Color Sketch Progress Photos Final Painting Self Evaluation Question Responses 1. I feel that this painting has very good craftsmanship. None of the underpainting is showing through, all lines are well places and precise, and all edges are clean.
2. I think that lines are very emphasized in this piece because of the fur texture. I think that I utilized organic lines and shapes well throughout the painting to make it look realistic, as well as multiple values in the fur to add dimension. I think that the use of the values and lines in the fur adds dimension to the piece. I think that my use of color could have been more advanced- the grey and brown background is kind of boring. 3. The subject of this painting is my dog, Bodhi. Bodhi is a Sanskrit word that means "enlightenment," which my family says is ironic because Bodhi is not a particularly intelligent dog. He is adorable and goofy, but doesn't seem to have many thoughts in his head. I tried to communicate this in my painting: he looks sweet and happy, but there really is no thought happening behind his eyes. 4. I think that the focal point of this painting is Bodhi's eyes. As I mentioned previously, I wanted to make him look sweet, but not very smart. I accomplished this by keeping the eyes soft and simplistic: they are brown, with some yellow ochre for highlight on the iris and white for highlight on the eye overall. The collaboration of the contrast against his light fur and the lines that seem to wrap around the eyes draw the viewer's line of vision straight to them. 5. I used texture throughout the fur to make the painting more realistic. The goal of this was to capture the wispy, fluffy nature of his fur. I also used a little bit of stippling on the nose to add texture there. 6. Working through the eye and fur tutorials were a very good start to this painting. I ended up using several skills I picked up from the tutorials, such as adding ochre to a brown eye and mapping out fur sections with a large brush. These helped this painting be successful by providing me with techniques I had not used previously. I think that I was successful in this painting; although I think that more interest and texture could have been added to the background, I am happy with the subject of this painting and I think it accomplishes the tone I wanted to convey. 7. I did not enjoy using oil paint. Generally, I like to work fast, work in layers, and work with paint with a lot of movement. Additionally, I am a very messy painter, and tend to get my paint everywhere. None of these qualities are especially conducive to oil paint, so I struggled this unit. However, I did enjoy the outcome of my paintings. 8. The most difficulty I had with this painting was my inability to work in layers because the paint took so long to dry. I would end up smudging paint between two places that were not supposed to combine or completely losing my highlight colors in the darker colors beneath it. If I were to make changes to this painting, I would add more texture to the background.
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