Assignment picture the epitomizes art

I did research, trying to choose the one picture that I though was representative of fine art as directed.

1. Then, make or describe something (or choose a work by another artist) that stands for what you think people in the world think art should be—because a teacher or expert told you that’s what art is, or because that’s what you think “good art" is, or because you think this is what the art market wants, etc.                               

I looked the Masters and discovered that 95% of their work is portraits. The rest are religious. Some landscape artist are famous but not as high up as Michael and Leonardo. This paining by Sargent is my favorite and the favorite of many others.  It does tell a story, begs questions and is so pleasant to view.

I also chose The School of Athens by Raphael. It seems to encompass architecture, perspective, portraits, use of color and design. All the elements of  dynamic art.

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picture that epitomizes art

I joined this course late but love it already. I won't do the drawing/paintings right away. I loved doing the research. Wow, I learned so much!

I am including pictures I feel answer some of the assigned questions.

For a picture the would or did have an impact on the world I chose:

The Napalm Child-  Though this is a photograph and often not even considered fine art it actually had a tremendous impact on the Viet Nam War.

seahorse dream rider mermaid

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Today I begin the fun project of designing, sculpting and painting a mermaid riding on the back of a seahorse. This project is a fund raiser for the children's hospital in Fort Myres FL. 
I have named mine Dream Rider. 
I have planned the project at home in Massachusetts and will adjust now that I see it in person. It is smaller than I am used to with the six- seven foot sneaker and the six foot sea turtle.
I will post many pictures so that the progress will be self evident. I sent time measuring and planing the demensions of the sculpture.

I unwrapped the seahorse and drew the design on the blank. I noticed that the shape is slightly different on either side. Adjustments were made. It is more challenging to draw on a bumpy surface. 

I the drew over the pencil with a tipped nozzle bottle of black acrylic.  I thought it would work like a marker. Boy was I wrong. First, the thick paint drips ( see photo.) everywhere it's vertical. Then my hand especially my thumb hurt from squeezing it for three hour. We live and learn.


See the pictures of my first morning. have some glitches with this blog. look for pictures soon.