This week, we learned about acrylics.
I would say, this was one of the most enjoyable ones.
It was frustrating at times because I couldn't get the 'rocky' look for my landscape, but I love how you can let the paint dry, and just layer it over and over with more paint after it dries. If you made a mistake, it didn't matter because you could cover it up.
This week was also one of the more stressful ones because of the quarter ending and trying to get the good grades I need. But after going to art classes after testings and things like that, I felt a lot more relaxed, and relieved.
I think that acrylics is very cool. I learned a lot from this week.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Week 7
Last week, we finished our seascape water coloring.
I learned so much about water color.
How to stroke the brush, and what happens if you put too much water, etc.
My seascape painting didn't turn out as well as i wanted it too, but overall it turned out all right. In the videos we watched, he always talked about not putting too much paint and "Don't go mad with this now."
I would say that is his favorite phrase.
Water color is probably one of the hardest arty things to do because water color just blends so well when you don't want it to.
You need a perfect technique.
Overall, I would say that water color wasn't my favorite, but it wasn't bad.
I learned so much about water color.
How to stroke the brush, and what happens if you put too much water, etc.
My seascape painting didn't turn out as well as i wanted it too, but overall it turned out all right. In the videos we watched, he always talked about not putting too much paint and "Don't go mad with this now."
I would say that is his favorite phrase.
Water color is probably one of the hardest arty things to do because water color just blends so well when you don't want it to.
You need a perfect technique.
Overall, I would say that water color wasn't my favorite, but it wasn't bad.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Week 5- what I learned
For me, water color is one of the hardest things for me.
Water color just blends and sometimes spreads to wear you don't want it to.
For our self-portrait, I was trying to get the skin tone right, and it was just hard, but learning and understanding how to use that technique was pretty good. Trying to get the shape of the face, the nose, and the eyes alone were hard too. I learned a lot about watercolor. How to blend and mix colors, and different techniques. Just trying out new things was a great thing, also to just get out of my comfort zone.
This week, on Wednesday, we also had to write a report on a particular artist from the Baroque period.
My persons name was Artemisia Gentileschi.
She was a very interesting person. The Baroque period concentrated a lot on violent things. Also having a dark background contrasting with the light of the actual person or scene. Artemisia had a lot of interesting points about her. She was pretty famous at that time just for being a successful woman, with also having a successful father as an artist.
She had a lot of meaning in her paintings.
Artemisia overall was a very interesting person, but the art itself didn't appeal to me much because of the scenes she drew, but in conclusion, she was a fascinating person to learn about.
Water color just blends and sometimes spreads to wear you don't want it to.
For our self-portrait, I was trying to get the skin tone right, and it was just hard, but learning and understanding how to use that technique was pretty good. Trying to get the shape of the face, the nose, and the eyes alone were hard too. I learned a lot about watercolor. How to blend and mix colors, and different techniques. Just trying out new things was a great thing, also to just get out of my comfort zone.
This week, on Wednesday, we also had to write a report on a particular artist from the Baroque period.
My persons name was Artemisia Gentileschi.
She was a very interesting person. The Baroque period concentrated a lot on violent things. Also having a dark background contrasting with the light of the actual person or scene. Artemisia had a lot of interesting points about her. She was pretty famous at that time just for being a successful woman, with also having a successful father as an artist.
She had a lot of meaning in her paintings.
Artemisia overall was a very interesting person, but the art itself didn't appeal to me much because of the scenes she drew, but in conclusion, she was a fascinating person to learn about.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Baroque Art- Artemisia Gentileschi
Hannah Kim
Integrated Art p 6
Artemisia Gentileschi
Artemisia was born on July 8, 1593 in Rome. She was the eldest child of the Tuscan painter, Orazio Gentileschi. She was first introduced to painting when she went to her father’s workshop. She showed great talent. She learned how to draw, mix colors, and how to paint. Her paintings are naturalistic while her father Orazios paintings were idealized. During his time, they were all greatly influenced by Caravaggio.
Her first work of art was at the age of 17 which was called Susanne e i Vecchioni or Susanna and the elders. This painting showed a lady getting sexually assaulted. Artemisia was actually later assaulted herself by her father’s friend; Agostino Tassi. Artemisia kept meeting Tassi and kept having sexual relations with him thinking that they would later get married, but Tassi held it off. They had many trials and complications. After the trail, to make it less complicated, she was quickly married off to Pierantonio Stiattesi and moved to Florence.
