Monday, March 26, 2012

Starry Night

So, 
I finally got around to posting about my latest art project.

I had to copy Van Gogh's Starry Night.

His:

 Mine:

 Here are a few pics of detail:
The moon...

The hills and wind...


and the church!

It was a fun project to work on.
I used oil pastels rather than paint, so the picture has a little different look than the original.
But on the whole, I was happy with the finished piece!


 I probably won't post for a while, because I'm leaving on a trip soon!

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

copying Monet

Sorry for the lack of posts...
;)
I had a great trip to Subic for a soccer tournament over spring break. Our team placed second!
Read more about it here: soccer tournament
Anyways...

For art a few weeks ago, I had to copy a painting by Monet.
Here is the painting I chose:

We used to have it hanging up in our house.

Here is my duplicate:
It's ok... 
The sky looks a lot less neon in real life!
I had fun trying to copy it.
But...
I was using watercolors.
They are really hard to layer.
:P
So the poppies turned out looking like washed out blobs.
~
I'm actually copying another picture right now... Van Gogh's "Starry Night"! 
I'll post about it soon.