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descriptive/interpretive

These are trees, I painted them for a family friend that likes the outdoors. The trees don’t really look like trees. And the colour is a bit off in the painting but the dark green that consumes the background makes it look very off and not very realistic. But I’m not good at realism so. It’s okay I guess.

Analysis

I feel like there is balance because it is almost symmetrical. The two closer ones on the sides make it seem balanced. I think that there is also movement in the weedy grass because of all the directions it goes in and then the fact that the trees travel up. But the top “leaves” make all the movement stop there and I do not like that.

Medium

I first drew the trees out on the canvas and blocked it off to where I was thinking of splotching the leaves and the grass. Then started off with painting most of the trees. Went over them a few times with the few different browns I have. Then went on to the grass at the bottom and used a lot of lighter and true greens then a few darker ones to give it most depth. Which didn’t really work. Then I did the dark green background, went over the trees for the last time, then used a sponge for the leaves and the mossy trees.

Self Reflect

I do not like this piece because it looks like it should be realistic but it is not. There isn’t a light source there isn’t any depth. Everything looks like it’s there but then you actually look at it and realize it's a bunch of paint thrown crappily onto a canvas and I just do not like it at all. I think the only part I like is probably all the grass because it’s colourful and looks not as bad as the rest of it. The sponged leaves turned out a lot worse than I was expecting and I don’t know, this whole thing was a disappointment. But I sold it so I guess I like it for that.