Fluvial Procession
Jose V. Blanco
Composition — Elements
LINES: The lines and faces seem to point towards the center.
SHAPES: The majority of the shapes are organic.
DIRECTION: There are vertical lines that go across (the river, boat and float)
SIZE: There is a lot going on.
TEXTURE: The textures are mostly smooth bt you can see that there is some rough textures to show hardship.
COLOUR: There is a wide hue, but on the dark side.
VALUE: The painting is quite dark.
Principles of design –
Balance: There is good balance to the painting.
Graduation: Dynamic.
Repetition: There is much repetition with all the people.
Contrast: There are opposing colours on the color wheel but they are darker colors.
Harmony: The painting is visually satisfying. There is good balance to the painting.
Dominance: The dominant area of the painting is the center. The Man in the dark shirt in the water is also dominant.
Unity: The painting links the people in the composition because they are there together for a purpose.
Content — Subject Matter
Icons — The Mother Mary Deity.
Writing — I could not find any writing on Fluvial Procession by Jose V. Blanco
Personal
Upon initial viewing of the painting it is hard to tell exactly what is going on. It initially seemed to me that this was a painting of a dock and crowd viewing the fluvial procession. I realized later that the majority of the painting was really a float and the people on it.
To me the painting shows the desperateness of the people grabbing at religion and making “pakisama” or joining for the sake of belonging. The float is overloaded to the point that Mother Mary cannot be seen- the point of the procession is to show the deities. They put the deity at risk because the boat is overloaded. This is unfortunate.
Still Life
Paz Paterno
Composition — Elements
LINES: The lines seem to be pointing towards the center or to other fruits in the painting.
SHAPES: The majority of the shapes are organic.
DIRECTION: There are soft horizontal lines that follow the water and the land in the distance.
SIZE: There is a lot going on.
TEXTURE: The textures are mostly smooth.
COLOUR: There is a wide hue, but on the dark side.
VALUE: The painting is quite dark. But in the literal sense.
Principles of design –
Balance: There is a weird but good balance to the painting.
Graduation: Dynamic.
Repetition: There is much repetition with all the fruit.
Contrast: There are opposing colors on the color wheel but they are darker colors.
Harmony: The painting is visually satisfying. There is good balance to the painting because the artist added a hole to see water and a mountain far away.
Dominance: The dominant area of the painting is off center to the right. The bananas are the dominant in the painting but so is the water and ocean in the background.
Unity: The painting is united by the connection of the fruit, wild forrest and the mountains.
Content — Subject Matter
Icons — The fruit and nature.
Writing — I could not find any writing on Still life by Paz Paterno
Personal
The painting is very nice. It is a little boring though. There is not much going on. I believe the painting started off without the view of the mountain and water. It just shows the beauty of the Philippines and what the land has to offer.
