Water Color

This was done using water color pencils and then going over it with water. I wanted to do a very  vibrant painting so I am happy with the color combination.

Sculpture

This was originally supposed to be a pencil but  I had  lots of trouble with carving.  Now it looks  more similar to a  cliff than what  I had planned.

Paper Mache

This  is just a simple bag. It was incomplete based on what  I had originally planned, but I do like the simplicity of leaving it like this.

Art Definitions

Sculpture

This is a subtractive sculpture of a globe. The texture is from carving into the cardboard to reveal another layer.

Metal Tooling

This illustration portrays an  elder fairy resting in the woods. The setting was late night in the depth of New York.

Critique

Composition VIII by Wassily Kandisky

This piece is completely abstract using only shapes, lines, and colors to produce a historic artwork. The background is a dirty vanilla with a large two colored circle being the largest object in the entire frame. Completing the remaining empty space, variations of lines and shapes differing from colors and sizes surround the previously described circle.

The lines and shapes are constantly overlapping each other through out the picture. Each shape is usually repeated somewhere else in the artwork with a slight alteration. Each circle has some type of glow surrounding its edges with a contrasting color.

The message the artist was trying to convey was bold.  Color and shape choices being so out of norm to “talk” to the viewer’s soul. It inspires creativity and imaginative thoughts the way lyrics do in a song. In a time where artwork was expected to look realistic, Kandisky breaks the standard by producing the complete opposite. Yet, with this new idea it is possible to say that these basic shapes communicate more than the ideal portrait.

Despite all the wild color combinations, I would still consider this sophisticatedly aesthetic. It gives me a very mature and modern feel because of all the sleek strokes crafted on such a basic canvas. The craftsmanship is of high quality with the perfect amount of detail. It communicates the idea of thinking outside of the box and to let your mind wander freely.