Title: Starry Forest
Size: 16 x 20 inches Medium: Painting Completion: December 2021 Exhibition Text For my 4th project, I've painting a landscape night. The painting shows a house with a watermill in the back of the house which water falls into the river and in the distance is a bridge and surrounding the all of this are the trees. I enjoy night time more then the day time so I wanted the purpose of this piece to represent a peaceful and quiet night. |
John Constable
The inspiration I chose for my project is John Constable, an English Romantic painter that is best known for is his landscape painting. John was born in East Bergholt, a village on the River Stour in Suffolk. At a young age, Constable enjoyed sketching around the Suffolk countryside. These scenes, in his own words "Made me a painter and I am grateful." His most famous painting is "The Hay Wain," which refers to the wooden wagon or the wain that is use for transporting cut ans dried meadow (hay). The purpose is for the empty wagon is to make its way through the shallow water across to the meadow to the other side where the haymaker is. The painting shows a river with a watermill for grinding corn. The painting is was inspired me to paint my piece because I really admire the details of the house and trees by it in the background and the small river. |
The Process
The first thing I did was used different colors of blue from dark to light, from there, I begin blending all the colors together. Next, I used a different brush, dip in white paint and water and flick it on the canvas for it to look like stars. After that, I begin doing the landscape. First I painted the outlines of where the house, watermill and bridge would be, after that, I painted the whole house except where the windows would be, I also added small details of the watermill and some trees around the house as well. After using black on the things I wanted to put on, I then using a different colors. With the mix of green and black made dark green, I used that color for the grass. The next color I mixed was white and black to make grey and used a bit more black to have the grey more darker, the grey was for the bridge and watermill. The last thing I was add a small waterfall on the watermill connecting to the river.
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Planning
Reflection
The best part about my piece is the many stars in the night sky, what I like about the painting is how the whole painting goes from light to dark, what I dislike is the bridge in the back, I thought that would be a nice add into the painting but now that the painting is finish, the bridge doesn't look right, that is also one of the things I regret doing, another thing is how the windows are on the house, the windows are cricket and not properly straight, another part I regret is the watermill, I don't like the grey or how low the watermill is. What I learned was an easy way on how to painting stars. Although there was some challenges, overall, I am proud on how my final piece turned out. The texture for the piece is smooth, there's no movement, the color is cool from light to dark, and he lines are curvy. |
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Compare & Contrast
Similarities
Balance: The balance between these two are similar because they both show the same things such as a house, a small river, a few trees and watermill. Space: The space between these two are very similar because both landscape are spread out and see everything around. Differences Colors: The different colors between my artwork and Constable work is the colors. Constable uses many colors for his landscape painting as of mine uses only a few colors for mine which is also shows a different theme, day and night. Value: The Value between my painting and Constable is different because while Constable painting shows a full day without any light to dark. In my painting in the sky shows the dark sky going from dark to light. The theme is still dark but you can still see the light to dark up in the sky. |
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ACT Response
Clearly explain how you are able to identify the cause- effect relationship between your inspiration and its effect on your artwork? I chose John Constable because his work really shows a similarity to my work and I was inspired by his paintings. What is the overall approach the author has regarding the topic of your inspiration? Constable overall approach of his painting is that the different types of techniques that Constable done give a realistic appearance of flowing water and wind blowing through trees. What is the central idea or theme around your inspirational research? The central idea or theme of Constable work in his that he uses his romanticism movement. What kind of (conclusions reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning) did you make while reading your research? I learn that Constable is largely responsible for reviving the importance of landscape painting in the 19th century because of his understating the changing meaning of nature. |