There are quite a few pros for my group's art history project of Mona Lisa. We were able to finish a similar replication of the famous painting, the Mona Lisa. Our recreation of the Mona Lisa was easily recognizable as the Mona Lisa by a lot of people and many people enjoyed it at the art festival when they were able to stick their faces in the Mona Lisa cut out. My group and I were able to capture the major vibe, parts, elements, scenery/ background and most of the colors associated with the Mona Lisa, we've capture the the critical parts and traits of the real Mona Lisa in our painting recreation cut out. For the colors of the Mona Lisa, we incorporated the many hues of colors in the real painting into ours, an created a very similar background to the actual painting. We have the varying shades and hues of greens and a little bit of yellow and blue for the trees to the left of the Mona Lisa and the blue for the lake under the trees and the different hues, tints and shades of the blue and greenish-blue of the lake and the greenish/blue mountain landscape to the right of the Mona Lisa. We also had the varying shades and tints of black and brown and redish brown and peach for the mountain, hilly and desert like landscape with bridge and path way, to the right and left side of the Mona Lisa. Our recreation/cut out of the Mona Lisa also had the mysterious and kind of the regal and peaceful vibes that the real Mona Lisa possesses, the cut out of the face, her outfit and the calming and tranquil background/ scenery parts of the out painting really adds and crates that vibe. We also have all of the major traits, parts and elements of the actual Mona Lisa. In out recreation we have the reflection of the trees into the lake, the greenish sky, the women's (since the identity has not been confirmed) correct skin tone, relatively accurate anatomy and shading of the skin and wavy brown hair and black dress with folds on the sleeves and highlights on the dress, also all the lakes, mountain ranges, trees, path, etc. all of differing hues and colors, for a very cohesive and solid background. All of it came together, with both the background and the main attention grabber, the women, we made sure the the women was the main centerpiece and that the background doesn't draw attention away from the women, just like the actual Mona Lisa. There are some cons for my groups art history of Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa background and the women lack some details and texture and elements that make it look more realistic and 3D. For the background, it could've used more color, shading and highlights for more details and clearer indication of what the are, like that a mountain is a mountain and trees are trees and to not look so much like a mass of colors. The mountains, hilly and desert landscape near the bottom half of the painting, especially could've used more details and texture, more rocky and rough texture and more shadows and highlights to look more like a natural and rocky, jagged mountains and also to work more with the path way to look more realistic and 3D, maybe making the path way brighter and darken the mountains and add more shadows and add a gradually transition connection to the pathway, also the painting needs more of a detailed reddish landscape more towards the bottom. The same is for the right side, to add more shadows and highlights to the blueish mountains and add more of moss/ forest filled texture/ appearance and to add more detail to both lakes, to make it more "flowy". The right landscape also needs more elements, like to pathway, the cave and other rock forms, all of these need more shadows and highlights and textures and the bridge needs more detail so everything can look more realistic, and again the painting needs a reddish brown, detailed landscape at the bottom. The head, the face of the Mona Lisa that was cut out, was a bit too big and a slightly abnormal shape, like the chin is a bit to long and pointy and the slight curve of the eyes to to the cheek looks a bit to long and flat and the head has very jagged cuts and edges. The process of painting the Mona Lisa went relatively smoothly. First we researched about the Mona Lisa and typed up a small paragraph about characteristics and history. Then, my group split up the roles between us and it was decided that I would work on the left side of the background, Reagan would work on the right side of the background and Maria would work on the women. Then, we cut of a large sheet of canvas paper and prepped the canvas with a layer of diluted dark green acrylic paint and the let that dry overnight. Then, we started working on the background first, with me on the left side and Reagan on the right side and Maria working and helping a bit on the landscape and painting the women. I first started on the trees while looking at the Mona Lisa for reference, I blended various shades and tints of green and worked on creating the trees, using the green and little with of tints of yellow and blue, painted the trees. Then I blended different greens and blues and also white and black to create the blue for the lake under the trees and painted the lake, then added a reflection with a shade of green used for the trees and painting on and blending a layer of white on top of the green and I also add some other tints to the lake's water. While I'm doing this Reagan has painted the lake and the blueish mountains landscape with different tints, shades and hues of greenish blue and just blue. Also, Maria was painting the hair and making sure to keep a head shape to be cut out in the future, and she worked on the hands, adding shadows and highlights with many different shades and tints of skin tone and also the body, the neck and the outfit. Then I moved on to the brown mountain landscape with pathway. I blended a various shades and tints of browns while adding other colors to the mixture of colors, adding other colors the various tints and shades. I used those tints and shades and mixtures of brown to paint a mountain range and added black to add shadow and dept to the mountains and to make them look more jagged. I also painted the reddish brown landscape at the bottom, using mixtures of various colors to create the reddish brown and also using black and brown ot create the landscape at the bottom and Maria added the pathway. Reagan added the bridge and added the brown landscape at the bottom and Maria added the lines/hills of a lighter brown to create some hills in the landscape. Maria then finished the hair and added more the the outfit and adding various tints and shades of brown and also white to create highlights and folds on the dress belonging to women and adding shading to the women's neck and chest and hands. Then me and Reagan painted the sky green with a tint of green and we all worked together to cut out the face with an exacto knife and a pair of scissors. Then we all worked together to gather and cut up boxes and pieces of cardboard to create a support that would prop up our painting of the Mona Lisa. Through a process of cutting and fitting pieces and hot glueing the various pieces of cardboard onto the back, we created a support that would prop up our painting. Then my group printed out the original Mona Lisa. We all did our parts/roles, we worked hard and collaborated and worked hard together well to create our Mona Lisa project.
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