Instructions are in the attachment below.  Please reply to these students below. Student 1:   Yolande Njomjeu Reflection of the Big Dipper, 1947 Jackson Pollock Media: Oil on Canvas 1- According to an art blogger, abstract painting is the visual expression of an artist without the constraint of forms found in objective reality. It is consider the purest form of expression.  2-What is the media used for each piece and how does it add to the piece? This piece of art was painted on canvas. The artist used oil because it allows him to use techniques like blending. He also used enamel to complete the layered look. 3-What example of contrast can you find in color, size and shape? Pollock alternated between thick and thin lines. Some of his gestures make me think of ink-jet print. This painting has an organic shape, it looks chaotic. The artist used  primary colors like blue and yellow. He also used some secondary colors like orange and purple. The blue is very saturated and contrast with the black.  4-How would the painting look if the orientation was horizontal? Do you think the artist would have painted it differently? If the painting was horizontally oriented, the direction of the lines would have change. Pollock was known for putting the canvas on a hard surface especially on the floor. He wanted to have all possible views of the painting. I do not think he would have painted it differently.  Source: https://www.jackson-pollock.org/reflection-of-the-big-dipper.jsp https://canvas.saatchiart.com/art/art-history-101/the-basics-of-abstract-painting-you-should-know Composition VII, 1913 Wassily Kandinsky Media: Oil on Canvas 1-Abstract painting is the visual expression of an artist without the contraint of forms found in objective reality. It is considered the purest form of expression.  2-What is the media used for this piece and how does it add to the piece? The piece of art was painted on canvas. The artist used oil because it allows him to use techniques like blending. 3-What example of contrast can you find in color, size, and shape? Some colors are vivid while others are blurred. The painting looks like a hurricane of forms and colors. The artist intertwined hard and soft edged shapes. 4-How would the painting look if the orientation was horizontal? Do you think the artist would have painted it differently? The painting is oriented horizontally. i do not think the artist would have painted it differently. To him a painting is a music and i believe this is the music he wanted to compose. Student #2   Brandon White Reflection of the Big Dipper, 1947 Jackson Pollock Media: Oil on Canvas 1) What is abstract painting? How is it defined? At their core, abstract paintings is something that an artist can use to freely express their feelings, thoughts, and more. In a way, an abstract painting is sort of a window in to who the artist truly is, rather than what they see in the world around them. 2) What is the media .

1. Instructions are in the attachment below.
Please reply to these students below.
Student 1:
Yolande Njomjeu
Reflection of the Big Dipper, 1947
Jackson Pollock
Media: Oil on Canvas
1- According to an art blogger, abstract painting is the visual
expression of an artist without the constraint of forms found in
objective reality. It is consider the purest form of expression.
2-What is the media used for each piece and how does it add to
the piece?
This piece of art was painted on canvas. The artist used oil
because it allows him to use techniques like blending. He also
used enamel to complete the layered look.
3-What example of contrast can you find in color, size and
shape?
Pollock alternated between thick and thin lines. Some of his
gestures make me think of ink-jet print. This painting has an
organic shape, it looks chaotic. The artist used primary colors
like blue and yellow. He also used some secondary colors like
orange and purple. The blue is very saturated and contrast with

2. the black.
4-How would the painting look if the orientation was
horizontal? Do you think the artist would have painted it
differently?
If the painting was horizontally oriented, the direction of the
lines would have change. Pollock was known for putting the
canvas on a hard surface especially on the floor. He wanted to
have all possible views of the painting. I do not think he would
have painted it differently.
Source: https://www.jackson-pollock.org/reflection-of-the-big-
dipper.jsp
https://canvas.saatchiart.com/art/art-history-101/the-basics-of-
abstract-painting-you-should-know
Composition VII, 1913
Wassily Kandinsky
Media: Oil on Canvas
1-Abstract painting is the visual expression of an artist without
the contraint of forms found in objective reality. It is
considered the purest form of expression.
2-What is the media used for this piece and how does it add to
the piece?
The piece of art was painted on canvas. The artist used oil
because it allows him to use techniques like blending.
3-What example of contrast can you find in color, size, and
shape?

3. Some colors are vivid while others are blurred. The painting
looks like a hurricane of forms and colors. The artist
intertwined hard and soft edged shapes.
4-How would the painting look if the orientation was
horizontal? Do you think the artist would have painted it
differently?
The painting is oriented horizontally. i do not think the artist
would have painted it differently. To him a painting is a music
and i believe this is the music he wanted to compose.
Student #2
Brandon White
Reflection of the Big Dipper, 1947
Jackson Pollock
Media: Oil on Canvas
1) What is abstract painting? How is it defined?
At their core, abstract paintings is something that an artist can
use to freely express their feelings, thoughts, and more. In a
way, an abstract painting is sort of a window in to who the artist
truly is, rather than what they see in the world around them.
2) What is the media used for each piece and how does it add to
the piece?

4. The painting to me seems to be oil painted onto a canvas. This
allows artists to be able to blend and make it look layered.
3) What examples of contrast can you find - in color,
size, shape?
All across the painting is a series of both thicker and smaller
strokes of black, while the blue in the middle seems to stand out
the most. Around that is various streaks of yellow.
4) How would the paintings look if the orientation was
horizontal? Do you think the artist would have painted it
differently?
In my opinion, the painting would not look any different in
what it is if it was flipped into a different direction, nor do I
think the artist would have painted it different. The position of
colors, patterns, and such would rotate, but it would still be
fairly static in it's design and outcome.
Composition VII (1913)
Wassily Kandinsky
Media: Oil on Canvas
1) What is abstract painting? How is it defined?
At their core, abstract paintings is something that an artist can
use to freely express their feelings, thoughts, and more. In a
way, an abstract painting is sort of a window in to who the artist
truly is, rather than what they see in the world around them.
2) What is the media used for each piece and how does it add to

5. the piece?
The painting to me seems to be oil painted onto a canvas. This
allows artists to be able to blend and make it look layered.
3) What examples of contrast can you find - in
color, size, shape?
There is a lot going on in this image compared to the first one,
as shapes, colors, and more vary from one glance to another.
It'd be hard to not have your eyes drawn away within seconds of
seeing something, as they'd quickly pick up another detail that
one missed, such as musical notes hidden in the painting.
4) How would the paintings look if the orientation was
horizontal? Do you think the artist would have painted it
differently?
While I don't think the artist would have painted it differently, I
can safely say that the painting would look quite different if it
was turned on it's side. The perspective of it would change, as
well as the overall outcome and look of the painting - in a way
that would almost give the viewer a new experience, and cause
them to think differently on it.