1.     1.   I chose the Drawings of Michelangelo and Velazquez videos. I chose the Michelangelo video because I have knowledge about his sculptures and his technique behind them but I still did not know too much about his drawing techniques and his thought process throughout. I chose the Velazquez video because I had known little about him and figured it would be nice to see a new artist and what he created and his life and techniques behind his artwork.

2.    2.   The Drawings of Michelangelo video: Michelangelo used cross hatching in many of his sketches in order to show and create mass, form and depth whether it be in muscle or clothing. He was extremely knowledgeable about the human body, especially muscles and how to create movement within a sketch. There was a point that one of the speakers in the video made that stuck out to me a lot and she had said that his lines aren’t just repeated strokes, they’re sculptural. Meaning that he didn’t just add lines for thickness but rather every line in his sketch was going to hold value in the overall artwork.

The Velazquez video: This video talked a lot about his life, I found it interesting that at only 24 he was named Court Painter and that he served at the palace gaining nobility from the king and that him and the king were very good friends. As an artists, he was very good at being able to paint the moment and make things that aren’t seen with the naked eye, like air, present in his paintings. He mainly painted portraits.

3.    3.   These videos relate to the text. In chapter 16, Michelangelo’s ability to contour and twisting of muscles and body parts is discussed and the video further explained. As with Velazquez, the book discusses his use and importance of light in his paintings but the video showed me more in depth how and where he used light.

4.      4.  I enjoyed the films. I liked that the films I chose had two different themes one being about sketches and the other about portrait paintings. These videos definitely helped me understand different art concepts, these videos gave me a further understanding to the importance of sketches and how even a simple Michelangelo sketch had so much technique.