amazingly done. The shading on the young woman’s cloth is another important point to empathize the lines on the cloths. Using bright and dark colors at the same time, Johannes Vermeer made the drawing much vivid and contrast.
Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch. I, therefore, believe that the young woman also a Dutch. When I saw Young Woman with a Water Pitcher, I realized what Johannes Vermeer would like to tell us about. The story is about a Dutch young woman who lives in nunnery. The young woman always depressed when she was looking at the window. Throughout this colorful window, she could felt another beauty of the world that she never felt before. She had been dreamed that she ran away from this horrible prison and flied like the bird that she always saw through the window. She, however, closed the window because she is holding a Water Pitcher. She knew that the beauty she felt was a temptation of the world. She looks sad and depressed, but she is smiling in the love of God.
Trying not to find the art work that is not drawing, I had to skip many art pieces that was came to my attention. Young Woman with a Water Picher was the one of the art piece that I had skipped because at the very first time of searching I strongly believed that this art piece is not a drawing. Because of the details and perfect textures, I thought this art piece is photography. Showing successfully positive and negative spaces by usage of bright and dark colors, Johannes Vermeer made one great art work.
Work Cites
Johannes, Vermeer. Young Woman with a Water Picher. 1662. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 5 October 2007. < http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/viewOne.asp?dep=11&viewmode=0&item=89.15.21 >
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You will get extra credit by next week Friday if you read Jerry Lebo's tips on ways to jumpstart your creative process, and how to create art in a small time frame. Then add comments with what you found helpful and what you thought would not work below.
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You will get extra credit by next week Friday if you read Jerry Lebo's tips on ways to jumpstart your creative process, and how to create art in a small time frame. Then add comments with what you found helpful and what you thought would not work below.
DAIO
Arrielle Dreher
Ms. W
Drawing
5 October 2007
DAIO
Artists are a part of history with their artwork and showing what was going on at that time. One famous arties that is famous of carpeting the history of America was Norman Rockwell. In this picture, called Protcting Sister aperture a part of life of a child. It was done with pencil in the 1950’s.
In this picture, Proctoring Sister, to the right is a young girl with a scared look on her face. She is wearing a white dress and sneaker and is holing on to her bother for safety as it seams. To the left of the little girl is a boy who is a little taller than her. Her is wearing a dark out fit and has on a pair of cowboy boots. His face is looking down and has on a stern look on his face. All the way to the left of the picture now is a dog that is white and has as few black spots and black ears. The dog’s tail is straight up and is staring right at the boy and girl that are to the right of the picture.
In Protecting Sister contains many elements of art. One of them is balance, the boy and girl to the right of the picture balances out the dog in the picture that is all the way to the left. Another elements of art that this picture has is texture, its in the boy and girls hair how it must feel like hair. The boys out fit has the look of how denim will feel. Finally the last elemet of art is value, where the darkness of the boys out fit and the girls dress to the boys cowboys boot has value.
In every picture has a story. In this picture is one about a little girl and her brother playing cowboys and Indians outside. Then a stray dog comes up to the girl and stares to bark. So then the brother hearing the barking comes over and steps in between the dog and his sister to Procter his sister from the dog. The girl holds on to her brother for dear life and for knowing that he will protect her.
I like this piece of artwork. It captures a part of a child life that we all had a moment like is. This artwork is successful because it has the elemetes of art and its different then many of pieces that you will see in an art gallery.
Work Citied
Rockwell, Normen. 1950. Normen Rockwell Musmen. 2007.
http://store.nrm.org/browse.cfm?viewfrom=41&catid=81&step=2
Ms. W
Drawing
5 October 2007
DAIO
Artists are a part of history with their artwork and showing what was going on at that time. One famous arties that is famous of carpeting the history of America was Norman Rockwell. In this picture, called Protcting Sister aperture a part of life of a child. It was done with pencil in the 1950’s.
In this picture, Proctoring Sister, to the right is a young girl with a scared look on her face. She is wearing a white dress and sneaker and is holing on to her bother for safety as it seams. To the left of the little girl is a boy who is a little taller than her. Her is wearing a dark out fit and has on a pair of cowboy boots. His face is looking down and has on a stern look on his face. All the way to the left of the picture now is a dog that is white and has as few black spots and black ears. The dog’s tail is straight up and is staring right at the boy and girl that are to the right of the picture.
