Still Life

What makes New York New York in Art?  First of all, New York City gives opportunities to find ethnicity. New York City is the "melting pot" where people from different country come here. Therefore, we learn what their cultures are.

Artists express their emotions through paintings and drawings. For instance, the exhibition of 9/11 at Laguardia Community College shows how artists visualize what happened at 9/11. Their paintings show how sad these artists feel like this picture for example. "Sad", "Bomb" and "Dead" are some of the texts we can find in this artwork.



According to the MoMA PS1 home page " The attacks of September 11, 2001 were among the most pictured disasters in history, yet they remain, a decade later, underrepresented in cultural discourse—particularly within the realm of contemporary art. Responding to these conditions, MoMA PS1 curator Peter Eleey brings together more than 70 works by 41 artists—many made prior to 9/11"  
( www.momaps1.orgexhibitions/view/338 ).  

Eggs under The Sun Light

It was very enjoyable painting the Eggs under The Sun Light. The process was simple but I had to be very careful while working. The first thing I drew was the gray horizontal line to separate one area from the other, then I proceeded to paint the dish, the eggs, the flowers and the "pot of coffee".
I mixed white with a small amount of black to create a light gray color to paint the dish, the eggs and the table where the objects are placed. Then I used black  to paint the shadows behind  each object. I painted in white the right side of each item to indicate where the light was coming from and finally I painted in black the background.
It was a real challenge to paint a contemporary picture without using primary or secondary colors but black and white. I had to figure out where I had to paint with lighter or darker colors to make the painting as real as possible.

Color Wheel

It was very interesting the process of painting the color wheel because I learned what the primary, secondary and tertiary colors are. The most interesting part was when I had to mix the three primary colors (blue, red and yellow) with a small amount of white to create neutral gray in the center. I really enjoyed painting the color wheel.