1. The assignment that I liked working on the best was the color wheel and the scale. It was really fun to be able to use paint to create the wheel and learn about the different colors that actually make the "primary" colors. I liked that it was very hands on and we could create it in whatever design we wanted. The color scale was difficult to make because it goes from black to white, but it was a fun challenge.
2. The assignment that I like the least was the mask making, and the self-portrait, and the hand drawing. The mask making felt completely out of my element and I had a very hard time deciding what to use to make it. The self-portrait was just hard. I don't know how to draw so it was difficult to be able to look at a picture of yourself and draw it, my picture and drawing looked completely different. The drawings of the hands assignment was near impossible, I had no idea how to draw the hands, and they looked terrible haha!, but hey, i'm not an artist. I tried my best on them all.
3. I really liked using Angel. I loved that our grades were updated regularly I've had many teachers that use angel but don't update grades.
4. If I was able to change the course I would keep all of the art making assignments. I might add a few more simple drawing ones to build up to have us draw our self-portraits. I would delete a few of the video reviews, I felt that after a while they became repetitive when we described how they related to the text. I think I would add a few more painting assignments too, or another photography assignment, just because I realized how much I loved them.
5. I would defiantly recommend this course to my peers. It was an awesome way for me to be able to get my art credit out of the way. I have been waiting for quite a few semesters to get into this class and I'm very happy that I did!
6. The only other thing I have to add to this was, at times it seemed like it was more of a upper 300 level class. For being a 200 level class there was a lot of work, and at times I was scared I wouldn't be able to keep up. Maybe it was because I was taking 18 credits this semester, but sometimes I was overwhelmed, regardless I got through it and would take this class again in a heart beat.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Reflection of AED
1. My expectations for taking this course was to learn a lot about art. I really think that I did, reading the text book every week seemed to give me a tour through the world of art development. I learned everything from the different art movements, to the different forms and medias of art. I wanted to learn about art history, and I learned quite a bit about that subject as well.
2. After taking this class I would say art is a diverse range of expression. In my first post I didn't know how to describe art and now wherever I look all I see is art.
3. I didn't have a favorite artist in my first post, and I don't think that I do now either. I really like van Goghs work, the way he is so abstract is amazing, and at the same time his art works always look complete. I also really like Andy Warhol's art, its very unique and different, I love the pop of colors everywhere and the play on the original pieces that he does. I also really like Kelly Richardson, I had never heard of her until the art gallery visit, I found myself in her exhibit for a couple hours, it was very interesting.
4. I really liked taking an online course, it was a good experience, I liked that I could get the work done on my time. I was right in my first blog, keeping up with the work is going to be the most important part, luckily because of due dates I had no choice but to keep up with the work.
2. After taking this class I would say art is a diverse range of expression. In my first post I didn't know how to describe art and now wherever I look all I see is art.
3. I didn't have a favorite artist in my first post, and I don't think that I do now either. I really like van Goghs work, the way he is so abstract is amazing, and at the same time his art works always look complete. I also really like Andy Warhol's art, its very unique and different, I love the pop of colors everywhere and the play on the original pieces that he does. I also really like Kelly Richardson, I had never heard of her until the art gallery visit, I found myself in her exhibit for a couple hours, it was very interesting.
4. I really liked taking an online course, it was a good experience, I liked that I could get the work done on my time. I was right in my first blog, keeping up with the work is going to be the most important part, luckily because of due dates I had no choice but to keep up with the work.
Self-Portrait, Module 15
Inspiration:
Andy Warhol
1966.
Silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on nine canvases
Each canvas 22 1/2 x 22 1/2", overall 67 5/8 x 67 5/8"
The Museum of Modern Art
Vincent van Gogh
1886
Pencil on paper
Van Gog Museum
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1847
Pencil and pastel on paper
197 mm x 178 mm
National Portrait Gallery
Me:
Questions:
1.
