step 1: open both images; background and the image that will be placed in front. drag the photo of the person with the move tool to the tab of the background image, with out letting go place it on top of the background.

 step 2: select cut and refine the person/ image. this gets rid of the extra spots of the original background. using adjustments layers and masks.

step 3: use the blemish tool and the history brush to take care of extra spots

step 4: colour adjustments to blend image to the background and make sure the colours are well balanced.

MOMA

Title: history of the main complaint

Artist: William Kentridge

Date: 1996

Medium: 35mm film transferred to video (color, sound). 5:50 min

This piece attracts me because of the medium the artist used; it displays some texture, and has a lot of detail while displaying almost as if it’s a very rough drawing. The eyes in the mirror caught my attention the most. I really like the faded piece on the right side, It may be something I would like to incorporate with my next painting.

    

Titile: Self Portrait

Artist: Chuck Close

Date: 1997

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Dimensions: 8’ 6” x 7’

I like that this painting looks very pixelated by joining images and colours together to form a portrait.  It looks like there are squares with different shapes and colours in them.

Title: Tanya as Bandit

Artist: Candy Noland

Medium: Silkscreen ink on aluminum, and bandana

Dimensions: 72 x 24 x 3/8”

I like the medium that they used to be creative. I also like that it looks like it came out of a comic book. This style of art may be something I would want to explore more in.  There is also writing at the bottom of the piece that works well with the over all finish. 

Chess Piece

Hi there! Recently I created this chess piece; in relation to proportion, the chess piece is slightly off from being within the realistic size.  I have drawn my chess piece to be slightly taller and thicker from the realistic size. 

Although the proportion may not be intact, this piece displays different ranges of value on the chess piece itself. Capturing the different angles of light and shadowing, giving the illusion of a three- dimensional appearance of the chess piece. You can visually see the light source that is coming from the left side of the page using contrast.  Value appears within the single chess piece as well as the multiple chess pieces that follow on the right, creating a shadowy effect that layers throughout.

There is distinctive movement that seizes across the page. Using line, I was able to create a sense of rhythm and movement that draws the viewer to look around on the page. The bold lines are appearing from different directions that zoom in on the chess piece. Some of the lines are made to look larger to thin so that is it gives the illusion that it is zooming in. The lines have sharp and jagged edges.

If you notice, the chess piece is not located in the center of the page.  I chose my composition to be somewhat on the left at a certain degree.  By doing this, it draws the viewer’s attention to look beyond the page and moves the viewer’s eye. This is also used to make it visually more appealing.

The chess piece is the main focal point. This is done because it is the largest of the other chess pieces and has the most detail. The bold lines also draw your attention to the chess piece. Some of the lines are directing the eye at the chess piece.