For this art project, I drew a replica of lady Pink and smith art therapy. After I did my artist study project on lady pink, I was very fascinated by her work and her style of writing. I decided to redo this specific project of hers, because the colors are very vibrant and the piece was also very complex.Due to the complexity in this piece recreating it was a challenge, but I accepted the challenge and completed it.

The first approach was to color the drawing on a canvas, but unfortunately when trying to transfer the drawing to a canvas it did not look neat enough, because of that inconvenience, the plan changed to cutting out the drawing and gluing it on a black canvas.

The process of this art piece has its ups and downs, but it was very fun. It required a lot of curved lines, but the most difficult thing was drawing a the two dragons on the forehead, especially the one on the left, which is my non dominant side.

This project was also very time consuming and required a lot of focus, just to get colors fully distributed and lines drawn to perfection.

The materials used were; paper,pencil,colored pencils,canvas,x acto for cutting the drawing out, paint for the canvas and paper glue to glue the cutted out drawing to the canvas.

For my project, I decided to work on Cornelia Baltes’s artwork. She is a unique artist and her artwork contains different colors and shapes. For this project, I decided to go out of my comfort zone and do a design that was similar to Cornelia’s. I decided to draw a hand and next to it, it was different stripes. The colors I used was Yellow, Purple, and Black. The reason I picked yellow and purple is because the purple makes the yellow pop and the black was for outline. I started off sketching with a pencil and later when I was done, I use acrylic paint. The colors and shapes with similar to Cornelia’s art. There isn’t anything specific about the hand, I thought it would go together and it did. The one thing I would change about they project is to probably use another bright color.

Ever since I visited the Barnes Foundation a few years ago I fell in love with my favorite artist, Amedeo Modigliani. I like his simplicity and abstract drawing of people. This would include his dramatic exaggeration of people’s narrow/long heads and necks. For someone like myself who does not have much knowledge of art, Modigliani’s paintings are very identifiable compared to other artists’ works.

In the art piece I selected (“Jeanne Hebuterne with Hat and Necklace”) a woman is positioned in the middle of the space looking off into the distance. There is a window in the far corner of the picture and possibly a sofa on which she is seated. She is wearing a simple hat, a necklace, and a blouse. Her right hand is draped over the side of the couch in a relaxed position.

With this piece I tried to replicate the original sketch but changed the color scheme. The original was kind of dark and gloomy with earth tones.I tried to experiment with my palette by trying different combinations of colors.  In my sketch I tried to use brighter colors that had contrasts of warm and cool tones. I also chose to eliminate some of the elements in the background so I focused more on the woman’s face and body.

In conclusion, I am delighted with the finished work. I felt I put a good amount of time and effort into really looking at the original and then trying to reinterpret it in my own way. I feel that I successfully created the picture I had imagined.

For this project, our class had to imitate or create an art piece from a famous artist. The artist that I was studying was Vik Muniz, who is known for making collages that creates an ultimate image for viewers. I decided to create an artwork that is influenced off of Vik Muniz and has a message to give to other viewers. I call this art piece “United Under One Race”.  

The materials that I used for this art piece were sharpie markers, construction paper, and newspapers. With the sharpie marker, I drew an outline of a person with her arms sticking out and cut out a bunch of heads from the newspaper. Then, I glued all all of the heads of colored people within the body, and all of the heads from white people and surrounded the body with them. The technique of using a collage of white people surrounding black people is essential to this art piece because it helps viewers get a better understanding of the message that I want my art piece to share. This art piece doesn’t really relate to my previous work because my focus on this art piece was to send a message to the black community, while on the previous work, I didn’t really focus on a message. The message that I wanted this art piece to display is: “We’re all we have, we’re all we need.” The reason why I wanted to display this message is because in recent history, there are times when we still feel like we’re surrounded by racism. And, I wanted to display this message to remind those people that during those times we need to lookout for each other and speak as one race to bring awareness to racism.

Overall, one thing that I wish that I could improve would be to make the art piece look better, but I’m not beating myself over it because this was my first time making a collage. However, my goal wasn’t really to create a beautiful art piece, but more of a meaningful art piece, and that’s something that I’m proud of because I felt like I made it very meaningful. I hope that one day someone can actually look at my art piece and acknowledge the message that I tried to implement into it.

