Initial Artist Emulation Blog Post

Joan Miro expresses surrealism to his audience by using abstract lines and cartoon-like figures and relating them to one another through color.  He uses a lot of bright colors and tends to stray more towards blues, reds, and yellows with hints of other colors in there as well.  These ideas are translated in my work because I focus on his color schemes and primarily involve primary colors with hints of other ones to convey his message.  I also use a lot of dots and abstract designs, as well as simplistic shapes to portray Miro's intentions and relate them closely to his other works.  Although Miro was also a sculptor and ceramicist, he mainly focused on painting in his final works.  To prepare, Miro would do sketches using pencil and then further translate his ideas into larger paintings.  He aimed to make his paintings "child-like" by using simplistic forms instead of focusing all his energy on capturing the realistic qualities of his works.  Miro tended to jumble up a lot of miscellaneous images and connect them to one another through his colors in both his sketches and his final paintings.  He tried to include a simple message in his works by using simple shapes and colors but connecting them all together in his final piece.