For this project, we were assigned a famous artist to research and create a painting imitating their artistic style.
I was given the artist Paul Klee and did extensive research on his works and his style and process of painting. Klee was a very influential part of the German Expressionism movement of the early 20th Century, best known for his unique use of colors and shapes in his paintings.
I feel that I showed a global awareness of art making with this project by taking so much inspiration from an artist as famous as Paul Klee. I especially liked his use of squares of color and different shapes in his paintings, so I tried very hard to incorporate those into my painting. I used the Internet and a book on Klee to learn as much as possible about his style and process of working.
I developed my art making skills with this project my learning many new painting techniques from Ms. Rossi. I have worked with paint before but only a few times and never very extensively. Ms. Rossi showed us new ways of painting, like using a wash on the canvas and mixing colors to paint with. I used a tonal burnt sienna wash on my canvas, which is basically just a sheer layer of brown paint underneath the paint with different values based on the darks and lights of the painting.
Now that I have finished my painting, I am able to reflect on my work. Overall, I am very pleased with the way my painting turned out. However, there are areas of the cat where the paint colors look uneven and parts where the oranges and reds bleed into the background, which I am not too happy about. I also wish I had gone over some of the black lines with a second coat of paint to make them more dark and opaque. I am very pleased with the overall look of the painting. I like that I chose orange and blue because they are complementary colors and really make the painting look nice and vibrant.
I was given the artist Paul Klee and did extensive research on his works and his style and process of painting. Klee was a very influential part of the German Expressionism movement of the early 20th Century, best known for his unique use of colors and shapes in his paintings.
I feel that I showed a global awareness of art making with this project by taking so much inspiration from an artist as famous as Paul Klee. I especially liked his use of squares of color and different shapes in his paintings, so I tried very hard to incorporate those into my painting. I used the Internet and a book on Klee to learn as much as possible about his style and process of working.
I developed my art making skills with this project my learning many new painting techniques from Ms. Rossi. I have worked with paint before but only a few times and never very extensively. Ms. Rossi showed us new ways of painting, like using a wash on the canvas and mixing colors to paint with. I used a tonal burnt sienna wash on my canvas, which is basically just a sheer layer of brown paint underneath the paint with different values based on the darks and lights of the painting.
Now that I have finished my painting, I am able to reflect on my work. Overall, I am very pleased with the way my painting turned out. However, there are areas of the cat where the paint colors look uneven and parts where the oranges and reds bleed into the background, which I am not too happy about. I also wish I had gone over some of the black lines with a second coat of paint to make them more dark and opaque. I am very pleased with the overall look of the painting. I like that I chose orange and blue because they are complementary colors and really make the painting look nice and vibrant.
in-progress (almost done!)
final piece
a painting I did as a practice for this project, a fourth of a famous painting!
Some of Klee's most famous works of art that I took inspiration from