Art Critique

This is a piece of work by my sister, Elle Wyant, from her blog of her sketches. I think the idea behind this drawing is clear. For the viewer, it is obvious of the point drawing and the humor in it. This drawing plays with the well-known superhero of Batman and someone who clearly is not a superhero, but his appearance makes him look so. The image of Batman is known as the bat-eared mask and the cape. With this drawing she uses a bean hat, but it is folded in a way that looks like bat ears, the obvious Bat Symbol as his belt buckle, and his scarf looks like the cape. Also the way she darkens the shadows around his eyes and the scarf covering his mouth shows the darkness of the superhero that he’s portraying. I don’t think that there is a hidden meaning in this drawing, but just the humor behind from the connection that the viewer makes. It is a very well drawn sketch. You can tell from the pencil strokes that she has knowledge of art and has worked with different techniques of drawing.

Becca Wyant

4013 166^th Ave NE Redmond, WA 98052

206-948-4693

b_wyant@u.pacific.edu

Graphic Design, Photography

I am a photographer and a graphic designer interested in design and portrait and sports photography.

AREAS OF INTEREST 

Portrait photography, Sports photography, Design

EDUCATION

Redmond High School, Redmond, WA, 2009

University of Pacific, Stockton, CA, 2013, BFA

WORK EXPERIENCE

·      Created twelve individual posters for high school written theater productions at Redmond High School

·      Photographed for high school productions at Redmond High School

·      Created logo for Crushed Dreams Production, a student run theater group for writing, acting and directing, at New York University

·      Portrait photography of families

·      Photographed swimming events at the University of Pacific

·      Knowledge in CS5 Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Lightroom

HONORS & AWARDS

2^nd place winner for RedSpoke poster design contest 

Creativity vs. Knowledge, compared with artists

An artist that I feel really explores from knowledge to creativity would be Salvador Dali. His work I think definitely demonstrates that he understands the knowledge of art, and the basics of techniques, but from what he knows he creates pieces that are new and exciting. He goes past the extreme of painting scenery and mixes in his own style, which adds to his surrealistic work. I think that creativity is a great example in Dali because his work is very imaginative, you can tell from looking at his paintings that it pushes past ordinary portraits or classical paintings you would expect, and creates works that are not even possible in real life. With his creativity he adds a twist on the knowledge that he knows of art.

An artist that I feel falls into the category of his work being based off more on knowledge would be Claude Monet.  Monet definitely has a great knowledge of art, and especially painting. From looking at his work, you can see the precise detail of his brush strokes and the technique he uses. I feel that Monet lies more with knowledge than creativity, because his work is based on what he sees rather than what he comes up with in his mind. Monet’s work doesn’t reflect on unbelievable subjects or scenery, it is all realistic and he shows that beauty in his paintings. You can see in his pieces that he has studied this art so well and that what makes his work so magnificent.