three form drawings

eevery tuesday when we draw from observations

extending our findings from the pour paintings

today when we revisited our pour paintings (with little or big immages within the piece of art) i was stumped at first of what aspect i was going to carry over into a new project. I first looked to the actual pictures we drew within the picture but was still stumped. After i decided i didnt want to carry over one of the immages (dog, bird, fish etc) from the picture i tried to immagine what part of the pour painting i could expand on other than a figure. I thought about color, green but i didnt go very far with that idea. (or that idea by itself). Then i looked at the tiny bit of red and yellow on the painting and thought of mustard and ketchup, which lead to hotdog, which lead to food. WIth food in mind i went back to the main color, blue and green and the ringed sploches on the painting. FInnaly i found my idea i wanted to pursue. Mold (the green splochesh reminded me of moldy bread) and now i am doin a sepeate project on a loaf of wonder bread and how it hanges over the course of a week or 2. (by the end it will hopefully be appearent that i used the moldeiness of the pourpainting as a reference to my bread project)

Pour painting reflection

The pour paintings were interesting to make and i enjoyed working with Daniel but it was hard for me when we were asked to find/create images or a story in one of the pictures because i felt like i could only come up wit ha few ideas. I really liked working with Daniel and i liked how we helped each other when we were pouring the paint together. it was nice to work on one piece with collaborating on a project that uses an unpredictable method (pouring paint).

In the end when we chose our seepeate pieces to work on i only could find a few immages in the pours at first (a dog, a fish, a cursor, scisors) but Daniel helped me find other things like a shoe, a bird, and some other stuff.

talk and draw

I thought that my partner did a really good job drawing as well as describing the objects for me to draw. I on the other hand think i could have been a little clrearer with my directions though you couldnt tell by johns drawing. now after doing the activity i would probably save all the colors till the end because since we had  a time limit the that took up some of the time where we could have been getting more of the objects drawn in rather than a few objects with colors on them

Collabrotive drawing eric

In class today i had fun doing the collaboritive drawings where we got to add on to our clasmates pieces of art that they made. It was annteresting expeirince because most times whenever i try to add to my brothers drawings at home i get in trouble even if i was honestly rying to complement his work. Some people in the class i could tell wehere reliuctant to let somone else contribute to thier peace which is understantable, but i was excited to see how it got changed. I would be more likleyt attached to a pice of art that i did if it was somting i just came up with and drew alone, but since it was a assinment that we did with a limited ammount of time in which we all did somthing more or less simmilar, i was happy to see the changes and additions to my picture that i felt improved it.

What Makes and Artist

In my mind an artist is someone who is brave enough to try and explore new concepts and methods of creating all sorts types of art. An artist is visual and interesting, open to share aspects of themselves with others, in unique and fun ways. Artist is somone who can accept failure, or cirisizm and move on without staying bitter. They don't let one negative comment keep them from painting another picture, or creating another sculpture.

I think that being creative means having the ability to be original and impress others with somthing new, but also creativity is the ability to still produce a quality piece through inspiration, reproduction or colabiration. Creativity is realizing that not everything has to be done single handly or without inspiration.

I think that in order to be productive and creative, an artist needs three major things. One, is focus, because like many other activities if your not focused on the task at hand the final product will either never get completed, or wont be nearly as good as it could have been. Number two is devotion. If you are devoted to something in this case art, it is almost natural to know what has to be done to complete that last painting. And finally, support. I have learned over the years that when going out on a limb, it is much more manageable when i can count on my friends to be honest and supportive of what I'm doing. If an artist has those three tings, they are in a good place

response to picasso's quote

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

 When i first read this quote the other day in class, I was not quite sure what to think. I could understand it fine and what this statement is reffering to, but what I am still trying to figure out is if i completly agree with it. Its not unsual for me to be indesiceve but there is somthing unusal about this quote that is persuades me to agree with it and then another minute i am questioning myself. I recognize that i am nowone to be second guessing such a great artistis belife but i do feel that the statement isnt always ture  to everone. Though i do agree with him that "every child is an artist" i feel differently about the second part of the quote. The way i see it, like he said, every child is an artist, if that is true they will be all there life. Simmilar to riding a bike, i feel with art once you learn it you dont forget it. Its true that 60 years down the road if you havent rode a bike since middle school your perfomance will probably be different. However, i consider being out of practice and rusty just different than never having riden before. Picasso is true, that unless you are a proffesional artist like hiself, an adult wont be spendng as much time drawing pictures because they will have another ocupation. In conclusion, i feel that, being an artist is natrual to everyone, and the only advantage childeren have is that they have more time to practice.