1. What were your expectations for this course and where they met?
I was expecting to be able to create art, to learn about different types of art, and to be able to analyze art better. My expectations were met, and then some. I think the extensive discussion about art and artists expanded my knowledge about art as whole. I think that I learned how to properly analyze art, rather than just look at it and admire it is. I now can find meaning and depth.
2. Now that you've been through this course, What is art? How would you define it now compared to your intial posting?
I would define art as an individual expression or beliefs, emotions, and creativity. My original definition of art was "an unique expression of point of view." I think that it is very similar, however I expanded upon beliefs and emotions because we learned a lot of art is based off of these factors.
3.
Who was your favorite artist in your original posting and who is your
favorite visual artist now? If there is a difference, why do you think
so? If you have the same favorite artist, why do you think so?
My favorite artist in my original posting was Keith Harring. I still believe he is my favorite because I always enjoyed his creativity and messages behind his work. However, I think I added Andy Warhol to my list of favorite artists. I just like that his art is fun, it pops, and it sends a message about consumerism.
4.
Now that you've completed this course, how do you feel about taking an
online course? Is your answer the same as it was in your first posting?
How is it the same or different?
I think my view on online courses is the same. I have taken plenty over my college career because I work so much. I think they are a great way to learn time management skills, they are great so you do not have to stress about getting to class on time, they are great because they are filled with so much information and you can work on it when it is convenient.
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Final Project
INSPIRATION
Petar Dobrović | The Pavle Beljanski Memorial Collection
Figure
1927
w60 x h73 cm
Oil on Canvas
Vincent van Gogh | National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Self Portrait
1889
w438.2 x h571.5 cm
Painting
oil on canvas
Paul Gauguin | Van Gogh Museum
Self-portrait with portrait of Bernard, 'Les Misérables'
1888
Painting
SELF-PORTRAIT
1. Why did you select the
inspiration pieces?
I chose them because they were
colorful, they had texture, and they had contrast
2. Why did you select the media to create your self-portrait?
I selected acrylic on white
cardboard. The cardboard does not have as much texture as canvas but it is
still stable enough to hold paint without wrinkling or anything.
3. What challenges did you face in creating your self-portrait and how did you overcome them?
I am really bad at facial
proportions. I drew it first with pencil and waiting until it was perfect to
paint.
4. How does this piece represent you?
I chose pink! I love pink and I am
always smiling. I also chose a picture of me with no make up on to show my
natural beauty.
5. What elements and principles of art did you apply in this work?
The element most noticeable in this
work is value. I also used color and line. As for principles, I feel that I
used unity, balance and contrast.
6. Did you enjoy working on this project?
I did enjoy working on this project,
because I love looking at myself! haahah
7. What do you think of your final artwork?
I think this is pretty great for
being my final artwork!
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Art Curation Exhibition Process
My process began with inspiration. I have been really inspired by flowers and roses recently. Also, as I stated in the project. I love flowers dead and alive. I love the way they look, the texture, the colors, the different ways they could be arranged. The floral arrangement theme fits this best. I then did internet searches for flower paintings. After hours of finding the perfect ones that I could put all together I started inserting them into power point. After all were inserted, I arranged by how I would liked them viewed as if I was walking the space of an art gallery.
Friday, April 25, 2014
Video Review- Module 12
Andy Warhol
Art and Modernity
I chose the Andy Warhol video because I think Andy Warhol is an interesting person in art and has made a big impact of art in the modern world. I chose Uncertainty: Modernity and Art just sounded interesting.
Warhol: When she passed, Marilyn Monroe made Warhol famous. He used the silk screen technique and printed a serious of the Monroe motif. He began with a certain idea, took images, cropped them and changed them many ways and produced many of the images. The next celebrity that sparked his interest was Elizabeth Taylor, also silk screen prints of these images of the actress. Transferring a photograph to a silk screen the image must be enlarged several times, the contrast can be altered, then the image is printed. It is stretched and treated then after covered in water. This creates a negative image and then paint is applied to the silk screen over canvas. Warhol played with the technique, if there is too much paint the image becomes smeared, if the pores on the screen are clogged the images is lighters, etc. The texture of the canvas and the screen create a pattern. He used Polaroids to capture images of himself and his celebrity friends and clients to make the screen printed versions. Consumerism was at the time Warhol created these pieces, so his pop art style drew consumers and he took advantage of the consumerism movement. The repeated images, such as the one of Liz Taylor, each image after the initial seems deformed to some point.
Uncertainty: Modern art, is it the higher realm or the lost path? Modern Art tells us that there is no single code for living. Future will look back and see a changed society and a society that lives by change. Obscurity had been made glamorous. The bricks that lay on the form of has an uncertain meaning. Modern art is difficult, we wish it could just pull itself together. Picasso's first cubist painting, was out of the norm and this became the look that began the change. Distortion in modern art is to give life to new forms. Modern civilization agrees that everything is relative, that is where abstract art began. Abstract art asks you to look beyond something that doesn't have a meaning to find a meaning. Abstract expressionists asked viewers to look at the void. The artists we outcasts because they couldn't accept consumerism, they felt reality was chaotic. Art in this case is telling society off for its falseness. Popists seem to be cruising through society, because that is what society does.
These videos relate to the text because they discuss the artists in the texts such as Warhol and Picasso, also those artists of the art expressionist movement, also known as the New York school. These videos discuss the terms we read about society like consumerism, and also painting techniques like silk screening.
I like that the films allow us to see more visuals of the art being produced in different art movements. I also like that they do in depth about the meaning of art. These two videos seem to support the idea of pluralism. Art has many different meanings all at one time.
Art and Modernity
I chose the Andy Warhol video because I think Andy Warhol is an interesting person in art and has made a big impact of art in the modern world. I chose Uncertainty: Modernity and Art just sounded interesting.
