I have a whole 13 minute video of the lovely Maria Tahamtani pouring green paint all over me, but unfortunately I'd have to upgrade my Weebly settings to upload it, so just use your imaginations for this one.
Wooooo getting paint poured on me is fun!
I have a whole 13 minute video of the lovely Maria Tahamtani pouring green paint all over me, but unfortunately I'd have to upgrade my Weebly settings to upload it, so just use your imaginations for this one.
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I'm still in the rudimentary mind-forming phases of my current art-venture. I'm finding conversations in my lit class are spurring ideas about impacting the world, leaving a mark on the world.
What else leaves marks on things? STAINS. I want to do a series on this, maybe even using different media. Canvas is cool but I want to be a little more adventurous than that. Stay tuned for more, folks. Wow, I can't believe art is over for this year. As happy as I am to be done with junior year and be launched into a couple months of veg time, I'll miss my semi-structured art time. I'm gonna try and take a couple figure drawing classes over the summer so I can keep my skills up to date :)
Anyway, now for the actual assignment: This year, I've really been able to hone in to what kind of art suits me. While I won't say I'm completely settled into an art niche yet, I am most definitely on my way there. In my adventures to discover what art is "me", I've discovered other artists whose aesthetics are similar to pieces I've completed, which gives me more inspiration and things to aspire to. As for specific skills, I've very much improved in my proportion skills when drawing the human figure. Looking from my first figure drawing of the year to the one I used for my final, there's a visible improvement in the composition and proportion. I'm proud of how far I've come in this one year. I would say that, as I said in the preceding paragraph, my greatest growth was seen in figure drawing. Not only has my technical skill gotten better, but I enjoy drawing the figure now. I used to abhor the activity. I will say that I want to improve my painting skills. I had a lot of trouble and frustration while doing my oil painting (which I really strongly dislike), and I want to be able to do a successful oil painting at some point in my life, even if just to say that I've done it. It would be a nice skill to stick in my repertoire. As for my path for Art IV, I see myself doing more three dimensional work than anything. The free-range sculpture project this year was a great experience in that I found how much I enjoy building things, either from scratch or using found objects. I also enjoy abstract painting, so that could be something that I incorporate into my work next year. Thanks for a great year, Coach! I'm looking forward to lots of creating and learning next year! Stay rad! ~ Erin One interesting trend seen in a couple of the articles from this year is the underlying discussion of the one "American realist painter." Is it the innovative and technically skilled Winslow Homer? Or rather, could it be the cautious but talented Edward Hopper?
On one hand, Winslow Homer was a self-taught artist that became proficient at oil-painting as well as water color, and he made vast advancements in painting technique that are only visible thanks to today's x-ray technology. His work applies "fugitive pigments" and other advanced watercolor techniques that are difficult for anyone to master. It is safe to say the Homer was a painter ahead of his time, and that he is a master painter important to the American artists portfolio. On the other, Edward Hopper captured the nightlife of New England, the casual everyday American just doing what they do, and the atmosphere of the community he was surrounded by. The question then becomes; What makes an artist American? Is it their self-taught skill or their subject/content matter? Personally, I see Edward Hopper as more of the "quintessential American artist" because he was depicting the natural scenes of America and the people of this country. Homer's techniques make him a very important American art figure, but his paintings do not give an overarching impression of being "American."
First of all, big s/o to my sculpture models Ava and Ian, you guys are the best and thanks for getting into weird and possibly uncomfortable positions for me!
This week has been a mix of helping people with taping, adding CDs and leaves to my heads, sanding down the plaster hands, and figuring out the body positioning. Very busy, but also very fun! OMG BOOK ART!!!
Books are my jam, and while I don't enjoy destroying them, I feel like what Brian Dettmer does isn't destruction of the books; just re-purposing the art form. He creates some truly marvelous forms with relatively simple tools, which I think is incredible. His work is probably some of my favorite sculptural pieces of all. Here she is! My powerful nature goddess/Amazon-esque female figure, and I like the way she's coming together. I've borrowed plenty of Maggie Walker's beautiful foliage, as well as some of my own. I think I'll probably come up with a cool name for her at some point.
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