Tryptic
Exhibition Text:
Familia is a visual representation of who my family and I are in different self portraits. Its called Familia and it's a baroque painting, inspired by the movement itself. It was inspired by Vermeer and Rembrandt, whose paintings are mostly baroque. This painting is to demonstrate how the world has affected me and my family is my answer. I plan on affecting the world by reproducing and making a family of my own. It's called Familia because of that.
Familia is a visual representation of who my family and I are in different self portraits. Its called Familia and it's a baroque painting, inspired by the movement itself. It was inspired by Vermeer and Rembrandt, whose paintings are mostly baroque. This painting is to demonstrate how the world has affected me and my family is my answer. I plan on affecting the world by reproducing and making a family of my own. It's called Familia because of that.
Planning
Inspiration
My inspiration is the baroque period and my artistic inspiration is Rembrandt and Vermeer. Both of these artists use a detailed, realistic technique. For the first canvas, I plan to paint a self portrait of myself in baroque style. For my second canvas I plan to do my family in the same style. The third one is going to be a similar painting about the baby and mom but mine is a bit different.They both use dark, solid backgrounds with a self portrait most of the time and that is mainly what I will do since i´m mostly doing self portraits. |
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Critical Investigation
My inspiration was Frida Kahlo's familly tree painting but she leaned more on surrealism and I didn't want to do something like that with a family portrait. I decided to lean on Rembrandt and Vermeer, since their style was baroque and I believe that's a classic way to go. Rembrandt was a dutch painter and print maker; a famous one too, who was known all around the world. On the other hand Vermeer was also a dutch painter who focused in domestic, middle class life. He is known to be the most provincial genre painter in his lifetime.
My inspiration was Frida Kahlo's familly tree painting but she leaned more on surrealism and I didn't want to do something like that with a family portrait. I decided to lean on Rembrandt and Vermeer, since their style was baroque and I believe that's a classic way to go. Rembrandt was a dutch painter and print maker; a famous one too, who was known all around the world. On the other hand Vermeer was also a dutch painter who focused in domestic, middle class life. He is known to be the most provincial genre painter in his lifetime.
Sketches
The sketches are simple visualizations I had in the beginning of the project and what I had in mind. I decided I didn't want to change anything, since I really liked my idea. However, I had different pictures in mind for the canvases; for example, the one with the baby, I thought I was going to have the baby being carried with two hands, but instead I obtained another one of my brother and mother both showing.
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Process
The process was very lengthy and very difficult since I was doing faces, but good nonetheless. It was a great experience.I obtained frames and stapled them together with a stapler and a hammer. I then got canvas material and set it on the frame and stretched it by stapling it again. I then gessoed it and let it dry. I then painted the background blue on all three canvases and let them dry. Once dry, I projected the images I chose to paint and then I started painting. There was many difficulties, since the projector was broken I had to find a way how to sketch the image onto the canvas. I was going to try the grid method, but I asked one of my teachers if I can stay after school and use his projector.
Experimentation
I experimented on the pictures I picked for this project. The one of myself was projected fully, but I experimented with my blending and maybe blended too much. Also with the pictures of my family, I experimented with those by putting them altogether in a photoshop document and just photoshopping their faces and organizing them into a column to make it easier. With the picture of the baby and my mother, her sweater is white so I experimented with a coral pink so it can stand out and I believe it made it better.
Meaning
The meaning to this piece means a lot to me, because this is the first time trying to draw my family and them being part of a project. It's an honor for me, really. They are the most precious to me. The theme of this project is: Who are you? How has the world affected you? How will/are you going to affect the world? My answer was that I am Leslie Sandoval; I am me. The world has affected me in the most beautiful way, it gave me a beautiful family and someone who I can call mom, dad and brother. I plan on affecting the world by reproducing and having a family of my own. That's why this piece is called Familia, because it's about my family and the family I plan to have in the future.
Reflection
This project was really hard. I struggled a lot, but I think I came with a good outcome. One of the things I struggled the most were the noses and the mouths. That was so hard! I didn't imagine it would be, but I was obviously wrong. However, I feel like I did good in all three paintings, I feel accomplished because I finished it on time and followed the baroque movement correctly. I followed the plan I had made and did it. Some challenges I faced were not knowing how to blend some specific areas in the face. It was a struggle because I didn't what strokes to use. A huge difficulty was the hair. I was completely lost trying to figure out how to do the strokes for the hair, due to it being curly and doing men hair, since I have never done men hair. Another difficulty was me trying to be satisfied with my painting; I have fixed it many times so it can be satisfying and in the end, after many hours I found it satisfying.
ACT Responses
Clearly explain how you are able to identify the cause-effect relationships between your inspiration and its effect upon your artwork:
My inspiration, which was Rembrandt and Vermeer had a lot of effect in my painting due to its meaning and representation. I believe that my Tryptic will probably not make a difference to anyone, but to me it will because it's a painting of my family. It's a way of representing my love for my family.
What is the overall approach (pov) the author (from research) has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
The authors overall approach regarding the topic of my inspiration is that it covers the importance my family has for me.
What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
Some generalizations and conclusions I have discovered about this certain topic is that people tend to draw people, so it can be conserved over time. There's a huge difference between a photograph or a painting, one is more valuable to a person but it's different for everyone.
What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
The central theme around my inspirational research was melancholy, love and adoration.
What kind of inferences did you make while reading your research?
I believe that family, is one of the most important things in this world and it has had a major impact on me and many other people.
My inspiration, which was Rembrandt and Vermeer had a lot of effect in my painting due to its meaning and representation. I believe that my Tryptic will probably not make a difference to anyone, but to me it will because it's a painting of my family. It's a way of representing my love for my family.
What is the overall approach (pov) the author (from research) has regarding the topic of your inspiration?
The authors overall approach regarding the topic of my inspiration is that it covers the importance my family has for me.
What kind of generalizations and conclusions have you discovered about people, ideas, cultures, etc. while you researched your inspiration?
Some generalizations and conclusions I have discovered about this certain topic is that people tend to draw people, so it can be conserved over time. There's a huge difference between a photograph or a painting, one is more valuable to a person but it's different for everyone.
What was the central idea or theme around your inspirational research?
The central theme around my inspirational research was melancholy, love and adoration.
What kind of inferences did you make while reading your research?
I believe that family, is one of the most important things in this world and it has had a major impact on me and many other people.
Bibliography
"Johannes Vermeer." Johannes Vermeer and his paintings. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2017.
"REMBRANDT van rijn." Rembrandt van Rijn: Life and Work. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Jan. 2017.
"REMBRANDT van rijn." Rembrandt van Rijn: Life and Work. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Jan. 2017.