In Protecting Sister contains many elements of art. One of them is balance, the boy and girl to the right of the picture balances out the dog in the picture that is all the way to the left. Another elements of art that this picture has is texture, its in the boy and girls hair how it must feel like hair. The boys out fit has the look of how denim will feel. Finally the last elemet of art is value, where the darkness of the boys out fit and the girls dress to the boys cowboys boot has value.
In every picture has a story. In this picture is one about a little girl and her brother playing cowboys and Indians outside. Then a stray dog comes up to the girl and stares to bark. So then the brother hearing the barking comes over and steps in between the dog and his sister to Procter his sister from the dog. The girl holds on to her brother for dear life and for knowing that he will protect her.
I like this piece of artwork. It captures a part of a child life that we all had a moment like is. This artwork is successful because it has the elemetes of art and its different then many of pieces that you will see in an art gallery.
Work Citied
Rockwell, Normen. 1950. Normen Rockwell Musmen. 2007.
http://store.nrm.org/browse.cfm?viewfrom=41&catid=81&step=2
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
DAIO- Seulah Lee
<"Giant," the Giant of Loneliness>
This drawing is a burnished aquatint drawing by the Spanish artist, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, and is titled Giant. There is a land which is brushed horizontally in the foreground. The giant is sitting on somewhere and his body is huge enough to fit in the middle ground. Goya drew this man as a giant with drawing the moon much smaller than him so that he looks big enough. The background is dark but is gradated from the darkest sky to the light on the bottom.
In this drawing, Goya uses a balance well with using a giant and the ground as a perpendicular. The giant is sitting on the ground vertically and the land is horizontal. There is no exact pattern of lines; however, burnishing is a suitable style for this drawing. The giant's head points out the moon which is tiny and small above of the Giant. Spaces, where the giant is being excepted, are all dark and gloomy and gray. The giant is colored the black but with the gradation and the shade.
This drawing, therefore, represents the human conflict as a depression or loneliness. This might be also the reason why Goya drew this guy as a giant. There is no additional things around him and is simpbolic exptression showing how much he feels lonely.
I like this drawing because it is symbolic and is creative even though it is simple drawing. The back of giant in the middle makes me to feel Goya's idea. The giant who is depressive because of his loneliness that seperates him from the nornmal people. His physical difference makes him to feel a giant emptyness. Becuase of my own imagination about this drawing, the simple drawing of the giant becomes the unique story.
Worked by
Goya, Francisco. Giant. 1818. The Metropolitan Musement of Art, New York. 3 Oct. 2007http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/goya/ho_35.42.htm.
Dan Bruinooge
Mrs. W
Drawing
3 October 2007
Mrs. W
Drawing
3 October 2007
At the Concert Européen
Georges-Pierre Seurat, a French impressionist artist that lived from 1859-1891, drew At the Concert Européen from 1886-1888 on paper using Conté crayon and gouache. In this drawing, the point of view is one of a person in the audience of a European concert with the main focus, the foreground, being the singer in the white dress in the corner of the stage. The middle-ground of the drawing is the darker heads of the people in the audience in front of the viewer. The background is the stage.
All of the lines in the picture that outline and define the different shapes and figures are implied by the contrast in value. The brightness and body language of the singer in the foreground makes her stand out more than anything else in the picture. Even though the audience has a great amount of contrast, their stillness makes them not stand out as much as the singer. The background has very little texture or detail, containing few lines and light shading. The plainness of the background makes the singer and audience stand out even more.
I believe Seurat created this drawing to capture a beautiful memory he once had at a concert for two reasons. The first is that the texture throughout the drawing is general and fuzzy which gives me the idea that he did not create the drawing precisely as the concert was taken place; but was instead only worked on afterward as a general and fuzzy memory. The second reason is because of the posture of the people in the audience. Their posture and the way that all their heads are in the same direction gives you a feeling that they are being well entertained and sucked into the incredible beauty of the concert, whereas if they were more slouched with their heads in different directions, it would make the moment seem less sublime.
I think that this is a great drawing. I think this because of how interesting the texture is and how clearly his message came across to me. As I look at the drawing, I can’t help but wonder how exactly he went about making such a unique and aesthetic texture. I like how clear the emotion is to me. I think that that is a key part of making any work of art, that if you can’t relate to a work of art, regardless of how original or interesting it may be, you cannot possibly enjoy it nearly as much as if you can relate to it.
