Child with a Dove
This painting was a redesign on the original artwork Child with a Dove, 1901 by Pablo Picasso (on the right side). I redesigned it by choosing and creating distinctive and uncommon colors to reinterpret the piece. By working with high contrast colors, I learned how color’s can transform the overall mood, narrative, and visual impact. This project strengthened my understanding of color theory and helped me with making intentional design choices to benefit my work.
My Reinterpretation
Original painting
Process
When choosing colors I wanted them to pop. I chose neon yellow and a hot neon pink. I only chose these two bright colors because I wanted to use them to highlight areas of the girl that stood out to me. Before painting I had to focus on where I was placing each color. My intentions where to have an equal representation of each color so that one would not stand out more than the other. I brought focus to her bow, the pigeon in her hands, the ball, and shoes. I also just brought emphasizes to her in general by having a bright pink background that really made her stand out with her dark colored dress and matte skin color. I decided to paint her skin blue because it matches her expression. It is a dull blue like her dull expression while holding the dove. Her dress was not a focus for me which is why it is in that green color. Which also helped show off the purple pigeon more bringing your focus to the bird. Then by painting the scarf that neon yellow it guides the viewers eyes downward towards her shoes and ball.