Slipery Slope

Term One Reflection

Art Principles fall term has been very different from all the other art classes I have taken in the past. First of all, we have covered so many projects using a wide variety of different materials. One of my favorite parts of the term is not one specific project but how we begin all projects. Many of the prompts have gotten me to really think about what I wanted my art work to be instead of just staring without a plan or very much thought. I think that this term has gone very well for me. I enjoy this class a lot and its a great way for me to escape from all the stress of my other classes. This class has also helped me to expand on what I am willing to do as an artist. Drop everything and draw used to be very difficult for me because drawing is not one of my strengths. At the beginning of this term when I had to draw something I would have no idea how to start and what materials to use. Now I feel more confident in my work and abilities. I was very surprised about how easy it was to have an idea for a project can come to you at any moment in time not just during art class when you have to think about it. Some of the biggest challenges for me besides drop everything and draw is the collage. I love art and getting into my work so when I started the collage that is what I did but I found it very tiring to keep on working on it. Also, adding all the small details was hard because I did not have the patience to be able to cut out so many little things. In the end thought I do really like the outcome of it. Through my next term and future art classes I need to work on planing out my projects more. I prefer just starting a project not making a sketch of it first, so in the future I would like to be able to step back and see that making a sketch will be very helpful for me. In conclusion, during this term of art I have grown a lot and enjoyed the process too.

Chair With Coat.

HOW did you find today's still life more or less complicated to draw than the still lives over the past few weeks (white paper, sticks, fabric)? Be specific.

HOW did you use some of the skills we've developed over the past three weeks drawing more complicated still lives to draw the chair with coat today? What are these skills? 

Today's still life was both harder and easier. It was harder because you had to make sure everything was in exactly the right spot and be more carful about placement of everything. For example, with the sticks drawing you did not have to worry as much about what stick was what but with this there were only a few objects to draw. It was easier thought because it was less over whelming with less to draw and more time to focus on everything.

I used some of the skills that we have learned over the past few weeks with this drawing because I did not try to become to detailed quickly. I also knew how to shade more and get the feeling of the drawing which made this picture easier to draw.

Glass Half Full Project

At first in this project it was hard for me to figure out how to incorporate the Principles of Design. I had to make a few rough drafts before I figured out how to make the image in my head show. I used leading lines and different colors to show what I was trying to emphasize in my photo. This project helped me a lot to understand how to use the different types of Principles of Design. In the end I enjoyed this project a lot.