Trip to the AGO #3

Last Thursday our class decided to go on a field trip. We went to the AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario) we saw many pieces such as renaissance, European Old Masters art, Thompsons Collection as well as Industrial Photography. The piece of art that inspired me the most was by Anthony Van Dyke called: Daedalus and Icarus.
Made in 1620, oil on canvas.




When we were looking at the Industrial Photography I happened to notice a photo by Jesse Boles called: Crude Landscape. It was taken in Downtown Toronto during the night. this pictures angle is straight on as if it was a car on the road. On the sides of the road it shows faded trees possibly due to the cold weather. No one is on the street. The street lights are on, there are no cars in the area and there is a electrical tower that looks as if it is in the background sectioning the road in half.

The composition is even (good symmetry), simplicity and the time of day are all good factors that i looked for when looking at it.

Artistic inspiration # 3

While venturing through my class wondering what to do next, a fellow student that i work with had suggested that i should do a portrait of Justin Bieber. Since it was his birthday that day i decided that it would be an excellent idea to illustrate this famous person face. He had been my artistic inspiration that day. I painted for 2 periods and at the end i had completed a portrait of justin Bieber.

It was a good opportunity to test my skills.

Personal Inspiration #2

For my personal inspiration i decided to paint a portrait of Pokemon. I was in class one day and i was finished all my assignments so i decided that i would try to paint a portrait of someone to test my painting ability. I sat in a position that would be a good angle to start. from there i made my palate of black white and grey as well as purple and some colours i had mixed together. I wanted to paint Pokemon because her style is influential and i admire her.
I decided to have a dark background so that she would stand out more in the foreground. :)

Tips and tricks #1

So, in our tech class we had the chance to make a black History video for our assembly. We had to come up with a plan. We had to make the portraits of these people into a trace of their face but it still had to look realistic. So while i was questioning what to do i learned a tip to how to turn a photo into a traced black and white photo using illustrator.

Object>Live Trace> Tracing options>
From there you can select the Preview box and that will show you the gradient in which you would like to create on your photo or image. After that click OK and then you will have a black and white traced picture.

Although this may sound easy to do, i found it incredibly hard to learn at first until i got accustomed to using it. Hopefully you have an easier time learning it than i did. good luck :)