I selected these inspiration pieces because I knew I was going to be using pencil so I wanted to see art professional sketches in pencil. I added the Warhol portrait because it's fun and I really like the pop art movement, I tried to incorporate that by using sunglasses.
2.
I selected pencil and paper because I knew I wouldn't be good at this assignment. I knew I would make a lot of mistakes so I wanted to be able to easily starts over or erase something. I'm not a professional so I needed all the help I could get.
3.
The whole drawing was a challenge to me. Especially the mouth and nose, I tried to use a picture of me without sunglasses but I struggled even worse with the placement with the nose.I knew that if I used sunglasses it would create a place for my nose. I also just took the picture step by step and focus on one part of the piece at a time.
4.
This image represents me because it is me, I wear sunglasses almost everyday, I hate leaving my house without them. Including them was just like including an accessory to myself. I tried my best to make it look as best like me as I could get it.
5.
I used shading in my picture a lot. I had shading in my hair, nose, and sunglasses. It added a little extra to my drawing. I also used lines, although I erased them to keep my sunglasses and mouths equal I drew straight lines across my face to keep it symmetrical and proportional. I used proportion when I made my mouth, nose and sunglasses, I wanted to keep them as try to size as I could.
6.
I enjoyed creating this image, it was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. I really struggled with the creation of my mouth and teeth. I also avoided having to draw my eyes by using sunglasses. I knew I would have struggled with that part as well.
7.
I think my final picture turned out okay, it certainly looks different than the picture of myself, but I did my best to draw myself.
Andy Warhol
1966.
Silkscreen ink on synthetic polymer paint on nine canvases
Each canvas 22 1/2 x 22 1/2", overall 67 5/8 x 67 5/8"
The Museum of Modern Art
Vincent van Gogh
1886
Pencil on paper
Van Gog Museum
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1847
Pencil and pastel on paper
197 mm x 178 mm
National Portrait Gallery
Me:
Questions:
1.
I selected these inspiration pieces because I knew I was going to be using pencil so I wanted to see art professional sketches in pencil. I added the Warhol portrait because it's fun and I really like the pop art movement, I tried to incorporate that by using sunglasses.
2.
I selected pencil and paper because I knew I wouldn't be good at this assignment. I knew I would make a lot of mistakes so I wanted to be able to easily starts over or erase something. I'm not a professional so I needed all the help I could get.
3.
The whole drawing was a challenge to me. Especially the mouth and nose, I tried to use a picture of me without sunglasses but I struggled even worse with the placement with the nose.I knew that if I used sunglasses it would create a place for my nose. I also just took the picture step by step and focus on one part of the piece at a time.
4.
This image represents me because it is me, I wear sunglasses almost everyday, I hate leaving my house without them. Including them was just like including an accessory to myself. I tried my best to make it look as best like me as I could get it.
5.
I used shading in my picture a lot. I had shading in my hair, nose, and sunglasses. It added a little extra to my drawing. I also used lines, although I erased them to keep my sunglasses and mouths equal I drew straight lines across my face to keep it symmetrical and proportional. I used proportion when I made my mouth, nose and sunglasses, I wanted to keep them as try to size as I could.
6.
I enjoyed creating this image, it was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. I really struggled with the creation of my mouth and teeth. I also avoided having to draw my eyes by using sunglasses. I knew I would have struggled with that part as well.
7.
I think my final picture turned out okay, it certainly looks different than the picture of myself, but I did my best to draw myself.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Project 4, Exhibit Review
1.
The project that I reviewed was Stephanie Aendas's exhibit A Dog's Eye View.
2.
I selected to review this exhibit because I am an animal lover. I have a dog of my own so I knew I would really enjoy reviewing this exhibit. I know that when reviewing an exhibit you need to try to stay unbias, which I thought would be a fun challenge for myself. I could have easily just said I loved it and be done.
3.
I really struggled with finding something wrong with the exhibit. I liked all of the works of art that she used in her exhibit. Since I love dogs it was hard for me to say anything bad about them, which I didn't do. I just focused on suggesting different arrangement of the deletion of a certain piece rather than critiquing the animals.
