Peer Responses

Here are the two blogs a responded to: http://brandonsartblog3.blogspot.com http://maglekellie.blogspot.com For the first project we had to all complete, I agreed with both of my peers with how they chose to describe a certain element or principle. Throughout their pictures I could notice a great deal of them represented not only the word they were trying to define but also "variety". It seems as though no matter what you take a picture of, you can't avoid variety. I noticed that out of the three of us, for shape we each chose to have a circular object represent shape which I found pretty interesting. Also for myself and Brandon, we both chose flowers to capture different meanings. One image in particular I found very interesting was Kellie's picture of balance. It was an eery, yet fascinating way to represent balance and I loved it! I did enjoy seeing what others have created and posted! It made me feel connected to this class even more. I have yet to receive any comments on my projects, but once I do I'm sure I will enjoy reading what it is they have to say!!

Logo

Creating a logo was interesting however not my favorite thing to do. I felt it was very time consuming however, it was nice to see the final sketch. As I took time to think about the logo I thought, "What describes me?" MY name is Mary, however I go by my middle name which is Reagan so I felt it was important to make sure my first and middle name was in there. I also have a very strong relationship with Jesus Christ, He is what completes my life, what keeps my life flowing which is why I added the flowing line to signify without Jesus, my life is nothing. Underneath my name I added my favorite Bible verse. I live my life by that verse. It always encourages me and gets me through rough times, and struggles. Acts 2:25 states, "I see that the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken for He is right beside me." No matter what I do, no matter what situation I find myself in Jesus is always by my side. It was hard to create the logo. I had to go through everything in my mind that I could think would describe me. It was neat to see that out of all the things I could come up with that would possibly describe me, the most important was Jesus. Also, as I was making this logo it brought to my attention that I'm really not that great of a drawer and if I ever need a logo made for some reason, I will defiantly hire someone to do this work for me. Below are my sketches and final drafts of my logo ENJOY!

Art Museum Visit

Reading through all these questions that we need to answer about our visit to a museum, I can simply answer them all with video art. This video art (I'm not too sure if that is what you call it) made such a huge impact on me. I have never seen nor heard of such type of artwork. I almost felt as if the art was coming alive before my very eyes. I think I enjoyed this art form more because I am more use to the video form of life, I guess. It's hard for me to stand in front of a painting and try to understand exactly what it was that the artist was trying to convey. But with this moving art it reached all four of my five senses. How cool! I felt a connection with the video art. I think this is because it's the world I grew up in. My generation is all about graphics and technology. I found this type of art easier to understand, and more enjoyable than most other forms of art. As I walked through the Albrigt Knox Museum, I did not expect to see live art (or I guess you would call it video art). I thought the videos of a ghost like dear walking through a forest was very interesting. Especially since you were able to hear what the dear hears, it was almost as if I was in the forest with the dear. I felt very moved and intrigued by this type of art. I would LOVE to know when more art such as this is available to attend. Perhaps a whole night dedicated to this unfamiliar art form would be very interesting! Below are the pictures I took from the museum, ENJOY!

Module 4

This week was, to say the least, not my favorite. Creating the value scale I felt was very tedious, and I didn't quite understand the point. Creating the colorwheel I felt was pretty interesting. This is due to the fact that up until now, I always thought red, blue, and yellow were the primary colors. It was neat to see how the wheel brings all the colors together! I enjoyed working with the colorwheel the most because I found it to be the most interesting out of both projects we had to do. As previously mentioned, I learned the most from the colorwheel. I went into this class with a child-like mindset about art. The colorwheel I remember from my elementary days speaks how only red, blue, and yellow are the primary colors. This project brought my mindset of art out of my childhood and into my adulthood. I found these videos very informative because since they were shorter, I felt they maintained my interest until the very last second. My favorite video would have to be Color Theory 2: The Truth. As I have previously mentioned the color wheel was my favorite project and this is what the video spoke on. Below are pictures of my projects from this week. I'm no artist so don't judge! =)

Behind the camera

So this week of becoming a photographer was very interesting! I have a new respect for photographers. I thought this would be a simple task like, "oh hey I'm just going to take pictures." but boy, was I wrong! Here is the link if you guys want to check out my pictures! Enjoy! http://s1327.beta.photobucket.com/user/MaryBuffstateArt/library/#/user/MaryBuffstateArt/library/?&_suid=13610470552870610768418579321

Color

Color. What is color? Color is a function of light. Color is seen to evoke certain psychological responses.In color light theory states that light is refracted into different colors. We might know these colors as the color of the rainbow. There are different types of color such as primary colors, secondary colors, and intermediate colors. According to the text, color has such a strong effect on us that restaurants tend to paint,decorate in red because that color is believed to increase our appetite. Who know right?

A theoretical aspect of color that intrigues me the most is color harmonies. A color harmony is the selective use of two or more colors in a single composition. I find this interesting because I never gave much thought to the idea that different shades of a color can basically make or break a painting. Color harmonies are actually how an artist can use certain colors together to bring a certain effect to his/her painting.

In the color video, I never knew how much thought went into picking color for a painting. I always felt it was a pretty obvious decision. If you wanted red, you used red. If you wanted blue, you used blue. I didn't take into consideration the importance of different shades, and the outcome they could have on the overall painting. (This is perhaps why I like color harmonies so much!) Also, the fact that a certain color can elicit a specific emotion, I thought was rather interesting.

In the feelings video what stood out to me the most was how important light and darkness is in a painting. A painting that uses light colors gives the viewer a feeling of joy, or a heavenly feeling. However, a painting that uses dark, unwelcoming colors evokes a sense of fear, depressions, and sadness to the viewer. This whole week of studying art really made it apparent how important color really is!

Week two

1.  This week I found both of the videos and article told a similar story. In the first video we were educated on where art originated from, and how it developed further from there. The second video tied very well together with the article. The second video talked about the mind and how an artists uses their mind to create. Further, the video stated how there are specific brain passages which create the artists style. In the article It explained to us how the brain interprets the art. It went into great detail on how certain images or symbols represent a certain meaning to us. An Example would include this symbol:  :-) This combination represents to us a smiley face however, what is it that makes our brain see it as a face instead of a colon, dash, and parenthesis? That’s where the article broke down the visual aspect in our brains.

2. I feel Plato's theory on aesthetics is most important. Plato evolved in 300BC but it wasn't until later, around 360BC that his work started to become popular. To me, he seemed to set the foundation on what actually is. He stated "art is a perfect imitation of an idea". This statement to me means that there can be no art without an idea of what art should be. 

     3. When Changeux spoke I found a great amount of his information interesting. He stated there is a huge difference between symmetry judgment and aesthetic judgment. He also stated that artists try to convey a certain message throughout all of their artwork. Ramachandran introduced us to the eight rules of art. He also brought into his presentation the idea of realism and intimacy.

4&5.  These videos and article relate to the text because all together they are introducing us to the form of art. We are educated on the different types of art there is, and also brings to our attention how our brain really works when we are interpreting a form of art. For someone like me who is naive in a sense when it comes to art, I learned through the videos and reading material, there is more to art then what meets the eye.