Warhol: When she passed, Marilyn Monroe made Warhol famous. He used the silk screen technique and printed a serious of the Monroe motif. He began with a certain idea, took images, cropped them and changed them many ways and produced many of the images. The next celebrity that sparked his interest was Elizabeth Taylor, also silk screen prints of these images of the actress. Transferring a photograph to a silk screen the image must be enlarged several times, the contrast can be altered, then the image is printed. It is stretched and treated then after covered in water. This creates a negative image and then paint is applied to the silk screen over canvas. Warhol played with the technique, if there is too much paint the image becomes smeared, if the pores on the screen are clogged the images is lighters, etc. The texture of the canvas and the screen create a pattern. He used Polaroids to capture images of himself and his celebrity friends and clients to make the screen printed versions. Consumerism was at the time Warhol created these pieces, so his pop art style drew consumers and he took advantage of the consumerism movement. The repeated images, such as the one of Liz Taylor, each image after the initial seems deformed to some point.
Uncertainty: Modern art, is it the higher realm or the lost path? Modern Art tells us that there is no single code for living. Future will look back and see a changed society and a society that lives by change. Obscurity had been made glamorous. The bricks that lay on the form of has an uncertain meaning. Modern art is difficult, we wish it could just pull itself together. Picasso's first cubist painting, was out of the norm and this became the look that began the change. Distortion in modern art is to give life to new forms. Modern civilization agrees that everything is relative, that is where abstract art began. Abstract art asks you to look beyond something that doesn't have a meaning to find a meaning. Abstract expressionists asked viewers to look at the void. The artists we outcasts because they couldn't accept consumerism, they felt reality was chaotic. Art in this case is telling society off for its falseness. Popists seem to be cruising through society, because that is what society does.
These videos relate to the text because they discuss the artists in the texts such as Warhol and Picasso, also those artists of the art expressionist movement, also known as the New York school. These videos discuss the terms we read about society like consumerism, and also painting techniques like silk screening.
I like that the films allow us to see more visuals of the art being produced in different art movements. I also like that they do in depth about the meaning of art. These two videos seem to support the idea of pluralism. Art has many different meanings all at one time.
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Art Gallery Visit #2
First thing is first, I visited the Burchfiled Penney Art's Gallery on campus. The three exhibits that stood out the most to me were : MELT by Brian Millbrand, Biological Regionalism by Alberto Rey, Fly Fishing: A celebration of the stream. The major themes of these exhibits all made a splash with water.
Fly Fishing: A celebration of the stream
The overall theme of this exhibit is display the beauty of nature. The colors on the walls were a darker gray, and this exhbit was in a hallway. The lighting was dim and shined on the each piece slightly to emphasize the piece of art. This exhibit included more than one artist to be in focus and also a mix of media.However, each piece was apporximately the same size and framed the same. They were all labeled to side of each piece on a plastic white plastic lable. Since this exhibit is in a hallway the movement down the hallway is linear and you look at one side then walk back down the hallway and look at the other side. These paintings are about equidistant from eachother.
MELT: Brian Milbrand
The theme of this exhibit it displaying the movement of waters and organisms. Milbrad used two different types of media's within most of his pieces. One: a projector and two: watercolor on canvas. The lighting used within the gallery was dim ambiant lighting. The exhibit was not too bright, but also not too dark. The colors of the walls were a really light gray. The space was at the end of a hallway corridor with the flying fish exhibit and it opens up to a room made of walls that made it almost rectangular shaped. However, the walls do not continue all the way to the cieling, the cieling was extemely high up. So it allowed more light into the area, but made it more of a intimate space. The movement for me was about counter clockwise through the space. I started with the wall that had the name of the exhibit and moved around the room to the left and watched the movement of the pieces. The artwork was organized on the wall with approximately equidistance from each other with the same dark black frames of the same material. The art pieces were similar in size and also content was mostly water color. The artwork was different because of content and movement. They moved in different ways, some flowed more and some were more choppy. The pieces were each identified and labeled with little plastic lables on the right or left hand side of the piece depended where on the walls the piece was located.
Biological Regionalism: Alberto Rey
Can I start by saying, THIS EXHIBIT WAS AWESOME! The theme of the exhibit is to reconsider our relationship with our environment. Scajaquada creek was the main attraction. The colors of the walls were white or light gray. The ceilings were high and the lighting was bright. The exhibit was gigantic! I walked out of the MELT exhibit and my jaw dropped. on the right was the wall with the title of the exhibit and I started there. I then walked across the room and started with the artwork that started at the beginning of the Scajaquada river . The geography of the river was painted on the wall which lines like a timeline connecting to each piece naming the location. Along with each painting, there was an artifact from each location in a jar with the content of the water. Not only did Alberto Rey paint and collect artifacts from approximately 6 sights along the river, he also had the water tested. It was tested for safety of the water and conductivity. His exhibit examines the ecological changes over time. The wall the mural of the creek and these paintings are on is curved. outward, the cielings are high and the lighting is bright. I moved from the right wall of the staircase where the description of the exhibit is located to across the room to beginning of the river to the end of the river. The artworks are similar because of colors used and the content of the river, however locations and point of views are all different. They are all framed with what I believe are wooden frames. They are labeled with a description of the art piece as well as the information about the artifacts with bargraphs and infromatin about the water testing. Each piece of work is separted within equidistance of each other.
Biological Regionalism: Alberto Rey
Can I start by saying, THIS EXHIBIT WAS AWESOME! The theme of the exhibit is to reconsider our relationship with our environment. Scajaquada creek was the main attraction. The colors of the walls were white or light gray. The ceilings were high and the lighting was bright. The exhibit was gigantic! I walked out of the MELT exhibit and my jaw dropped. on the right was the wall with the title of the exhibit and I started there. I then walked across the room and started with the artwork that started at the beginning of the Scajaquada river . The geography of the river was painted on the wall which lines like a timeline connecting to each piece naming the location. Along with each painting, there was an artifact from each location in a jar with the content of the water. Not only did Alberto Rey paint and collect artifacts from approximately 6 sights along the river, he also had the water tested. It was tested for safety of the water and conductivity. His exhibit examines the ecological changes over time. The wall the mural of the creek and these paintings are on is curved. outward, the cielings are high and the lighting is bright. I moved from the right wall of the staircase where the description of the exhibit is located to across the room to beginning of the river to the end of the river. The artworks are similar because of colors used and the content of the river, however locations and point of views are all different. They are all framed with what I believe are wooden frames. They are labeled with a description of the art piece as well as the information about the artifacts with bargraphs and infromatin about the water testing. Each piece of work is separted within equidistance of each other.
