Found Image Collage: Feedback

When sharing my idea with Henry, Kate and Sammy they told me that my concept of representing equality was very original.  I was told to keep the background of the main picture (which is the hands holding the ball with the universe) simple to not take attention away from it.  I was told that using different skin tones was a good way to get more into the collage part of this project.

3 forms drawing

Today when drawing I was not too worried about although what I was worried about was drawing the pine-cone.  I had a little trouble with blending the black and white pencils although I was eventually able to do so.  When I look at the other drawings by my classmates I realize in comparison to them that my drawing or shading is not as dark.  By the end of the year  would like to get more comfortable with using the pencils and more comfortable with shading.

New art from pour painting

I got my idea for my new art piece from looking at the shapes and ideas that I found in the pour painting.  I tried to create a story combining everything that I found.  I had found a crab, two people looking at each other and the color of the painting reminds me of sunset.  My result was to create a sunset landscape  scene on the beach with the silhouette of a couple looking at each other.  To get the shading right I decided to use oil pastels.  Another reason why I decided to use oil pastels was because I have never really used them before.

Pour Paintings

When trying to find things in my pour painting I started by focusing on the shapes towards the outside of the paint "blob".  This was because I thought that the shapes were interesting and immediately caught my attention.  After looking at Ms Roberts painting with the profile that is what I started thinking about.  After looking at the painting I too found a profile.  But after looking around the profile I realized that there were two lines that curved toward each other.  To me they resembled a crab's claws.  When looking at my painting again today I will try to focus my attention towards the circles in the paint and possibly shapes with shapes that I've already seen something in.

Talk and Draw

Drawing without knowing exactly what to draw is a challenge, but being able to see what the other person was supposed to draw and telling them size, color and shape was harder.  I found it hardest to explain to my partner the shape of an object.  When describing the cookie-cutter in the shape of a heart I had trouble communicating what way it was lying on the table and which was it was facing.  Being the one to draw means that you are relying only on your partner's ability to describe everything that was on the table.  Without my partner being able to tell me if something was a vase or a piece of wood she instead tried to describe whatever it was by saying what it is found in or used for.

Thinking About the Artist

An artist is a person that is able to express themselves visually, musically, in photography or even in writing.  To be creative an artist needs some sort of inspiration.  That inspiration can come from anything, life experiences, emotions, the environment around you, reality, fantasy etc.  The creative part of these things comes from the artist's view point, this makes their work original.  To be productive, an artist needs an open mind.  An open mind allows someone to see something interesting in something that another might overlook and see as average.  Seeing that opens that artist's perspective to express what they have seen.

Reflecting on Picasso Quote

Everyone starts out as an artist.  A child is thought of as an artist because he/she is able to express themselves in what they do without the pressure of what others think.  As the child matures he/she begins to consider the thoughts that others might have concerning their work.  Being an artist requires courage and belief in yourself.  Art expresses one's emotions and views.  This means that there is no classification of a "good" or "bad" artist because in reality the only opinion that should concern the artist is their own.