Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Verónica Calderón Artist Statement
Verónica Calderón Artist Statement
Verónica Calderón Artist Statement
Tarantula mayhem
I chose a tarantula for my cold blooded animal and I picked this cold blooded animal to convey
that not all spiders are scary. I want my viewers to convey that spiders can be presented in
different ways. My artwork looks like a tarantula with sand plastered on a puzzle piece. The setting
is like a silly more fun opening.I used acrylic colors mostly warm colors and mixed it to make
darker or lighter shades with black and white. My biggest decision for the artwork was to outline
the spider with a white layer then cover it with a sand color to make it really pop since it’s a light
color. I learned that you have to have a white base under a light color that you want painted. For
example, my sandy color around the tarantula has a white base to make sure the sandy color pops
out.Finding this technique out it will for sure be something I use in the future if I’m in the same
situation.