Edward Hopper
1942
oil on canvas

first impression
I like this picture because it has mellow colors that aren't
right in you face. in this picture you can see that it is night
time because the only light is coming from the bar and
everything is dark like the stores in the back ground.
by the colors that he uses in this painting you can tell that
it is a relaxed setting.

what i have learned
Hopper named this painting nighthawks because it was his
parody on the term night owl wich is someone who stays up
late. this painting was inspired by a diner in manhattan which
was hoppers home town. hopper painted this painting right after
the attack on pearl harbor and that is why the painting seems to
to have a sense gloomines.

how hopper creats unity
hopper creates unity in many ways. one thing that he does is have
the waitor and the two people at the bar all near each other which
is grouping. another thing that hopper does is uses repetition, he
uses repetition by having the windows lead to the bar plus the bar
stools lead to the man sitting by himself. another is the contrast of
color with the black from the store and the white of the light.

reflection

there were many things in art class that i enjoyed doing but one of my favorites was painting the two sides of our personalities. my favorite thing about this project was mixing the paints to try and get the right color and shade for the personality. another thing that i liked was that it was a very laid back time so we could talk and have fun but at the same time get work done.

one artist that i would like to study more on would be Andy Goldsworthy. i picked him because i really like his work. some of the things that i like about him is that he makes most of his stuff from stuff he finds out in nature. some of his art pieces that i like would be when he uses stones to make larger objects and when he uses different colors to make illusions.

works of art i know

Andy Goldsworthy
rock
british

my first impression:
when i first saw this sculpture the first thing
i noticed was that he was able to make something
look round with very rough surfaces. i like this
sculpture a lot because you can see how the shape
has been put together because of all the lines in it.
another thing that i liked about this was that all
the rocks were different sizes and that makes it
look a lot more interesting.

what i have learned:
Andy goldsworthy lives in a quarry. that is were
his house is located. he makes these egg shaped
sculptures with pieces of whinstone and sandstone
that have been left in the quarry. he is very interested
in the journey that the stone has been through.

Marcel Duchamp
nude descending a staircase no. 2
french
oil on canvas
1912

first impressions:
when i first saw this picture and read
the name i looked at it and tride to picture
a person coming down a flight of stairs. after
a while of looking at it i still couldnt see it but
i still like it because it seems random but i like
the colors that he choose

what i learned:
this painting is one of the first paintings Marcels
first peice of work. this painting is supposed to
show the movment of a nude walking down the
steps. he submitted this painting to the cubist
Salon des Indépendants. it is in the phildelphia
museum of art.

works of art i know

Frida kahlo
mexican
Autorretrato con Collar de Espinas y Colibrí
oil on canvas

first impressions:
when i first saw this painting i liked it because
of the colors in it. i like how she is in front of the
green leaves and there are two black animals in
the background. another thing that i like is the
flowers with the wings. at first i thought it was
wierd but after i looked at it for a while i started
to like them.

what i have learned:
Frida Kahlo relates the different animals and colors
to a perticular time in her life.

Henri Matisse
french
1905
oil on canvas

my first impressions
when i first saw this painting was drawn to
it because i liked how he used so many different
colors and shades of colors to make this person.
my favorite part of this painting is the background
because it has many light colors that look very calm.

what i learned
this was painted in 1905. it was beleived that the woman
in this painting is henri matisse's wife Amelie. it is in the
san fransisco museum of modern art.

I See The Light Drawing

midnight campfire

the story i am trying to tell in my drawing is a time i went camping and we rosted
marshmellows. i used value in my drawing to show the shadows from the fire. the
most challenging aspect of making this drawing was the shadows. the most succesful
aspect of the drawing was the shadows.