Today's TLA is CGP
Che Guevara Portrait
I finished the portrait of Che in my art class yesterday. My art teacher was really worried I was not going to pull it off. I initially painted him with a blue suit. And she straight told me, "Che, would never wear anything like that! You made him look like a businessman!" She was totally correct! What was I thinking?
I initially painted his signature beret in green and his hair in green as well. She told me to perhaps use a different color for the hair and beret. When I started the portrait I was not capturing the essence of Che. So I had to modify the painting such that I can capture the attitude, the intensity, the look and feel of who Che Guevara was.
My art teacher was very supportive of me. She hardly said a word to me. She broke it down for me with the following comment, "the artist has to love the painting he/she is working on if he/she doesn't love it, then what's the point?". She told me, if I don't love the way the portrait is turning out, I have the power to change it at any time. I really dig that lesson.
After I completed the portrait last night, she told me that she thought that the portrait was in trouble. She didn't want to say anything, she just wanted me to work through the problem. She did not want to crush my enthusiasm for the portrait, but rather she wanted me to solve the problems I created. She said that every artist is different. Some need more encouraging than others.
She said that our class has different styles of painting. At first, I was intimidated by the fact I was one of the older artists in her class. The young artists in the class are amazing. The average age is 14-15 years old. And my teacher has been teaching them for 6-7 years. They are very talented kids. And I am very lucky to be in class with such really talented artists. I feed of their youthful energy. At times, being normal kids with a short attention span, they don't want to paint. However, when they do the work they create is amazing.
In the end, she and I were very pleased at end product of the Che portrait. And I have to admit, I love the portrait, but most importantly I loved the process of painting it. I like the mistakes I made about color choice, line definitions, and trying to capture who and what Che was all about. I like the fact I had to change the initial good idea to ultimately create a better portrait. I will probably take pictures of this portrait and add it to my photo blog thingie. The next portrait I am working on is MLK (Martin Luther King Jr.). I hope I can capture his essence as well.
Enjoy,
Jonathan
Che Guevara Portrait
I finished the portrait of Che in my art class yesterday. My art teacher was really worried I was not going to pull it off. I initially painted him with a blue suit. And she straight told me, "Che, would never wear anything like that! You made him look like a businessman!" She was totally correct! What was I thinking?
I initially painted his signature beret in green and his hair in green as well. She told me to perhaps use a different color for the hair and beret. When I started the portrait I was not capturing the essence of Che. So I had to modify the painting such that I can capture the attitude, the intensity, the look and feel of who Che Guevara was.
My art teacher was very supportive of me. She hardly said a word to me. She broke it down for me with the following comment, "the artist has to love the painting he/she is working on if he/she doesn't love it, then what's the point?". She told me, if I don't love the way the portrait is turning out, I have the power to change it at any time. I really dig that lesson.
After I completed the portrait last night, she told me that she thought that the portrait was in trouble. She didn't want to say anything, she just wanted me to work through the problem. She did not want to crush my enthusiasm for the portrait, but rather she wanted me to solve the problems I created. She said that every artist is different. Some need more encouraging than others.
She said that our class has different styles of painting. At first, I was intimidated by the fact I was one of the older artists in her class. The young artists in the class are amazing. The average age is 14-15 years old. And my teacher has been teaching them for 6-7 years. They are very talented kids. And I am very lucky to be in class with such really talented artists. I feed of their youthful energy. At times, being normal kids with a short attention span, they don't want to paint. However, when they do the work they create is amazing.
In the end, she and I were very pleased at end product of the Che portrait. And I have to admit, I love the portrait, but most importantly I loved the process of painting it. I like the mistakes I made about color choice, line definitions, and trying to capture who and what Che was all about. I like the fact I had to change the initial good idea to ultimately create a better portrait. I will probably take pictures of this portrait and add it to my photo blog thingie. The next portrait I am working on is MLK (Martin Luther King Jr.). I hope I can capture his essence as well.
Enjoy,
Jonathan
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