1. The Art Critique process - Describe: First, you must describe what you see in the piece. You can identify the mediums and techniques used. Also you can identify the genre or style of the piece and explain everything you know about it. -Analyze: Determine what different lines and shapes are used. You can look for a center of unity or the point of the piece that "catches your eye". You can also look for unity through repetition in the piece. -Interpret: Next in the process, you should determine what is going on in the piece. What is the purpose of it and what is the artist trying to say through the artwork? -Decide/Evaluate: Lastly, you should explain if you like this piece and why. Also, you should figure out what the worst and best elements of the piece are. State whether or not you think the artist is successful and why. 2. Before Piece 3. Recent/improved piece The piece i chose for my more recent artwork is from our "Walk in my Shoes" project. I chose to critique this project because of the various skills i used to create it. I got the idea for my piece as soon as i heard the title for our project. I immediately thought of my favorite pair of shoes that i wear almost all the time. I wanted to start out with a streaked blue background, since it is my favor color. I then began to work on the body and shoes and make them proportional to each other. I painted the jeans to look like an actual denim wash and for the shirt i used the fabric technique i learned from our warm-ups. The different shadows and highlights allow for the layered look that the clothing in the piece has. I then worked on the suitcase with all of the clothes and items falling out. I also used the same technique for the clothes in the suitcase. The suitcase represents how i have moved various times over the years, and the items in the suitcase also represent things i like to do. I think these items really add to my theme of my history and complete the piece all together.
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1/4/2016 0 Comments Mini projectFor the mini project, i chose to make a journal. In my free time, i enjoy writing a lot and i thought that it would be fun to have my own personal one of a kind journal to write in. I really enjoyed the process of making the journal as well as how it has turned out.
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-observe the piece -look at the shading and textures used -think about what the meaning behind the piece may be if the artist hasnt stated it previously. -ask the artist a question about their piece -give a helpful suggestion I did the portrait of my Grandpa. I thought that since he was a marine and had a lot of stories behind him, it would be interesting to create a piece that incorporates all of that. Also, i picked colored pencil because i thought it would be easier to add detail to the piece. The color and blending that the prisma colored pencils made also added to the texture of the picture. 1/4/2016 0 Comments Final exam (pick 3 questions)1. Is copying always plagiarism or is there a gray area? Explain your thoughts. -No, copying isnt always plagiarism, especially in context with art. Whenever an artist has a good idea, it usually comes from another great idea. If artists weren't inspired by other pieces, their wouldnt be very much variety in artworks. There is a difference between copying and making an idea your own, just like when we did our "inspired by" piece. This is the mug i made, inspired by another detailed mug i found. 2. What was the warm up or sketchbook assignment that you learned the most from? -The warm up assignment that i learned the most from was when we used acrylic paint techniques to create different textures. I thought it was very interesting that different strokes can variate the look of the piece so much. Also, i was able to see the advantages of using shadows and highlights in more ways than one. I used what i learned from this warm up in some of my other pieces. 3. Illustration Fridays have been completed almost every week this semester, do you feel this assignment helped you brainstorm for main project or helped you skill levels in any way? Why, or why not?
- Yes, I believe that Illustration Friday was a helpful assignment in terms of getting our imagination rolling. The idea of having a set topic and branching off from one word lets our creative side come to life. Also, the various mediums we could have chosen to use helped as well. The word for the illustration Friday below was "people". |
AuthorI am Cassidy Wright and i'm a sophomore at Apex. Archives
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