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.