Final Independent Project

This term of art I learned a lot about myself as an artist and pushed myself to try new and interesting topics. Through my sketchbook I've explored different techniques and styles of art and challenged myself to explore the weekly themes. I've worked hard to fill the page with art work and not worry so much about perfection. I loved the broad themes we had each week because many of them could be interpreted in different ways. I've also worked on developing a more productive creative process and not worrying about the final out come as much as just exploring the topic and having fun with it. The very first page in my sketchbook I experimented with glitter glue and I wasn't sure how it would turn out but I enjoyed doing it! I had a lot of trouble with the last theme of current events but I found whenI thought about current things that were important to me on a world wide scale it was much easier to make art and make it a fun experiment for me too. I have struggled completing my still life because I chose very hard object but I'm ready for the challenge and hopefully by the end of the term I will have finished all my projects. Something that I have found that has been a great help of inspiration to me and a lot of fun is my Tumblr blog. I really enjoy expressing myself through the blogging and a lot of my inspiration for my sketchbook is from my blog. It has actually grown into a big part of my life managing a blog with over 5,000 followers but it is almost another art form in photos, like a collection of my inspiration. Over all this term I have grown into a better artist and become more relaxed in letting my creative process flow.

Windows and Doors

My sketch includes a hallway lined with windows and one big window at the end. Along with an over head circular window. the perspective looks out into the city at night. The drawing is also tilted giving like a dizzy vertigo feeling.

Color & Value Research Planning

 GEORGES SEURAT - EDEN CONCERT

 EDWARD HOPPER - GIRL AT SEWING MACHINE

 LEONARDO DE VINCI - STUDY OF HORSES

JOHN SINGER SARGENT - WOMAN IN TURQOISE

2. Compare and contrast how color is used in the two paintings. How does the use of color communicate the concept of the work of art?

COMPARING AND CONTRASTING: both of one subject (a woman), one watercolor, one in acrylic or oil, one has reds and warm colors except green (reminds me of sunrise), representing time (morning)? darker reds though as though putting a mood of sadness. The other has cool colors, blues and turquoises and purple, and yellow. Has a sense of youth and innocence. playful fun colors. the way the dress is painted in shapes and an almost 3d effect. The first one has a prominent background and the other is focused on the girl. There are not a lot of contrasting colors in the painting but they both contrast each other a lot. 


3. Compare and contrast how value is used in the two drawings. How does the use of value communicate the concept of the work of art?

The first one of the Horse is very lightly sketched and then goes into greater detail.  It has a very light back ground compared to the other one which is very dark. The other one has very dark colors and not as detailed.

Thinking About Drawing and Painting

We can access images of anything via the internet and snap photos with our phones, so why are drawing and painting still viable methods for making images?

Art is a way of expressing our thoughts and feeling. Simply taking a picture of something doesn't always exactly express our ideas. But making something from our own mind using our imaginations and thoughts allows us to really express them. When taking a picture of something its a set moment in time, unchanged. But with drawing and painting u can erase, paint over, change things in any way you like. You have an immense freedom to create anything you can image. While you can only photograph anything in the world. 


Changing photographs to fit our imagination: http://www.divinecaroline.com/22343/102342-drawing-vs-photography personally i think this is one of the coolest things ever! definitely going to do more of these in my free time!

Found Marks

 Over the next few days I would like you to be on the lookout for marks in the world that are not made by humans. If you have access to a camera please photograph at least 10 of these "found marks" and upload them to this post in your blog. If you don't have access to a camera, you may describe the marks you found in detail instead. If you choose to write, describe what made the mark, exactly where you saw it, and when you saw it (date and time of day). Images from the internet are not acceptable! 

Reflection

Reflecting at the end of the year. Look through your blog. Go all the way back to the beginning of the year. Look especially closely at your finished work. Think about how the year has gone for you. Now, write a detailed paragraph that describes how the course has gone for you. What have you found to be your artistic strengths? What have been your challenges? What do you think you’ll leave the class thinking about? How can you see it influencing your life in the future? LABELS: reflection

 This year has been an amazing year of art for me. Not only have I learned a lot and grown as an artist but I have really enjoyed this year with you as my teacher. My work I have finished this year I found has developed and gotten better and better and more creative. My love for art has really been strengthened by taking this class. I have found I love doing collages and working in 3D art but my drawing skills have really improved as well. Drawing is most definitely my greatest art strength but I am looking forward to expanding my horizons and challenging my self. The only real challenge I have had this year is dealing with the tragic loss of my art journal :( After it being lost now for about a month I am starting to worry I may never get it back. I had just finished the journal and it has this entire years art work in it, including some personal things too. This year I think I will leave the class thinking about my lost art journal sitting  behind some cabinet in a cold dark corner, or in a smelly pile of trash at a dump. Mostly though I will be thinking about how much I will miss this class, and how I cant wait to get back up there next year and work with you again! This class is not only the best art class I have ever taken but also the best class in general. I will take all that i have learned from this class and use it in all my future years of art (which will hopefully be many). My freshman year will be remembered as the year I took an amazing art class, with the great Mrs. Roberts! I can't wait till next year when I get to be up there for 2 art classes!!

SKETCHBOOK ARCHEOLOGY

Sadly my Sketchbook has gone missing so this will be more of remembering on my part then flipping through my journal.
Some of the things I remember like themes and materials are:

• peacock made of from glitter gel pens
• horse tack sketches
• circles from paint pens
• horse magazine clips collage
• Angel writing
• glue gun plaid
• velcro scene
• sewn on circles
• window clip
• horse sketches
• floral chanel paint pen drawing
• all layouts for projects
• hand made out of words
• magazine collagags
• interior design lay out
• barn sketch
• house sketch
• metalic abstract design with paint pens
• tiara design
• dress designs
• fox sketch