Wednesday, 9 October 2013

Frida Kahlo

Realism: On this painting I would say it would score a 5/10. I saw this because the woman is drawn very well. She has been drawn with lots of attention to detail. The shadow on her neck from her head is showing where the light is coming from (Right side). The indents, little fading lines to show wrinkles, are very realistic.

  Though there is all this realism in the woman, I can't really say the same for the monkeys. The monkey's heads are very small compared to the body, and they seem to be missing necks. Monkeys have eyes very similar to humans, but in this they are blacked out except for the pupil. They are not the main focus of this image, but it wouldn't hurt to put a little more detail.

Emotionalism: This photo, for the woman anyway, doesn't really give off a negative feeling, nor a negative. She seems very straight-faced, like a woman who has been posing for a while.

    The monkeys, on the other hand, do give off a noticeable feeling. A feeling of interest. The left monkey seems to be in awe of the woman, while the right seems very focused on her face, and the way she looks.

This painting, in my opinion, is a 9/10 for emotionalism. It has emotions, which you can notice right off the bat. Although some may differ on the woman's expression. I believe most have it come off as a "straight-faced" emotion.

Formalism: I would think this piece of artwork would score high on formalism. It has lots of unity. The colours go well together, the background colours seem to blend into the next colour. This painting also has very good texture. By this I mean, by looking at said object in the painting, you can sense the feeling of it.
 

Wednesday, 2 October 2013

Daumier

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This is a thing we made as a class.


Each student drew a piece and then we put it together. What the class did was, each student was individually assigned a square, and they had to draw their assigned piece, without knowing what the final outcome was to be. It is a recreation of a different piece of artwork made by Daumier.

I feel that this piece of art is not meant to be an upbringing piece or art. I get a gloomy, depressing feeling as I look into the picture.