Makeup Artist

End of term 1 reflection.

For me this term was really great. I learned so much as an individual and how i can make my art work better in the future. I have learned all different techniques and how to use different utensils differently. Some things that i think will help me with future art is shadowing. I really never knew how to make something pop and look 3D but with learning how to add shadow it makes a huge difference. As an artist i find my work stronger and more sophisticated. I have noticed that i am not using all of the fun pretty colors but i have started to use black and white and its made my work look more grown up. Something that has surprised me this term is that writing about my work after making it has made me think about what i really just accomplished. Since i have been in this art class we have finished many pieces of art. I think that some of my best pieces are my camera sculpture and my model collage. I liked these because i put a lot of time and detail into them. I have run into only a few struggles. I thought that drawing the chair was hard. Though it sounds simple the simplicity was the exact thing that was hard for me. I also thought that making the hair on my most recent paper collage was difficult. It was hard to get them look nice and cut the way i wanted. Looking back at the beginning of the term i would have put more enthusiasm into the drop everything and draw. I learned a lot of skills doing that. Although it wasn't my favorite thing to do i learned future skills from it. Looking at the future i think that i need to work on shadowing.

Glass Half Full.

        When we had to make a picture of the definition of the glass half full, it was a struggle to come up with a main idea. After i thought about it i thought what i like to draw and go from there. Since flowers are what i love drawing i thought of the good things about picking a flower and the bad things about picking it. I made this on two separate pieces of paper. I have to be honest and admit that i am not 100% happy with the outcome. I think that it was hard to make the bright flower really PoP! Mrs. Robert's told me it would be good if I tried making it come out more but then the background was weird and looked funny. I agree and thought it would look better if it popped out more. I think that the stem starting on one piece of paper and continuing on the other was the best aspect. This picture was supposed to show how if you picked a flower you would be able to have it and wear it but then it would die soon after.

Chair

HOW did you find today's still life more or less complicated to draw than the still lives over the past few weeks (white paper, sticks, fabric)? Be specific.

HOW did you use some of the skills we've developed over the past three weeks drawing more complicated still lives to draw the chair with coat today? What are the


I thought todays drawing was harder becuase it was one big object that was neat. Most of the other things we have drawn before have been easier to draw becuase they werent so neat and we could just make some lines. To make the chair really come to life I added lightness and darkness to show the shadows. I thought the coat was also hard because it was on top of the chair and was wrinkled in different way.

Principals of design research.

ALL FOUR of these words should be in your post: BALANCE, EMPHASIS, MOVEMENT, PROPORTION. 

AT LEAST THREE of the the following words should be in your post: SYMMETRY, ASYMMETRY, CONTRAST, PLACEMENT, GROUPING, REPETITION, LEADING LINES, IMPLIED MOVEMENT. 

Looking at a picture you dont really notice everything that artist has accomplished. When i looked at a picture of a women dividing the US and mexico there was proportion because she was standing in the front which made her look big.  There was balance in this picture because on one side there was the same amount as the other and no side was more overpowering. This picture also had cool movement because there was smoke coming out of a factory and you could tell it was moving because of the detail. I think that the artist really emphasized the two different countries well because on one side it was all factories and electronics, where as the mexican side was made of all nature and handmade items. There was symmetry in this picture because both sides were opposites and the things on one side would be the exact opposite on the other side. The leading lines were also cool because on the US side the steam would lead to the middle women, and on the Mexico side the stairs of a fallen building lead to her. There was also lots of grouping in this picture with the flowers, wires, and buildings.

             

Fabric Drawing

How did it go?
How did it feel to try to recreate the fabric you saw?
How did today's drawing feel different than last week's drawing of the sticks?


I thought todays drawing went well for everyone. I thought that the way that they all turned out was very nice. I realy liked how you could add shadows to the fabric to show where the light was hitting it. I thought that it actually did turn out looking like the real thing. Drawing this fabric was different then last weeks because with the fabric you had to draw bigger pieces where when you drew the sticks it was mostly lines.

Sculpture feedback.

On your blog, describe the feedback you got on your work. 

Mention at least one sculpture from your group you thought was especially successful and why.

The feedback that i got on my camera that i made with sydney was mostly constructing criticism. I thought that the ideas that Maddie gave us were helpful because its nice to have someone else tell you what they see in there eyes and what they think would look cool. The things that she told us that might look better is to not have so much glue on the outside and put more buttons. Maddies elephant was really cool and i liked how when she held it up to her face it looked like a mask.

Pile of sticks

Today you drew a pile of sticks.
You were asked to draw as if you were building the pile with the marks of your pencil.
You tried to make your drawing from the general to the specific.

How did it go?
How did it feel to make the drawing?
How do you feel about the outcome?


Drawing the pile of sticks today was helpful. I really liked how you could start of with just the outline and the shape of the pile. It felt good to go in and add the details to the sticks and add the little nubs and dark spots to the stick. It was easier to draw the sticks on the outside for me because you could see them more clearly and more color to them. The outcome was nice i feel because you could really see the shape and i put a lot of detail into them.

1.
Engagement: your approach to your work (check the "What engagement looks like in the studio" document on the class site if you need help with this).
2.
In-class projects: the works of art you've finished up to this point.
3.
Sketchbook: the work you're doing outside of class.
4.
Drop everything and draw: drawing from observation on Tuesdays.


