Reference PhotoInprogressFinal This is my fourth concentration piece; it is a picture of me and my sister hiking through Triberg, Germany. Triberg is a small town in the Black Forest region where they are known for Cuckoo clocks and Black Forest cake. This hike was Wasserfalls, which means waterfall in German. My family is a big adventure family, so we always find the coolest things to entertain ourselves with on vacation - hiking was one of them. The main goal of this leg of the trip was to hike, see some waterfalls, and get me a Cuckoo Clock. My favorite part is my sister and I hugging, so I am going to make us stick out by dulling the background and saturating us.
When I started this piece I was scared about getting the spacing and proportions right, so I only traced the outline of each of our faces. I wanted to sketch everything else at home, so I took my time and focused on getting everything perfect. It took me a long time to get the courage to draw the faces eventually I did it. When I started coloring I started on the pants first, then worked on the shoes, then the shirts. Most of the clothes I had to blended at least two colors together to get that specific color. The clothing, shoes, and hair were the easiest part of the piece. I took my good sweet ol time with the background to make it as perfect as possible. The rocks were mostly time consuming, after I did the first two I got the technique I wanted to use down. I was eminent on having a dull background but still having enough values to make it make sense. The trees were my worst nightmare. I just can't do trees, they are the worst to draw. The nature part of the background needs much improvement, but I have been working on it too long and I know I can live with how it looks.If I could go back and fix anything I would fix how broad my sister looks, but oh well.
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Reference photoin progressFinal This is my third concentration piece. This is the clock in Musse d'Orsay in Paris, it is an art museum that holds Monet, Van Gogh, and many more. My family and I roamed through the whole museum and into French Impressionism, my favorite era, where we found this. Everyone was crowed around it trying to take pictures to post on their social media; people of every race from all different countries. My favorite part of the picture was the contrast of the blue sky against the stark black of the clock. I enhanced my piece by changing the sky to more of a sunset type changing the color of the sheen on the clock.
When I started my piece I knew I couldn't draw this freehand so I decided to trace it. I am so glad I did it because I would have spent a solid week just trying to perfect the circles and make it look as good as possible. Then after I transferred the graphite onto my paper I made the sketch darker before I started coloring. After I got the details right I went in with the black since I knew it would be the quickest to finish. I knew I wanted to blend out the clouds and not have such a contrast where they started and ended with the sky, so I blended the orange into the white to get the yellow. I did this is the same cloud pattern like in the reference picture. Next I colored in the sheen of the clock and I decided to do a different color than orange so it wouldn't resemble a pumpkin. I used a blush pink and blended it with the orange I used in the sky to make it more cohesive. I finished my piece by filling out the sky around the rim of the clock. I eliminated most of the challenges I would have faced if I had not traced my picture onto my paper. Other than that it was about planning how to enhance my piece, which meant picking the color for the sky. When I finished I did regret not making my sky more of a funky color like a lavender purple, but I am not going to erase half of my piece to do so. It reminds me a lot of Halloween but I can get behind that vibe. I hope this piece grows on me. I do not have time to sulk I have to finish NINE more pieces. If I have time after I finish all twelve I may change the sky color. I like the black. |
AuthorEach piece I post here will be added to my AP Art Portfolio. This is the second half of my yearlong journey in Art 4/AP Art. I will be extremely stressed, do to the pressed time . I hope everything goes well and I will actually have 24 pieces to submit to College Board Archives
May 2019
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