Artemisia painted Judith Slaying Holofernes from 1612-1613. It is said that the painting was remarkable not only for its technical proficiency, but for the original way of how Artemisia portrayed Judith. Judith was a very popular subject of art at that time along with her other character Susanna, Bathsheba and Magdalene. She was one of the first to paint historical and religious paintings, at a time when such heroic themes were considered beyond a woman's reach. She also drew a lot of nude pictures of herself. In Florence, Artemisia enjoyed huge success. She was the first woman accepted into the Accademia del Disegno (Academy of Drawing) in 1614-1620.
All of her techniques took a long time to master. The detail and composition overall contributed to the Baroque style, which has earned her the right to be considered in the same path as male artists of the period. She was also one of the most famous woman painters of the Baroque period even though women were not high recognized.
When she painted, she tenebrism which is using a lot of light in a dark background and a lot of drama with men. Also she painted a lot of Biblical themes like her male peers but sometimes she opted for women instead who were heroic, powerful, and abused.
I think that she influenced many women artists to branch out and become who they want to be. They can do what they want and not be influenced by men. Even if people are being sexist, they need to stand up and paint and do the art you want to do.
I enjoy this artist because one, she was a female. I admired her courage and withstand all the things she went through. She went through torture, assault, rape, and people were sexist against her. She went through so much for herself to be at the point where she can paint, and be recognized as a great artist of the Baroque period. Even though her paintings and her interpretations were a little weird, it seems like she is an overall great person who wants to be equal with everyone else. She was a woman with great honor to do all these things.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Symbolic Colors
White: purity, surrender, loss, simple
Grey/brown: dirty, impurity, earthy, old
Yellow: sunshine, happiness, joy, honesty, friendship
Orange: fiery, warmth, balance, energy
Red: strong, war, blood, love
Green: fertility, growth, luck, youth, environment
Blue: tranquility, life, feminism, security, deep
Violet: loyalty, mysterious, wisdom, boldness
Black: emptiness, darkness, evil, mourning
Grey/brown: dirty, impurity, earthy, old
Yellow: sunshine, happiness, joy, honesty, friendship
Orange: fiery, warmth, balance, energy
Red: strong, war, blood, love
Green: fertility, growth, luck, youth, environment
Blue: tranquility, life, feminism, security, deep
Violet: loyalty, mysterious, wisdom, boldness
Black: emptiness, darkness, evil, mourning
Friday, January 21, 2011
Week 1: What I learned
In integrated art this week, we watched videos on photography and water color.
The video on photography was pretty interesting. He has a really good camera, and the different ways to take pictures was interesting too.
The video about the water color was really cool, because when I was young, I used to watch that guy and watching him paint was one of the most fascinating things to me. I always wanted to paint like him.
He talked about the masking liquid, and how to use it. He also talked about how not to overuse things. His most used quote would be "Don't go mad with this now."
It was a really interesting thing to see and learn about.
The video on photography was pretty interesting. He has a really good camera, and the different ways to take pictures was interesting too.
The video about the water color was really cool, because when I was young, I used to watch that guy and watching him paint was one of the most fascinating things to me. I always wanted to paint like him.
He talked about the masking liquid, and how to use it. He also talked about how not to overuse things. His most used quote would be "Don't go mad with this now."
It was a really interesting thing to see and learn about.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Pre-Holiday Project
1. I made a picture frame out of magazines and cardboard.
2. First of all, I printed out a picture I liked and then I measured the size of the picture to cardboard and cut the cardboard piece out. Then I cut strips of magazines out, rolled them, and glued them. After all this process, I glued it to the cardboard.
3. I used a glue gun with glue sticks, cardboard, magazines, and paper.
4. I was focused on trying to make precise magazine strips.
5. I enjoyed just looking at the pictures I wanted, and just starting to do the whole process. The difficult part was the glue gun was hot, and the whole thing took a while.
6. I think I did well in the fact that it turned out good, and its pretty useful.
I cut out the strips of magazines which was mostly even.
contrast- theres a lot of different colors, like blue, green, orange, and all the colors just contrast with each other.
pattern- there is no pattern, it's all kind of random colors from magazines.
emphasis- all the colors and just using old magazines and cardboard.
2. First of all, I printed out a picture I liked and then I measured the size of the picture to cardboard and cut the cardboard piece out. Then I cut strips of magazines out, rolled them, and glued them. After all this process, I glued it to the cardboard.
