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Plan: First I will create a ball and hollow the bottom. Then I will shape the nose, eyes and mouth. Next I will create teeth and slip and score them on. Last I will roll a cylinder and put it in his mouth.
Reflection: I am very happy with how this turned out. If I did it again I would create a larger mouth so the teeth fit better.
Final Semester One
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Artwork Details
Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Title: Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette,
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: Painted in early 1886
Location: Housed in the permanent collection of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam
Context and Symbolism
Van Gogh created this painting while studying in the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. It is symbolic of the inevitability of death.
I chose this piece because I thought it would be a good challenge. I thought it had a lot of potential for interpretation and creativity. I resonated with it because I have it on the cover of a book called "When You Are Engulfed in Flames." I like this style of art because it has a lot of contrast in colors which was good practice for shading with the underglaze.
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