Picaso Horse Painting Final Photo

Picaso Horse Painting Process Photos

Picaso Horse Painting Questions

1. The monochromatic color scheme I chose was an ochre color scheme.  It has some values that look like dark-green and others like a yellow.  It has a huge range of color and looked similar to my horse’s actual color. I chose a complementary accent color.  I chose this because I thought an analogous color would look too similar to ochre and it would blend in with the rest the tints and shades.  A complementary color however, would produce large amounts of contrast which would enhance my painting’s overall look.
2. Once I had my original horse drawing copied onto the nutex paper I started to make more angled corners and took away the curves away from the horse.  I also re-traced some legs and heads so that the horse had a reflection of its original features.  Then, when painting I made the sections with the same paint into polygons with sharp angles.  I also painted the back of the horse generally darker than the front of the horse in the hope of showing speed and movement in the painting.  My difficulties in the process were that I tinted the ochre with an orange at the start of the process because I didn’t fully understand what a monochromatic color scheme was.  Also, I was pressed for time at the end.  Some positive developments of the process were that I had what I think was one of my best sketches when I was drawing the horse and my final painting looked stunning in terms of the reaction between colors.

Joseph Cornell Box Inspired Art Piece (Background Collage + Process Photos)

Process Photos:

Final Background Collage:

Joseph Cornell Inspired Box Art Piece (Step 1)

Joseph Cornell Box Inspired Art Piece (Thumbnail Sketches)

Joseph Cornell Box Inspired Art Piece (Proposal #2)

Theme Two Topic

Nature and the animals within it.

What will you express through your art?

I will express the beauty of nature and show the details, intricacy, and depth of a certain animal in my piece.  I will express all the things we don't notice about an animal and all the minor pieces in my box.

How will you accomplish this in your piece?

I will accomplish this by creating a very detailed, zoomed-in picture of the particular animal in my piece.  I will clearly show all the crucial aspects I want to demonstrate in my artwork.  I will do so by using lighting to direct the viewer's eye to key places in my masterpiece.  I will try to darken the background and make the foreground seem out of focus so that the viewer wants to concentrate on the actual animal.

Resources Needed:

The resources I will need for my piece are pencil crayons, paint, construction paper, fishing wire, tape and newspaper.