Work Cited
"The Collection." Moma.Org. 3 Oct. 2007
DAIO 10/2
R.S.
Mrs. Wierenga
DAOI
2 October 2007
Flag by: Jasper Johns
Jasper Johns created his work the Flag between the years 1954 and 1955. The picture is created by using encaustic, oil, and collage on fabric mounted on plywood. It is a picture of an american flag. It is layered so it looks thick and you can see layers of newspaper showing throught the top coat of paint. There isnt much of a foreground, middleground, and background because this print isnt a realistic rendition. But you could say that the newspaper is the background, creating depth where the paint is more of the foreground.
It looks like it took a lot of time to finish. They are so many layers and each layer is unique. Its complicated and obviously took a lot of time and planning. It isnt a spir of the moment painting. Johns planned it all out and in the end is came out very nicely.
Johns created the Flag after he had a dream about an american flag. So I think its safe to say that he was inspired to create this piece of art. When I look at this picture I can see the insperation show through. All of his thoughts and feelings are portrayed by the way he created this picture. You feel a vibe of love for his country, but I get the sense that it is much bigger than that. Almost like he is showing his own flag through this one.
Jasper Johns was a brilliant artist. He knew how to work colors and express emotion. I like the way he was so open with most of his works. This piece is a success because I connected with it right away, and to me that is the basic goal of an artist. To be able to speak to people throught your artwork is an amazing talent. The Flag deffinalty inspired me.
works cited:
"Jasper Johns." Wikipedia. 2 Oct. 2007.
Mrs. Wierenga
DAOI
2 October 2007
Flag by: Jasper Johns
Jasper Johns created his work the Flag between the years 1954 and 1955. The picture is created by using encaustic, oil, and collage on fabric mounted on plywood. It is a picture of an american flag. It is layered so it looks thick and you can see layers of newspaper showing throught the top coat of paint. There isnt much of a foreground, middleground, and background because this print isnt a realistic rendition. But you could say that the newspaper is the background, creating depth where the paint is more of the foreground.
It looks like it took a lot of time to finish. They are so many layers and each layer is unique. Its complicated and obviously took a lot of time and planning. It isnt a spir of the moment painting. Johns planned it all out and in the end is came out very nicely.
Johns created the Flag after he had a dream about an american flag. So I think its safe to say that he was inspired to create this piece of art. When I look at this picture I can see the insperation show through. All of his thoughts and feelings are portrayed by the way he created this picture. You feel a vibe of love for his country, but I get the sense that it is much bigger than that. Almost like he is showing his own flag through this one.
Jasper Johns was a brilliant artist. He knew how to work colors and express emotion. I like the way he was so open with most of his works. This piece is a success because I connected with it right away, and to me that is the basic goal of an artist. To be able to speak to people throught your artwork is an amazing talent. The Flag deffinalty inspired me.
works cited:
"Jasper Johns." Wikipedia. 2 Oct. 2007
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
La Scapigliata
Hunter 1
Dominique Hunter
Mrs. Wierenga
Drawing
3 October 2007
La Scapigliata
“La Scapigliata” is a drawing by the ever-famous Leonardo da Vinci. It was made in 1508, during the Renaissance period. In this work of art, da Vinci used brown and black oil paints to create a texturized yet simple look. In the foreground of this drawing, is the neck and shoulders of a young woman fades off the page. In the middle ground of this drawing is the face of the young woman. Lastly, the background of this drawing is just brown, faded oil paints.
Contrast is clearly seen here in the different shades of neutral colors (brown, black, white). Da Vinci also emphasizes on the young woman’s face by putting more detail into that than anything else. The use of lines are also used very well in this drawing. The lines add to the detail and emotion of the girl’s face.
Though the young woman’s face may seem solemn at first, she is not all together saddened. She seems to be in deep thought, perhaps thinking about her love. She may also be gazing into the eyes of her unseen child. The woman in the picture very much resembles Mother Mary in that aspect.
This drawing is a very beautiful piece of artwork, as many of da Vinci’s pieces are. Though this drawing is from the Renaissance age and depicts an “old fashion” view of a young woman, it can still be appreciated. I really liked the way in which da Vinci drew this young woman. It is such a simple picture, yet it holds so much emotion and so many possible meanings.
