Mandala

I like hearts, so I did a heart mandala.

paper mache sculpture

I really like nature, so I made a sculpture of a blue butterfly. I think the colors blue and black go really go good togerher. 

Starved to Death Art Critique

The Artwork is called “Starved to Death” by Skylar Sullivan. It’s an oil wash on canvas painting. It’s a side profile of a girl, with her skeleton visible through her face. Her dark brown hair is tied up in a bun, her head is tilted up, and the background is a medium brown slightly darker than the girl’s hair. It was uploaded to the website on March 9^th, 2012.

The painting has a lot of different shades of brown. It seems kind of monotone. There aren’t any bright colors.  The attention is drawn to the skeleton on her face, but the rest of her body is also kind of prominent. None of the stuff stands out too much, because it’s only dull brown and white, and there’s not a lot of contrast.

I think the author is trying to depict anorexia. It has a silhouette of a pretty, slim girl. On the inside is a very unattractive skeleton. I think the skeleton stands out more because of how abnormal it looks. So, on the outside she may seem perfect, but on the inside, she has a serious problem that isn’t beautiful like she is on the outside.  The painting puts her eating disorder out in the open for all to see. Maybe the artist painted it with those colors to show that she’s not as happy as she seems.

I really like the painting. It’s creative and original. I like how she chose a graceful pose for the girl, but put in the skeleton too, to show both the elements, what everyone else sees, and what’s really on the inside. The dull colors were a good choice, since it’s a pretty dark subject. Bright colors are more of a positive thing. I love how much detail it has, and how the artist didn’t really add anything extra to it to make it look bad, she just made the skeleton visible. That made it seem more realistic. It’s really beautiful and emotional.

Face Reality Art Critique

This is an oil on canvas painting by Laurie Cooper called Face Reality. It illustrates a black woman holding a white mask to her face. The only parts of her visible are her face and hand. Her skin and hair are dark brown, and her lips are red. She has on a white earing, and a black long-sleeved garment. Her fingernails are silver peachy color, and the background is a reddish beige.

There is a sharp contrast between the color of her skin and the color of the mask. Her garment and her eyebrows, eyelashes, and hair are all the same color. The highlights on her lips make them look glossy, and she has strong facial features. All the attention is on her hand and face, which take up almost all the space in the print.  The work doesn’t seem very complicated.

I think this artwork is about black self-hatred. The lady in the picture is trying to cover up her blackness with a white mask, but it’s peeling off. Putting that mask over her face could represent things like weaves, skin bleaching, plastic surgery, and other things black women could do to look more white. The mask is peeling off though, which could represent that she was born black, and it’s in her D.N.A. She could get all the modifications to look just like a Caucasian Barbie doll, but it’s still in her genes, and her kids will look just as black as she was. The work depicts the harsh reality of it, trying to be someone you’re not. Her eyes are closed, which may mean that she can’t see the reality of what she’s doing. You can see that the girl is not ugly, but is still trying to hide herself.

I really like the painting. It has a strong message that I can relate to. The idea was nice, and the way she executed it was good, too. In the picture, the person looks very anatomically correct and detailed, especially her hand. It’s simplistic, which just a couple objects in it. Basically, it’s beautiful.

Plaster Sculpture

I really like portraiture, so I carved a face into the front of it, and some lines for hair on the back. The face is really asymetrical, and the "hair" looks weird, but it could be worse. 

Bas Relief

Portaiture is one of my favorite things in art, so I made a face, and although you can't see it in the picture, the eyes, nose, and mouth are raised up off the face a little bit. It's made with carboard and colored pencils.

The elements of art