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PLANNING:To stick with my semi-present military theme, I wanted to created a ship used in the navy. However, I also wanted to stick with my ever so present Pop Art theme as well and not make it so realistic. Furthermore, continuing on with the whole silhouette idea from earlier pieces I've created, I decided it would be a great idea to paint this ship. After researching some navy ship silhouettes online, it became apparent that the vast majority of the better looking ones all had somewhat of a shadow beneath them, so that's what I too wanted to created. I didn't mimic one particular ship completely, rather, putting characteristics of multiple ships into one of my own.
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PROCESS:To begin, I left the images- of the three ships I had most interest in- beside me on a monitor and free handed the ship. The hard part came when it was time to created the shadow which had to be just about identical to the ship itself. I distorted the shadow slightly, making certain areas either shorter, or wider. Then once I had a complete outline, I began to paint the actual ship black, then free handed some more minor details. After that step, I mixed my white and black paints and created a few shades of gray to blend together to create the shadow. I then painted the shadow and added some more minor details in with that as well.
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CONNECTIONS:With Ship, I have a real-world connection. This is based off the American culture in particular. A large portion of life in America is centered off of our military and creating a naval ship centers the entire painting around the United States Military. These ships are used in battles that protect America from its allies and I wanted to represent them in a piece, since somebody near and dear to me actually lives through this and has the experience firsthand.
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REFLECTION:
Out of all of my pieces created around this time, this by far took the quickest amount of time. That also calls for it being one of my least favorite because the craftsmanship could've been improved to a much greater extent. This piece does, in fact, contain many flaws which could have easily been avoided. The grays were not blended together as well as the could have been and in my eyes, the shadow is so far from being realistic. Overall, Ship is not my favorite piece and could use a whole lot of improving.