Finally, the mask is finished. I would never have thought that so much work could have gone into that mask. But it did and it was fun.
The main colours used were rich reds,pinks,orange and yellow. These helped me create the hay vibe from the dog part of my mask. Also to make the dog feature stand out i made the ears really floppy and playful looking. The ears are a bright pink which then flows down into a dark red up into a light yellow towards the nose. The nose on my mask is that of the cheetah as is most of the facial features. The nose is in the middle of eight pink whiskers that fade out into a white making them look soft, by using the cool colors. The tangled whiskers draw attention to one of the main features on the mask, the cheetah eyes. Here the pink/orange colour of the mussel is cut off by the long black tear stains. I wanted this part to stand out because the point of my mask was that even though it looked happy on the outside ( bright colours) it can still be sad on the inside (hence the tear stains).Another big feature on my mask is the lion mane. Here I used colours that represent fire to show the fierce part of the lion.This mane covers almost the whole outside of my mask. The red colour at the base of the mane then covers the whole back of my mask. To make the back of the mask more interesting, i added some flowing whites and pinks to make it more lively.
Overall, I thought this project was really fun and I really enjoyed doing it. :)
here are a few pieces of famous art work where the sartist hasn't used realilstic colours as we will be doing when making our masks.
Texture-Texture is the illusion of a three-dimensional surface. We use our hands to feel real Texture. . Artists strive very hard to imitate the look and feel of real Texture in works of art. Perhaps an artist can't "make" the bark of a tree in his landscape "feel" like real bark, but the viewer will "see" the Texture and be able to associate it with the rough feel of actual bark. Artists are masters of deception. In some works, the viewer is tempted to actually reach out and touch a work of art because it looks like it has a Texture. They are surprised to feel only brushstrokes or a flat surface. The eye is tricked into seeing a "real" Texture. Other artist purposefully add a "felt" texture to the surface of their work. This allows the viewer to see actual Texture and appreciate the interest Texture gives to a piece of art.
