print making project

print that i made

Reflecting at the end of the course.

I started off the year thinking this would be a easy class and i would be fine. which as we started i was fine but challenges came as the year went on i struggled with severial projects but found a way to make it work. There were times i didn't want to do art at all but when i came to class it changed based on what we were doing. I really enjoyed doing the different projects but the drop everything and draw not so much. But now I'm starting to see why we did that and wat use it had. I really enjoyed this class and i think i ended on a good note i am honbestly going to miss this class but walking up the steps to get here not so much. i have learned a lot through out the year and will use it as i continue to draw and make art.

Self Portrait as a cougar on a bus.

I choose a cougar because it is fast, very active, cool, and it is a very good example of me. I choose to put it on a bus because its some place that myself or a cougar would not be done, also it would look cool. Lastly the different texture i choose would make the front be different from the back and the the left side different form the right. I really enjoyed doing this project.

Me-scape: A Reductive Block Pri -scape: A Reductive Block Print

This project was mostly about process.

Many people struggled with the process.
How did it go for you and how do you feel about the resulting print or prints you made? What was challenging about the process for you, if anything? What would you do differently if you were to do it again?

• The challenge for me was to get the prints to be layered equally, and to cut out what i don't want was hard because i kept getting the colors in there. I would have carved it out more detailed.
  

Thinking about the use of light in art

What is the potential for light to be symbolic in a work of art?

• The lighting in art work could bring out the little details, it could give the picture a new look, it could also provide the picture with different reactions and views. i think that the lighting in on a stage is also symbolic because it causes people to focus on what is being showed.
  

What could it symbolize and why?

• I think lighting in art could symbolize importance, shading, and details that the picture has, also the lighting on a stage in the performing arts is also important because it causes people to focus on different things. That's why i think lighting in any art is important and cool.
  

I am Puerto Rican, and a Basketball player

Well when i look at my finished project I get this feeling of satisfaction, because i know that i was really able to express and show people and things that are important in my life. I feel that by finishing and doing this project it shows people another side of me that i don't normally talk or mention. Through out the process of completing this project I was kind of worried that it would not come out the way i pictured it. But with the help of Ms. Roberts and Mr. Brooks i was able to get my ideas down and still follow Ms. Roberts outline. I have to say following the outline was the hardest part and really putting everything i wanted into it. I went through several sketches in my sketch book before i found one that I really enjoyed and the went along with the outline. Some of the strengths of my art work would be the organization, and the way i wanted things to go. A weakness was following the outline but i think i did a really good job at sticking to my idea and also changing it to fight the outline. I also allowed more of my family, and culture to be shown through this piece because i drew the flag really big, and i also put the all the pictures of my family. I wasn't really trying to show my love for sports because most people know that's one thing i do love and i do, so i was trying to put things that i normally don't show or talk about. But at the end of the project i felt happy with what i did and how it came out.

Artist-in-Residence: Alexander DeMaria

I really enjoy this peace of work because i find the details on the bee hive, and on the jacket of the animal to be really closely done. I enjoy looking at art work that has many small details because it makes you look and really think about the artist and the story or message there trying to tell. This picture reminds me a little bit about the cavemen. which is one thing i find interesting.

my question for Alexander is: how many try's does it take you to get to a finished project that you really like?

Reflecting on self-portrait progress

On your blog, please describe what happened while discussing your work.

What did you share with your group members?

• I shared my project and my plan that i have to finish my project.
  

How did they react to your story and your work of art?

• They reacted good and they gave me good feedback and liked what my project was.
  

What feedback did they give you about your work up to this point?

• they gave good feedback about how i should add more drawing of things then pictures and what they think i should do and change.
  

What do you still need to do to finish your work and how many more classes do you anticipate needing to finish?

• i need to add the pictures i have of my family and draw the sports and things that are sort of kinda less important under it. then im done
  

Why do people make art

WHY, DO YOU THINK, PEOPLE MAKE ART?