Works Cited
I forgot this!
Work Cited
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Cafe-Terrace At Night, Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, Netherlands.
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Cafe-Terrace At Night, Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, Netherlands.
Julie Park - "Monet's Painting"
Julie Park
Monet Painting
Monet is above all my favorite artist. His use of color allows landscape seem like a dream. Monet worked primarily in oil paint. I can see Monet used a lot of colors which was a light color, such as white, yellow. also I can see his brushstrokes, which very from thick to thin. he used variety of colors and texture to allow a clear view of the surface of the pond. I love texture of his painting and understand the process he used.
I love Monet's water lily garden. when I see this picture first, I feel peaceful and relax myself and I wonder how he painted this beautiful water pond. This picture reminds me that when I was young I used to have garden in my back yard. I used to go to the pond every weekend with my family. Every time when I look at this picture, I feel happy because reminds my family and my old house.
I love Monet's painting because I am impressed by the passion of Monet's art works. I love his blending of shades of colors, stillness of formless motion. I love the attitude of the artist to come through and make an impression of that attitude on my mind. I think Impressionists made the best impression.
I think Claude Monet is probably the best loved of all the impressionist painters, and he was the most influential. In his final years he was troubled by failing eyesight during, but he painted until the end. I wonder how the cateracts in his eyes effected the way he painted. He is the one whose works inspired me to take interest in painting.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://claude-monet.org/artbase/Monet/1897-1899/w1509/apc.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.interagir.com/%3FentryID%3D36&h=583&w=600&sz=116&hl=en&start=1&sig2=n24DlsGT8JdnOdTyTiKzVg&um=1&tbnid=OZgHtkxENC9FRM:&tbnh=131&tbnw=135&ei=jQADR8yfCImceICbjPML&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMonet%2527s%2Bwater%2Bpond%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
Monet Painting
Monet is above all my favorite artist. His use of color allows landscape seem like a dream. Monet worked primarily in oil paint. I can see Monet used a lot of colors which was a light color, such as white, yellow. also I can see his brushstrokes, which very from thick to thin. he used variety of colors and texture to allow a clear view of the surface of the pond. I love texture of his painting and understand the process he used.
I love Monet's water lily garden. when I see this picture first, I feel peaceful and relax myself and I wonder how he painted this beautiful water pond. This picture reminds me that when I was young I used to have garden in my back yard. I used to go to the pond every weekend with my family. Every time when I look at this picture, I feel happy because reminds my family and my old house.
I love Monet's painting because I am impressed by the passion of Monet's art works. I love his blending of shades of colors, stillness of formless motion. I love the attitude of the artist to come through and make an impression of that attitude on my mind. I think Impressionists made the best impression.
I think Claude Monet is probably the best loved of all the impressionist painters, and he was the most influential. In his final years he was troubled by failing eyesight during, but he painted until the end. I wonder how the cateracts in his eyes effected the way he painted. He is the one whose works inspired me to take interest in painting.
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Art Daio
Ms. Wieringa
Drawing
3 October 2007
Drawing
3 October 2007
Daio: Blue and Green Music
Blue and Green Music is one of many works of art created by Georgia O’Keeffe. This oil painting on canvas, created in 1919 currently resides in the Art Institute of Chicago. Although this painting is quite abstract, many things about it can be interpreted and described. In the foreground, there is brownish green swirls that almost resemble a caterpillar. In the middle ground, there are heavy dark lines. These lines can be predicted as large bars holding the luminous, mystical blue and green smoke that is in the background.
By examining this painting, it is discovered that O’Keeffe used many elements and principles of art to capture the viewer’s attention. Color is one example. The bright blues and greens seem to jump off the canvas and draw the viewer in. One the other hand, contrast and emphasis are used also. Contrast is evident by the bright colors that are surrounded by darker ones. Emphasis is used to draw the viewer’s eye from the dark forms and to the bright colors. Finally, movement is used. Movement allows the viewer’s eye to be instantly grabbed by the bright colors on the bottom of the page and then quickly
follow the “mist” the leads to the top of the canvas.
Since this painting is quite abstract, many ideas can be interpreted from it. The most obvious interpretation comes from the painting’s title, Blue and Green Music. The painting itself seems to follow the melodies and harmonies of a distinct song. Also this painting can be interpreted as may other things. For example, the northern lights many have been an inspiration of O’Keeffe, or perhaps a world that lies far beneath the water’s surface.
