Doors & Windows

For this project I am going to combined the warm feeling of the inside of the house with the dark storm. 

Color & Value

Cape Cod Morning by Edward Hopper.        
This photo's main color is green. There are three main shades of green. There is also white, orange, and light grey/blue. The artist uses the colors to create a sense of depth and reality.

Scuola di San Rocco 17 by John Singer Sargent. 
The main colors in this painting are blue and green. 

Mary Magdalene by Leonardo Da Vinci. In this drawing there is less black and more shades of grey.

The Modern Woman by George Seurat. This drawing is mainly dark grey and blacks.

Essential Questions

We can access images of anything via the internet and snap photos with our phones, so why are drawing and painting still viable methods for making images? What can drawing and painting do that digital and photographic media can’t?        
Drawing and painting are still viable methods for making images because they allow people to show how they perceive the world and different situations. In addition, it allows people to express themselves in a way that taking photos and media does not. By being able to pain one can share their feels with the world and express themselves without using language. 
                                           


How can we use the methods, materials, and techniques used by two dimensional artists today to tell the story of our lives and to address contemporary issues?

Marks made by Nature

Artist Statment

Before I began creating art my only way to escape from the rest of my hectic life was swimming. Swimming and artwork are very closley related to me. In swimming I compete in almost every event and in art working I love working with all different media. Swimming and artwork come naturally to me and flow through me. My artwork does not have a soul base of insperation. I get inspired by everything going on in the world around me. Personal expresinces also relate to my artwork. Music enspires me too.  The way the instruments all merge together to create a completly diffrent sound is very inspiring. Artwork is my way of allowing others to see the world through my eyes.

Art 21 Reflection #2

Laurie Simmons is "an artist who uses photography as a tool." Her artwork is about capture a still peaceful moment when everything else going on is hectic. She also turned some of these photography into a short movie. In the beginning of her carere she did not show all her feeling through her art work and left all her thoughts about it in her head. That makes it very hard for me to relate to her. As an artist I believe that art is about expressing what you feel and not holding back. This way you can create something that you are a part of.



Lauri Pittman is a painter who creates very detailed artwork with many different aspects in it. It does not try to create one point but many different ones according to which viewer is looking at it. I like his artwork a lot. The different aspects make looking at his artwork interesting. I can relate to his work because I enjoy creating detailed artwork. I wish that I could have more time to do this. I also like how he works on such a large scale but still adds in every small detail.

Progress Reflection 2

This week I completed my symbolic portrait. It feels very good to have that completed. All I have to finish now is the mural. This makes me worried because I think that this is going to take up the rest of class time. It is hard because not everyone has worked on it and some of the people are not able to work on it without creating problems or messing up the details. I would love to get to the final independent project though and I hope I can make that happen. With only a few classes left I might not be able to do a whole series of collages but maybe just one collage. I think that I might do it about music but I still am not completely sure. I guess it depends on what I find in the magazines. So for the final week I plan on finishing the mural and doing the independent project.