I think that visiting the Gallery with taking more the surrounding into consideration and thinking of the theme was purposeful because the artists are a part of the whole space their exhibit takes up and it displays where the view should look, how they should move around the space, which pieces have more or less emphasis and create and overall atmosphere to display their works of art. I personally was drawn to the three exhbits that were related in theme, with the overall content of water. I think the neutral colors for the walls create more emphasis on the works themselves which is nice too.
Video Review- Module 11
I chose Dada and Surrealism as well as Impact on Cubism, because these art movements are intriguing to me. I responded in my discussion to Dada and Surrealism, and I read on another student's post about Cubism, so I thought these videos would add depth to my knowledge on these subjects.
Dada: This art was the anti everything art. The some pieces disucssed were a mishmash of negative images on top of eachother and almost like a collage, such as Hanna's "Cut with a Kirchen Knife".Surrealism was the next movement right after the dada movement. Surrealism was bizzare. The paintings have many shapes that are extrme forms of what they represent. Miros was an artists that portrayed surrelistic art, just as Salvador Dali. Man Ray was another artist that the content is of familiar objects within unfamilar arrangment. The theme is the discrepancy between the reality and what is portrayed.
Cubism: Colors, textures and shape are the main elements of cubism. After looking at these paintings the shapes represent objects, and it depicts life as we know it from a more distorted point of view. The one artist starts with abstraction and moves to a real object in the finished piece. Picasso was a very important artist within this movement. He was influential to other artists. The arrive at an image, we have to imagine what the subject is behind the abstraction.
The films explained nnore artists that created these movemts that ents. However, they mostly just reinforced the information from the readings. It also explained more about the artist of this movement. I always say, the video are just so dry and boring, I sometimes feel like I learn more from the reading, but in this case it was nice to have more visuals of these types of art.
Monday, April 14, 2014
Mask of Roses
INSPIRATION
So my inspirational images are just things that I thought of while I was grocery shopping and coming up with ideas for this mask. 1) M. A. Carr, the bridal salon that I work at. 2) Ivory rose bouquet, because I work in the bridal industry and I saw Ivory roses. 3) Macaroons, because I tried my first one ever over the weekend, and because of the colors, which I saw all over the grocery store because of Easter. I am not sure I can do an artistic critique on these inspirational images because they really are not art pieces that inspired me, just things in my environment that did.
PROCESS
I picked up a crayola set of water colors, ivory rose petals and a
balloon. I
was thinking about doing paper mache. Yep, epic fail. I have no idea
what went wrong, but it would not dry. So instead I just found thick
paper in my craft closet and decided to glue the rose petals to that. As
I did so, I really wanted to see texture so I made sure the petals were
not perfect and had a 3-d effect. I let the petals dry all night and I
woke up in the morning and painted them pastel blue and yellow because I
keep seeing that everywhere and red because I feel that the red added
depth to the petals and displayed the veins in the petals the best. I
used elements of color and texture and the principle of balance with the
symmetrical shape of the mask as well as the uniform amount of petals
used around the mask. I really liked my mask. I think it is beautiful,
it has personality, it reminds me of me, and I think that going with the
flow on this one was the best option.
HERE IS ME WITH MY MASK OF ROSES!
Buddhism and Hinduism
I selected the two videos because right now I am taking a Food and Cultures of the Far East class and we have briefly touched upon Buddhism and we have not gotten to Hinduism or we may not be touching upon that so I was curious to expand my knowledge.
Buddhism:
Began in India with Siddhartha Gautama. Goal is to get to nirvana, which is total salvation. The video explains different areas such as the tree of enlightenment and the Majobodi temple and their decorations. Stupas are the center of monumental architecture to display art that worships Buddha. The great gateways are filled with pictures of the Buddhas life. He is not seen in human form, only in symbolism. The sculptures of the great stupa used wood carving techniques in stone. Three tiered umbrella at the top symbolize the three levels of heaven. The temple of the countless Buddhas is one of the largest sculpture parks for Buddhism, which was restored in the early 1990's. It is located in Indonesia.
Hinduism:
The oldest inhabited city, is also the most religious regarding Hinduism. The Ganges river is the great stream of death and reincarnation. Hinduism has many gods and goddesses which are displayed within much art and architecture. The shines are elaborately decorated. The temples are the giving up of worldly things for another worldly goal. Mamallapuram is where the Ganges turns into stone. The carvings tell the story about it. Cave art is a part of Hinduism as well. Epic and ordinary, fantastic and familiar Hindu art is. The temples are build of wood originally then turned to stone. The ancient shore temple was recovered after decades, and in it, it contains a stone thing that I can't understand the name of. It is pretty cool looking however. The Kasharoma? complex is the jewel of the golden age of Hindu art and Architecture. Dedicated to Shiva who lived in the Mountains.
The videos add more visual images of the carvings and explain more history of each religion in depth as well as reinforces architectural and sculptural styles used within religious shines and temples, as well as cave art and wall carvings. We see some things in our text book within the videos.
I think that these two videos are well made and extremely descriptive. I think this gives more of an idea of Art within both Buddhism and Hinduism better than the textbook.
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Exploring Line
1. What was it like using your hand as subject matter for a drawing?
It was interesting using my hand as a subject matter. I do not think I have ever really noticed how mank lines and wrinkles are on my finger until now!
