The 5th Blog

     Artists Develop Art Making Skills

For the warm ups, my hands started out alright, they were a bit unproportional and didn't look right. There weren't enough details to make it look real, and it took much longer to draw. Once we got to O and P, I was able to do the outline much faster and shade. I was also able to add details and was more observant of what the hands looked like. I got much better at shading with pencils and getting them to work with me. I also used a tortillon to blend.

     Artists Take Risks

For the decorative sculpture project, I crocheted a striped turtle. I have known how to crochet for a while, but I haven't done a turtle before. I also had to change the pattern to get the turtle the size and shape that I wanted, and the legs, head, and eyes required a lot of sewing. The stripes were tricky, but I think that the turtle turned out really well. Trying a new pattern and something new with crochet turned out really well.

      Artists Communicate Through Their Work
For the change project, I used pencil to draw trees from an acorn to a stump. I chose to make the stump more jagged than chopped, to give it the effect of the tree dying on its own and not being chopped down. I think it really shows how amazing trees are, and it's almost depressing to see this tiny acorn turn into a majestic tree and then end up leafless and dead. I think this piece came out really well for the first time I have drawn trees.

Art Blog 4

     Artists reflect:
For the style project I made the first drawing to see what I wanted to do with the beachy-underwater theme for my art. It ended up being too simple with not enough detail, even though I personally like the colors more. The final project had more detail, looked more realistic, and looked much nicer, but I wish I had taken a bit more time choosing colors to make more of a color scheme. If I could change anything I would make the colors in more than one place to make it all blend and look more like the same piece.

Beginning idea for style project

Finished style project

     Artists communicate through their work:
For the color project I did a sunset on the beach where a little bit of the water can be seen. I think that this conveys a feeling of relaxation at the same time as conveying a feeling of excitement about walking up the boardwalk and seeing that first glimpse of ocean. I really like the way this turned out, I was a little bit worried with this painting and using tempora, which I don't use often. I wish I could have gotten it to look more realistic, but other than that it came out very nicely.

The picture I used for inspiration 

     Artists solve problems:
Again on the color project, the sunset was probably the most difficult part of this piece. I couldn't get the colors to blend as much as I wanted, and I followed the shape of the sun too much on both sides. I ended up making a larger green spot near where the yellow dips near the boardwalk, and I used white paint, almost like white-out to cover it up and then redo that area. It came out very well, and its impossible to tell that there was a spot that didn't look right. I also put some water over the sunset and sky to blend everything together, and it didn't work as well as I wanted, but it helped a lot. 

Finished color project

Lily Pulitzer (Style Blog)

Lily Pulitzer-
Born- 
New York; November 10, 1931
Major Life Events-

• Lived in Palm Beach, Florida
• Worked at a juice stand and wanted to create a uniform that would conceal the stains
• Uniform soon became more popular than the juice
• 1959: Became president of her own company, Lily pulitzer, Inc.

Important World Events-

• The prints and designs soon were made into dresses, accessories, shoes, and other clothing items
• The very preppy style became popular after being seen in a Life Magazine
• The style was revived in 2010 by Oxford Industries, Inc.

Style Analysis-

Lily Pulitzer's art inspired me because I really love the nautical, beachy feel to some of the prints. I love the beach, and it is one of my favorite places to go. I admire the bright but still soft colors and the creativity with all of the prints. They are colorful and remind me of going to the beach and summertime.

Links-

http://www.zappos.com/lilly-pulitzer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilly_Pulitzer

The 3rd Art Blog

        Artists Take Risks

For the style project, I decided to try using a different media for my art inspiration. I decided to use more of the Vera Bradley/ Lily Pulitzer style instead of an artist that paints or draws. It is more difficult to recreate without prints, and I picked a material I have not used or tried to recreate before. I tried to pick something that hadn't really been done before and that was different, hopefully the final product will turn out well.

        Artists Solve Problems
With the land or sky project, the first picture of the butterfly was what I was going to do originally, but I did not like it as much as I wanted to. Then we were told that we had to do two sketches for each theme, two for land and two for sky. I ended up doing the phoenix and liking it even more, and it eventually became the final product. I solved problems by creating something because we had to and ended up liking it even more than what I was going to do originally.

         Artists Develop Art Making Skills

More with the land and sky project; I used oil pastels for this project, which I don't use very often. I learned how to get them to look very bright and well blended with the burnishing technique. I also used what we learned about color to decide not to mix the blue and yellow/ orange and make more colors seem vibrant with no brown or green between the bird and the sky.

Art Blog #2

       
       2.  Artists develop art making skills. 
For the space project I used pen to draw the picture, and I really love the way this one turned out. I have used pens to draw a little bit before but have never really done a larger project like this one. I was able to get more details in and bolder lines, but if I made a mistake there was no way to erase it. My favorite part of this is the trees and the reflection (in the cropped picture below), the moon and wolf were a little weird looking and not as realistic.

       4. Artists communicate through their work.
The pictures below, from the 2-into-1 project, are intended to be a girl's face and a city with a sunrise facing the night sky. It was intended to be almost like a dream and looking up at the stars and being amazed. I really like the idea behind this drawing and this is another drawing where I love the way it turned out. I also like that if you look from different angles its almost a different picture. 

       7. Artists reflect.

Again on the 2-into-1 project, same pictures as above, I almost wish that it had been done in oil pastel, I feel like the black needed to be darker and if the colors were more vibrant it would look a little bit more finished, but other than that I really love the general idea. I'm really pleased with the way both of these pieces turned out, even if some of the minor details could use some changes.

The First Art Blog

       1. Artists create original art. 
For the zentangle project I used this flower picture that I took a while ago (below) and just put the different zentangles into the different colored spots, like the inside and outside pieces of the flower. This demonstrates using a different source and combining it with my own ideas to make it original. I also threw in some random colors to make it more interesting.

        4. Artists take risks. 
I've never really been good at drawing hands, they've always caused me problems before, and it actually turns out I'm pretty good at them. I tried drawing a hand for some of the warm ups in class, which I thought would be a bad idea, and it turned out really well. I'm very proud of myself for this, especially the first one below.

        7. Artists reflect.
Back to the zentangle project again. I think that there are almost too many different art styles in this project. Some are all fun and bright, while others are more detailed and not as exciting. I tried to get the background to be less detailed and draw attention back to the main picture by putting little bits of pink and orange in the leaves and sky. I like this project, but I'm not sure how much I like how it ended up turning out. If I did this again I would make it all pencil with red instead of the blues/greens in the flower and no background;.