This painting, Blue and Green Music, is one of many of O’Keeffe’s glorious works of art that reside in museums around the globe. In my opinion, I really like how abstract the painting is because it allows me to interpret the meaning in my own personal way. Also I like the colors that O’Keeffe chose and how they seem to lead you eye across the page. I believe that this painting could be successful depending on the viewer’s taste in artwork. For example, if the viewer likes abstract works of art, I would highly recommend this painting, but if has a “fine” taste of richness and color, I would not recommend this piece.
Work Cited
"Blue and Green Music." Online Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 2 Oct. 2007 < http://search.eb.com/eb/art-60082 >.
Weeping Woman
Pablo Picasso(1937)
D : This painting has a sharp surface and jagged lines. The handkerchidf woman uses looks like a broken glass. The woman's eyes are really black. and in the middle of an eye, there is a crack. This painting expresses human emotion very strongly by giveing a sharp look.
A: The art term used in this painting the line. Lines are well described. It gives strong impression on the painting. Another term thats is used in this is primary colors. Primary colors are red, yellow, and blue. Picasso uses these colors alot in this painting. Also, secondary colors are used, which is orange, purple, and green. The shapes are sharp.
I : When picasso drew this painting, i think he saw a woman cring because she lost something. Picasso thought that it was really sad, and he tried to depict the expression on the woman. He used may types of techniques to depict the expression on the face of the woman.
o : I don't like this painting personally. Because the mourn looks on the woman's face is not pleasant to me. It's feels like i am in the pain,Very strinking. But this painting is a successful work of art. Because Pablo Picasso depicted the sadness of a woman very strongly that everybody can feel it. This painting is showing how much pain can be communicated by human face. Picasso expressed it very well.
DAIO
A storm in the Rocky Mountains – Mt. Rosalie, is a beautiful portrayal of a storm in the
The elements that are you can see in this painting by Albert Bierstadt are line, texture, space, and color. The colors that look like have been used are white, purple, blue, black, tan. Space is taken up beautifully with the big looming cliffs around the lake and the trees in the foreground, and the Indians hunting in the foreground.
In A storm in the
I really like In A storm in the
The painting caught my eye because I like drawing mountains, and i thought it was gorgeous how Beirstadt contrasted everything. Looking at it I feel calm and peaceful This painting is very beautiful and makes me feel small. It shows the beautiful things that God did when creating the world, and all the little details that make a magnificent picture.
Works Cited
Beirstadt, Albert. A storm in the
works cited and picture
I forgot this on my daio which is the post right below this.
Works Cited
Van Ruisdael, Jacob, Dune Landscape with Oak Tree. 1650-1655. The
of Art.
DAIO
Samantha de Waal Malefyt
Ms. Wierenga
Drawing
DAIO
This drawing is a black chalk drawing by the Dutch artist, Jacob Van Ruisdael, and is titled Dune Landscape with Oak Tree. In the foreground of the drawing is a river and shrubbery. The middle ground contains a giant tree on a small hill. In the background can be seen more trees, mountains, and even a house. Also in the background, there appears to be stormy skies.
In this drawing, Van Ruisdael creates balance by keeping the right side open and light in order to balance out the darker, more detailed left side. Van Ruisdael uses short, dark lines in the shrubs and the center tree in order to create detail and emphasis in the foreground. It also gives the plants a sharp, leafy texture that makes it seem like they would be rough to the touch, while the river along the right side has a smooth texture making it appear to flow along the paper. Van Ruisdael blends the chalk of the mountain and the sky to make the mountains seem further in the distance and in order to give the appearance of a cloudy day.
This drawing shows a very homey, quaint scene. The house nestled in the background and the plant life by the river makes it seem like a nice, quiet place to live or visit. But the cloudy sky and the fact that the drawing is done in black and white gives the artwork a creepy disturbing feel to it. Even though the tree has some leaves on it, it skeletal branches and structure can still be seen. Van Ruisdael took a warm country scene and gave it a dark edge with his choice of medium and with little details added to the composition.
This drawing immediately caught my eye because of the extreme detail it possesses. I like the drawing because it can appear dark and mysterious to some, and it can also seem like a great scene of nature and the countryside. The work is successful because Van Ruisdael was trying to create an independent, striking, black-and-white drawing. It is defiantly a piece that can stand on its and capture your attention.