2. What media did you select - pencil or charcoal? Why?
I chose pencil pretty much just because I prefer it over charcoal. Sometimes charcoal is too messy and I just got my nails done, so I opted out of that.
3. How did it feel to create a drawing with your non-dominant hand?
Drawing with my non-dominant hand is really hard. I could not pick up the pencil off the paper in time, my straight lines are wicked crooked and zig-zag like, and it is really just awkward.
4. Compare and contrast your final drawings. Do you think they are successful studies?
I think the one I drew with my dominant hand is pretty accurate. It definitely has better lines, better shadows and better detail. The one with my non-dominant hand is pretty horrendous.
5. Would you consider using your non-dominant hand to create artwork in the future?
NOPE!
Module 9 Video Review
1. I chose these two videos because I do not really know much about these artists, and I thought they would be interesting.
2. Valasquez: Vlasquez went to Italy and studied Rafeal and Michaelangelo. He painted mythology, which is not normal for Spanish artists. He painted slowly, until he was quite sure what he wanted to do. His masterpieces were works that he worked on for years. he would stop and begin again and again until it was perfect. He had pieces that were built on the foundations of the baroque. He created multiple jester portraits. They represent artistic and physiological breakthrough. He only painted few religious pieces, but when he did he used a lot of emotion in these religious figures when he did paint them. Valasquez took a second trip to Italy and the outcome were realistic paintings while in Rome. There were landscape paintings as part of this trip.
Albrecht Durer: His first piece was of himself at 13 with silver point, where he used a silver rod on a special piece of paper. The younger Druer liked painting hands, He used realistic aging throughout his pieces. He paints himself holding a spring holly because he was going to be married. In his pieces of his wife she still has a sparkle in her eye. He visited Italy like Valasquez. He is known for his self portraits. He then worked on landscape pieces. On his way home from Italy he painted a fortress and a whole town in the Alps. Venitain art made a huge impact on Durer. Figures are natural, the colors are fresh and bright. He would apply lots of layers of color to create an enamel effect. He even included himself as a figure in some pieces.
3. These videos relate to the text because they bring up terms that we learned and time periods that were important. Things like Baroque style and how Valasquez used it and characteristics of the Renaissance that can be seen in some of Durer's pieces.
4. The films personally are boring to me, but they are filled with lots of information. I think it adds depth to the concepts we read out in the textbook because we can actually see and hear the concepts to understand them. The narrators speak about each piece and artist in extreme detail .
Saturday, March 22, 2014
Video Review
More Human than Human & The Greek Awakening: Art from 5th Century B.C.
1. Explain why you selected the video you choose from the selection listed above.
2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
3. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
4. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?
1. Explain why you selected the video you choose from the selection listed above.
2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
3. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
4. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts?
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Blog Review
1.Video #1 Prairie Style
-Victorian Style:
- Prairie Style: A prairie style home is a home with horizontal lines throughout, lower ceilings, and blends in with the natural surroundings. Natural wood work flows throughout with an open concept.
Video #2 Architecture: The Science of Design
- When you can't build out, you can build up.
- Skyscraper is made up of the superstructure which is above ground and the substructure which is underground. The substructure has to be a solid foundation that can support the dead weight, living weight and the wind conditions.
- High rise can cause whirlwinds so when creating a high rise, other factors than the building need to be taken into consideration when planning a highrise.
2. Prairie style related to the design aspect of architecture and the Science of Design relates more the the structure of the architecture. We learn about both of these topics in the text.
3. These short videos add depth to the understanding of Architecture because they are clear and concise. They pack in a lot of information about different elements an architect takes into consideration for the functionality of a building as well as the decorative design.
4. I chose the Prairie Style because I have seen the Frank Lloyd Wright house in Buffalo, it is actually right around the corner from my sisters house. I thought it would be interesting to learn more about his houses. I chose the Architecture: The Science of Design video because skyscrapers are pretty interesting and I always wondered how they make them so tall!
-Victorian Style:
- Prairie Style: A prairie style home is a home with horizontal lines throughout, lower ceilings, and blends in with the natural surroundings. Natural wood work flows throughout with an open concept.
Video #2 Architecture: The Science of Design
- When you can't build out, you can build up.
- Skyscraper is made up of the superstructure which is above ground and the substructure which is underground. The substructure has to be a solid foundation that can support the dead weight, living weight and the wind conditions.
- High rise can cause whirlwinds so when creating a high rise, other factors than the building need to be taken into consideration when planning a highrise.
2. Prairie style related to the design aspect of architecture and the Science of Design relates more the the structure of the architecture. We learn about both of these topics in the text.
3. These short videos add depth to the understanding of Architecture because they are clear and concise. They pack in a lot of information about different elements an architect takes into consideration for the functionality of a building as well as the decorative design.
4. I chose the Prairie Style because I have seen the Frank Lloyd Wright house in Buffalo, it is actually right around the corner from my sisters house. I thought it would be interesting to learn more about his houses. I chose the Architecture: The Science of Design video because skyscrapers are pretty interesting and I always wondered how they make them so tall!
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Video Review
1. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned.
2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the topics: Sculpture, Installation, and Craft?
2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text?
3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the topics: Sculpture, Installation, and Craft?
Peer Review
When looking at Project #1: http://livingwithart-abby.blogspot.com/2014/02/https30.html?showComment=1394332270786#c4353557221143251648
I feel that every image captured the element it was supposed to. Of coarse the pictures had other elements within them, like the fruit used for color could have been used for shape as well, and the object used for shape could have been used for form. Each picture from all of use probably has other elements and principles of art.
When looking at Project #2: http://bellaviart.blogspot.com/2014/03/project-2-art-gallery-visit-1.html?showComment=1394331989258#c8911368589116470810
There was one image that was the same as mine, which was her first one as well as my first one!We both pretty much chose the image for the same reasons.
