This week I went to the Gallery at the Dupage Art League. The month theme was "artist's choice" so there weren't any of intentional connections between the pieces that I was expecting to find. There were some great pieces though. One of my favourites was a piece entitled, "Watercolor Knowledge." The painting was (obviously) a watercolor. It displayed very good technique with many textures, expert washes/layer building, and composition. The most amusing part of the painting is the subject is an art studio library. Shelves filled with books of painting knowledge is translated into visual prowess through the painting. The use of light is particularly well done. Its highlights seem like blinding glare naturally found on plastic book covers, while the shadows provide a wide value scale.
The other piece that stuck out to me was called "Senior Hopscotch." It was a watercolor showing a scene in which senior citizens were doing hopscotch. One of my friend's "concentration" section of her AP Portfolio explored a similar idea. She created images through graphic design that showed older people (middle age and up) rediscovering their childhoods. There were images from older people jumping rope to sword fighting. All of the images had bold contours around the people/objects giving it a coloring book feel. Also the edges of the images faded out in a cloud-like manor showing the dream state of the elderly.
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