Week 16

 Beginning this course I did not expect a lot. I hoped to learn more than I previously knew about art but I was nervous because I am not very good at art. After taking this course I have not only had many challenges, but I have realized that with enough effort I am capable of creating some pretty good art pieces. In my first post my favorite visual art was photography. Now I believe my favorite visual art is sculpture and paintings those both interested me the most and I feel through the course I have learned the most about them. This is my first online course ever and I enjoyed it. I got more out of it than I expected and I learned way more than I thought was possible in an online class. Yes, things were challenging at times but I enjoyed this online class and I would recommend it to anyone.

Art Gallery Visit #3 Self Portrait

 

1. I selected these artworks because not only were they created by some of my favorite artists but they were similar to how I wanted to create my own self portrait.

2. The media that I used to create my self portrait was pencil and colored pencil.

3. Some of the challenges I came across while creating my self portrait were the details in my self portrait that were hard for me to draw. For example, my mouth, nose and eye brows were hard for me to create while creating my self portrait. I over came these obstacles by concentrating and slowly drawing with pencil until I finally got each detail right.

4. This piece represents me because of the what I am wearing and how I am smiling. The piece represents me because my clothing is a part of me, it represents me. I need my glasses to see, I always wear that Oakley hat and Oakley is my favorite store. The sweatshirt I am wearing is my favorite sweatshirt. This all represents me very well.

5. I applied color to this piece and created a colored background which attracts the attention to me. I also used color in myself causing the eye to be attracted towards myself. I also used light, I believe the light from the camera helps with drawing attention to the center of the artwork.

6. I did enjoy working on this project. I personally am proud of my artwork and it made me realize with practice and hard work that I can accomplish and overcome obstacles that I never thought were possible to over come. At the beginning of this class I did not think I was a good drawer and now I believe I am an alright artist.

7. I am proud of my final artwork and I truly believe that my self portrait looks like me. I was skeptical in the beginning because like I said, I do not think I am a good drawer. However, I impressed myself and I am proud of my final outcome.   

Project #4 Journal

I personally enjoyed this project. At times I found it difficult to find the perfect artwork to put into my exhibit but with hard work I found everything I needed. The theme of my exhibition was Love and Violence and just relationships in general and the title was Love and Violence: Love to Feel Wanted and Want to Feel Loved. I based my exhibition off of my previous art gallery visit. While there I enjoyed an exhibition similar to the one I made and it was definitely the most interesting to me. The videos that we were assigned to watch really did help not only my understanding of collections and creating exhibitions but helped give me ideas of what I could do when creating my own. I personally believe that this art project was not only beneficial to me but I enjoyed it as well.

module 13 and 14

First, for the video, "The Lowdown on Lowbrow: West Coast Pop Art", a major key concept is what lowbrow originally meant compared to what it currently means. Originally "Lowbrow" meant a style of pop art that contained pornography in it. Currently "Lowbrow" just means no style or taste within a piece of art. As for "Tate Modern", it discusses creating exhibitions and how to do so, going over things like space, and light and the type of frame to use. As well as creating a theme of the exhibition, whether it be a specific artist or a specific theme. I personally believe this video helped me the most in creating my exhibition. Finally, "An acquiring mind: Philippe de Montebello and The Metropolitan Museum of Art", this also discussed museums of art and exhibitions and creating collections of art. It discussed the process of how he decides what to put in the museums and/ or collections. This video too, helped me with creating my own exhibition. I do believe these videos helped in creating my exhibition, it helped me in the process of choosing what types of art to put in my exhibition as well as what frame to use and what theme. My opinion on these films is they do add depth to my understanding, specifically my understanding of how to create exhibitions and or "Collections" and I like this way of learning.