Overall, this is a striking surrealist piece with an intriguing composition, if a bit of an inconsistent execution. The blending technique used in the sky is excellent; in some places, it seems to imitate the effect of watercolors. Your transitions from warm to cool colors are smooth, but there are still bold pops of color that make the sky the focal point of the entire composition. The symbolism of the road travelling over a sea with a tree growing in the middle of the left lane makes me think of making mistakes and just having to roll with the consequences since there’s no turning back.
For a winding road being what guides you through the piece, I wish it had better perspective and even more so, more prominent foreground. The width of the road stays basically the same though there’s no texture or shading to imply dips or hills, and the objects in the foreground simply fall flat when compared to the detail and vastness of the sky, and the lack of blending in the sea is somewhat distracting. This piece could definitely improve with a little more attention paid to detail and consistent blending.
Very good project Kelsie, I like all of the shading and how you didd't waste any space. You had good prospective in the fact that the trees get smaller further back. I sense a dark and creepy mood when I look at it because of the black background and black clouds around. I also like how the water reflex the trees stouts. One thing you could've done better could be maybe added more detail to the trees closer up, and as you look further the detail got less and more blurry. Overall I liked it and thought it was pretty neat.
Ali, did you raise Picasso from the dead to do your work while you were gone? Because it looks like it. You are an oil pastel goddess. The texture is unreal. This looks like you took a picture. And not to mention the colors, breathtaking. Ugh! Your technique is utterly flawless. Your shapes are right on par and the mountain fading away in the background really adds to the illusion that it is far away. it looks very real and your blending skills could make a grown man shed tears in awe of your beautious work. Nice job dude.
Blake, The focal point here for me was definitely the U shaped curve in the mountains. My eye goes directly to it. There is a strong movement throughout the piece, starting at the focal point and drawn through the detail in the mountains out and around to the brighter colors shared in the plants. The mountains, being the most intricate part, are also my favorite. They have a beautiful almost mirage effect where the lines throughout them calmly just lead into one another; well done on the detail there. A lot of the lower half has a very rigid and (dare I say) scribbled affect, but it’s not in a bad way. The technique used in blending the pastels really works for you in a beautiful way. There could’ve been a bit more work on the end of color complexity and layering, but nice job of depth in the leaves and greenery. Maybe a little bit more time could’ve been spent on the island just to make it match the beautiful smooth tone of the mountains, but besides that, there is a definite depth in achieving a 3D affect. The sky appears pushed back against the rich colors of the mountains, and the sizing and detail of the palm tree brings in forward. Overall an intriguing and well-rounded piece. Mariah.
Jasmine,
ReplyDeleteOverall, this is a striking surrealist piece with an intriguing composition, if a bit of an inconsistent execution. The blending technique used in the sky is excellent; in some places, it seems to imitate the effect of watercolors. Your transitions from warm to cool colors are smooth, but there are still bold pops of color that make the sky the focal point of the entire composition. The symbolism of the road travelling over a sea with a tree growing in the middle of the left lane makes me think of making mistakes and just having to roll with the consequences since there’s no turning back.
For a winding road being what guides you through the piece, I wish it had better perspective and even more so, more prominent foreground. The width of the road stays basically the same though there’s no texture or shading to imply dips or hills, and the objects in the foreground simply fall flat when compared to the detail and vastness of the sky, and the lack of blending in the sea is somewhat distracting. This piece could definitely improve with a little more attention paid to detail and consistent blending.
Very good project Kelsie, I like all of the shading and how you didd't waste any space. You had good prospective in the fact that the trees get smaller further back. I sense a dark and creepy mood when I look at it because of the black background and black clouds around. I also like how the water reflex the trees stouts. One thing you could've done better could be maybe added more detail to the trees closer up, and as you look further the detail got less and more blurry. Overall I liked it and thought it was pretty neat.
ReplyDeleteAli, did you raise Picasso from the dead to do your work while you were gone? Because it looks like it. You are an oil pastel goddess. The texture is unreal. This looks like you took a picture. And not to mention the colors, breathtaking. Ugh! Your technique is utterly flawless. Your shapes are right on par and the mountain fading away in the background really adds to the illusion that it is far away. it looks very real and your blending skills could make a grown man shed tears in awe of your beautious work. Nice job dude.
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Blake,
ReplyDeleteThe focal point here for me was definitely the U shaped curve in the mountains. My eye goes directly to it. There is a strong movement throughout the piece, starting at the focal point and drawn through the detail in the mountains out and around to the brighter colors shared in the plants. The mountains, being the most intricate part, are also my favorite. They have a beautiful almost mirage effect where the lines throughout them calmly just lead into one another; well done on the detail there. A lot of the lower half has a very rigid and (dare I say) scribbled affect, but it’s not in a bad way. The technique used in blending the pastels really works for you in a beautiful way. There could’ve been a bit more work on the end of color complexity and layering, but nice job of depth in the leaves and greenery. Maybe a little bit more time could’ve been spent on the island just to make it match the beautiful smooth tone of the mountains, but besides that, there is a definite depth in achieving a 3D affect. The sky appears pushed back against the rich colors of the mountains, and the sizing and detail of the palm tree brings in forward. Overall an intriguing and well-rounded piece.
Mariah.