Savannah Lee
Mrs. Silverman
AP 2D Design
26 May 2021
Capstone
For my final capstone project, I wanted to create a piece to represent the contrast and perception of light vs dark. In my painting, I created a dripping effect of space over a cloudy sunset. I wanted to make this piece because I wanted to represent the perception of space closing in on us while still showing that contracts of light beneath the darkness of the colors. For my colors, I chose a deep black paint for my space and a light pink paint as the sunset sky in order to emphasize their differences. My piece looks fun and pretty while still having a message behind the drips. A topic that interests me that I incorporated into my piece would be the perplexity and vastness of space and the world beyond the earth. I thought that the perfect way to show the perception of dark vs light would be to incorporate space and the stars against a cool and calming sunset. My intention for the dripping of space over the sky was to show how when you step back, you are able to process how big the earth is beyond us and our everyday lives. I decided to use acrylic paint so I could show thick colors and put more emphasis on the dark vs light. I started with painting the dark space, and I added planets and started to create a space-like representation. I then painted the sky under the space scene and I used a totally opposite color scheme as before. I painted rainbow clouds of the pink sky and added shading to each cloud to show the contrast. I later decided to overlap some of the clouds with the space drips. The finishing touch was to add some glitter in space to represent tiny stars in the distance of space, and glitter in the sky to represent the reflection of the light against the clouds. I am very happy with how my piece turned out and my message shined through the light and dark reflections in the sky.
Savannah, I absolutely love the colors in this! The texture that you created with the clouds is wonderful :)
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love all of the pastel colors used and the contrast created with the dark background. The texture created is so interesting especially around the clouds and in the dark background. There is so much movement throughout the piece with the clouds and the axis of the rings as well as the stars. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI love that the drips almost look like cartoony mountains rising into space. Great job!
ReplyDeleteYou really did an amazing job with your color choice. Your use of negative space makes what you painted so dreamy and whimsical that I bet it's even more breathtaking in real life.
ReplyDeleteSavannah! I love this so so much. The choice of contrast between the black night sky and bright colorful clouds during the day in mesmerizing. I enjoy how you explain that as pretty as it is, that is not the only purpose of the piece and the complexity behind it with light, darkness, and space. That being said I really want to hang this in my room or dorm room next year!
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