Saturday, October 15, 2011

Artists Analysis


This piece of artwork is only one of in a series of paintings, block prints, and other types of media in the new  gallery at the StolenSpace Gallery in  United Kingdom, in London.  This gallery is dedicated solely to the band Green Days newest album 21st Century Breakdown. This particular piece is called American Eulogy, and was done by Jeremiah Garcia, done with stencil and collage on canvas. It is after the song American Eulogy, which talks about how the world is "Coming to an end". Or, at least, that's how the media is making it seem. 
I really love how the artist captures the real, true, meaning of the song. It really gives me an image to put to the lyrics. The emotions I get from this piece are so strong, and overwhelming. I think the angle of it really gives it the Panicky feeling that the artist was wanting. It's like we're seeing it from the persons point of view, watching along with him as the world falls apart.  

http://www.stolenspace.com/section.php?xSec=353&xPage=1

There are some of the other artworks from the gallery. 

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Artist evaluation

Monet is, one of the Fathers of Impressionism, is an amazing artist. The three works below are some of his least known works, but some of his best, in my opinion. I love the short brushstrokes, and bright eye-popping colors. What makes the distinguishable from other impressionistic works, is his use of color. Monet is one of the impressionists who completely did away with black from his pallet. He also went out at different times a day,  so he could capture what his subject looked in certain lights, and certain seasons. That is one of the things he is most well-known for, painting one subject matter dozens of times . The differences between these three pictures are subtle, but noticeable, as with the colors of certain times a day. The first one was more than likely painted early in the morning, the second later in the afternoon, and the third midday. This shows Monets' love of painting at different times a day. 



Art Career:Photography





Photography is a career I’d be really interested to get involved with. It’s a very interesting medium, because of all of the things, places, and people you can take pictures of, and all of the interesting things you can do with the pictures afterwards, like special affects and whatnot, just because of the technology we have these days. 
http://blogs.photopreneur.com/ This blog is a blog of a Californian college, and I found it really cool to see others who are interested in the same line of work as me. For training in photography, you don’t really need much. Most photographers go to a liberal arts college, or a community college that offers photography courses. The median salary for photographers in the US is around $53, 700, a year. Some careers for photographers include: Studio photography, Photo Journalism, Scientific photography, Industrial photography, food photography, sports photography, and Fine Arts photography. I would most like to be a photographer that travels. I want to see the world, and if I can get beautiful artwork out of that, that would be amazing!
















Friday, September 2, 2011

Future life.

Life after high school. It's really scary to think about. I mean. I don't know why or anything. It just is. I want to be  a cop. I've looked up a lot of different schools, and stuff, and my top choices are The University of Florida, Souther Illinois University, and the University of Alaska. Majoring in Criminal Justice. That way, if I decide I do not want to be a cop, I have a lot of places to fall back on. If I don't make it as a cop, I would love to be a criminal investigator. For this, I'll need a career in Criminal Sciences. To get this job, I would, obviously, need to graduate high school with at least a b average in science. Let's hope I can do it!!

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Thursday, August 18, 2011

My favorite art




Van Gogh's Starry Night, is a painting known all over the world for it's beautiful swirling sky, and it's dark menacing feel. The lines in this painting are very short and choppy in some places like on the rooftops to the village houses, but smooth and flowing in others, like in the sky. Can you see the beautiful strokes of the brush, as Van Gogh ran his hand across the canvas, the direction of his brush creating each stroke, smoothly as if he were born to paint. Which he probably ways. Van Gogh used a lot of blues, and Greens and purples in his painting, the colors known as the cool colors, and they give off a deep, almost scary feel.