Found Object Sculpture Reflection Discussions.

especially successful and why.

The figure 5 in gold was created by Charles Demuth. When thinking about his style of paintings I have realized that he uses balance in a way like no other painter that I have seen does. His movement in this painting is very special with the contrast of the colors and the placement of different objects. The asymmetry in in this painting is very special in the sense that you don't really know what's going on but you still have a slight idea.

Fabric Drawings.

I feel as though this has been my most successful drawing yet! I was so jazzed when I finished because I made every thing bend in certain directions and my shading turned out nice this time. When trying to recreate the fabrics was a task that was difficult to say the least. Trying to make the folds and the floral patterns was the most difficult. Todays drawing actually felt different than the sticks but connected at the same time.

Critiques

1) Make the ideas more clear
2) Be more methodical
3) Make it more realistic
4) make the base better
5) more detail on the spray paint

pile of sticks

I feel as though I started out fantastically. Making the drawing was very difficult for me because their was so many aspects to the drawing it was very difficult for me just to focus on one. The out come for me came out very sub par, I feel as though I could do better but I do not have experience to.

Mid-term

I feel my engagement in this class has been excellent, I have been focused and doing my tasks with out problems. Now not to say I don't have any difficult on some days because I do. Some days I have had so much difficulties focussing I some times take a break because I feel an artist can not preform under stress. I have finished most in-class projects you have assigned. This is mostly because I work at a much quicker pace than other people. When working in the sketch book, I have come to realize that it is a great resorse for me to work in. This is because I work at such a pace that its very easy for me to get ideas in and out of my head very quickly so what's great about the sketch book is I can fire back and fourth from drawing to drawing working on them as much as I want. On Tuesday mornings we usually go to drop every thing and draw. This can be very bi-polar for me because some times where going at a fast pace (the changing items) and some times we have to spend 1 hour on an object that does not interest me.

The Changing Still Life

One thing we had to do is draw in detail quickly. This does not sound to difficult but I can tell you it is. Another thing we had to do is erase with fine detail. Erasing with fine detail is a daunting tasking and to make it even worse we had to use charcoal to draw which made every thing really messy. The final thing that we had to do is draw at a easel and not sitting down this is especially difficult because the rate that every thing was changing you would blink your eyes and it would be gone.

Pablo Picasso

When researching Pablo Picasso I realized he was/is one of the most interesting painters ever to paint. Picasso was born on the 25Th of October 1881 and died on the 8Th April 1973; Living a long and full life he accomplished what many artist, specifically painters would ever dream of. Dividing his life between both Barcelona and Paris was not difficult for Picasso at all seeing that he had many lovers in both city's. While having these lovers he had four children two of which he had with the same lover, Françoise Gilot. Both children where born with in two years of each other. When Pablo Picasso died no one thought of it until many years later; when he died it was not only a loss as a father but a loss to not only the painting world but the whole of the artistic world.

Found Images Collage Reflection

The concept I worked on in this project was originally going to be a gatorade advertisement; until I looked through more magazines and came to the conclusion that it should be more like a collage which was a difficult task for me because it was so daunting. In the end I decided to make the whole college a basketball panda being shot into a hoop with countless fans surrounding it. Making the panda was as difficult cutting out 60 heads. Never the less I thought my final product came out not as good as it would of in my head. This could be because I am not very artistic and it is difficult to get my ideas out of my head and on the paper to neatly. In my opinion my most successful part of this project was making it look like their was a lot of fans in the stands.