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Photoshop Name Design

Final Reflection

The project that I am most proud of is the Oaxacan Animal Bowl. I thought that I had a good idea for my animal bowl, and that I didn't leave any of the clay visible, which is what you wanted. I also had a fun time doing this project, that's what made it one of my favorites. Honestly, I wouldn't say that this had that much to impact my learning in art, sure it was fun and all but I don't see how it could have impacted my work too much, other than it showed me that art doesn't have to be so stressful when it comes to painting. That's how I imagined art before, because it seems very easy for you to be able to mess things up, but it really isn't stressful. It taught me that, and to have fun with art.

This class showed me, like I said above that art doesn't have to be stressful. All and all, our class had a lot of fun, except for the little showcasing in the middle. But we had fun, and it showed me that I really do enjoy art. Now I look at art differently after we analyzed some art. I now try to get into the artist mind and try to figure out what he was thinking about when he/she made this painting, or any type of art really. Also, now I appreciate art a lot more, now that I have done some extensive work with art, I understand how frustrating art can get, and you just have to cope with it.

Photoshop Designs, using Color Schemes

Purpose:

• Gain a basic understanding of Adobe Photoshop, cs6
• Use Photoshop to create two different, interesting designs that demonstrate clear color schemes and organic & geometric shapes.

ORGANIC DESIGN

GEOMETRIC DISIGN

Personal Space Box

Purpose: Copy & Paste the following onto your blog:

The purpose of this project was to look closely at the work of Winslow Homer so that I could better understand who he is as an artist as well as learn how to describe, interpret, and evaluate works of art. In response to looking at Homer’s work, I created a relief sculpture that is inspired by his work and concepts.

Artists Studied: Winslow Homer

My place is located in Maine. I have a strong connection to this place because this is where I learned to ski, and where I spent a lot time in the winter. I really enjoy this place because this is where my friends and I can go off and do our own thing, and have fun skiing. I enjoying skiing a lot and this is my favorite place to ski. Ya... I didn't choice and object because I don't know what I could have done.

Winslow Homer, Basket of Clams

Title: Basket of Clams

Medium: Watercolor

Year of creation: 1873

Describe as much as you can about the artwork.  There are two young boys walking on the beach, I'd say about 9 and 6. There are fish and seaweed on the beach also. Looks warm.There are two kids, and a dead fish on the beach. The kids are walking up the beach with a basket of clams probably, and the dead fish is dead.. In the background there is a beached shipped, and on the pier. It is around 11 maybe noon, and the artist used warm colors.

 

Point of interest/Composition – The boys attract my eyes first because they are located a little below the middle of the painting. He draws your attention because of the color on the boys undershirt, which is red.

Balance - This is asymmetrical.

Depth/Perspective- The horizon line is the pier, right about the ship. The foreground is the beach, while the middle ground is the ship, and the background is the pier, and the sky. The background is not too far away. It is probably 100 feet away. I have good depth perception.

Mood – They look tired the boys do. You can tell their mood just by looking at their facial expressions.

Interpret - He is trying to communicate the life of a clammer. They look very tired, and possible that their father(s) wanted them to do this.

Oaxacan Animal Bowl

• To gain a basic understanding of folk art and Oaxacan artistic culture and to create a ceramic bowl inspired by this culture’s style
• To become acquainted with basic ceramic vocabulary

• The Oaxacan Culture from Mexico

I learned about the Oaxacan tribe and how cool they are. I also learned how to make different patterns, and how to make other colors pop out when you put them next to another color. Lastly, I learned how to sculpt clay.

Leading Lines!! :0

This shows leading lines well. As you can see, there are various lines leading to the point in the woods. Also, there are some diagonal lines, that comes across the picture, which also makes the photo more cool, and makes your eyes follow those lines to the right and the left side of the picture. There is a arrow pointing up the the vanish point. That is one oh my fab photos that I could have used for leading lines! Okay! Bye.

Intro to Photographers!!! :-)

Oaxacan Clay Bowl

Mexico is very large, it spreads from the southern part of the United States, to the Caribbean Sea! Pretty large I'd say! Mexico covers around 460,000 square miles, pretty big if you think about it! Mexico is home to the worlds largest peninsula! That peninsula is the Baja Peninsula. Mexico also is a home to the a lot of active volcanos! Now that is pretty scary! AHH! Mexico has rain forests, several deserts, and also it has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world! Western Mexico is mostly very hot, and dry, when in the east is more humid and icky wet. The swaps in Mexico are fed by underwater springs, the only swamps in the world to have that! ¡Interesante! (interesting). Every Nov. 2nd (not every other) there is a joyous holiday. That is when the dead are said to return to the earth to walk again! It is Mexico's idea of Halloween! In the days leading up to the joyous holiday, families build alters in their homes. Now at midnight, on Nov. 1st, families go to the grave yard, and visit loved ones that have passed on. The bring them gifts, such as plates, and the deceased favorite foods.

