I tried to recreate the rendition of Hokusai's "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" by redrawing the photo and switching the colors to make it my own. 1. Who is the artist you’re copying? Hokusai 2. What is the medium the artist used and size of the original image? Painting 0'10 x 1'3 3. What year was the artwork made? 1831 4. Where was the artwork made? Numerous 5. Research and briefly summarize (one sentence each) three important things that werehappening in the time and place that artist occupied while they were making that artwork. 5- (1) Nat Turner Slave Rebellion 5- (2) Revolution 5- (3) Imperialism and colonialism 6. Write a paragraph about how you think these events influenced your artist. Look forconnections! Use evidence! Be persuasive. There were many problems in that time period, the artist included boats as to show an escape from them 7. What is the focal point of the image you’ll be forging re-creating? The highest point of the wave 8. How is the focal point highlighted? Is there contrast of one of the elements of art? Is there the dark blue color is being led to the top of the wave which is also the focal point convergence or isolation or something interesting happening? How do you know is the focal point? the focal point the boat is reassuring the focal point 9. Which Elements of Art (Line, Shape, Value, Color, Space, Form, Texture) are being used here? HOW is the artist using them? (HINT- Remember: Elements can activate Principles. Not the other way around. You can use color to create balance, but you can’t use balance to create color.) color is used to show balance with the pink on top and blue at the bottom, texture of water is used, line is used to bring out the wave and make it more deep 10. Which Principles of Design (Balance, Proportion/Scale, Movement, Pattern, Rhythm, Unity, Contrast, Emphasis) are being used here? HOW is the artist using them? balanced is used with the colors and the positioning, movement of the wave and boat is used as well as emphases with the pink color 11. What does the occupied space of the image contain? the view of the sunset, boats in the ocean surrounded by tall wave 12. What does the unoccupied space of the image contain?clear colorful sky view, and dark blue ocean