Monday, March 14, 2016

Janet Fish Blog Post






Janet Fish was born on May 18, 1938 in  Boston, Massachusetts and was raised in Bermuda, where her family moved when she was ten years old.She came from a very artistic family. Her father was a professor of art history, Peter Stuyvesant, her mother was sculptor and potter Florence Whistler Fish.
Janet Fish from a young age knew that she wanted to pursue the visual arts. As a teenager, Fish had a job helping out in the studio of sculptor Bylee Lang.
She attended Smith College, in Northampton, Massachusetts, studying sculpture and printmaking.
She is most known for still life paintings as she is an art instructor at the School for Visual Arts.
One thing I learned about colored pencil light reflection is that when you see a light spot or a lighter color you can not ignore that color. You have to draw the reflection exactly as you see it.

One of my favorite projects in art was the self portrait we did. It was fun using pastels for one of the first times in my art experience. I hope I will get to better my skills as an artist next year and I hope I get to learn new techniques.