Reflection

Malevich uses numerous artistic styles throughout his artistic career that play into his works in a way such that recreating a similar style can be fairly difficult. Using a digital medium is also challenging because it is difficult to get a similar texture and effect that can be more easily produced by oil on canvas. For example, I spent a lot of time in the beginning trying to get the black fade to white the same way it does on his, but in the end I just gave up.

In capturing the themes, I think I captured the physical form of the work better than the actual essence of it. There is a huge difference when I look into the face of the original peasant versus the face of the peasant I drew. When I look at mine, it just looks unaligned, but when I look at the original, I can feel a sense of determination.

As I noticed that I was almost out of time, I spent a lot more time focusing on getting color down rather than developing the themes in the piece. In general, since I typically opt to use watercolor on physical paper, having more practice with digital art would be very beneficial, as it would then be easier to choose colors from the wheel and put color down with certain effects. Instead of focusing on getting color down, I could then focus on capturing the themes of death and the peasant.