DAIO
This is a famous painting by Vincent Van Gogh, called Starry Night. In June of 1889, Van Gogh painted Starry Night with oils on canvas. In the foreground is a large fire that set closer to the viewer to show emphasis. The middle ground includes a small town in the country. Lastly the background includes a beautiful night sky, with glowing stars, which is the main focus.
Van Gogh uses a lot of elements in this painting. The element of line is apparent when you look at the sky around the stars and the moon. Another element of art that Van Gogh used in this painting would be space. Even though his main focus is the night sky, he still makes the town and the fire noticeable. The last element that is apparent in Starry Night is the element of texture. Van Gogh used different brush strokes to create the texture of the sky, fire, and the city.
Not only did Van Gogh use different elements of art he also used principles of design in this painting. One main principle would be the principle of movement. The movement with the stars shows the beauty of the night. His painting is also very balanced, the fire and the moon are placed well so that your eyes wander throughout the whole picture. Lastly he uses harmony and unity through the colors and the textures.
Van Gogh painted Starry Night when he was in an asylum, where he produced over a hundred other paintings. Van Gogh loved the night time because it was so promising and colorful. He wanted people to stop in there busy day and glance up at the stars and moon at night and see their beauty.
I love this painting, his use of color and texture go great together. This is a very successful piece of art because it does make you appreciate what God has given us even in the night time. This is one of Van Gogh’s most famous painting and is on display in the MoMA.
Works Cited
Van Gogh, Vincent. “Starry Night.” MoMa.org. The Museum of Modern Art. 1889. 18 December 2006. 2006.
DAIO - Cindy Baik
Cindy Baik
Ms. Wieringa
Drawing
Oct.2.2007
DAIO
I am goint to introduce one of my favorite painting, Cafe-Terrace At Night (1888)by Vincent van Gogh, who was a famous Dutch artist and the most great Post Impressionist painter. The painting was hand-painted with oil on canvas. There is a night scene in the painting and the stars are depicted by very bright color of yellow. Also, that light effects of the night. We can easily see that Van Gogh has achieved an effect of luminosity with the use of contrasting colors and tones. In the painting, the darks compliment the lights, the blues intensify the oranges, and the purples bring out the yellows. The painting is not symmetrical, but Van Gogh expressed the perspective by drawing things big which is close to him, and drawing small which is far from him. So in the painting we can surely see that there is a cafe-terrace following on the side street.
In Cafe-Terrace At Night, there are some people on the terrace in the bright lamplight, and also can see a couple who are walking forward to the cafe together. I think, Van Gogh was trying to say about his loneliness. Looking at the people in the cafe, probably Van Gogh, who was painting the picture on the side road by himself must be lonely. He undoubtedly was thinking about his sister and about his solitude.
In the painting, Van Gogh painted a night painting without black, with nothing but beautiful blue and violet and green and in this surrounding the illuminated area colors itself sulfur pale yellow and citron green. Those colors are not very related, but they are contrasted by each other. I think it is much beautiful because of that contrasting. He aslo painted by oil, not by other usual paints. So it made a painting much realistic by expressing of the sight of night.
When I first heard about this project, Vincent van Gogh was in my mind. I don't know it was because he was one of the most popular artists out of very few ones to me, or not. Anyway, I looked for things about his paintings. Then, eventually, I picked Cafe-Terrace At Night, because it attracted me at the first sight and I have thought about this painting that it was a very nice before. After searching this painting, I knew that using oil, even though it needs very hard work, if I use good colors, I can express more than what I expected. So in my personal opinion, I think this painting is very special.
Monday, October 1, 2007
DAIO-SIEUN LIM
Sieun Lim
Ms. Wieringa
Drawing
29 September 2007
This is my favorite drawing entitled What happened to us? by a modern artist, Dan Perjovschi(Romanian, b. 1961). It was drawn on the museum wall by Perjovschi in 2007. This artwork just have two points of interest, the foreground and back ground. The foreground is composed of lots of scribbling drawings that look like done by a kid, and the background is just blank space which is the white wall in the museum. Although the drawing would look very messy, it also looks funny and interesting.