            This term in art i have found the class really awesome. I really like how we get to do a bunch of different varieties of artwork. So far i think i have been engaged in pretty much everything we have done so far. The projects that i have completed this term are, pour paintings, pour paintings extended, sculptures,  found images collage, and drawing and sketching. The sketchbook i find is a really good idea because its a good way to express your feelings in any type of art. I really like how when you look through my sketchbook you can see the varieties of work we have done so far. On tuesdays when we drop everything and draw, its not my favorite thing but i enjoy it anyway because at the end of the class i have learned something new every time.

The Changing Still Life

Now looking back on what we just did i would definitely have done things differently. I most definitely would not have colored things  in dark like i did. I also would have made my objects smaller so when i erased it took all my energy. The last thing i would do differently is not shadow until i knew i was completely done. I would have done all of these things to prevent myself from having to erase almost everything on my page.

Found Images Collage Reflection

The pictures that inspired were first of perfume bottles. I then thought it might be hard to tell the collage was of a perfume bottle. Then i thought that taking interesting model photos would be cool. Then since i had originally planed on making a perfume bottle so i had the silhouette of a model holding a Chanel number 5 perfume.

     While making this collage i encountered a few struggles. I noticed that making the silhouette was the hardest. I found that since i had to paint it after i glued it on the collage i had to be very careful about not getting it on the edges. I got it off the edges a few times so i traced the outside so you couldnt tell i messed up as much. 

    I think that the most successful part of this was the shape of the silhouette of the model. I also really like the way the torn pictures came out. It made it look not perfect.

Modelesque.

Found images collage.

*to make the model in the middle
*They like the ripped edges.
*to make her holding a purse.
*paint her black.

collage of fashion shots with a model in the middle.

Three forms drawing

I found that todays project was very entertaining. I thought that it was really cool that it wasn't as hard to draw shadows as i thought it would be. Using only the materials we used was really a big help as well. Having limits to what you can use always tends to help an artist. Using both erasers was also very interesting because it made it look so much more real and 3D.

Extending our findings from The Pour Paintings.

From looking at my pour painting i noticed that i really like the color scheme. I was also pleased with the way my cat fish blended in with the piece of work. When i found out that we needed to make another piece of art with inspiration i immediately thought a flower. I chose to make a flower because flowers are what i find most fun to make and it would be fun to blend the same colors into it. Though i was adding the same colors that i did in my original painting, i wanted to bring something else to the new one. I decided since i liked the fish so much that i would have it curve into the petals. Now that i have started to paint my flower, i got some good ideas from my classmates about what i can do to make it improve. They helped me come up with some ideas like to fill in the background and cut it out. I think that helpful criticism is a good way to get new ideas.

Pour Paintings

When pouring the paint of the paper it was really exciting to see what shapes would come out of it. I the paint was thicker and had less water then it would run down the page and make more shapes. When i added more colors sometimes they would blend together and mix colors. If the paint sat in a puddle and dried then it would come out really dark and funky looking. I like the way it looked better when id let the paint form itself and not use the brush to spread it. When it dried I was really pleased with the way it came out. Instead of turing it in to one big thing i started to see little individual shapes like a catfish and underwater creatures.

Collaborative Drawings.

When i came back to my picture at the end i realized that it really opened up my eyes to see how i could finish it. When i started i had my idea all planned out and didn't really think of any other ideas, so when i returned their additions to it helped me think of an entirely different ending to my picture. When you have someone else add their ideas to your picture it helps you get an idea of what it looks like to other people that don't see it the way you do. I think this is a good project because it teaches you to work with other people and have a bigger imagination to work with. I know next time i paint im going to really push myself and see if there is anything else more i can add.

Talk and draw

For me i thought both experiences were pretty hard. I thought that it would be easier to actually say the name of the object when we were telling our partner to draw it but we weren't allowed. Even tough both experiences were hard i would say that directing our partner was harder. I say that that was harder because first of all you weren't allowed to name an object and you had to tell them exactly what colors and what shapes things were. If i were to do this experience again i would say that we would be able to name an object and see how much better it would turn out than not saying the object at all. I think this can help you with your drawing skills and become a better drawer.

Thinking about the artist.

I think that anyone can really be an artist if they want to be one. An artist can be someone from 4 to 94. To be an artist you have to have some creativity and add your own touch to things. To be a creative and productive artist you have to have a wide imagination and creativity. There is so many types of artist's and many types of art that one can create.

paint, blocks, play dough

When i first touched the materials i want sure which one to use first.I started with the finger paint and squirted it on my hands and made a hand print. When i first touched the play dough i mixed the colors and made a patterned snake out of the pattern. When i last had to play with the blocks i wasn't sure what to do with them but i ended  up just adding and adding on to make a really tall pyramid. At the end i ended up making different colors with the paints and swirled it around with my fingers making it look pretty. When i was doing these things i felt a little childish but it wasn't like i was a child again, but it was close. Everyone was being crazy and messy which was like i was 5 again but i still felt the age i am now.

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."


What  Pablo Picasso means by this statement is that when your a child your mind thinks so much differently when you are younger. I think that he is also saying that when you have nothing to worry about and dont care what anyone thinks its easier to make what you would like too. Children make such abstract art that a lot of people dont understand which makes it so interesting. No one knows how the child thinks until you see their very unique art and get a feel for what they are thinking. Your art changes as you start to care what people think.