Painting Responses

• What are some "moves" you see in these videos? 
• How do these artists describe what they’re doing?  What do the artists refer to while they describe their work?  What do they talk about?  What do they direct our attention towards?  
• How would you characterize each artist's style, and what impact does their style have on you (a viewer/audience member)?  How have these artists chosen to portray their subject matter?  

In Bob Ross's videos, his moves remain the same. At least in these ones that are shown, he is wearing the same shirt and his voice is consistently calm. While he narrates what he is doing, he often repeats the steps he takes in painting. For example, he says "slowly, slowly, slowly" when he brushes over the canvas. In the Family Guy clip, it is very satirical and pokes fun at Bob Ross. Bob Ross is calm, whereas the Family Guy's version has a voice that escalates towards the end and becomes defensive. Both are in a black background with a large canvas and a set of paint.

Among the four Disney artists, and Bob Ross, the way they speak about painting these trees are very similar. Their voices are very soothing and calming; I feel like it reflects the light brushstrokes that they press against the canvas. Painting and art is such a soft topic, and the voice should match the action. In all of their works, they really focus on the meaning of the tree and how it stands. The way it is drawn reflects the ambiance or the emotions of the canvas that they are drawing. 

The appearance of each artists drawings can be very similar to one another, but when looking at it closely, there are major differences that separate each quality of the artist. For example, they use different colors and mediums. As soon as they get closer to the product, their focuses are different. One really focuses on the trunk of the trees, one focuses on not completely drawing the tree because details do not matter as much, one has a Picasso-style tree, and another one looks incredibly realistic. The paintings of the tree do not really represent the tree but what they feel the tree really represents, if that makes any sense at all.

The audience tends to agree with all of the painters because of the convincing voice they put into it. Each painter is right in their own sense, and the audience (me) attempts to understand the focus of their final product. It's amazing to see their final products all contrast with one another even though they were looking at the same exact tree. That really can relate to what we have been learning in this course.