After completing my artist study project about Keith Haring, I made the decision to put my own twist on his work. Rather than replicating a piece of his, I compiled a few of my favorite pieces Haring made in his lifetime. This piece incorporates pastel colors, as well as a few deep, cool colors. (The pieces I used will be linked below.) I tried my hardest to maintain the linework and simplicity of Haring’s work, but remembering that I wanted to make a tribute to him, in a way.

To complete this piece, I used acrylic paint, a store-bought canvas, Sharpie marker, and paint brushes (soft and medium bristle). I first traced the pieces I wanted to incorporate in pencil, then began to think about color choices. At first, I wanted to use bold colors, but soon realized I don’t often like working with them. Pieces I’ve done in the past have indeed included darker colors, but my favorite pieces almost always have pastels in them.

I struggled with this piece quite often. I wanted to also incorporate his “Ignorance=fear” piece, however, I still have trouble with painting words. I was able to paint “safe sex” on the canvas since it was a more abstract font. Unfortunately, you can still see the black marker at the top of the canvas where I made the attempt to write “ignorance=fear.” To cover this to the best of my ability, I made yellow and white spike-like brush stroke marks. There’s also pencil marks in some spots that I was unable to erase.

Keith Haring connects to my life in a more distant sense. He was a gay man living in the 80s with AIDS. He had an abstract, but simple artistic style. Many people know that the 80s was time where HIV/AIDS had an “outbreak,” for lack of a better term. Here I am, a queer female living in the 21st century, with a ever-changing artistic style. Times have changed- we still have homophobia, but it wasn’t a blatant fear to touch someone with AIDS, or be near a gay person. Not only does Haring inspire me with his pieces, but his activism for the LGBT+ community was executed in a subtle, but powerful way.

Overall, I’m most proud of the entire piece. Keith Haring has been a favorite of mine for a long time. (I’m going to college in his hometown!) I really like how I was able to make the characters in the piece pop out by using dark, cool colors. This gave a nice contrast against the warm, pastel background. I also like that I used sharpie to do the outlines instead of black acrylic paint. I feel as though the marker gives a bold, clean line. This piece has to be the best I’ve ever produced. I appreciate my color palette, as well as image choices. I’ve been in an artistic-rut as of late, so this is a huge accomplishment for me. I hope I can continue to grow as I move on in life.

Tykeiah martin

Ms. Hertz

Art

Q4 Artist Statement

May 21. 2018

Incorporated in my work there is a clock, made from the sun and the sec and min hands are being run by the clouds, as the day us passing. Lying by an orange sunset, which I thought would set the tone for the picture and keep the photo coordinated with one another. At the bottom of the picture, there is a young lady, who hair blows in the wind creating the phrase “no time” as she panics while time vanishes as she runs on top of the green grass. O’s fall from the cloud into the phrase no time to emphasize the day or her life is passing by and she has to move fast. The tools I used to create this art was a canvas, canvas painting, using the colors orange, yellow, black, pink, green red, blue. To create the vibrant color in the photo. I think this work represents work I did in the past because my work always wraps around me and a lot of thoughts I may keep private that are spontaneous that truly reveals me. The steps to creating this process were, first to start then continue completing my work, halfway finished and completed next to work on my final touches. Salvidor Dali, because we seem to express our thoughts in an expressive way, creating https://www.google.com/search?q=salvador+dali&rlz=1CADEAA_enUS762US762&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjW5dvf3ZbbAhXIr1QKHeaUADgQ_AUICigB&biw=1366&bih=654#imgrc=BgYWfMc85EsyDM

A certain technique is always important because its what make the photo, the right stroke with a paintbrush can create something you’d never imagined. A new technique I have learned is between t and look for the right brush. I'm most proud of how I turned out to look just how I imagined it in my head and now it's out on something physical. If I could change one thing it would be pace, time. I've learned that the meaning of art is what you create because we're all different so don't be afraid to show off your colors. I've learned that the meaning of art is what you create, because we're all different so don't be afraid to show off your colors.