1. Who created the visual text (photo, painting, sculpture, ad, etc)? The painting I choose to evaluate for my visual literacy assignment was created by Mr. Kevin A. Williams.
2. Take time to learn about the creator of the visual text. What did you learn about the creator? Mr. Kevin A. Williams is a well-known artist, who was born in Chicago. Mr. Williams also goes by his nickname as WAK, which is his initials spelled backwards. He started his artist career at the young age of fifteen. Working within the historical black business district of Chicago. He would do drawings for local hair salons and fashion boutiques. This ended up leading to his first commission to do a painting for Motions hair care products. This infamous painting of four …show more content…
Williams being an African American man who grew up in Chicago, Illinois I believe he saw through the eyes of a black man. He also worked within the historical black business district of Chicago, and seeing black ownership among him daily dwellings. The painting gives strength to the black man and his family. Thus showing the man Mr. Williams is and how he sees a black family.
4. What are the most predominant elements of art in the visual text? Describe them.
The color elements are very strong from the dullness the stone paired with the brightness of the yellow dress which seems to glow. The background with its different colors makes the scene gloomy. There are shapes like the form of a rectangler stone descending downward upon the African American family. The circle that formed in the back of the dad’s head and the little circles of burettes in his daughter’s hair. There is also texture in this painting, the roughness of the stone rock being held up.
The roughness and smoothness the ruffles of the mother dress. The texture of the little boys hair shows that’s his hair is curly. The man’s scuffed up jeans gives the effect that his legs are straining and flexing to stand tall. The smoothness of the baby’s skin shows texture as well. Another element of this painting are the lines. There are lines everywhere from the stone’s corner, the dad shirt, and the people’s …show more content…
How do the predominant elements of art relate to one another?
They relate to one another interchangeably. Without one the other would not speak the same tone. There is a nice harmony between the color, texture, lines, and shapes of Mr. Williams’s creative drawings. The color scheme needs texture to stand out yet it also needs it to blend in
2. Take time to learn about the creator of the visual text. What did you learn about the creator? Mr. Kevin A. Williams is a well-known artist, who was born in Chicago. Mr. Williams also goes by his nickname as WAK, which is his initials spelled backwards. He started his artist career at the young age of fifteen. Working within the historical black business district of Chicago. He would do drawings for local hair salons and fashion boutiques. This ended up leading to his first commission to do a painting for Motions hair care products. This infamous painting of four …show more content…
Williams being an African American man who grew up in Chicago, Illinois I believe he saw through the eyes of a black man. He also worked within the historical black business district of Chicago, and seeing black ownership among him daily dwellings. The painting gives strength to the black man and his family. Thus showing the man Mr. Williams is and how he sees a black family.
4. What are the most predominant elements of art in the visual text? Describe them.
The color elements are very strong from the dullness the stone paired with the brightness of the yellow dress which seems to glow. The background with its different colors makes the scene gloomy. There are shapes like the form of a rectangler stone descending downward upon the African American family. The circle that formed in the back of the dad’s head and the little circles of burettes in his daughter’s hair. There is also texture in this painting, the roughness of the stone rock being held up.
The roughness and smoothness the ruffles of the mother dress. The texture of the little boys hair shows that’s his hair is curly. The man’s scuffed up jeans gives the effect that his legs are straining and flexing to stand tall. The smoothness of the baby’s skin shows texture as well. Another element of this painting are the lines. There are lines everywhere from the stone’s corner, the dad shirt, and the people’s …show more content…
How do the predominant elements of art relate to one another?
They relate to one another interchangeably. Without one the other would not speak the same tone. There is a nice harmony between the color, texture, lines, and shapes of Mr. Williams’s creative drawings. The color scheme needs texture to stand out yet it also needs it to blend in