Painting 17-5-12

Hello blogg, this will be the last unit this school year. Today we learned what this new unit would be; painting. I was actually quite glad when I heard this news since it was something I want to improove upon. In the beggining of the lesson we learned what was important in painting, light to soft and etc.

Since we do not have too much time we will directly start on the the final assesment piece which will be a piece of still life. First we had to lightly draw what we saw on the still life. I used quite allot of time on this and I think this was quite succsesfull. I only got time to paint some parts of the still life in lightish yellow. Overall I was really happy with my work this lesson and I have big expectations to this unit... Hope it will be succsessfull!

Here is a picture of how long I have come so far.

PS:  We starting with painting a light yellow colour since these colours are harder to add on the cooler colours.

Masks 19-4-12 + Evaluation

Today I did the last changes in my mask. This means that I added some blanco, and cut the outside of the mask to make it neater. I also added a thread so I can have the mask on. When this was done, we discussed our masks and this took most of both lessons. Here are the comments I received:

Sofie: Looks angry and has a nice boldness. The eyebrows could have been rounder, but as a whole I like it. The mask looks slightly sad and can be for somebody that wants to look tougher.
Marta has big ears.
Marta: As above, and I like the nose. Could have had a shade.
Anisha: I like the boldnes and think it is good. I do not think the mask represents you however.
Morgan: Looks like a wrestler mask.
Andreas: I like the beard, but I also think it should have a mouth.

Here is a picture of me with my mask.

Evaluation

What was good?

The aspect I really like about the mask is the nose. This is because it looks quite realistic, as well as having a nice form. This is quite important since it is the first thing you look at and since it is 3D you get a first nice impression of the mask. The colours are also very nice and I think they fit well together. This gives a nice touch to the mask and give you a positive feeling to the mask. These are the positive aspects.

PS: I also liked the beard.

What was bad?

There are many things with the mask that I though was bad with the mask, but there was one major thing that realy struck me: THE NEATNESS! This aspect was horrible both in the mask surface and in the painting. In some cases the painting was so bad that it could have been painted by someone in grade one. Both of these aspects really destroy the niceness of the mask. I was really disappointed with this.

What would I improve?

The major aspect I would improve was the painting, due to the aspects explained above. I would also have liked to have a mouth, as this would have made it more realistic. 

What do I think the mask represents?

The purpose of the mask was to create a mask that represents myself. In the investigation I explained what the different colours, but here the I explain what the other parts of the mask is supposed to represent.

• The mask as a whole: is supposed to look quite smart, since I like to see myself as quite smart. 
• The eyebrows: the eyebrows are supposed to look quite angry and nice at the same time.
• The nose: was made to make it 3D.
• The white stripes: made to show the difference between the different emotions from the colours.

What would you give it out of ten?

I would give it a 3/10.