The drawing was just drawn only with a black permenant maker, and except the line and shape, there is no special elements of art like colors, space, texture, and value. However, despite of its simplicity, the drawing attracts its audience very strongly. If it were just a normal drawing on paper, it would not be well-known by many people as it is now. However, because of the artist's ability to use the space for his art, every single drawing on the wall can be found easily by visitors at the museum with its huge size. Not only the size, but also the strong ideas and messages from Perjovschi's work enchant its viewrs. Since he drew simply, it helps the audience to understand his points directly and makes them interesting with various issues from each drawing. In his artwork, Dan Perjovschi satirizes things that have happened and that are happening to the United States, so most pictures look sarcastic and fun although they are so simple. For example, there is a drawing that criticizes self-interest. It shows two smiling people hugging each other, and one of them put his hand in the other one’s pocket and tries to steal something from him. Another picture also shows prejudice of people. There are people having same bubbles above their heads, but only one person among them has a different shaped bubble as only his face is reddened. This shows how the society forces people to think in same way and isolate those who have different concepts. Lastly, there is a drawing of three cars that represents that the wealth of men is judged by the size of their cars and satirizes the materialism. Dan Perjovschi does not onlydeal with these topics, but also talks with various other topics and points out problems from them, such as environmental pollution, the Iraq war, isolation of arts from the public, nationalism, and so on. The stories in the drawing are still happening now, so it attracts its audience strongly because it is what is in the new now and makes them think carefully about those issues again.
Ms. Wieringa
Drawing
29 September 2007
So Simple, but So Strong
This is my favorite drawing entitled What happened to us? by a modern artist, Dan Perjovschi(Romanian, b. 1961). It was drawn on the museum wall by Perjovschi in 2007. This artwork just have two points of interest, the foreground and back ground. The foreground is composed of lots of scribbling drawings that look like done by a kid, and the background is just blank space which is the white wall in the museum. Although the drawing would look very messy, it also looks funny and interesting.
The drawing was just drawn only with a black permenant maker, and except the line and shape, there is no special elements of art like colors, space, texture, and value. However, despite of its simplicity, the drawing attracts its audience very strongly. If it were just a normal drawing on paper, it would not be well-known by many people as it is now. However, because of the artist's ability to use the space for his art, every single drawing on the wall can be found easily by visitors at the museum with its huge size. Not only the size, but also the strong ideas and messages from Perjovschi's work enchant its viewrs. Since he drew simply, it helps the audience to understand his points directly and makes them interesting with various issues from each drawing. In his artwork, Dan Perjovschi satirizes things that have happened and that are happening to the United States, so most pictures look sarcastic and fun although they are so simple. For example, there is a drawing that criticizes self-interest. It shows two smiling people hugging each other, and one of them put his hand in the other one’s pocket and tries to steal something from him. Another picture also shows prejudice of people. There are people having same bubbles above their heads, but only one person among them has a different shaped bubble as only his face is reddened. This shows how the society forces people to think in same way and isolate those who have different concepts. Lastly, there is a drawing of three cars that represents that the wealth of men is judged by the size of their cars and satirizes the materialism. Dan Perjovschi does not onlydeal with these topics, but also talks with various other topics and points out problems from them, such as environmental pollution, the Iraq war, isolation of arts from the public, nationalism, and so on. The stories in the drawing are still happening now, so it attracts its audience strongly because it is what is in the new now and makes them think carefully about those issues again.
I love this drawing byDan Perjovschi because his art style is similar to mine. When I work on my artwork, I am mostly concerned with how to communicate my idea and messages to the audience effectively through my art rather than how to use techniques well to make the subject more realistic. Although Dan’s simple drawing could be ignorant to some people, it successfully communicated his messages to the audience. He knows the way that makes his works more attractive and effective as my art teacher said," if he drew these pictures on a normal size paper like most artists do, his drawing would not be very great as it is now." The other reason I like his drawing is that the stories seem to happen in not only America but everyplace around me. I was really touched by the messages he gave. I hope this great work influences many people’s thoughts and leads them to make some changes for a better world.