3. I used a glue gun with glue sticks, cardboard, magazines, and paper.
4. I was focused on trying to make precise magazine strips.
5. I enjoyed just looking at the pictures I wanted, and just starting to do the whole process. The difficult part was the glue gun was hot, and the whole thing took a while.
6. I think I did well in the fact that it turned out good, and its pretty useful.
I cut out the strips of magazines which was mostly even.
contrast- theres a lot of different colors, like blue, green, orange, and all the colors just contrast with each other.
pattern- there is no pattern, it's all kind of random colors from magazines.
emphasis- all the colors and just using old magazines and cardboard.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Q/2 Places
Portland Art Museum
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Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Art21
Bruce Nauman- He does different types of art, like video, text, selfportraits. He said something about that he wanted to try to make something functional, but he couldn't always find out what the function is.
Kerry James Marshall- Kerry James is a teacher, an artist, and he uses African American traditions. He gave some cards for his family with black people on it for the history of African Americans.
Maya Lin- She made the vietnam veterans memorial. She works both with art, and architecture. She also made a ice skating rink and park.
Louise Bourgeois- She has been doing sculptures of hands and she wants us to understand what it means, and if we don't understand, she has failed to give her thoughts.
When I reveal my personality and identity, I think I just be myself, and when I get comfortable, I just let myself go sometimes, do the things I love to do, and by doing those things, my personal identity will come out. I think doing the things you love, and hanging out with your friends form your personality, how you act, and what you do.
If I were to do a self portrait of myself to explain my own identity, I would probably draw multiple things of what I love to do in one drawing. I would put some sports in there, and musical notes, and my friends and family, and that would be what forms my personal identity and personality.
Kerry James Marshall- Kerry James is a teacher, an artist, and he uses African American traditions. He gave some cards for his family with black people on it for the history of African Americans.
Maya Lin- She made the vietnam veterans memorial. She works both with art, and architecture. She also made a ice skating rink and park.
Louise Bourgeois- She has been doing sculptures of hands and she wants us to understand what it means, and if we don't understand, she has failed to give her thoughts.
When I reveal my personality and identity, I think I just be myself, and when I get comfortable, I just let myself go sometimes, do the things I love to do, and by doing those things, my personal identity will come out. I think doing the things you love, and hanging out with your friends form your personality, how you act, and what you do.
If I were to do a self portrait of myself to explain my own identity, I would probably draw multiple things of what I love to do in one drawing. I would put some sports in there, and musical notes, and my friends and family, and that would be what forms my personal identity and personality.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
What Makes Something Art?
Truthfully, at first, it seems like her paintings were just a little kid, playing around with paint. But when I think about it, it is art, because its her own thing. I think art is just something that you do on your own, it's your own thing, and it's how you express yourself. If you put your heart into it, and have fun with it, I think thats art.
I think this whole thing about Marla was ridiculous. This whole controversy about if her paintings were her own or her dads. One of the quotes that her dad said stuck in my head. He said something like 'everyone makes the story how they want it to be, and not what it is.' I think that is so true. Once people have suspicions, like 60 Minutes, and they air it on tv, and media, then people would easily be fooled, and they make it what they think, and not what the truth is. Everyone was being so ridiculous, and they were trying sue them for it.
Marla doesn't like painting on camera, and I wouldn't either. I think it would just be nerve racking. You would always worry about painting it perfect, and not relaxed, and doing your own thing.
I'm glad that the questions about Marla were cleared up, and I think that people shouldn't be so harsh.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Artists
1. Vincent Van Gogh-
The Starry Night.
I love his style of painting. Its dark, and mysterious looking, yet it has a different touch to it.
2. Pablo Picasso-
The Three Musicians.
In this painting, he used the style of cubism. I liked how he didn't use that many colors, and yet made an amazing picture of three people playing instruments. Its a different and unique style.
3. Claude Monet-
The Lily Pond.
When I was in elementary school, my art teacher gave us an assignment to try to draw this painting that Claude Monet painted. I love all the different shades of green that he used. He painted this a lot, and did different styles, colors, etc, for the seasons.
4. Leonardo Da Vinci-
Mona Lisa
Leonardo was known for a lot of things.
One thing he was known for was his painting of Mona Lisa. I like how a lot of his paintings with people, the people look realistic. I think its one of the hardest things to do, and I respect it.
5.George Seurat-
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
I think George Seurat is so amazing. He painted everything in dots. Its so amazing, and it would just take so much time to do every dot, and paint things like this.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Videos
In the first video, they used a lot of words that I didn't really understand, or comprehend.
