Sunday, January 30, 2011
Done! Sort of....
J'ai fini! Just finished the last of January's concentration pieces! I'm not sure if we're supposed to post them on our blog right now for that online critique--guess I should bring them in tomorrow anyways. I can't say that I was super pleased with how this month's pieces turned out. but for the artist, it's the process that counts, right? right? ah, well. One of them is a bit of a stretch, I think, for my concentration. too busy. lacking interest. meh. ah well, I guess we learn most from our failures. I might work a little more on it later, to make it more like I imagined it. or accidentally ruin it trying to make it like I imagined it. anyways, here they are:
sorry about the upside-down one. not quite sure how to get the thing right side up. I'll go mess with it later.
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Amy, I really like both of these! On the bottom one, the bending tree creates great movement from the left side to the right side of the piece. The shadows add good dimension to the piece (depth dimension - makes the trail really feel likle its moving into the page). I'm a little confused with the leaves in the upper right hand corner. With how concrete the rest of the piece is, the lack of form in the leaves is kind of confusing.
ReplyDeleteEven though the top one is upside down, I can still understand it. The branches could use some more shadowing to create better contrast to the background (bring them forward). I think that the background could use some fading in or out from top to bottom / side to side / however you want it. The uniform background is sort of boring. Try to make the stump / house come forward by making them sharper or darker than the rest of the piece.
I love them Amy! the top one almost looks like stained glass in a way, it's really interesting. It is a bit flat, but I'm sure you can fix that if you want to. The light in the bottom one is so nice! If you were going for creepy, it didn't quite work, but I love the painting. The shadows are awesome, I enjoy them bunches. I almost think I might prefer the top one upside down? I don't know, I'd have to see it right side up too.
ReplyDeleteThis looks really hard to paint! with all the lines and branches... and shadows of branches. What stands out to me is the lighting in the 2nd one- it's excellent. The only critique I have is that I wish there was more detail in the figure.
ReplyDeleteFor the first peice, I wish the background separated a little better from the main object, maybe by adding more contrast to what looks like upside down houses and the ground it's attached to. But the peice has good ballance and line.
One more thing... I've noticed you've used the same/similar color blue for a lot of your pieces in the background. Maybe you could switch it up a little? other than that, great job amy :)
The first piece brings stained glass to my mind as well, Colleen. I know the lighting changes the colors a bit (the 2nd looks much more cheery), so the sky in the top one is a light lavender and the sky in the bottom is quite gray.
ReplyDeleteThe top piece is amazing!!! I love how geometric and almost stained glass looking it is. You can tell that it is a tree, but everything about it looks so inorganic, the opposite of what is tree really is. And your comment above said that its too busy but lacking interest? I could not disagree more. The intricacy of the branches makes the piece so interesting and i think the fact that you kept the background very soft and solid kept it fro being too busy. Job well done!! The only thing is that i would work in the green into other parts of the piece to move the eye around.
ReplyDeleteI love the second one! I must admit, I am suprised at how well it turned out. You managed to make sure it didn't become too muddy and you kept a constant color and tone throughout the piece. I think it is very successful And you did a great job with the lighting. I am impressed with the shadows of the tree and like the top layer of green on the tree. I do think that the top piece is pretty muddy and watered down though (which is easy to do with water color). Good job though, and I'm looking forward to your next, even better pieces.
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