elizabeth's art blog

Original

Re-created

1a)
I selected this artwork to re-create because out of everything I have done I don't think it reached its full potential. I was unhappy with the original artwork I created but loved the landscape. To improve my artwork I I change a couple things. One of them was the medium. In the original I used paint, but in the re-creation I used colored pencils and marker. Another thing I changed was on the hill I did not put the grass. I also tried to improve the blending of the colors in the sky. Another thing I changed was the tree. I made it stand out more which is what I originally wanted. I figured all of these changes would finally create the mysterious and beautiful landscape. I feel it was successful and I am happy with the final project.

1b)
The two pieces show my growth as an artist in many way. The most obvious way is that the re-creation is better, but to me it shows how much I learned and improved. I have combined a lot of different things that I learned. For example, the way used color comes for what I learned about value and colored pencils. It also comes from what I learned about putting colors together in paint and watercolor. Another way I can tell I improved is my ability to make decisions about what will look good. I also used my improved drawing skills to draw the tree. This class has also broadened my abilities. I had never done a lot of the thing we have done. My favorite new thing I learned would be either perspective or value.

2a)
Artists document human experience through art in many ways. One way is the use of symbols. Many artists use this to show different experiences and sometimes to get a message across. Like some of my classmates used during the artists take a stand unit. Some artists may create art about a specific experience whether it be their own or a common or well known event. The picture below is by an artist named Seth Globepainter. I see human experiences in this specifically childhood and the curiosity that you experienced as a child.

2b)
In my art this semester I have used human experience a few times. My favorite use of human experience is my artists take a stand drawing. This is about domestic violence and the fact that it's not just physical. Words hurt too. Another use of my personal experience is my identity project. Each little drawing shows one experience of mine that has shaped me to be the person I am today.

This semester I have had a lot of fun and learned so much about art. I will continue to try to improve over the years. Thank you for such a great learning experience!

My work is a drawing of a fingerprint surrounded by drawings that represent thing that make me, me. I was inspired by the idea that you have your identity(your name,age,blood type,social security number, etc.) but you also have your identity as in who you are as a person, what makes you who you are. Everyone has an identity and everyone is different.

something I want people to notice about my work is the idea of the different identities. Although it may be something most people know, they probably don't think about it to often. When you look at my work I want you to be inspired to think about who you are and who you want to be. Make that happen.

I am pleased with my artwork. I think it's drawn well. I also think it shows who I am. I would like for my art to convey my purpose better. I don't think everyone will think about themselves after seeing my work. It doesn't inspire.

READING

FASHION

DANCE

I liked working with limitations. It forced you to think outside of the box. You create more original work and have fun doing it. Not only did it help my art I also enjoyed it.

Experimenting before creating my final project helped because I got to see what more than one limitation could do to my art. It also helped because I was able to not think to much but to just create and follow my instincts.

I think my final project was good. I choose to blow ink for my final project. I'm glad I choose this because it was a new and interesting way to create art.

I learned a lot of skills in this unit. The first skill I improved on. That skill is adding value. The first skill I learned is kneading clay. Then creating tiles out of clay by adding and taking out clay. The next skill I learned was watercolor. Then I learned how to mix acrylics.

the project I found to be the most successful is my drawing. I think it looks very good. I think that the value is better than I have ever done.

The media I am interested in the most is drawing.Drawing is what I like the most and am the best at. I also like painting but not as much as drawing. I'm also not as good at painting.

There are many ways to interpret lines. Straight lines, curved lines, wavy lines, thin lines, thick lines, short lines, and long lines. I learned that lines are on everything.

I feel that my final project is good. I like the design of it. I also got all my lines straight. What I don't like about my project is that the lines weren't the same width as each other.

The most helpful exercise for me was practicing one point perspective with boxes. This gave me a better understanding of how to do perspective. As well as giving me a better understanding of how you manipulate space on paper. Another thing that helped me understand was completing multiple sketches for the final project. Each time I improved extremely.

I think I did very well on my final project. I am over all happy with how it turned out. I'm also happy about how much I improved over the course of the project. I had extra time in class so I did an extra drawing which I think turned out a little better. Which I would expect because it was my second drawing.

My understanding about space has developed over the course of this unit a lot. I have learned to use the space in different ways. These make the drawing feel more real. As well as changing what the final product is. One thing I learned that I think is super important is to be VERY careful in lining everything up. If you don't it won't look as real. I hope to continue to use space and improve my knowledge on it.

Michael Kagan
His space themed artwork is a tribute to the machinery that can both protect and harm the people inside. Kagan uses impasto technique, large thick strokes that are specific, to accommodate his large linen canvas'. This collection was called "thunder in the distance."  
 

Stuart Palley 
Palley takes long exposure photographs of southern california wildfires. he calls this collection "Terra Flamma."  

The new skills I learned during this unit is how to take two different things and create something new. I also learned how to combine different elements of pictures

My thinking of original art has changed drastically. Now I think that original art is a new take on other works or inspired by other work.As opposed to something completely unheard of.

A challenge I had during this unit was making my image cover the whole page, I will hopefully change this in the future