6MorganS

ART.VA.II.HS.1 ART.VA.II.HS.5
 * // I can create and modify artwork through the critique process. //**
 * // I can reflect on the process that led me to my final, successful piece. //**



Social Issue Painting

The social issue being portrayed to me, is the fact that even though the U.S. promises freedom of speech, they seem to make excuses to why people should keep their opinion to themselves. And they punish citizens for saying things that the government doesn’t like to hear. I think the artist’s point of view is showing that the “important people” are not listening to the children, or even all the peoples of the U.S. The artist uses dark colors and a brush-stroke look to put out the feeling of sadness, rejection, and hurt. I believe that they also used the bright colors on the flag to portray the power government has over society. They used the element of space and shape with putting the focal point as the girl’s face. I like the piece and what it represents. I believe it is a strong piece of successful work, because it gives off the emotion that the artist was feeling while they made this. It shows the opinion of the artist’s view on the social issue.



I chose world hunger because this is a sometimes-overlooked social issue. It is something everyone knows about, will donate for, but it isn’t a big part of their lifestyle to fund this. My personal connetion church (Sheridan First Congregational Church) does a fundraiser for WorldVision and 30HourFamine. I wasn't sure what to do at first. For the first couple of weeks I looked, and studied, and looked, and studied many different social issues. I finally talked about it with my dad (the pastor) what I should do. We came up with many ideas, and this one just stuck. For the background I used a cardboard box, tempera paint, and cut photos. I added the statistics to the world (statistics of 2011), and a verse that I thought fit perfectly. It was Proverbs 19:17 "Those who give to the poor lend to the lord, and he will repay him for his deed." I think this is a success because my eyes wonder to the main focal points, and it portrays the supporting information. I think I could have added more facts, but I think that adding too much would drive away the attention to my issue. I think that what is not working is that I see too much orange space still, looking empty. But as I critique and add little things, it seems to fill up, without filling up. If I could do it again I would probably make some lines neater and more profound.

I choose to use these two people because they were both scaled to the same size, where as my others were too big and looked unproportional. I love storms and rain so I decided on rain as a background. At first I wanted to do watercolor or melted crayons, but a lot of people in class were using watercolor and I didn't want to accidentally "copy" anyone, and so I wanted something more original looking. I used 3 different shades of blue and green tissue paper and attached it to the paper with modge podge. For the clouds, umbrella, sidewalk, dress, tie, and shoe laces I used acrylic paint. Also all the rain drops and details are outlined in sharpie. I had a challenge with keeping the tissue paper on and outlining with the sharpie with the different textures. I love how it turned out, I find it kind of abstract and beautiful.

I have decided to do this piece, because I love the beach and volleyball, which also I love to be outside in the sun! I think the challenges will be the lights and darks with the skin, and making the water, look like it is making waves. I also think a challenge could be getting the colors correct, and not having to do the painting over.. A possible medium could be oil pastels, or even tempera (or acrylic) paint.

The pictures not the best quality! :/

I like my finished project because it is not exactly to the standard of the artist's original, and I have my own fixes and details in it. I have to say it was a hard picture because of the proportions of the hand especially, but also the arms, hair, neck, and feet. Otherwise, I love the finished product! :)