Rebekah was given a Praktica MTL 5 SLR flim camera. When she came to visit me in Portland we spent some time taking photos with it and learning how to use it. Here are some pictures she took in Vienna before she came to visit:
And here are some we both took at Fort Williams Park today:
From Rebekah
First of all I want to state that as this project progresses I am finding it more and more difficult. Working in such close connection to my older sister who has a degree in art makes me constantly worry that what I am going to post is automatically quite inferior. I admire my sister’s raw talent as well as the amount of work she has put into developing her passion.
My sister’s last piece posted on here was by far my favorite so far. There are many portions of it that I absolutely loved. The colors all corresponded wonderfully and flow right into each other. Oranges and reds are a color that I tend to shy away from. They are such strong colors that I almost feel as if I would not be able to control them once I started using them. Additionally, in looking at our pieces I have noticed that my sister steers more toward the warm colors while I stick to the safer cool colors. I promise that in one of my future pieces I will explore using those more frightening warm/hot colors. Rachel’s last piece had such a strength to it that I want to be able to capture eventually in a piece of my own. I love the texture shown in the wooden spoon and I could almost feel the glass of the Pyrex bowl (albeit it helps that both are things that I have used many a times in the kitchen with my mother and sister).
The main piece that I loved, well the two main components I loved, were the the painted fabric and the color of the background. I’m not even sure what color to call the background, but it was such a soothing color, that I tried to capture pieces of it throughout the fabrics I choose to use in mine. The pattern and boldness of the fabric shown both within Rachel’s painted piece and stretched on the the accompanying canvas just simply drew my eye. I love those types of patterns and I love that Rachel had the idea of simply showcasing the beautiful pattern in the accompanying pattern. It was this fabric and the use of black and white that inspired my next piece.
First for my piece I decided that I wanted to continue exploring using fabrics within a piece. All of the background and color used are pieces of quilting fabric. In fact all of the blue pieces are left over triangles that were cut for my most frequent quilt that I finished. The greens are two different shades of fabric, and the purple just one fabric cut into many soft, round shapes. All of the fabrics were chosen because I loved the colors and the patterns within the fabric. I loved the pattern in the black and white fabric that Rachel used and made me pay more attention to the patterns I chose. The flower I decided to paint only using black and white paints. I was not as successful in painting the flower as I had hoped. It became more an abstract image that I had originally intended. I feel that I need much more practice in painting before I can complete a more realistic rendering of anything really.
In the two pictures taken I could not a decent spot in which to capture a photo of the piece. Each spot had very different light and places where I could place it. So I chose to put up both.
I guess my main concern with the piece is if it is too simple or two busy. Also, I simply wish I was more capable of adding the flower.
Deadline: May 12th
