Newly Discovered Van Gogh Painting

Madison Marrott

September 24, 2013

Period 4

Art Article

Newly Discovered Van Gogh Painting

Recently a Van Gogh painting was rediscovered in a Norwegian attic. It had been seen before by authenticators, but was denied as a fake. Van Gogh had referenced this painting before but art experts did not know what painting it was. Now it is clear to experts that he was talking about "Sunset at Montmajour". I thought it was interesting that the painting could be called a fake or forgery when it is the real thing. So I decided to look up more about forged paintings and I found an article about a man from New York. In 1980 he was on the streets selling paintings when a man approached and recruited him to "copy the works of prominent abstract expressionists." The man (Pei-Shen Qian) copied hundreds of modern art pieces from many artists like Jackson Polluck. Qian has made over 80 million dollars in forgeries. It takes a lot of talent to be able to copy a Jackson Polluck, but he did. He and his wife may have left for China since this was discovered to hide from news and interviews on the situation. It is interesting that people can forge something and get tons of money for it, but a real painting can be denied and labeled as a fake. I also wanted to know how they determine if a painting is real or not. So I decided to look it up but I could not find any reliable sources. What I think would determine if I painting is a forgery or real is if, the brushstrokes are similar or identical to other works of art by the same artist, if the layout or set up of the painting is similar to others and one of the most important things is if the signature is the same as it normally is in other paintings.  I think this job would be stressful because you don’t want to cheat someone of their money by giving them a fake or not buying a real painting.

WORK CITED: http://gawker.com/artist-in-queens-allegedly-forged-hundreds-of-modernist-1159918973

Frog Tounge

I think that my mouth frog turned out really good. I had alot of troubles getting it to work but I used other tools on photoshop to help so I didnt have to start over. I really liked using the cloning tool to make the frog the tounge. You had to be persise to make sure that it looks real. the top of the frogs head could be a little softer to make it look even more  realistic, but other than that I am really happy with my work. 

My Angry Pancakes

I think that my Angry Panckaes turned out really well. I had some trouble at fist trying to get my pancakes to work but after a while I got the hang of it. The video made it really easy to follow along and complete the project. I would enjoy doing something like this again.

Stencil Project

My stencil project was okay. I did not like the outlines of her face, but other than that I liked how her eyes and facial features turned out. When I went on the computer I originally had a different picture but I could not get the eyes to turn out very well so I went to a different picture. When we blew it up on the projector and traced it I slightly modified it so we wouldn't use as many colors. I also had to fix her eyes to make them so they would come out just right. Cutting and painting was very succesful until I added the sides of her face, I realized that they were slightly off. Overall I really liked the work on my stencil project. I throughly enjoyed creating art using spray paint.

Contour Shoe Drawing

My contour shoe drawing was not my best work. My porportion was off and I had sloppy lines. But the challange did help me when I was drawing other objects later beacuse I learned from my mistakes. Now i pay more attention to the placement and how large it is compared to other parts of my drawings. Some of my other contour drawings were better because they were not as complex as this boot. I greatful for this experience to help me grow and develop as an artist.

Mermaid Skeleton

For my mermaid skeleton I used a human bone structure for the top half, but once I got to the hips I had to adjust her body to fit a mermaid. I used all the bones that you would see on a human from the hips up. From the hips below I replicated a fish's tail, continuing the spine down to the fins. In the mermaid cartoon her head and eyes were significantly larger than the rest of her body. So in the skeleton I made the eye sockets look like they were caved in by using multiple circles. I really liked how my skeleton turned out for one of my first drawings in art.

iPad Drawing

Explain the similarities and differences between using the oil pastels in the classroom and the Layers Pro app on iPad in creating your value studies. Discuss your accomplishments and what you learned from the experience. How is technology useful and important in the Art? 
When drawing the shapes with the oil pastels it is harder to blend the shapes just right. You want to have the light source in the same spot on all the shapes and put the shadows in the right positions. When using the iPad it is alot easier because if you mess up you can just erase. You can also use the blending tools provided by the app. I leardned that technology makes art easier and more dificult sometimes. Once you have created a picture using paint, you can always go back and adjust things with technology.