Blog post #2

   The realistic is very important for drawings, paintings, and any kind of works. Viewers have to feel, and think that what the artist want to tell them from their works, and artists also need to show details through different expressions. However, how can we make the works more realistic? We need a lot of technics to show different expressions.

   I learned about basic drawing technics from last class which were necessary for any paintings. Especially, contour line, overlapping, shading and linear perspective are really important to make works more realistic, and movement.

I pick this work from the collection. This work tittle is Scenery in the ground Tetons, and artist name is Albert Bierstadt. From this painting I can tell the linear perspective is one point which is upper left side. I also know that the artist use contour at left side of ocean to show the refraction of lighting. When the artist drew sky, he used hatching more than cross hatching. Therefore, I can feel the movement of the cloud from the expression. Moreover, the clouds and mountains are overlapping each other which make very soft and unclear feelings. This artist used a lot of contour line, and shadow in this painting, so I can see the brightness and darkness. I also can tell from this painting that it is early morning, and the sun just came out from. I can feel fresh air, nature, and beautiful ocean sound from this painting. Furthermore, overall this artist did not drew clear lines, and he drew a lot of contour lines, so I can feel movement from this paint, and I also feel that these each objectives are alive in this painting.

    In conclusion, we can tell from many painting that movements, realistic, and deepness because artists use many kids of expressions to make better. Therefore, people should know how to draw with expressions, and it also leads you to understand better of the works.