Her response: "I really liked this painting a lot. It instantly stuck me, mostly because of the beautiful colors. Then, upon taking a closer look, I was really drawn in by the fact there were some symbols and images I recognized within the mass of shapes. It was definitely interesting me to see the combination of so many different images that had so many different meanings, all layering over each other. This painting is the one that stuck with me the most out of all the works on display currently in the museum."
My response: "This work makes an impression on me because of the wild nature of it. It reminds me of graffiti and when graffiti layers on top of old graffiti. All graffiti has a story, there is a message. The message I received from this is that symbols and colors are communication within itself. We are surrounded by so many visual stimulants and this includes all of them in one work. I think I feel connected to this one because I am a communications major and I enjoy visual communication."
“Welsh Oaks #1” by Rodney Graham, Chromogenic print edition 1/2, 226.1 x 182.9 cm., 1998
This image really piqued my interest, I looked at this one for a while when I was visiting the gallery but I did not know what I wanted to write about it. However, I think I feel exactly the same way as my peer. "This image alone was something I was drawn to because it with so interesting looking and also so tragically beautiful, in a way. When I read it was a print I was also instantly interested, since we had just read and talked about print making. I would be interesting to look up how this particular piece was made and for what reasons."
I think it is interesting to read and review peers. I feel like it is a nice way to put things in perspective from another point of view and compare it and contrast it with your own.
SOMEONE POST SOME COMMENTS FOR ME PWEASE! :)
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Project #2
I thought creating my logo was somewhat difficult. I had a
lot of dude sketched until I figured out that I wanted to use my
initials. Growing up I was always known as Erin Lovely. E and L standing
for my initials- Erin Lackie. I tried a couple that had something that
said Erin Lovely, but I feel like they were not really me. I have grown
up so much. Although I have grown up, I am still fun, playful and
quirky, but I wanted this logo to be more refined like me. I always
write with a mix of cursive and print, which I used in my logo. The E
and the L are cursive, and the M is print.
I love lines and shapes, I think when used freely and in doodles, they create a fun, quirky feeling.
I also used a lot of hearts. Mainly, because I love everything. I am
always in a loving and caring mood, sometimes I think I love and care
too much, but hey, that is what makes me, me. I am also a believer in
fate, and love at first sight and all of that good lovey dovey stuff. I
work at a bridal salon and I am always surrounded by love so that is why
there are so many hearts in my logo.
Pink! Yes I love pink! I am a true girly girl and I tried to make that shown with my final piece. I used color for the letters and I decided to do some digital altertrations to this logo. I added a pink filter to add some more color and to show that different shades of pink are shown because I am all sorts of shades of fun!
I guess the creative thinking process I really used was brainstorming. This project just made me look into myself and who I am and what I love. The most important discovery I made the creation of my logo is that sometimes it is hard to represent yourself in such a little logo, but it can be done! The most important thing I learned from all of the material for this project would be that logo used all of the elements and principles of art just like any other form of artistic expression.
Albright-Knox Visit
Ryan J. McGuinness: Something About the Collapse of Art and Language, 2003. Acrylic on Canvas.
This work makes an impression on me because of the wild nature of it. It reminds me of graffiti and when graffiti layers on top of old graffiti. All graffiti has a story, there is a message. The message I received from this is that symbols and colors are communication within itself. We are surrounded by so many visual stimulants and this includes all of them in one work. I think I feel connected to this one because I am a communications major and I enjoy visual communication.
Sopheap Pich: Cycle, 2011. Bamboo, wire and glue. This work made an impression on me because I initially read the information about the piece. This artist is from Cambodia. I had a friend whom traveled through Cambodia and brought home a hand weaved hat. I feel that this piece was made in regards to her childhood or life in Cambodia.
Frantisek Kupka: Traits, plans, profondeur,1920-22. Oil on Canvas.
I would like to know more about this piece here because it is quite mysterious. I feel like the title is difficult to connect to; to me the title and the image do not go together. It is just confusing for me to interpret and that is why I would like to learn more about this piece.
Anselm Kiefer: From the Maas to the Memel, for the Etsch to the Belt, 2011-12. Acrylic, emulsion, oil, shellac, and electrolysis on canvas in artist's lead frame.
I
would like to know more about this piece here because it is wonderful! I walked into the room and it took my breath away. The title does not mean anything to me, I do not know what Maas, Memel or Etsch even mean. All I see is ocean meeting the horizon with clouds rolling in. Was this a realistic piece that is meant to be exactly what it is or is this a piece that stands for a deeper meaning. 
Sol LeWitt: Wall drawing #1268: Scribbles: Staircase (AKAG), conceived 2006; executed 2010
Graphite on three walls
I can connect to this piece because I love to "scribble" I am known to be the one in class doodling, creating shapes and dimension from little drawings with a pencil. This graphite wall drawing is amazing to me. If you look up close you can see each line, each shade from light to dark, every detail this artist put into this piece. I also connect to this because I have painted murals and I can relate to how time consuming it was.
Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt: Plastic detergent bottles bob in Ventian Canals as green grass glass billows in tourist shops, 1985. Mixed media foil construction on wood.
I can connect to this piece because I am all for recycling! This piece is beautiful and whimsical, but to me it is also a statement about recycling. Plastics pollute our waters around the world because of the laziness of the human race. I think it is important for people to recycle to keep the beauty around the world that we cherish. I also connect to this because this reminds me of projects I made with foil and colored Seran wrap growing up. I love this piece!
Saturday, February 22, 2014
Value Scale and Color Wheel
1. Discuss what you thought about creating the Value Scale and Color Wheel.
I feel like creating the color wheel and the value scale are both basic art skills. It was pretty easy to complete both of these successfully. I think the scanner did not pick up the colors and shades as well as I hoped, however it does display the basic concepts of both pieces.
2. Which media did you enjoy working with the best and why?
I enjoy working with both pencil and paint. However, I am a very colorful person so I would say working with the paint was more enjoyable because it is quite colorful!
