Hand drawings

1. Using my hand as a subject started off ok but as i got to drawing and the mistakes happened and i drew and redrew my hand got tired but i also noticed that what i was drawing looked nothing like my actual hand.

2. I used the media pencil because i really haven't used charcoal to much in drawing. I just felt more comfortable using pencil.

3.  The drawing of my non-dominant hand felt fine because i had control over what i drew, when drawing my dominant hand however I felt very weird and in no control at all.

4. My final drawings were a success  I felt that the comparison from one drawing to another were very similar and  had nice lines that shaded well together however I am not very good at the skin folds in the hand.

5.I would not use my non-dominant hand in creating artwork for the future.  I am very bad when using my left hand because there is no detail or perfection in the work. However practice does make

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Video Blog

I chose the video Velazquez and Albrecht Durer: Image of a Master because I had never heard of these two artists and was interested in learning more about them.  Also I thought that their names were very unique.

The key concept of the Velazquez video that I learned was that he used the technique of capturing the moment in his work. His work showed true emotion.  He also painted with balance of light and color, but with the use of simple colors. 

In the Albrecht Durere: Image of a Master video I learned the concept of Italain Renaissance forms and ideas that were introduced.  He was very good at printing his work on different forms of artistic material such as steel, cooper and wood.  He was also called the first real landscape artist. 

The videos related to the readings in the text because these artists had used concepts from the Renaissance era and or contributed art to the many times suggested in the readings. 

I enjoyed the films, I got to learn many new things about a couple of artist and how times were in their lives and how they saw and developed art and art concepts.  Life was much different back then and the way of developing art was very unique. 

Human Body

In the first video, Cairo Museum which opened in 1902 I thought it was amazing. I picked too watch this video because I find the Egyptian way of life very interesting and unique.  

Also I watched The Measure of all things, Greek Art and the Human Figure.  I chose this video because i was intrigued by the human figure after watching the More Human Than Human.

For both video most concepts that i learned where associated with contrapposta, casting, assembling and carving.  I also learned about craft and arts with the different artifacts in the Cario Muuseum.


The videos related well to the chapters because they read alot about egypt, Greece and Rome.  Both video's had information on egypt, Greece and Rome in these videos.

I really liked the video's. I specifically liked the one about the Cairo Museum. The way to see a culture and the artifacts from its time was awesome   I really liked how they explained why the egyptions  art always looked the same.   This video gave a unique look at why art always looked the same or distorted.

Architecture Videos

In the first video that i watched Prairie Style I learned that Frank Lloyd Wright was an architect that other architects look up to.  Franks style of architecture was of an open floor plan and a house was built to become one with the land surrounding it.  A house was thought of being "of the land" where rooms flowed and there was a unspoken feel that the home had respect for the landscape. 

In the video of classical Architecture is was very interesting to see how some of the buildings built had such detail of art on the buildings   The Queens house was the most classical and grand. It was also neat to learn about the Ancient Romans and how the pillars concept started and the grand buildings that followed with the engineering where built.

I think that the videos related very well to the readings in chapter 13.  Chapter 13 discussed alot about architecture and the video went very well together.

My opinion of the films was that they were extremely educational.  I never new anything really about architecture until this chapter and through these films.  I also liked seeing alot of the different building and where they were located threw out the world.  The Frank Lloyd Wright homes were also very extraordinary in the way that they tie into the land. 

I chose the Prairie Style video because i don't know much about Frank Lloyd Wright and thought this would be a good chance to understand what people are always raving about.

I chose Classical Architecture because i like to look at it.  It is just so beautiful and full of different aspects of structure and design that i thought this was also a good time to learn a little about it.

Installation Art

Installation Art is art that has been installed and arranged in a place by and artist .  It can be tempory or permanent in that space.  The art takes over the place.

Any type of materials can be used in installation art, from dirt to computer monitors to paint.

Installation are is very controversial art, yet artists can articulate a design into the piece to really get a point across or arose that feeling in a person that awakens what the artwork is trying to express.

I really enjoyed Yayoi Kisama's fireflies on the Water, using mirror plexiglas, lights and water.

Step 4
The inspiration piece that i felt a connection with was the piece by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, The Gates.
I feel that this theme explored a environment Theme of art.

The materials i would use in an outdoor place would we to string up lots of different colors of material in in bright reds, oranges and greens among a outdoor setting of fall color changing trees.  I think with all the colors of fabric and fall color changing trees would complement the out setting perfectly.
 Step 5
With  this project and for what I have in mind I am unable to perfect it or even begin it because I don't have a budget to support it.  I have a great idea but sadly i wasn't even sure how to tackle it

Video Review

Through the eyes of a Sculptor video I learned alot about how the marble or stone is picked out for a speacial sculptor that an artists has in mind.  I had no idea how marble was cut from the moutains and how it has many veins running it through it.  It truely amazes me how they use to cut the stone from the mountain in the earlier days and then brought it down from the mountain. 
In the video I also learned alot on how a scupltor starts a piece and then all the steps it must go through to become life size.  I have a new respect for sculptors.

The readings in the text book were general but to the point in explaining how a piece is made but the video explained it in more depth.  I liked the readings in the text book about a sculpture in casting and carving but also liked to look at the different materials used to construct a piece and the pictures that they used.

Glass and Ceramics video was also very eye opening.  I never new alot about the chemical make up of the two items so I found it to be extremely interesting.  For example to bake the substance at a certain temperature and then to cool it slowly gives you a hard yet fragile product.

The book readings were also very interesting.  The pictures alone of the different glass and ceramic objects that artists made are very beautiful yet have a domestic purpose at the same time.  The readings explained alot about the different types of crafts that produce some of the most extraordinary objects that humans used throughout history as well as present day.

In the video Installation Art was very helpful in trying to understand how an artist can call it art for me.  I would look at the art and have a hard time figuring out why its called art.  In the video the artists would explain their art and what idea they had in making it.  This made it easier to understand.

In the readings from the text book I didn't feel explained how this is called art well.  It touched on a few bases but not alot for me to get a full grasp on what Installation Art is or how and why we call it art.

In the end I enjoyed the videos alot they were full of great information and showed alot of the techniques used in the production of a sculpture, craft or Installation art.  The videos helped in explaining why an artists go through what they do when creating a piece.  Also that its not as easy as it looks.

peers review

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The first name above mine I could not open the link to see his project number one.. So then i moved on to the next name above mine but there too Brittany Lawsons blog was missing project number one.
Finally in the student that i chose randomly had great pictures that definitely represented the art element. I didn't really see any other elements in the pictures except for little ones like line.

For project number two surprisingly no one chose the same images as i did.

I really liked some pieces of art that Brittney chose that had an impression on her. I stared at the art work for at least five minutes. Brittney had gone to the Burch-field Penny Art center, however i had gone to the Al bright Knox center. For these two pieces that i really liked I would like to know about the artist and just go to the art gallery and look at the art.

I really enjoyed reading my peers reflections because they were full of great information and it was nice to see how others did their projects.