Thomas Tiernan
Assignment 3
Leonardo
da Vinci was considered one of the greatest artists in history. Not only was he
an artist, but Da Vinci was also an even better drawer. Although several of his
paintings are unfinished, he has hundreds of drawings, each with immense
detail. He worked as a sculptor and would always sketch his ideas. He probably
did not think that one day his sketches would be considered historic art. His
drawing, Five Characters in a Comic Scene 1490, shows 5 mischievous looking men
huddled around conversing about something.
The artistic details drawn into the men must have taken years of work. The
three men in the artwork are looking at one thing, while the other two are
staring at each other. This drawing reminded me of my friends and I in a way,
because one of us would be making a ridiculous face like the man in the back
even though no one would be paying attention.
Painting is the process of using paint in a picture, and
has many different styles of painting. Zhang Daqian is a great painter in my
opinion. He creates a great Asian style scroll painting of mountains and what
looks like a lake. The use of smeared watercolor really improves the painting
and adds a mood to the art. Art of Asian nature has always interested me, and
Zhang’s painting “Mountains Clearing After Rain” shows beautiful art done with
watercolor. Zhang Daqian was one of the best known Chinese artists of the
twentieth century, and his traditional style of Chinese art is popular in
America as well. Another one of his famous paintings is of this natural Chinese
scenery. The colors used were very mild and had a soft feeling to the painting.
I enjoy a lot of Daqian’s art, and will continue to use his art as examples.
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