3. What was the most important discovery in the creation of these studies?
Cyan definitely cannot be created. I was all out of cyan in my paint collection and I tried a million ways to make it and it is absolutely impossible. Note: Always buy cyan!
4. What is the most important information you learned from watching the videos for this project? What is your opinion of the videos?
These videos were a lot more entertaining and the information was more informative and easier to follow than previous videos. I think the most important information was the key information we needed to complete the project successfully.
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Project #1
http://s43.photobucket.com/user/lackieem01/slideshow/Elements%20and%20Principles%20of%20Art
Value: I used this black and clear Swarovski crystal duck to show how light has different value, I also edited the image to create more contrast from the light and dark of the image.
Forms: This is the base of a lamp. It is a three-dimensional shape that shows depth.
Shapes: This is actually a pattern on a pillow, it is a combination of lines to form square shapes.
Space: The distance between the circles and circular snowflakes shows space between objects in the image.
Color: This displays a monochromatic color scheme. It is wall paper!
Texture: This is also a pillow, however it not only shows the ribbed texture of the fabric, but the color strokes creates a texture that is only seen.
Contrast: This is the contrast between light and dark is actually created within the threads of this sweater. The contrast leads the viewers eyes around the image.
Movement: The crossing arms are creating movement as well as the image from the point of view of the driver seat in the car creates movement.
Emphasis: The way that the text is framed, it creates an emphasis on that area of the composition.
Pattern: The texture and shapes are repeated throughout the fabric on the couch.
Proportion: The elements inside the clock are in sizes proportionate to each other.
Unity: This photograph shows the unity of the image to the message with principles of balance, movement, emphasis and proportion in harmony.
Elements of Art
Line: I used an air vent to show how lines can be used to create more complex shapes and how it can lead the eye around the image.Value: I used this black and clear Swarovski crystal duck to show how light has different value, I also edited the image to create more contrast from the light and dark of the image.
Forms: This is the base of a lamp. It is a three-dimensional shape that shows depth.
Shapes: This is actually a pattern on a pillow, it is a combination of lines to form square shapes.
Space: The distance between the circles and circular snowflakes shows space between objects in the image.
Color: This displays a monochromatic color scheme. It is wall paper!
Texture: This is also a pillow, however it not only shows the ribbed texture of the fabric, but the color strokes creates a texture that is only seen.
Principles of Art
Balance: The elements of this standing lamp with the shadows creates balance through symmetry and proportion.Contrast: This is the contrast between light and dark is actually created within the threads of this sweater. The contrast leads the viewers eyes around the image.
Movement: The crossing arms are creating movement as well as the image from the point of view of the driver seat in the car creates movement.
Emphasis: The way that the text is framed, it creates an emphasis on that area of the composition.
Pattern: The texture and shapes are repeated throughout the fabric on the couch.
Proportion: The elements inside the clock are in sizes proportionate to each other.
Unity: This photograph shows the unity of the image to the message with principles of balance, movement, emphasis and proportion in harmony.
Saturday, February 15, 2014
Color and Emotions
1. Describe Color and it's effects on emotions. Use the appropriate vocabulary of color in your posting.
Color is both culturally conditioned and intensely personal. Most colors could elicit a similar variety of response. As the color of the sky and the ocean, blue is a “cool’’ color and has been shown to have a calming effect, however blue can evoke sadness in some cultures, or order and stability in other cultures. Red could stand for violence but it could also be a regal and passionate color. Depending on the hue, shade, or intensity color can mean something different to each person.
2. What is a theoretical aspect of color that most intrigues/fascinates you? Why?
The theoretical aspect that color is a function of light is the most basic, but most fascinating to me. It is crazy that what we see as color is actually just an absorption of light that allows us to see that color. We just think everything is dyed or tinted to be that color, which it is, but technically it dyed with something that allows that item or liquid to absorb a specific ray of light to create that color.
3. In the Color video, what made the biggest impact on you in regards to color and it's effects on emotions?
Color can make a painting feel violent. June's picture had lots of blue and lots of red. The colors were bold and because of their vibrancy they fought with each other. She ended up softening the colors, adding in more yellow, and blending the colors with white so it was more relaxed and more of a reflection of the feel in Venice.
4. In the Feelings video, what made the biggest impact on you in regards to color and it's effects on emotions?
Goya explores the darkness in humanity and what he believed how humanity will be. The paintings are dark and depressing in the black paintings period. He was surrounded by the mad paintings which he felt was society being mad. He had nightmares coming out of his head.
Color is both culturally conditioned and intensely personal. Most colors could elicit a similar variety of response. As the color of the sky and the ocean, blue is a “cool’’ color and has been shown to have a calming effect, however blue can evoke sadness in some cultures, or order and stability in other cultures. Red could stand for violence but it could also be a regal and passionate color. Depending on the hue, shade, or intensity color can mean something different to each person.
2. What is a theoretical aspect of color that most intrigues/fascinates you? Why?
The theoretical aspect that color is a function of light is the most basic, but most fascinating to me. It is crazy that what we see as color is actually just an absorption of light that allows us to see that color. We just think everything is dyed or tinted to be that color, which it is, but technically it dyed with something that allows that item or liquid to absorb a specific ray of light to create that color.
3. In the Color video, what made the biggest impact on you in regards to color and it's effects on emotions?
Color can make a painting feel violent. June's picture had lots of blue and lots of red. The colors were bold and because of their vibrancy they fought with each other. She ended up softening the colors, adding in more yellow, and blending the colors with white so it was more relaxed and more of a reflection of the feel in Venice.
4. In the Feelings video, what made the biggest impact on you in regards to color and it's effects on emotions?
Goya explores the darkness in humanity and what he believed how humanity will be. The paintings are dark and depressing in the black paintings period. He was surrounded by the mad paintings which he felt was society being mad. He had nightmares coming out of his head.
