2/7/2019 0 Comments Frank webb Frank Webb was born in 1927 ,Edgewood Pennsylvania , he is still alive today at the age of 92, pretty good. Webb grew up in Pennsylvania by which he went to the Art institute of Pittsburg, he studied fin art, took composition, painting and drawing classes, he also got instructed in commercial application because of his studies. Webb is very important to art history because he has inspired many by teaching art classes and accepting numerous awards for his work. He was very involved with the National Art society and some other programs that promoted art as well. As an self employed artist Webb stopped producing art for a little while and became a student of art underneath Edgar Whitney. Edgar Whitney inspired Webb through design, purpose and execution of visual art. Webb remembers how great his teaching was and how his critiques really helped become a better and more serious watercolor artist. I choose Frank Webb because as if right now my projects for the spring 2019 semester, all have to do with watercolor, which is one media that I have always liked but never really did a project with it. I wanted to see a watercolor artist inspire me, and I picked the right one for sure. Frank Webb is very successful and very involved when it comes to supporting the arts, I greatly appreciate the arts. Frank Webb is a watercolor artist by which his main style is landscapes and certain unique places. Throughout all Webb's paintings, they are all representational/ abstract. Webb presents a landscape in a new way, I can recognize everything within the picture , but it looks it like a blurred version of it with vibrant colors. Frank Webb was inspired by Edgar Whitney because he was his mentor. Edgar Whitney punished Webb to the limits of being a watercolor artist, he pushed him towards different designs and certain landscapes. I'm sure that Webb was also inspired by landscape and watercolor artist too. Frank Webb is very known for the piece "Funchal", which is a vibrant colored piece that shows boats on the shoreline. In the first image, I noticed a little city in Mexico, where some unique culture is located. It looks like a poor town because of the cloths hanging for shade and the open ( no glass) windows. There are stick/ abstract figures that represent people. There are many vibrant colors such as turquoise, baby pink, soft orange, white, purple, royal blue, baby yellow, hot pink, navy blue, dark orange, and black for the outlines. I notice the building that is the main focus of the picture, is old and made out of concrete. The sky is very blue and bright and mountains are in the distance. This watercolor painting gives me so much positivity , and a pleasant feel throughout. It makes me feel really warm and hungry, because of the color tones and I see abstract fruit in the picture. It also gives that feeling because Mexican towns like that are exactly the way I described them, warm. It reminds me of my childhood too because it looks like the town Aladdin grew up in, I watched it everyday. The watercolor strokes throughout the painting are very think or very tiny depending on what is being drawn. The brushes used in the painting are really thick brushes for layering colors and tiny brushes for outlines. The second image, I noticed that the piece is depicting boats on a shoreline near a castle near the ocean with a background of mountains. I noticed that the main boat is named Funchal which is the title of the piece, might represent something , but I don't know what. I noticed that there people painting boats. It looks like they came together from different places and came together to paint this bigger boat. The sky is very blue and the light is reflecting in the sky against the blue. I noticed paint cans and ladders that are used for painting the boats. I notice the colors are very vibrant and colorful, there are yellows, blues, oranges, pinks, and purples. The purple is mostly used for the shadows of the boats. This piece makes me feel calm and collected, because, yes there are bright colors, but the way they are used is calm because it is located on the beach. It also makes me feel childlike because the location and structure of the overall piece reminds me of The Little Mermaid. The brushes throughout the painting are medium because most of the colors are blended in very smoothly. The brushstrokes are smaller to a medium size because there is a lot detail within the boats and the castle. In conclusion, Frank Webb is a very important artist because he showed a simple way painting watercolor without making it so complex. He was inspired by other famous watercolor artist which makes him better in experience and exploring the art world. Webb was very involved in different art societies and programs. He has inspired others to create pieces that are vibrant, but have an opposite mood. Frank Webb gives so much positivity throughout all his pieces, by using bright colors, and joyful landscapes. The landscapes he picked are so unique in many different ways, through culture, weather and certain actions of life. Webb has inspired me through watercolor because, I am doing something similar to all my pieces in art 4. I like giving something deep and light hearted feel. I hope that he continues to do art for a very long time, because he is humble and very talented.
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