Still Life Drawing! :)

Purpose:

• To create a still-life drawing that demonstrates understanding of angles & ellipses in perspective, along with using a variety of mark-making techniques to describe form and value;
• To demonstrate quality craftsmanship and good composition skills in a drawing.

I tried to exhibit the technique of Henry Moore! I used the lines that Henry Moore would use, and if he was to look at mine, he might say “wow”. I did a great job with shading, going from dark, to light, or the other way around. I did leave it so you can see the brown paper, but that makes it look good. If you see this by the common eye, one might enjoy looking at it. I think the lining somewhat worked well with me.

I learned all of the line stuff. Such as pressing harder, or putting your lines together makes it darker, and not pushing it as hard and putting your lines further apart will make it lighter! All of this is important because it helps me become a well rounded artist!

Henry Moore, John Whalley, & Vincent van Gogh

Purpose:

• To create a drawing that imitates the artists composition, mark-making, and style;
• To make connections between this exercise and the final still-life drawing, by using some of the techniques and marks that the master artists used.

5 Fab Faces!:)

Purpose

• To determine where values change when light moves over an uneven surface by using a range of gray values to paint the different values in a realistic self-portrait;

• To become familiar with the structure of the face by painting a realistic self-portrait.
• To effectively communicate an image that looks like you through careful examination of the values of your face

Artist Studied

Lucy Fradkin, Anne Harris, Gwen Hardie, Vincent Giarrano, and Tun Ping Wang!

I am most proud of my hair. I think that my hair is very well defined, and it looks very cool. I think it looks cool the way the other colors are shining from the light. Also I think the the features in my hair, such as the outline looks really defined. It borders the background color very well, and I think that the background color works well with my warm blue!:)

I think the feedback the Isabella gave me was very helpful! She told me that I needed more work and more detail in the eye area. So I did so; I believe that when I made changes in my eyes, and made them more detailed it made my artwork better. Also she told me that another coat was needed on the entire painting, which I proceeded to do, and at the end of the day, that made a heck of a difference!:P

To become familiar with color meaning and associations;

To use color knowledge so that students will make purposeful choices when using color
In the color unit I learned a lot, not just about the color blue, but about all different colors. I learned about primary colors (red, blue, and yellow) and I learned about secondary colors (violet, green, and orange). I learned that some colors make other colors pop out more, such as blue and orange. I also learned about the history of the color blue. I learned that Hindu’s gave one of Krishna (god) blue skin. I also learned that blue is more of a settling color, and blue can be represented by cold, and calm. This is important to my learning because I learned more about colors than I ever knew!

Hey guys! Just checking in! My vacation was pretty fun! Enjoy your day!

Purpose:

• Use positive and negative space in an interesting way.

• Understand and use elements of art: shape & space (positive and negative).

• Understand and use principles of art: contrast & balance (symmetry and asymmetry).

Culture/Concept Studied: Japanese concept of Notan

I learned that I don't have to be a good drawer to be good at art! I enjoyed this project, and I didn't use too much of my artistic ability other than creativity. Also I learned that in art you must be creative. This is important to my learning because it taught me to think outside the box, and not to use the everyday creativity. Get good ideas!

• To understand the difference between 2d art work, relief sculpture, and 3d art work;
• To create something flat into something not flat using the concepts of “positive & negative space”, along with “sculpture in the round”;
• To understand and use the principles of art: Repetition and Unity in your sculpture;

To look at and discuss the 2d & 3d works of art by Mia Pearlman as a means of inspiration.

There is a big difference in 2d art, and 3d art. One of the difference is that 3d art pops out at you, and looks like its actually there. While 2d art seems like it's just on the page of a paper, and doesn't have any parts of the artwork popping up. That doesn't mean that 2d art isn't detailed, it just means that it doesn't come out of the page, as a 3d piece of artwork would.

I found out that you don't always have to be a good drawer to be good at artwork. Personally, I am really bad at drawing, but I think I did pretty well in this assignment with making it creative, and 3d. This is very important to my learning, because it gives me a confidence boost because it's not all about drawing!

2-7-14 The Eye Mia Pearlman
I like the "Eye" because to me it goes up very far! It looks very neat, and I enjoy the way it looks. To me, it kinda looks like a tornado the way the paper is twirling up! Wow! Neat! Hmm, I wonder what she got her idea from, maybe an eye?

Art Fundamentals:
I enjoy hanging out my friends on the weekends (i.e. Lucas Sears Uhl)! I also love to play sports such as baseball, and soccer, and I occasionally play basketball. I am apart of two different clubs in Yarmouth High School. I am in Clipper T.V, and I'm in BOLD. I love modern art, and claymations. They are fun(ny)! I enjoy modern art because I think it looks very cool! Things that motivates me during class is having fun, and being interested in what I'm learning. If I find something that I'm learning boring than I will probably not enjoy it as much as if I was having fun with the subject and the class.