This class involves learning the complexities of painting directly from life. Dual emphasis on exploration paint and surface, as well as the figure will be developed. This course will cover the history and appreciation of contemporary painting and will cover a wide range of painting techniques. Students will work up to developing their own personal style within the confines of academic figurative art.
This piece rains emotion like the color it emits. Not only can i see the emotion of the figure but i can also see the impression of the artist which allows for a very truthful painting.
The achromatic choice of color in the figure creates a strong mood. Though it is cool colors I am still able to get the sensation of warm from this image and the light source feels believable.
Very sculpture defined. I love the use of the cool colors and the emotion it gives off. The emotion I sense is sadness and grief. The light wash of blue in the background was a very good choice set in this painting.
I was surprised when I first saw a blue painting in class. And very concerned about how well it could be pulled off. But this painting is beautifully done. I think there is a dichotomy in the rendering of this figure though. Where some parts (the top of the chest, the left thigh) feel like they want to convey flesh, but many other parts ( the shin, hands, and face) which seem to act as sculptures, and feel very hard. This is a problem for my brain, because the difference is severe enough, and separated enough that I have trouble reconciling them. I think that the idea and the intent are beautiful, but I think they need to be better justified by more inclusion of both (Not by making the whole figure have the same exact treatment, but by including both treatments in more areas, and in areas that interact more fully) My favorite part of this painting is the palette. I think it was developed beautifully, and works well to convey a psychological mood while still creating a figure that is readable and well rendered as human and alive.
I enjoy your use of the many shades of blue in your painting. The color choice evokes a superhuman essence. The expressionless face and stoic pose contribute to my assessment of this being superhuman. Your paint is beautifully blended and captures light quite efficiently.
I sometimes find monochromatic painting hard to work with but I think you did a good job with it. It helps to create a statue like feel to the figure which I like. You also created a nice range of value in his skin. I'm really glad you added some hints of other colors for the background, without those pops of color I think the background would have been weaker.
I am just going to reiterate what I said in class; I think your painting is very interesting, it has such a soft quality that is very attractive, but it falls flat in a few places because lines become blurred, the left leg and upper left arm
really like the style reminds me of piccasso pieces. the monochromatic use was unique and nice to see among the others. I would try to match the transition with some areas like the thigh and shin with the less gradual one of the abdomen.
It is very difficult to use a monochromatic palette in any genre of painting, but especially figure painting. Flesh, which has underlying color and many tonal shifts, can be near impossible to depict monochromatically, but you have done it, and have retained a lot of the other formal aspects that a painting needs to have (composition, grounding, etc.). The blue figure does become statuesque, but it is clear that it does so by choice of the artist. Whether or not you meant to when you started painting, your deliberation is what helps make this piece. The only thing that could be clarified is the figure's left leg. The proportion and lighting seem correct, but the leg sinks too much into the background. A darker value wash right behind the leg could maybe help this.
I really love that you went with a monochromatic color scheme and I can't imagine the difficulty associated with that. You did a great job! The left arm looks so amazing...and there is something about the torso area that I really like, I think it has to do with the highlights and shadows. The highlights along the ribcage look nice. There is one thing that really needs some attention, and that's his left leg, it blends in with the background too much and kind of disappears. Maybe it just needs a defining line. Overall, nice painting!
the tonal shifts in this painting are excellent (especially for being monochromatic) and the figure definitely has a three dimensional presence. i will say that the hair and face could have some more extreme lights and darks.
This piece rains emotion like the color it emits. Not only can i see the emotion of the figure but i can also see the impression of the artist which allows for a very truthful painting.
ReplyDeleteThe achromatic choice of color in the figure creates a strong mood. Though it is cool colors I am still able to get the sensation of warm from this image and the light source feels believable.
ReplyDeleteVery sculpture defined. I love the use of the cool colors and the emotion it gives off. The emotion I sense is sadness and grief. The light wash of blue in the background was a very good choice set in this painting.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised when I first saw a blue painting in class. And very concerned about how well it could be pulled off. But this painting is beautifully done. I think there is a dichotomy in the rendering of this figure though. Where some parts (the top of the chest, the left thigh) feel like they want to convey flesh, but many other parts ( the shin, hands, and face) which seem to act as sculptures, and feel very hard. This is a problem for my brain, because the difference is severe enough, and separated enough that I have trouble reconciling them. I think that the idea and the intent are beautiful, but I think they need to be better justified by more inclusion of both (Not by making the whole figure have the same exact treatment, but by including both treatments in more areas, and in areas that interact more fully)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of this painting is the palette. I think it was developed beautifully, and works well to convey a psychological mood while still creating a figure that is readable and well rendered as human and alive.
I enjoy your use of the many shades of blue in your painting. The color choice evokes a superhuman essence. The expressionless face and stoic pose contribute to my assessment of this being superhuman. Your paint is beautifully blended and captures light quite efficiently.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes find monochromatic painting hard to work with but I think you did a good job with it. It helps to create a statue like feel to the figure which I like. You also created a nice range of value in his skin. I'm really glad you added some hints of other colors for the background, without those pops of color I think the background would have been weaker.
ReplyDeleteI am just going to reiterate what I said in class; I think your painting is very interesting, it has such a soft quality that is very attractive, but it falls flat in a few places because lines become blurred, the left leg and upper left arm
ReplyDeletereally like the style reminds me of piccasso pieces. the monochromatic use was unique and nice to see among the others. I would try to match the transition with some areas like the thigh and shin with the less gradual one of the abdomen.
ReplyDeleteIt is very difficult to use a monochromatic palette in any genre of painting, but especially figure painting. Flesh, which has underlying color and many tonal shifts, can be near impossible to depict monochromatically, but you have done it, and have retained a lot of the other formal aspects that a painting needs to have (composition, grounding, etc.). The blue figure does become statuesque, but it is clear that it does so by choice of the artist. Whether or not you meant to when you started painting, your deliberation is what helps make this piece. The only thing that could be clarified is the figure's left leg. The proportion and lighting seem correct, but the leg sinks too much into the background. A darker value wash right behind the leg could maybe help this.
ReplyDeleteLydia this painting reminds me of Picasso's Blue Period! specifically his painting called Femme aux Bras Croisés. Of course as said in class not all colors mean the same to people, but for me portraying your figure in a monochromatic blue, makes me wonder about the narrative behind the painting or the painter. Using blue was a bold decision and I love the way this painting came out. The only thing I would try differently, (and this is only because of The Blue Period) is I would darken the back ground and add some lighting and shadows in the same monochromatic blues that you used on the figure. Then again the background is pleasing to the eye, just the way it is.
ReplyDeleteI really love that you went with a monochromatic color scheme and I can't imagine the difficulty associated with that. You did a great job! The left arm looks so amazing...and there is something about the torso area that I really like, I think it has to do with the highlights and shadows. The highlights along the ribcage look nice. There is one thing that really needs some attention, and that's his left leg, it blends in with the background too much and kind of disappears. Maybe it just needs a defining line. Overall, nice painting!
ReplyDeletethe tonal shifts in this painting are excellent (especially for being monochromatic) and the figure definitely has a three dimensional presence. i will say that the hair and face could have some more extreme lights and darks.
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