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Module Two
1.Key Concepts:
Aesthetics: Philosophy of the Arts
-What constitutes a work of art?
-Systematic Study of art 5th century Athens [Plato] the true nature of the things we see in the world is their idea. Ideas are beyond the sense, only grasped by reason. The idea of beauty presents itself of reason through the senses. Manifestation of something beautiful is drawn by the person themselves. Plato did not write about art, act of treason against the idea, which is copying reality which is a copy of a copy. Mistrusted poets because they spoke of things they could not know about.
- Aristotle, POETICS. Plays have beginnings, middles ends. Can be too short or too long, can be bad or can be good. Basic elementary principles of how plays can be written. Analyzed tragedy. Inferred specific rules, the three unities, action- each action should be a consequence of what came before, time frame should not exceed 24 hours, and place should be the same location.
-Renissance- Neo-classic ethetics. Leone battista alberti- principle of formal order- proportion, symmetry, harmony, order.
-Foundations from aesthetics, 18th century England. Modern system of arts- individual arts are united though imitation of nature. Joseph Addison- mark the beginning Francis Hutchinson, beauty harmony order design first systematic study. External sense help ignite internal sense. Inner sense of beauty is innate and spontaneous.
-Kant coined aesthetics. Systematic theory of art and taste- Constrained neither by natural law or moral law, brought together in imagination. The judgment of the beautiful is not rule bound, it is subjective. Can be no hard and fast principles, no exact science of the beautiful. Through the genius, nature sets rules to art. Start to romanticism.
-George Hagel- Aesthetic dialectic: eastern/symbolic, classical, and romantic. Acts are spiritualized. Argued we do not need art. Completed process of aesthetics.
-Arthur Shopenhauer- World is a fabric of appearances woven by our intellect. Music was the highest of the fine arts. Embodiment of will.
-Expression theory- art is the expression of emotion.
-Language- Willingstein, The meaning of a word is what you give that word the meaning.
-More useful to analyze of rather than define it. Art is whatever we may call art. George Dicky, a work of art could be anything the art world designated as such.
CARTA: Neurobiology Neurology and Art and Aesthetics
-Changeux- Discovery of tools. Discovery of Symbolism. Discovery of artisic composition.
Genetic make up is directly connected with the evolution of art.
Processing of visual image- conscious OR non conscious reading.
Rules of art- Novelty, Universal search for harmony, Schematisaton.
-Ramachandran- Science of art?
-Eight laws of art: Grouping, Peak shift principal, contrast, insolating a single cus to optimally exite cortical visual ares, perceptual problem solving, abhorrence of unique vantage points and suspicious coincidence, art as a metaphor.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/15/health/art-brain-mind/index.html?hpt=hp_c3
- "We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies." PABLO PICASSO
- our minds know immediately if there's a clear representation of familiar aspects of everyday life, such as people, animals, plants, food or places
- concept of line drawings probably dates back to a human ancestor tracing lines in the sand and realizing that they resembled an anima
-Our brains have a special affinity for faces and for finding representations of them (some say they see the man in the moon, for instance)
- two major processing streams for our visual system, which Livingstone calls the "what" and "where" streams. The "what" allows us to see in color and recognize faces and objects. The "where" is a faster and less detail-oriented but helps us navigate our environment but is insensitive to color.
-The human visual system is organized such that the center of gaze is specialized for small, detailed things, and the peripheral vision has a lower resolution
-It turns out that we don't really notice when shadows in paintings are unrealistically placed, unless glaringly so, or when mirrors don't work exactly the way they do in real life,
-And then there's what Ramachandran calls the "peak shift principle." The basic idea is that animals attracted to a particular shape will be even more attracted to an exaggerated version of that form.
-the distorted faces of famous artists such as Pablo Picasso and Gustav Klimt may be hyperactivating our neurons and drawing us in, so to speak. Impressionism, with its soft brushstrokes, is another form of distortion of familiar human and natural forms.
2. I think that Kant's theory on aesthetics is the most important. Kant coined aesthetics. His theory is the systematic theory of art and taste. Art is constrained neither by natural law or moral law, it is brought together by imagination. The judgment of the beautiful is not rule bound, it is subjective. I think this is such a true statement. I could think one person is beautiful and someone else think that they are hideous. Beauty lies within the eye of the beholder. Kant felt that there can be no hard and fast principles, no exact science of the beautiful. "Through the genius, nature sets rules to art" means that through our own brains, our own self, that is how rules are set.
3. I think their view of art is interesting. I always thought of art as a creative form of expression and that was that. Now that art is more about our brains, I think it is less interesting (JUST KIDDING!). However, I do feel like art is taken too seriously at times, and this time is one of those. It is cool that we connect with art on a intellectual level that only genius scientists would really find super interesting. I always liked art because it was interesting. Everyone sees it differently, everyone has a different emotional attachment, and there are so many form of art that make it more interesting. Their concept of art was intriguing, but to me, it is not how I would ever view art and that is what I liked about it.The most interesting fact was that as the skull size grew, the evolution of art occurred.
4. I think that the videos and article just reinforce what is said in the reading. It helps us visually see what is being talked about and also for us to hear the different philosophies in comparison to determine which one we agree with. I think that the article connected the video of Ramachadran and how his laws of art connect to other scientists as well.
5. I think the Philosophy of Art film was great. It helped us see the evolution of philosophies of art and how art evolved like the text. However, the other video I feel we could have done without. It was really hard to understand when Changeux was speaking and his presentation was just confusing in general. That almost immediately lost my interest because I was so focused on what he was saying I was not actually listening and learning. I think the article is sufficient in explaining how the brain and art are so connected.
Aesthetics: Philosophy of the Arts
-What constitutes a work of art?
-Systematic Study of art 5th century Athens [Plato] the true nature of the things we see in the world is their idea. Ideas are beyond the sense, only grasped by reason. The idea of beauty presents itself of reason through the senses. Manifestation of something beautiful is drawn by the person themselves. Plato did not write about art, act of treason against the idea, which is copying reality which is a copy of a copy. Mistrusted poets because they spoke of things they could not know about.
