Found Images Collage

 For my collage I have decided to make an Indian wedding theme. At my table we got a bunch of wedding magazines that had lots of bright colors like orange, pink, yellow, and red.  My group gave me the idea to cut my paper into the shape of India and put my collage on that. They also told me that I should have two people on top of the Elephant that I found a picture of. Scarlett told me that I should put a bindi on the head of the women I am using in my collage. I might try to find a picture of a women in India in a wedding that might be better for my picture.

Three Forms Drawing

Today in our class we did an art event called D.E.A.D( Drop everything and draw). Normally I do not like observation drawing, but I liked it today because we got to choose how we wanted our drawing to look. We only had three objects, a cup, pine-cone, and a block. I liked the activity because we got to practice shading and finding the details in the object. If we did this project again I would be okay with it, since I was fine with it today. One thing that I need to work on more is some of the shading. Once we hung up our drawings I noticed that I didn't have shading in some places, so the object I was trying to draw didn't look as realistic as it could have been.  One thing that I need to work on is trying to get  details in things like the pine-cone, I never got to drawing it but I think if I did I would have tried to add the extra details. I felt fine doing the project since I enjoyed it, but also having the little demo before helped me realize that I didn't have to make it look realistic on the first try, it helped me realize that my drawing would progress as I worked on it.  One thing that I do not like in drawing for observation is when we have to draw something that is already set up and then we have to draw it the way it is, I liked being giving the choice to decide were I wanted to put something on my page.

Extending our findings from The Pour Paintings

My idea for my new art project involving the pour paintings was to look at the colors that are in my painting. My pour painting had a lots of colors like blues, greens, pinks, reds, and browns. I decided to go with the brown, blue and green colors by drawing a peacock feather that had all of the different colors. I am going to use water colors and colored pencils in my project.

Riley helped me with my project by giving me an idea to use the whole page and not just a section of it. I think that the whole page made my  project look better because I was able to put more of the details in my work. When I am done my project will look beautiful in the end with all of the colors and details I will put of the feather.

Pour Paintings

When we first started making the pour painting I enjoyed the abstract way it looked on the paper. I thought that the project was different in a way that made it enjoyable. When the paint was wet it was hard for me to see anything in the shapes that is made on the page. I didn't really see anything besides a splash of wet paint in the middle of the page. It was fun just putting the paint on the page and seeing the shapes that it took in the end.

The next day the pour painting was dry and it just looked like a splash of paint on the page. When I looked more closely at it one of the first things I saw was a bumble bee. As I looked around more closely I started seeing animals and bugs in the painting. I am still working on the pour painting and as I go along I am starting to see more sea animals and bugs. The pour painting project has been a very enjoyable experience and I am looking forward to working on finishing my project.

Talk and Draw

One of the challenges from today's talk and draw experience was that we could not say what the object was, we had to describe it in detail. For me the drawing part was easier because I would listen to what my partner was saying and I would draw it. The part the was more challenging was the describing to my partner what she had to draw. I didn't always know what to say or what words to use to describe something that was shaped like a candle stick, which was more complicated to describe. If I had to do this activity again I wouldn't really do anything differently since the directions were very clear. I enjoyed the activity in the end, but the talking part was the harder to do then the drawing for me.

Thinking about the Artist

An artist is a person who is not afraid of showing their creativity in different ways. An artist is someone who will try new things and add their own flair to whatever they are working on.

Being creative means that you will use your imagination to make your own thing, something that could be different from other peoples art. Being creative does not always have to be what you thing about when you are making a piece of art, it can also be what you add or do when you are making art. You don't always have to think about what that thing is in you piece or how it should be, just making something, anything that adds something that is different.

In order to be creative and productive an artist needs to think positively in order to make a good piece that they will enjoy. They need to slow down and just do what they want, don't always think, just do what pops in your head. The last thing that I think an artist should do is always be open to different ideas from people or yourself, never be afraid of mixing something new or putting to different mediums together, just try it, and if it doesn't come out right the first time you can always try again.

Collaborative Drawings

Today in art class we had to work on an art project and have other people add their own ideas to our art piece. At first when we had someone else work on our project I was a little upset, because I had worked on it and put genuine ideas into it, but then it the end I felt better because other people also felt the same thing that I did. Of course I was going to be a little upset, it was my art and I don't think anyone wants someone messing with their work. When I got my drawing back it was a little weird to see how every one who worked on my piece has different ideas. One person made my trees and house a cartoon and added little captions to it was well. At first when I saw it I couldn't believe all of the different things that someone had put on it. I looked at it for a while and realized that we all had different ideas and that was okay. In the end I was fine with all the different things, because some how it all fit together pretty well. I realized that the two other people who worked on my piece put there own imagination and creativity into it.

Reflecting on Picasso quote:

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

-Pablo Picasso

I think that when Pablo Picasso made this statement he meant that children are normally born with a curiosity for learning and a natural creativity. As children get older and become adults they may tend to forget to use there imagination or creativity in there work. Adults and children differ in the fact that many children love to pretend and use there imagination to create things, while some adults may take things like art to literal and forget to add there own flair to the thing. Everyone has their own creativity, their own imagination, but children may just be more able to express it more openly then adults.