For my blog I chose art by someone who I actually sort of know. His name is Brandon Kari from Florida.
www.melodyofthesoul.com
He found my band on the internet years ago and I ended up mailing him a cd. I asked him if he’d be interested in painting something for my band, and how much it would cost. He responded saying that he’d love to do it and that’d he do it for free just because I mailed him a cd! What a nice guy. The painting on the left in the painting he made for my band, the one on the right was another one of him that I also liked. I’ll discuss the painting on the left. I only posted the other one so you could see something else he’s done in case you don’t want to view the website. I like how he chose to use red for the sky rather than some shade of blue, it makes things different, gives it a warmer tone, and presents a different mood. I did find it funny however that it seems like the wave is so big that it is going to come wash us up off the shore! I noticed that he put some red streaks in the blue part, and also the white parts of the water and the wave. This resembles the sky reflecting off the water. Also I thought the small hint of the moon in the center of the sky was interesting, I think that if it was done any differently the moon would have stood out too much; he left it settle so that it didn’t distract the eyes from the main focus of the painting. Brandon Kari did a good job at creating the spray effect on both sides of the breaking wave; you can see the water spraying from the wave get thinner and thinner as it goes off into the sky. Something that I’ve noticed when I look at this painting in more detail is how much I like the texture of the sand the band is standing on, as well as the sand / grass right below the closest tree. It isn’t the focus of the painting, but to me both the grass and the sand look realistic. I also imagine that fire would be a hard thing to paint. The shape of the flames and the colors he used for this are convincing to me, I also noticed the shadow he put in created by the large frame. Overall this painting presents a good mood, which I think is what I like about it the most (and I guess the fact that I’m in it! Haha.) I like beach related art, and always respect it because I’ve always found that waves are the hardest thing for me to paint or draw.
www.melodyofthesoul.com
He found my band on the internet years ago and I ended up mailing him a cd. I asked him if he’d be interested in painting something for my band, and how much it would cost. He responded saying that he’d love to do it and that’d he do it for free just because I mailed him a cd! What a nice guy. The painting on the left in the painting he made for my band, the one on the right was another one of him that I also liked. I’ll discuss the painting on the left. I only posted the other one so you could see something else he’s done in case you don’t want to view the website. I like how he chose to use red for the sky rather than some shade of blue, it makes things different, gives it a warmer tone, and presents a different mood. I did find it funny however that it seems like the wave is so big that it is going to come wash us up off the shore! I noticed that he put some red streaks in the blue part, and also the white parts of the water and the wave. This resembles the sky reflecting off the water. Also I thought the small hint of the moon in the center of the sky was interesting, I think that if it was done any differently the moon would have stood out too much; he left it settle so that it didn’t distract the eyes from the main focus of the painting. Brandon Kari did a good job at creating the spray effect on both sides of the breaking wave; you can see the water spraying from the wave get thinner and thinner as it goes off into the sky. Something that I’ve noticed when I look at this painting in more detail is how much I like the texture of the sand the band is standing on, as well as the sand / grass right below the closest tree. It isn’t the focus of the painting, but to me both the grass and the sand look realistic. I also imagine that fire would be a hard thing to paint. The shape of the flames and the colors he used for this are convincing to me, I also noticed the shadow he put in created by the large frame. Overall this painting presents a good mood, which I think is what I like about it the most (and I guess the fact that I’m in it! Haha.) I like beach related art, and always respect it because I’ve always found that waves are the hardest thing for me to paint or draw.
2 comments:
I love your painting of the beach and the waves. Cool!
Adele
This picture is really interesting and your description pointed out some great things that I would have otherwise overlooked, such as the moon and sand. I really like the use of red for the sky also because it makes it unique from other beach scenes. That's pretty cool that you are in it too!!
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