Materials Reflection

I really enjoyed working with the different materials, my favorite were the acrylic paint, the pastel, and the ink. I liked watercolor but I had trouble getting it to do what I wanted. I also liked charcoal but it was very messy. I think I will use ink and acrylic in my self portrait. I like the bright and flat colors you can create with acrylic and it reminds me of Chamille’s paintings. I also think the ink has a very dramatic affect and would work well for creating contrast in my self portrait like in MC Escher’s woodcut. I didn’t get to work with any three dimensional material and I would like to experiment with clay in the future. I feel a lot more comfortable with the materials now that I have gotten a chance to experiment and try each one. I didn’t like working with color pencil that much because it was a lot of work and takes a lot of time to get a bold color, maybe when I have more patience I will appreciate colored pencil.

3 Chosen Elements

I’ve chosen to concentrate on line, color, and contrast. I like how the artists use line in an unusual way to create an interesting composition. I also like how complimentary colors create an energy in a painting as well as inspire emotion. And I like the balance that contrast and positive/negative shapes create. I hope that these will make my portrait interesting and different.

Analysis of MC Escher

For my second artist I chose MC Escher and his woodcut “Portrait of a Man”. I like the swirly patterns he uses and that the portrait is a profile, that seems unusual to me. For my three elements that I chose I picked: Positive/negative shape, Line, texture. This portrait is made up of lines with different thicknesses and shapes that are all black or white. This creates an unusual balance and high contrasted portrait. This unusual shape make the portrait very interesting to look at and creates a rhythm or a sense of movement in the woodcut. The texture that is created by the contrasted lines makes the image twist and turn. There are lines coming out from his head, I wonder if that represents anything or if its just for decoration.

www.mcescher.com

Analysis of Camille Rose Garcia

I chose Chamille Rose Garcia for my first artist and her painting titled “Blue Sailor”. I like this painting because it has a lot of emotion, I like the colors, and the shapes. The three elements that I chose to analyze are: Line, Shape, and Color.
This artist uses line to create contours which make her characters very cartoonish, they are very fluid and organic which make her paintings very whimsical. The shapes are also very organic and curvy. Some of the shapes are recognizable but others are very stylized versions of real things, there are also large tear drop shapes that are very fantastical. She uses complementary colors which create a sense off balance and energy. The red makes me think of blood and the blue makes me think of the ocean, this creates a creepy and violent feeling.

www.camillerosegarcia.com

Artist Statement

My name is Amberleigh Quinn and I am a high school art student. I have always loved to draw, when I was little I would try and draw the characters from the cartoons that I would watch. Drawing relaxes me and I hope that some day my art can allow people to escape into another world or that it can inspire nostalgia. I would to share my visions with other people.