Portrait Blog

"The Blue Boy" by Thomas Gainsborough, depicts who is believed to be Jonathan Buttall, but this has not been proven. I like this peice because though just a portrait of a young boy, I believe that it shows the separation from the wealthey from the rest of society in 18th century Europe. Separating the boy from the dark and dreary background and placing him up front in a eye catching blue suit, shows his distinction from his surroundings.

Carlos Amorales

This piece "Dark Cloud" by Carlos Amorales, is composed by tens of thousands of black paper moths, to create powerful movement throughout the gallery where it is placed. I like this because of its fooling extravagance. This makes you think of a complex placement for each moth, but in reality, they are just paper moths simply placed on a wall, but the size of the total composition creates a feeling of great complexity.  

Line Work Assignment

This is a sketch called "Flying Machine" by Leonardo da Vinci. This is a good example of precise line work for detail and hatching. This sketch also exhibits Leonardo's use of cross hatching for the use of shading. I personally like da Vinci because i feel that he was hundreds of years ahead of is time when it came to his ideas, and also because he used is art in a large way to give the human race new information on the human anatomy, and many more "futuristic" ideas.