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AnaRodriguezMazariegos

MovementsinArt
MeghanHealy

EndofCourseReflection

Artworkisabeautythatcomeswithinaperson.Itisagiftthateveryonehas.Artissomething
weseeinoureverydaylives.Thesky,thesunset,sunriseorasimpleviewformabuilding,artisalways
there.OneofthemovementsthatwasappealingtomewasArtNouveau.ArtNouveau
meansnewartandwasanartmovementfromthe1890s.Whatmakesthismovement
uniqueisitswritingfont,howitincludesacircleineverypieceofart,howitisasymmetry,
andhasfluidlines.AnArtNouveauartistnamed,AlphonseMucha,aCzechartist,wasa
personwhousedArtNouveaucharacteristicstopainthisartwork.Oneofhispainting
called,JobCigarettes,expresseshisdifferentpatternsandwordingheuses.Itportraysthe
structureofthewomanshairandthecurveshedid.Thehairislongandshowsthe
formationofthelinestomakethehairlookrealistic.

Inaddition,anothermovementthatintriguedmewastheArtistsHousemovement.Myartist
wasAndyWarhol,whowasaPopArtartist.Hecreatedmanypaintingsthat
includedbrightcolorsandtookads,comics,headlines,andcompositedintoan
artpiece.Asyoucansee,Mr.Warholtookasimplesoupcanandassembleda
paintingwherethereismorethanonecanofsoup.Itcanbesimpleandbasic
butthetypeofcolorsthisartistpickedmakestheowncanpopout.Inhis
paintingsheusuallylikedtodrawandincludemultiplepaintingsofthesame
object,orpersoninoneofhispieceofart.Thereasonhepaintedlikethiswas
thathewantedtobeamachine.Hewantedtobeamachinethattakesoutrepetitiveobjectsofthe
samekindbuteachonewasunique.

Everyartpiecehasitscharacteristicsandtechniques.TwotechniquesIlearnedwasbrush
strokesandwatercoloring.IntheprojectofImpressionism,Ilearnedhowtodoshortbrushstrokesto
displaythemovementofthesky,grass,orwhatevertypeofbackgroundI
waspainting.Ilearnedhowtopaintthebrushstrokesindifferentdirections
toshowmoremovement.Brushstrokesisimportantineverypainting
dependingthemovementofartsomeoneistryingtoexhibit.Thesecond
techniquewaswatercoloring.Lastyear,Ididthesameprojectofwater
coloringbutthisyearIlearnedhowtomixandfadecertaincolors.Inmy
painting,IdrewasoccerballbehindLionelMessi.Ilearnedhowtoputgrey
areasaroundtheoutlineofthepentagons/octagonsandmixitwiththeblack
tomakethesoccerballmorerealistic.Ilearnedhowtomakedifferentskincolorsandmakesomeparts
ofMessisfacelighter.IlearnedmoretechniqueswithwatercoloringthisyearandoverallIknowthese
techniquesIlearnedmyJunioryearwillhelpmelateron.

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