It kind of went in one ear, and out the other. I just couldn't understand it.
All I know is that in the video, they were talking about the left and right side of the brain, where the left was used for like science, and math, etc,. and the one for the left was for arts.
In the second video, I thought this was more of a simpler concept where almost anyone could understand. They had a programmer side of view, and the artists side of view of what they would do at the cross walk. I thought this was not really as informational as the first one, but this video just gave us the basic idea.
In the last video, it was talking about how people needed both sides, the left and the right brain.
I don't think we need just one side of the brain. People need to be artistic, creative, and people need to do well in math and science. If you want to do well in life, and be one of those people with power, you will need both sides of the brain to help you.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
What did I learn?
Portrait:
The portrait was one of the ones I didn't like, because I don't like to draw people, since I'm not good at it. Looking at the mirror, examining all my features, seemed a little weird to me. Trying to make it look REAL was hard for me, and trying to make it look like me, but in the end, it didn't look like me.
The only thing that I thought I did good was the hair. The hair looked like MY hair, and not someone else's hair. Not everyone has the same ears, and not everyone has the same noses etc., I know that, but its hard to not draw everything the same, because we have learned in our heads to draw like that. I learned that even though not everyones the same, we all have our own ways of expressing ourselves.
For Memory:
I thought this one was the hardest, because I couldn't really remember anything about my brother. I remember what he looks like, but I couldn't remember all the details of his face, and his face shape and things like that. That was one of the most difficult things for me, plus the fact that I had to draw a person. I liked the face shape of my brother's face. I think it was an exercise to get my brain moving, and help me remember things better.
Hand:
This exercise was my favorite one because it looked like my hand. One of the difficult parts of this was that I was trying to make the exact hand size of mine, and that took a while. Making it look realistic was pretty difficult too, but I think I did a good job of making it look like my hand. The drawing had all the little wrinkly parts a hand would have and things like that. I was satisfied with how it looked like mine.. I learned to do things by just looking, and trying to estimate the sizes, and not just trace my hand around, but do my best in what I can do.
Igor upside down:
I thought Igor was easier than the portrait and for memory because I was looking at a picture, and then trying to copy the exact picture. One of the difficult things about this was trying to make the picture proportionate. For mine, the head was a little too big for his body, and so I had to change things. If one thing is off, you have to adjust the other parts to that part. That was one of the difficult parts of it.
I learned to just go with the flow, and let things just go, and let my hand move the way it wants to. It wasn't exact, but I did it and finished and I was pretty satisfied with the way it turned out. ! :D
The portrait was one of the ones I didn't like, because I don't like to draw people, since I'm not good at it. Looking at the mirror, examining all my features, seemed a little weird to me. Trying to make it look REAL was hard for me, and trying to make it look like me, but in the end, it didn't look like me.
The only thing that I thought I did good was the hair. The hair looked like MY hair, and not someone else's hair. Not everyone has the same ears, and not everyone has the same noses etc., I know that, but its hard to not draw everything the same, because we have learned in our heads to draw like that. I learned that even though not everyones the same, we all have our own ways of expressing ourselves.
For Memory:
I thought this one was the hardest, because I couldn't really remember anything about my brother. I remember what he looks like, but I couldn't remember all the details of his face, and his face shape and things like that. That was one of the most difficult things for me, plus the fact that I had to draw a person. I liked the face shape of my brother's face. I think it was an exercise to get my brain moving, and help me remember things better.
Hand:
This exercise was my favorite one because it looked like my hand. One of the difficult parts of this was that I was trying to make the exact hand size of mine, and that took a while. Making it look realistic was pretty difficult too, but I think I did a good job of making it look like my hand. The drawing had all the little wrinkly parts a hand would have and things like that. I was satisfied with how it looked like mine.. I learned to do things by just looking, and trying to estimate the sizes, and not just trace my hand around, but do my best in what I can do.
Igor upside down:
I thought Igor was easier than the portrait and for memory because I was looking at a picture, and then trying to copy the exact picture. One of the difficult things about this was trying to make the picture proportionate. For mine, the head was a little too big for his body, and so I had to change things. If one thing is off, you have to adjust the other parts to that part. That was one of the difficult parts of it.
I learned to just go with the flow, and let things just go, and let my hand move the way it wants to. It wasn't exact, but I did it and finished and I was pretty satisfied with the way it turned out. ! :D
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