Fabric Drawings.

Today I found our D.E.A.D. really difficult. I had a hard time getting the shapes down and it really frustrated me trying to get the movement of the fabric. (Or like, the positioning and how it turned in such in some places.) It frustrates me mostly because it was hard to be accurate with the way everything was set up. The shading was difficult too. I just didn't enjoy it. It was hard for me, and I hope I don't have to do it again. It was different then last weeks drawing of the sticks because of the shapes.

Principles of Design Research

Kate and I looked at the work of art, Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Grant Wood. The artist used the Principles of Design to help guide the people looking at the photo through it. By using the path the artist told a story from start to finish without having to write anything. This way a very good way of helping people understand what he was trying to portray. Also, he used different sizes to make people notice the more important parts of the painting. This was helpful too because then the viewer would not focus on the small details like the trees. Instead they would be able to get the main points of the painting.

Found Object Reflection Feedback Discussion

On your blog, describe the feedback you got on your work. 

Mention at least one sculpture from your group you thought was especially successful and why.

Good concept, but that:

I should put more objects on the 'nature' level.

I should put less objects on the 'electronic' level.

I should try to even it out more.

Pile of sticks.

A few minutes after starting, I realized how hard it is for me to just draw lines on a page and had to start over again. For me, the hardest thing is trying to get everything perfect, and just drawing what I felt like random lines was really hard. I would just look at the pile of sticks, and draw without looking at my page. When I did look at my page however, I got a sinking feeling in my stomach. It didn't look close to the drawings that I had seen before or the actual pile of sticks for that matter. But Ms. Robbers told me to continue on and I did. (Of course, it is mandatory to draw on these days.) After getting frustrated I started to do what I do best. Detail. So I went and saw a few familiar shapes and from there started to sketch the pile in more detail. After a bit, the blob on my paper started to take a defined (as much as a pile of sticks can be defined) shape and in the end, I feel that it looks accurate and I am happy with it...however it could be a little bit bigger on my page.

Mid-term Reflection (due Sunday, October 17, at noon).

In art class so far this term, I think that I have been doing pretty well. I think that my strength is thinking outside of the box on projects, and when I take the time, sketching. For the second half of the term, I think that I need to work on using new strategies to draw. As in, like on one of the D.E.A.D days, when we had to draw the big structure made of paper and Ms. Robberts told us to do a quick sketch of the whole thing. Instead, I focused more so on trying to make it perfect, then just getting the shapes down on the paper. I also think that I should try to make more time for my sketchbook so that I can do more detailed drawings. Lastly, I'd like to finish the projects that I finished the first part of the term.

Found Object Sculpture Reflection.

The concept of my sculpture project was to have different levels that represented different parts of life. The first level (top) was going to be like the ground with sticks and leaves. All of the other levels would have this magnetic piece that I would hang stuff on. For example, one of the levels was going to have a bunch of objects that were magnetic and connect to the other metal piece. The problem that I encountered is that I thought about the project too much and only got to starting it but didn't quite execute it.

The Changing Still Life

Today, in our DEAD our still life wasn't really still...objects kept being added to the table which made us have to erase and change parts of the objects that were already there. Finally, when there was a fair amount of objects on the table, Ms. Roberts started to take AWAY objects. After an object had been taken away (erased) on our pages, we had to re-draw some of the old objects if there were now visible. In the end, we were left with one object on a box, and many, many, many somewhat erased charcoal marks on a piece of not so white paper. If I had known what we were doing, I would have waited until all of the objects were on the table until I started the actual drawing.

Found Images Collage Reflection-"A Vintage Twist"

The thing that I struggled most in in this project is the fact that my original idea really only developed once I started working further into the project. My original idea helped me get to the state that I am at now, but it did not stay the same.


At first I had this concept of different elements coming together in harmony with each other by making say, a city out of something that was once a picture of nature. But as I was doing this, I decided that I just wanted to see what would happen if I just started putting thinks that I liked down on my paper. I ended up with this really cool collage that is sorta vintage looking and glamorous with pictures from a while back and NYC.