Perjovschi, Dan. WHAT HAPPENED TO US?. 27 August 2007. Museum of Modern Art, New York.30 September2007. <http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/exhibitions.php?id=3956>.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
DAIO- Seo-Yoon Kim
Seo yoon Kim
Ms. Wieringa
Drawing
Oct.1.2007
I am going to introduce an art piece called The Storm (1922). The art piece drawn by Georgia O’Keeffe (1887~1986), was done with pastel on paper, mounted on illustration board. The art piece has three points of interest which are foreground, middleground, and background. I think the two white quarters of circular shapes with one yellow circle are the foreground because they looklike the most forward objects in the work of art. I think the dark blue part with a little bit of yellow color is the middle ground because it looks like it is in between the two white quarters of circular shapes and the black part with the cup shape. The cup shape seems to be brittle, on the center of it’s body because of the fractured lines. The last part, the background, is the black part with the cup shape that I am mentioning in the middleground. Using the color, black, at the background, Georgia O’Keeffe made the cup shape seems to be far away from viewer’s eyes.
In The Storm, Georgia O’Keeffe used bright colors such as white and yellow at the foreground. Then she made the other parts all dark colors to divide the positive and negative space. The two white quarters of circular shapes are not symmetrically harmonious. The important point, however, is not whether the shapes are symmetrical or not. By being unsymmetrical, they seem to vanish, and this is the result of the blending of pastels because the color on the edge of the two white quarters of circular shapes is a new color and has a soft feeling. If they were both symmetrical with no color mixing, the art piece would be sharp and even boring
When I was researching the art pieces for my DAIO, The Storm came to my attention during the very first time of searching. The reason that I could choose it easily was the work of art has lots of ideas. The one factor that I like most about this work of art is showing darkness and brightness at the same time. Although this art piece is a pastel drawing, the detail at the center of the art piece impressed me. Moreover, I always thought that pastel drawing doesn’t have a detail, but now I can see the magic of art. I, therefore, think this work of art is successful.
Work Cites
O'Keeffe, Georgia. The Storm. 1922. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 29 September
2007. < http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/artworks.asp?ReplicationId={6205971C-19F0-45A7-87AB-A1402DF79E0D} >
Ms. Wieringa
Drawing
Oct.1.2007
DAIO
I am going to introduce an art piece called The Storm (1922). The art piece drawn by Georgia O’Keeffe (1887~1986), was done with pastel on paper, mounted on illustration board. The art piece has three points of interest which are foreground, middleground, and background. I think the two white quarters of circular shapes with one yellow circle are the foreground because they looklike the most forward objects in the work of art. I think the dark blue part with a little bit of yellow color is the middle ground because it looks like it is in between the two white quarters of circular shapes and the black part with the cup shape. The cup shape seems to be brittle, on the center of it’s body because of the fractured lines. The last part, the background, is the black part with the cup shape that I am mentioning in the middleground. Using the color, black, at the background, Georgia O’Keeffe made the cup shape seems to be far away from viewer’s eyes.
In The Storm, Georgia O’Keeffe used bright colors such as white and yellow at the foreground. Then she made the other parts all dark colors to divide the positive and negative space. The two white quarters of circular shapes are not symmetrically harmonious. The important point, however, is not whether the shapes are symmetrical or not. By being unsymmetrical, they seem to vanish, and this is the result of the blending of pastels because the color on the edge of the two white quarters of circular shapes is a new color and has a soft feeling. If they were both symmetrical with no color mixing, the art piece would be sharp and even boring
Because the title is called The Storm, I believe that the story of this work of art related to the weather. Once upon a time, the world had only bright peaceful morning. Among the peaceful world, the leader called the Sun, controlled darkness. He was very strong so that nothing dared attempt to look over his absolute power. The rebellion, “The Strom,” however, occurred at the highest place of the world which was the sky. It brought a strong electrical force, a lightning bolt, to take over the world. The bright force under the Sun fought back, but the lightning bolt was too strong that even the absolute power could not cease it. Eventually, the Sun failed to protect his region and ran away with his brightness.
When I was researching the art pieces for my DAIO, The Storm came to my attention during the very first time of searching. The reason that I could choose it easily was the work of art has lots of ideas. The one factor that I like most about this work of art is showing darkness and brightness at the same time. Although this art piece is a pastel drawing, the detail at the center of the art piece impressed me. Moreover, I always thought that pastel drawing doesn’t have a detail, but now I can see the magic of art. I, therefore, think this work of art is successful.
Work Cites
O'Keeffe, Georgia. The Storm. 1922. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 29 September
2007. < http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/artworks.asp?ReplicationId={6205971C-19F0-45A7-87AB-A1402DF79E0D} >
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