Looking Through Bubbles (Evaluation)

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Name: Xi Chen Title: Looking Through Bubbles Project no: 1 Media: Acrylic, Canvas Date completed: November 2 nd , 2010 Dimensions: The artist that influenced me for this project was Paul Gauguin. In the summer, I went to Post Impressionisme 115 Chefs doeuvre de la collection du Musee d Orsay in Roppongi. In the museum, I saw Paul Gauguin’s and that most of his works are on figures. In addition, I also like the texture of his painting, and how he uses warmth color. From this, I decided to portray his techniques into this project. I think my painting did follow his style, however the color for the skin tone is a bit darker than his. For the clothes, I ended up doing a Monet style. I think I should have looked at the clothes on the figures of Monet’s painting instead of using a landscape and the technique from there. After doing this painting, I realized on how long it took me to do a project. I think that, next time I should manage my time more effectively. The thing that I should have changed is that I shouldn’t spend a large amount of time on one concentrated area (in this case: the neck). I also think that it wasn’t a good thing to spend time on going over and over an area when I have other parts to do. I should have done it all at once and then in the end, do some touch ups. At first, I spent most of the time thinking what I wanted to do. At that moment, I didn't really have the motivation to do since I didn't know what I wanted, but as soon as I found out what I wanted to do, I was able to try my best in creating a good piece. I did a few researches, well mostly on Paul Gauguin but I also tried browsing through tips on how to paint bubbles. It was hard to find a video that provided the advices. What I should work on next time is to experiment with painting the bubbles more. Through this project, I only tried it once without the glaze. At that time I didn't know that glazing was possible… However, after hearing some ideas from people, I thought about it and decided to try it. If I did more experiments with the glaze, I think that I would be more confident on painting the bubble and improve it. I guess I did approach well. I tried to create a contrast between the view through the bubble and without. Overall, I am happy with my work considering that it is my first effort on an actual painting project. To be honest, I thought I was really bad at painting and there’s an evidence of it in my painting the previous year. The figure in my painting turned out better than I had expected, with its tones. I think for some of my IB projects, I would like to paint. Next time, I’ll try to manage my time more effectively during the research and experiment. For my research workbook, I think I need to keep remembering to do it at the same time. For the next project, I am going to brainstorm and see where it takes me.

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Name:  Xi  Chen  Title:  Looking  Through  Bubbles  Project  no:  1  Media:  Acrylic,  Canvas    Date  completed:  November  2nd,  2010    Dimensions:        The  artist  that  influenced  me  for  this  project  was  Paul  Gauguin.  In  the  summer,  I  went  to  Post-­‐  Impressionisme  115  Chefs-­‐  doeuvre  de  la  collection  du  Musee  d-­‐Orsay  in  Roppongi.  In  the  museum,  I  saw  Paul  Gauguin’s  and  that  most  of  his  works  are  on  figures.  In  addition,  I  also  like  the  texture  of  his  painting,  and  how  he  uses  warmth  color.  From  this,  I  decided  to  portray  his  techniques  into  this  project.    I  think  my  painting  did  follow  his  style,  however  the  color  for  the  skin  tone  is  a  bit  darker  than  his.  For  the  clothes,  I  ended  up  doing  a  Monet  style.  I  think  I  should  have  looked  at  the  clothes  on  the  figures  of  Monet’s  painting  instead  of  using  a  landscape  and  the  technique  from  there.      After  doing  this  painting,  I  realized  on  how  long  it  took  me  to  do  a  project.  I  think  that,  next  time  I  should  manage  my  time  more  effectively.  The  thing  that  I  should  have  changed  is  that  I  shouldn’t  spend  a  large  amount  of  time  on  one  concentrated  area  (in  this  case:  the  neck).  I  also  think  that  it  wasn’t  a  good  thing  to  spend  time  on  going  over  and  over  an  area  when  I  have  other  parts  to  do.  I  should  have  done  it  all  at  once  and  then  in  the  end,  do  some  touch  ups.  At  first,  I  spent  most  of  the  time  thinking  what  I  wanted  to  do.  At  that  moment,  I  didn't  really  have  the  motivation  to  do  since  I  didn't  know  what  I  wanted,  but  as  soon  as  I  found  out  what  I  wanted  to  do,  I  was  able  to  try  my  best  in  creating  a  good  piece.      I  did  a  few  researches,  well  mostly  on  Paul  Gauguin  but  I  also  tried  browsing  through  tips  on  how  to  paint  bubbles.  It  was  hard  to  find  a  video  that  provided  the  advices.  What  I  should  work  on  next  time  is  to  experiment  with  painting  the  bubbles  more.  Through  this  project,  I  only  tried  it  once  without  the  glaze.  At  that  time  I  didn't  know  that  glazing  was  possible…  However,  after  hearing  some  ideas  from  people,  I  thought  about  it  and  decided  to  try  it.  If  I  did  more  experiments  with  the  glaze,  I  think  that  I  would  be  more  confident  on  painting  the  bubble  and  improve  it.    I  guess  I  did  approach  well.  I  tried  to  create  a  contrast  between  the  view  through  the  bubble  and  without.      Overall,  I  am  happy  with  my  work  considering  that  it  is  my  first  effort  on  an  actual  painting  project.  To  be  honest,  I  thought  I  was  really  bad  at  painting  and  there’s  an  evidence  of  it  in  my  painting  the  previous  year.  The  figure  in  my  painting  turned  out  better  than  I  had  expected,  with  its  tones.  I  think  for  some  of  my  IB  projects,  I  would  like  to  paint.  Next  time,  I’ll  try  to  manage  my  time  more  effectively  during  the  research  and  experiment.  For  my  research  workbook,  I  think  I  need  to  keep  remembering  to  do  it  at  the  same  time.  For  the  next  project,  I  am  going  to  brainstorm  and  see  where  it  takes  me.  J