American Flamingo Analysis
To the left is the American Flamingo; a hand colored engraving/etching with aquatint created by John James Audubon.To the right are snippets of the artwork that Evelin Ortiz was particularly drawn to. The bottom right depiction is the image used in the Milwaukee Art Museum collection site.
The reason why I chose this artwork actually has more depth than I thought it would. You see, ever since I was a wee freshman, I was fascinated by the art hung in our school. I, negligently, assumed all the artwork was cheap, worthless, and possibly purchased from the thrift store. However, I lacked the evidence to prove my thoughts. My opinion was just all based off of a mere glance (and the thought that our school was cheap). As the years went on and …show more content…
We have an excellent head that has a crisp edge around the face to contrast the black background, but was we go down we can see how the proportion and scale are off. One shoulder puff on the dress seems to have been over blended and gives a muddy look in comparison to the other shoulder which is light and pink in a beautiful tint, with delicate write wrinkles. This overall just reminds me of myself, how I was capable of drawing a head perfectly fine but when it came to the delicate limbs of a hand and anything lower than the shoulder, I suddenly became unskilled and uncoordinated. I often times left my drawing an array of dark erased lines followed by me hiding the hands in any way possible. By doing this I left no room for improvement in myself. I only avoided improving. As for whoever painted this painting, they weren’t afraid to take a risk, they wanted to improve, they had the time, effort, and dedication to completing this artwork. I envy the dedication the artist put into the work. Even if it looked bad, they tried their best to depict their art subject as the delicate flower they were holding. The factor that it's a rose and the girl has short hair also gives it an edge to rebellion, how roses have thorns and how the girl is going against the American beauty of having long flowing
The reason why I chose this artwork actually has more depth than I thought it would. You see, ever since I was a wee freshman, I was fascinated by the art hung in our school. I, negligently, assumed all the artwork was cheap, worthless, and possibly purchased from the thrift store. However, I lacked the evidence to prove my thoughts. My opinion was just all based off of a mere glance (and the thought that our school was cheap). As the years went on and …show more content…
We have an excellent head that has a crisp edge around the face to contrast the black background, but was we go down we can see how the proportion and scale are off. One shoulder puff on the dress seems to have been over blended and gives a muddy look in comparison to the other shoulder which is light and pink in a beautiful tint, with delicate write wrinkles. This overall just reminds me of myself, how I was capable of drawing a head perfectly fine but when it came to the delicate limbs of a hand and anything lower than the shoulder, I suddenly became unskilled and uncoordinated. I often times left my drawing an array of dark erased lines followed by me hiding the hands in any way possible. By doing this I left no room for improvement in myself. I only avoided improving. As for whoever painted this painting, they weren’t afraid to take a risk, they wanted to improve, they had the time, effort, and dedication to completing this artwork. I envy the dedication the artist put into the work. Even if it looked bad, they tried their best to depict their art subject as the delicate flower they were holding. The factor that it's a rose and the girl has short hair also gives it an edge to rebellion, how roses have thorns and how the girl is going against the American beauty of having long flowing