Found Image Collage

I was inspired by two pictures of nature. One was a picture of mountains, tall in the sky, with clouds around it. The other one was a water fall. On my collage, I am combining the two pictures and creating a landscape. I have a sky, with blue and clouds, that I cut out from random magazines. Then, I have mountains that are solid colors that I cut out. On the bottom of the page, I have blue covering. I am going to add white to the bottom to make it look like a waterfall. The feedback I got was really helpful. My group told me i should add birds to the sky, and put details on the mountains. I am going to add paint, or markers onto the mountains to add specific detailed.

Three Forms Drawing

Today's drawing was difficult, but fun. I do not love doing drawing from observation that much, but it was nice experimenting with the objects. The pine cone was the hardest object to draw out of the three things. I could not get figure out where to the light was reflecting. The cup was the easiest thing for me because it was obvious where the light was and where the shadow was. I like shading and blending black and white together, and seeing how much of each color you need in order to have then blend. I liked today's drawing from observation better than last weeks one. This one was more interesting not as difficult, but still gave me a challenge.

Extending our findings from The Pour Paintings

Looking at my pour painting and finding a specific detail I could use to create a new piece of art was challenging. I had way to many ideas going on in my head. I ended up combining two things, flowers and rainbows. I created one big flower and smudged rainbow pastel colors in the peddles. My classmates helped me pick out colors that would look good together, and taught me how to smudge it so it looks good.

Pour Painting

The pour painting activity was really interesting and fun. First, you mixed water and paint together to form "watery" paint. Then, you poured the paint onto a blank piece of paper. You could either have a little control over the placing of the paint, or you could randomly drop the paint. I did a little bit of splatter paint on my painting. I stood up, and poured the paint from a  higher level so i had no control over it. It was interesting to see what shapes the paint created and what direction they went in. Also, I liked being surprised in the shapes that I saw, because I had no idea what they would form like. I was surprised when I was the paints combine together and form a swirl between the two colors. I thought they would combine and create a different color.
When I came back to the pour painting the following day, I saw that the colors were changed, and it looked completely different from what it looked like the day before. I could see shapes and images in my head when I looked at it. For example, I was able to detect a sailboat in the middle of the painting, and the shape of a fish attached to the corner of the painting. My painting is not fully done, I could add more pictures to it.

Talk and Draw

Today's activity was difficult. I had an easier time being the "describer" and a harder time being the "drawer." I was able to describe what the objects looked like and where it was placed. I forgot to say a few details when I was describing to my partner because I got so involved in the little details, that I forgot the main and important ones. It was hard having to be the drawer because i\I am not a good artist, and I am used to being able to look at something then draw it. It was a difficult project to do, but it was also interesting.

Collaborative Drawings

Todays classwork was a little bit more on the tricky side. When we started working on our own painting, I had a picture in my head about what I waned it to look like. When we were told we had to work on someone elses art work, and a person had to work on our own, I was scared that i would ruin the other persons painting. I also thought the people working on mine would mess it up and make it worse. When i came back to my original painting, I saw a lot more detailed than I expected. I expected to see random drawing on it, and things that did not make sense. I was surprised to see that I actually liked my picture more after other people worked on it. The two people who worked on my painting added more detail to the mountain and blended the colors together to add more texture and to make it more detailed. It felt good to know that my classmates worked hard on it to make it better, and did not just do random designs that did not look good.

Thinking About the Aristist

Who is an artist? Every person is an artist in their own way. Whether you are an artist by drawing, sculpturing, painting, tie dying a shirt, or even finger painting, you are still an artist in your own way. Any form of creating something is an example of art. Being creative means to be able to come up with something original or coming up with something that no one else has done. An artist needs a few things in order to be productive. He or she needs to be able to find time and a place where they can focus and get art done. They also need to be inspired in order to create art. Maybe the artist gets inspired from being outdoors or in a quiet place. Wherever it is, they would most likely have to go to that place.

Pablo Picasso

What I think Pablo Picasso meant when he said, "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up," is that children can be more creative when they are older, and loose their sense of imagination as they grow up. Children tend to be able to think creatively, and use their imagination to come up with things to draw and just things to do. When people start to get older, they loose their artistic abilities and start thinking more literal because they start to realize what the world is like. Also, adults start to gain interest in other things that do not require your artistic ability.  As Pablo Picasso said, it is hard to keep your artistic ability when you grow up, but if you try to see things in a different way, and not how they literally are, then staying an artist would become easier.