Wednesday, May 27, 2009


The Story that i am trying to tell in my book is about someone who avoids paying taxes and then moves to the U.S. To tell my story i could only use xeroxs it was very hard to do. in the book i had a page that was the main character thinking about moving to the U.S. i put the character in the middle of the page. him being in the middle emphasized and made you look at him.
The two colors i chose were blue and grey. i thought that i would show the side of being kind of boring and dull. and then blue represents being relaxed and not very hyper.
When i was designing my family portrait i thought more about symbolism than the actual looks. in reality i am taller than my mom and almost equal with my dad. but since parents always seem tall i drew them taller than me. i think that the strongest aspect of my family portrait is my drawing. i think that i did a good job drawing. i payed a lot of attention to detail.
i think that the most successful aspect of my sculpture was the glazing. it was partially on accident but i ended up using two different colors of glaze. in the end though the blend ended up looking really good i think. if i was to make another sculpture i would smooth out the clay more so that it would be easier to glaze.

Block Print

I think that the final Result of the block print was very good. i really enjoyed this project and worked very hard on it. it was very fun to do also. it seemed hard at first but i think that the final result was good.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009


Madame Georges Charpentier (née Marguérite-Louise Lemonnier, 1848–1904) and Her Children, Georgette-Berthe (1872–1945) and Paul-Émile-Charles (1875–1895), 1878Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919)Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1907 (07.122)

The Repast of the Lion, ca. 1907Henri Rousseau (le Douanier) (French, 1844–1910)Bequest of Sam A. Lewisohn, 1951 (51.112.5)

Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), 1891Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903)Bequest of Sam A. Lewisohn, 1951 (51.112.2)

Cypresses, 1889Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)Rogers Fund, 1949 (49.30)

Circus Sideshow, 1887–88Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)Bequest of Stephen C. Clark, 1960 (61.101.17)
I think that the artist has a very positive view on family. the painting looks like the family is very happy together. The Painting is very asymetrical the mother is in the middle with the children all off to one side. the color palette is very cool for this painting. no bright colors are used and very few hot colors are. The Value also plays a roll in this painting. The background is very dark colors but the children have very bright clothes on. this draws our eyes to them. also the mother next to the children her clothes contrast so much with the children's so that we focus on her aswell.

Friday, March 13, 2009

NightHawks

When i first looked at this painting i thought that it was very intense. i liked it a lot. it is a really nice painting of the life at night in a city. Edward Hopper uses Value very well in this painting to emphasize the bar. this piece is very asymetrical. all of the figures and the bar itself are on one side. it is a very nice painting though. the light really contributes. so does the style choices that edward hopper made. Also contributing the the intensity of the painting is the pose choices. the man with his back turned the waiter and the couple are posed in such a way that it really makes you question what is happening.