- Aristotle, POETICS. Plays have beginnings, middles ends. Can be too short or too long, can be bad or can be good. Basic elementary principles of how plays can be written. Analyzed tragedy. Inferred specific rules, the three unities, action- each action should be a consequence of what came before, time frame should not exceed 24 hours, and place should be the same location.
-Renissance- Neo-classic ethetics. Leone battista alberti- principle of formal order- proportion, symmetry, harmony, order.
-Foundations from aesthetics, 18th century England. Modern system of arts- individual arts are united though imitation of nature. Joseph Addison- mark the beginning Francis Hutchinson, beauty harmony order design first systematic study. External sense help ignite internal sense. Inner sense of beauty is innate and spontaneous.
-Kant coined aesthetics. Systematic theory of art and taste- Constrained neither by natural law or moral law, brought together in imagination. The judgment of the beautiful is not rule bound, it is subjective. Can be no hard and fast principles, no exact science of the beautiful. Through the genius, nature sets rules to art. Start to romanticism.
-George Hagel- Aesthetic dialectic: eastern/symbolic, classical, and romantic. Acts are spiritualized. Argued we do not need art. Completed process of aesthetics.
-Arthur Shopenhauer- World is a fabric of appearances woven by our intellect. Music was the highest of the fine arts. Embodiment of will.
-Expression theory- art is the expression of emotion.
-Language- Willingstein, The meaning of a word is what you give that word the meaning.
-More useful to analyze of rather than define it. Art is whatever we may call art. George Dicky, a work of art could be anything the art world designated as such.
CARTA: Neurobiology Neurology and Art and Aesthetics
-Changeux- Discovery of tools. Discovery of Symbolism. Discovery of artisic composition.
Genetic make up is directly connected with the evolution of art.
Processing of visual image- conscious OR non conscious reading.
Rules of art- Novelty, Universal search for harmony, Schematisaton.
-Ramachandran- Science of art?
-Eight laws of art: Grouping, Peak shift principal, contrast, insolating a single cus to optimally exite cortical visual ares, perceptual problem solving, abhorrence of unique vantage points and suspicious coincidence, art as a metaphor.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/15/health/art-brain-mind/index.html?hpt=hp_c3
- "We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth, at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies." PABLO PICASSO
- our minds know immediately if there's a clear representation of familiar aspects of everyday life, such as people, animals, plants, food or places
- concept of line drawings probably dates back to a human ancestor tracing lines in the sand and realizing that they resembled an anima
-Our brains have a special affinity for faces and for finding representations of them (some say they see the man in the moon, for instance)
- two major processing streams for our visual system, which Livingstone calls the "what" and "where" streams. The "what" allows us to see in color and recognize faces and objects. The "where" is a faster and less detail-oriented but helps us navigate our environment but is insensitive to color.
-The human visual system is organized such that the center of gaze is specialized for small, detailed things, and the peripheral vision has a lower resolution
-It turns out that we don't really notice when shadows in paintings are unrealistically placed, unless glaringly so, or when mirrors don't work exactly the way they do in real life,
-And then there's what Ramachandran calls the "peak shift principle." The basic idea is that animals attracted to a particular shape will be even more attracted to an exaggerated version of that form.
-the distorted faces of famous artists such as Pablo Picasso and Gustav Klimt may be hyperactivating our neurons and drawing us in, so to speak. Impressionism, with its soft brushstrokes, is another form of distortion of familiar human and natural forms.
2. I think that Kant's theory on aesthetics is the most important. Kant coined aesthetics. His theory is the systematic theory of art and taste. Art is constrained neither by natural law or moral law, it is brought together by imagination. The judgment of the beautiful is not rule bound, it is subjective. I think this is such a true statement. I could think one person is beautiful and someone else think that they are hideous. Beauty lies within the eye of the beholder. Kant felt that there can be no hard and fast principles, no exact science of the beautiful. "Through the genius, nature sets rules to art" means that through our own brains, our own self, that is how rules are set.
3. I think their view of art is interesting. I always thought of art as a creative form of expression and that was that. Now that art is more about our brains, I think it is less interesting (JUST KIDDING!). However, I do feel like art is taken too seriously at times, and this time is one of those. It is cool that we connect with art on a intellectual level that only genius scientists would really find super interesting. I always liked art because it was interesting. Everyone sees it differently, everyone has a different emotional attachment, and there are so many form of art that make it more interesting. Their concept of art was intriguing, but to me, it is not how I would ever view art and that is what I liked about it.The most interesting fact was that as the skull size grew, the evolution of art occurred.
4. I think that the videos and article just reinforce what is said in the reading. It helps us visually see what is being talked about and also for us to hear the different philosophies in comparison to determine which one we agree with. I think that the article connected the video of Ramachadran and how his laws of art connect to other scientists as well.
5. I think the Philosophy of Art film was great. It helped us see the evolution of philosophies of art and how art evolved like the text. However, the other video I feel we could have done without. It was really hard to understand when Changeux was speaking and his presentation was just confusing in general. That almost immediately lost my interest because I was so focused on what he was saying I was not actually listening and learning. I think the article is sufficient in explaining how the brain and art are so connected.
Saturday, February 1, 2014
First Blog Post
First Blog Post
1. How was the process of creating the GMail account and setting up the Blog?
I used my personal Gmail account. I have used this in the past for other blogs I have created on blogger.
2. What do you expect to learn in this course?
I expect to learn about different artists and different genres of art. I think this class will be challenging my art skills and expanding my knowledge of arts and artists.
3. How do you feel about taking an online course?
I think taking online classes are challenging, but fun! I think it is extremely helpful that Buff State offers online classes for people who work full time. I like how online classes are really interactive and have a lot of visual learning aids. It makes it easy to learn.
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