4.
I didn't mind critiquing my peers work. I think it is easier to critique someones work that you don't know personally. Also knowing that they're my peers and they have to do the same thing as me made it easier to review their work.
5.
Yes, I would love to read what my peers had to say about my exhibit. I really enjoyed putting mine together so it'd be interesting to see if they felt the same as I did on my exhibit.
6.
I would rate my article a 8, since it was my first ever article review I wasn't sure how to balance out the sections of the review. I focused a lot of the analyzing of the exhibit and the breaking down of the exhibit and the art work, and not so much on the emotional aspect. I think it was good for my first time!
7.
Yes, I enjoyed working on this project. It was fun to get all of the different art works and arrange them so that they fit well together.
The project that I reviewed was Stephanie Aendas's exhibit A Dog's Eye View.
2.
I selected to review this exhibit because I am an animal lover. I have a dog of my own so I knew I would really enjoy reviewing this exhibit. I know that when reviewing an exhibit you need to try to stay unbias, which I thought would be a fun challenge for myself. I could have easily just said I loved it and be done.
3.
I really struggled with finding something wrong with the exhibit. I liked all of the works of art that she used in her exhibit. Since I love dogs it was hard for me to say anything bad about them, which I didn't do. I just focused on suggesting different arrangement of the deletion of a certain piece rather than critiquing the animals.
4.
I didn't mind critiquing my peers work. I think it is easier to critique someones work that you don't know personally. Also knowing that they're my peers and they have to do the same thing as me made it easier to review their work.
5.
Yes, I would love to read what my peers had to say about my exhibit. I really enjoyed putting mine together so it'd be interesting to see if they felt the same as I did on my exhibit.
6.
I would rate my article a 8, since it was my first ever article review I wasn't sure how to balance out the sections of the review. I focused a lot of the analyzing of the exhibit and the breaking down of the exhibit and the art work, and not so much on the emotional aspect. I think it was good for my first time!
7.
Yes, I enjoyed working on this project. It was fun to get all of the different art works and arrange them so that they fit well together.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Review, Project 4
For this project I chose to use the theme of storms. I have always been fascinated by storms, and I knew if i used that theme for my exhibit I could add photography (my favorite form of art). I began researching famous artworks about storms and I came up with many. Most of them were rain storms, but I was lucky to find some snow storms. I chose to use photography for the emphasis of snow storms, and tornadoes. I don't think any painting could look as good a photo of a tornado. I designed my power point so that if it were a real exhibit it would be in stages. First, the stormy artworks that were landscapes, then the sea storms, then snow storms, and lastly a storm chasing photo. I put a lot of thought into how to arrange the order, it ended up being in seasonal order as well. Starting with summer storms and ending with spring storms with fall and winter in between. I wanted to use pieces of art that had a lot of color and contrasting of colors to create the storm clouds, when using the theme of storms it wasn't hard to find the color contrasting.
Overall, I think that my power point and exhibition worked out well. I made sure that when I was explaining the pieces of art I wasn't offensive to the artists, I was critiquing and reviewing the art and not the artists!
Overall, I think that my power point and exhibition worked out well. I made sure that when I was explaining the pieces of art I wasn't offensive to the artists, I was critiquing and reviewing the art and not the artists!
Friday, May 10, 2013
Video Review, Module 15
1. Key Concepts
Greenberg on Art Criticism: An Interview by T. J. Clark
-critiquing visual art is harder than critiquing music and literature
-you don't ask anything of art but to be good
-there has been a main stream all along
-doesn't want to prescribe art
-when talking about art, all you should discuss is the art
-everything in you has to be in your eye or ear to be in your art
-when arts good its everything it should be
-experience = good art
The Colonial Encounter: Views of Non-Western Art and Culture
-1900 Paris Worlds Fair ran for 8 months with 15 million visitors
-colonial section exposed the nationalism of the event
-different exhibits have different things symbolized and displayed so people understand the connection to the times
2.
