Looking Through Bubbles (Evaluation)
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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