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\"Fearless<\/a>
\nFearless Reflection<\/a> by Sandy Brown Jensen<\/a><\/p>\n

I thought I’d have a wee go at Mariana’s Art on the Couch <\/a>process.<\/p>\n

Mariana is carrying out the project to learn about critiquing art, and:<\/p>\n

Critique is often most instructive for the person offering it. In looking at other people’s work, and formulating your opinion of it, you’re learning a great deal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Mariana is committing to do one per week, I think I might try one a month, so this is November’s.<\/p>\n

Anyway here goes, following Mariana’s questions.<\/p>\n

1. What stands out the most when you first see it?<\/strong>
\nMy eye is drawn first to the central figure. The first thing that stands out is is the watercolour effect and overall warm colours.<\/p>\n

2. Explain the reason you notice the thing you mention in number 1.<\/strong>
\nThe unexpected blur on a mirror is disconcerting or makes me think. I expect sharpness from a mirror. The gaze of the figure seems to be going past my left shoulder.<\/p>\n

3. As you keep looking, what else seems important?<\/strong>
\nI go next to the brown vertical on the left.<\/p>\n

My eye then roams around the other objects on the wall surrounding the mirror finishing on the chair.<\/p>\n

4. Why does the thing you mention in number 3 seem important.<\/strong>
\nThis vertical gives the image depth, along with the chair back. They give me the feeling that I am looking across the room diagonally to the mirror.<\/p>\n

5. How has contrast been used?<\/strong>
\nThe figure in the mirror and the mirror frame push the figure inside the mirror, this pulls me into the frame and to the figure eyes.<\/p>\n

6. What leads your eye around from place to place?<\/strong>
\nThe green, white & red curtains, then the brown right left hand vertical, some sort of hanging brown object on the top left wall give great depth, the mirror frame more giving a feeling of looking in on the figure who is looking out.<\/p>\n

The face mask on the right of the mirror seems to be floating off the wall. I wonder if it’s eyes are closed.<\/p>\n

7. What tells you about the style used by this artist?<\/strong>
\nThe water colour effect brings a dreamy informality to the picture. A romantic view.<\/p>\n

8. What seems to be hiding in this composition and why?<\/strong>
\nIs the figure being slightly reserved, not meeting the viewer’s eyes?<\/p>\n

For all her casualness her gaze is serious.<\/p>\n

9. Imagine the feelings and meanings this artwork represents?<\/strong>
\nAlthough the figure looks pensive the colours are relaxed, calm and contemplative.<\/p>\n

10. What other titles could you give this artwork?<\/strong>
\nDeep in quiet thought.<\/p>\n

11. What other things interest you about this artwork?<\/strong>
\nI wonder about the note, or sheet of paper at the bottom left of the mirror. What is on it, sheet music? Is it jammed by the chair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fearless Reflection by Sandy Brown Jensen I thought I’d have a wee go at Mariana’s Art on the Couch process. Mariana is carrying out the project to learn about critiquing art, and: Critique is often most instructive for the person offering it. In looking at other people’s work, and formulating your opinion of it, you’re … Continue reading “Practising Reflection”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[81,132],"tags":[165,203],"class_list":["post-1442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dailycreate","category-thoughts","tag-artonthecouch","tag-dailycreate"],"better_featured_image":null,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3RLlC-ng","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1442"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1445,"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442\/revisions\/1445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnjohnston.info\/106\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}