1) Explain the art criticism process.The art criticism process is summed up into 4 categories. Describe, Analyze, Interpret, and Judge. Describing consists of telling what you see, listing how you would describe it over the phone to someone who can't see the piece in real life, telling the colors that were used, and explaining the elements. This helps the person you are describing it to get a clear image. Analyzing consists of telling the elements of art and the principles of design that were used. This is like listing the color, value, line, shape/form, texture, space, balance, emphasis, harmony, variety, movement, proportion, and pattern. Interpret is like trying to figure out what the artist was trying to portray in the piece. By looking at the piece, you can try to figure out things like what the mood is, what feeling and ideas there are. And what the story being told is. This promotes a deeper meaning of the art and allows you to look at it as if it was a story being told, not just some elements put together. 2) Critique a pieceThis piece is a town that consists of three detailed buildings and a roadway with a car driving into the town. The colors that are used are calm and pastel and are different shades yellow, blue, red, pink, gray, and brown. It is painted with watercolor and the texture of the image is smooth wit all of the strokes that are painted going the same way. It is a perspective piece and the proportions work well with the building that is farthest away is tiny. The building that is second farthest is second biggest, and the building that is closest is the biggest. The lines are not sharp or bold, yet contribute to shaping the overall image. The mood of this image is happy and hopeful. The sky is bright blue and the picture looks as if it was taken on a warm beautiful day. The story being told looks to be a busy tropical town. Most local towns are not different pastel colors as you only see that a lot of the times in other warmer countries which is why I said it was tropical. The car driving shows that people go to the town and the many doors and windows in each building makes the image look more realistic. I thought that the artwork turned out really well. At first I was worried because the reference picture was so detailed and the image was very hard to draw. But after a few tries I got it down. I think that the color choice I used worked very well with the image because the pastel watercolor paint is calm and easy to look at. It's not too harsh. I think that the image is also successful because it looks realistic and it is easy to tell what was painted. - Sketchbook: pick any warm-up from your sketchbook that you found beneficial, interesting or simply felt you handled well. Describe the activity and reason for selecting it above the others. Include a photo.I found the face proportions warm up very beneficial and interesting. This is because I never truly learned how to draw a face and drawing this for the first time helped me realize how to make a face look realistic. I was also a little surprised when I drew the face proportions because I never knew how proportional the face really was, like the five eyes across, etc. I selected this one above the others because although the other warm ups were helpful, this one i am going to remember and also look back on every time I am drawing a person/face. - What was your favorite material that you used this year? Why do you like working with it?My favorite material that I worked with this year was acrylic paint. This is because when you messed up, you could simply paint over it. I mess up a lot while painting so this was helpful for me. I also like the texture of the paint. It is very thick and easy to paint something to it's full volume. It is also easy to mix colors. Mixing colors is a huge part of painting and i'm glad that acrylic paint allows me to do that. - What did you find most difficult about this class? This could be anything from gathering materials, to generating projects ideas, to applying a particular technique. What could be done to resolve this issue in the future?What I found most difficult about this class was making things look realistic. The picture I included was of my portrait piece because this piece is what I struggled the most on making look realistic. This is my first year of doing art, so a lot of my pieces look very beginner and a little rough, however I just want for them to look real. And I need to understand that that still is going to take a bit of time and practice to figure out. In my portrait piece, I redid the whole piece 3 times, and I redid different parts on the face too many times to count. However with practice I am proud of the way that it turned out. That is what I will use to to resolve this issue in the future. I am going to practice many times and try my best.
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