Edward Hopper Blog Post

I really like the shadows in this painting because without the light coming in from the window it would have been completely dark. Also the girl looking out the window makes the viewer want to see what she's looking at. She also looks very distressed making the viewer more interested to see what is making her have that body language. I like how some of her body is in shadows and some is not. It makes her look 3D and real. I also like the big contrast on the wall behind the girl. It brings the eye to the middle so it will not get lost and flow off the page while looking at the window.
This painting inspires me to try doing a piece with a person in it. I have never tried painting a person because it is very challenging but I think I want to try. I think I would do it in oil pastel so that I do not have to be so meticulous like with painting. I also have not done oil pastel in a while. Lastly I like the inside, outside work. I think that would look very cool in some bright oil pastel colors.

Word post #3- Fire Hydrant

This is a picture if a fire hydrant I took over the summer. It's on the same corner my house is on. I like it because if the angle and the contrast between the dark street and the bright fire hydrant. The grass growing around the hydrant was hard to sketch but I tried to not focus on every blade of grass and go for a more general shape. This relates to my word because it is a FIRE hydrant, which they use to put out fires, haha.

Thiebaud Inspired Sketches

I started with the scissors but it was hard working on the shadow on the scissors and the shapes of the shadows. I then switched to the bottles which was much easier and fun with the shapes it made on the paper. There were also much easier to copy on the carbon copy. I also liked how the light went through the liquid in the glass.