Yes, these videos relate to the art criticism project. When watching the videos I learned that it's important for me to critique the art and not the artists. My personal biases cannot be added into the critiquing either. Also, when viewing the exhibits you need to make sure that you understand what they are portraying and the point they are trying to make.
3.
The films were very interesting. The videos gave a lot of insight on how to view exhibits, and also how to review them. I need to make sure that I am only reviewing the art, and not the artists.
Friday, May 3, 2013
Module 13,14 Video Review
1. Key Concepts:
The Lowdown on Lowbrow
- a person regarded as uncultivated and lacking in taste
-originated in 1979
-lowbrow is unique to every artist
-defined differently by each artist
-social scene with a common love/experience
-high influenced by pop art
Displaying Modern Art:
-in 2000 museum opened and had over 1 million guests within 47 days
-MOMA opened in 1939
-history is represented by the centuries through the art
-art is displayed in 4 sections, by themes -lanscape, still life, history, nude
-wanted to convey emotion
-rooms are very different
-felt that art should be more than entertainment
Bones of Contention:
-over past 150 years bones of Native Americans have been collected
-Native Americans want their ancestors back
-constant battle about whether or not the Native American bones need to be returned
-many of the states passed laws allowing them their bones back
-archaeology is relating to art
-California was making archaeology hard to stick with
-Smithsonian held more than 18,000 bones of Native Americans
-Bones were returned and the graves were protected
An Acquiring Mind:
-1963 he brought his background of European painting as assistant at the Met
-became director in 1977
-1870 opened with 144 European art works
-he gained more than 84,000 piece of art
-selected painting off of color range per room
-lots of questioning goes into acquiring art
-knowledge makes the museum work
-doesn't make the decision to collect art by himself
-the exhibitions are why the museums are so popular
-you make the museums for the guests, want them to be happy and to continue coming back
2. Yes, the videos relate to my exhibition. Landscapes were mentioned in a few of the videos, and since i'm doing weather landscape and nature play a big role.
3. These videos were very helpful. They explained why it is so important to think about what you are going to add to your exhibit, and how to choose what to add. The last video was the most helpful, hearing from a director of the museum was very helpful!
The Lowdown on Lowbrow
- a person regarded as uncultivated and lacking in taste
-originated in 1979
-lowbrow is unique to every artist
-defined differently by each artist
-social scene with a common love/experience
-high influenced by pop art
Displaying Modern Art:
-in 2000 museum opened and had over 1 million guests within 47 days
-MOMA opened in 1939
-history is represented by the centuries through the art
-art is displayed in 4 sections, by themes -lanscape, still life, history, nude
-wanted to convey emotion
-rooms are very different
-felt that art should be more than entertainment
Bones of Contention:
-over past 150 years bones of Native Americans have been collected
-Native Americans want their ancestors back
-constant battle about whether or not the Native American bones need to be returned
-many of the states passed laws allowing them their bones back
-archaeology is relating to art
-California was making archaeology hard to stick with
-Smithsonian held more than 18,000 bones of Native Americans
-Bones were returned and the graves were protected
An Acquiring Mind:
-1963 he brought his background of European painting as assistant at the Met
-became director in 1977
-1870 opened with 144 European art works
-he gained more than 84,000 piece of art
-selected painting off of color range per room
-lots of questioning goes into acquiring art
-knowledge makes the museum work
-doesn't make the decision to collect art by himself
-the exhibitions are why the museums are so popular
-you make the museums for the guests, want them to be happy and to continue coming back
2. Yes, the videos relate to my exhibition. Landscapes were mentioned in a few of the videos, and since i'm doing weather landscape and nature play a big role.
3. These videos were very helpful. They explained why it is so important to think about what you are going to add to your exhibit, and how to choose what to add. The last video was the most helpful, hearing from a director of the museum was very helpful!
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