I think people make art for several reasons, they can make art as a hobby, as a job, carrier, and just because they enjoy drawing and making art. I find that people can make art when ever, were ever they want and for any reason. They can make art in different places as a view, as a peaceful place, inspiration, or just because. There are many reason why people make art and some are those that people would not necessarily think of but to them its a good enough reason, and that's why answering this question is a challenge, but those reasons that i mentioned are ones that i can think of and that my cousins that are artist have said in general.

Reflecting on the 4 Hour Project.

The more you write, the more I know about what you think, the better I can assess your learning so...write a lot. Be descriptive.

The way i went about the project was i remembered the poor painting project we did and decided to do that again, after i decided to do the poor painting and then i didn't know what to draw on top of it so i decided to draw random items. So i just thought of fun crazy things that would go well with the poor paintings. Then after i drew them in my sketch book i picked out what i liked and then drew it on top of the painting after it dried.

The Book Project...progress and planning.

What's the story you're trying to tell?

• The story i am trying to tell is that of a women who's brother is an alcoholic, it is one were the sister is a big time lawyer and her brother is always calling on her to help him out but yet he keeps making the same mistakes over and over. Final the sister has had enough because she is constantly helping out her brother she hasn't really been able to buy and achieve all her goals.
  

what challenges have you faced so far?

• The challenges that i have faced are more with the verbal talking that i wanted to have.
  

What's going well?

• so far the i am doing well trying to put the pieces and people together the way i planned, i also am making sure that the backgrounds and the people relate or in some way relate to the topic.

What isn't?

• more the placement and the organization is a little challenging, also trying to keep to the topic, story.
  

drawing the human figure from the inside out

• Today with the first two drawings i didn't do as good as i expected, but with the last one i did way better and enjoyed drawing my classmates.

• Well for the first two drawing i didn't get to see peoples faces but with the last one i did better i feel i draw people better from the front then from the back. i enjoyed doing these drawings and drawing people in the class. Its fun.

Shades of gray.

• The goals for today's drawings were to draw form observation and start by erase some of the black. and then make the objects on the table and then make, use five different shads of gray in the picture.

• I achieved these goals very well because i completed the drawing and had 5 different shads of gray very well.
  

• The challenges that i faced while doing this assaignment in class was using the different shades of gray with the objects becuase alot of the objects were white or a light color. there for i had a little trouble. but i just did what i could and i think it came out really good.

Studying Nighthawks

• Title: Nighthawks.
• The artist's name: Edward Hopper.
• Where is the artist form: Nyack, New York State
• The year it was made: 1942
• What medium was used to make the work: paint.
  

2. Write your first impressions of the painting. What do you see?

• I see a dinner a few people a street and stores on the other side of the street, i also see the way the light in the dinner and the street light hit the side walk. i see the writing on the top of the dinner, and the coffee cups in side on the counter.

3. Do a little research on this painting (there's lots of info on the web about it). Try clicking here or here if you need a little help. Who was Edward Hopper? Why did he make this painting? What is it really all about?

• The painting was inspired by a restaurant in New York on Greenwich avenue, the dinner was destroyed. this painting shows three lonely customers at a dinner late one night all lost in there own thoughts. Some believe that this painting shows the loneliness of a large city late one night.
  

4. Now...as we study the principles of design this week add your analysis of the painting to your post. Describe HOW the artist uses The Principles of Design to communicate his ideas. Be as specific as you can in your description.

• This artist uses the light to balance out the picture and the placing of the picture depends on the light. also he draws you in by using the lighting as a line to view the people and the street corner.
  

Finding images that are balanced.

This shows the symmetry balance because you can cut it in half and its the same. therefore the balance is focused on the middle of the picture.


The light beams on 5 different areas which balances out the brightness and the area of where it hits.


The objects on the left make yup for the light coming through the window and hitting the girls face.


two men on each side make the picture balance towards the middle.

The Principles of design

1. The principles of design
- are rules that are hopefully made to be broken at some point.
2.Balance: is when the visual weight of the art work
- symmetry: When you draw a shape it means its the same on the left as it is on the right.

-approximately symmetrical: Its almost symmetry but there are few objects that are different.

- Radial: It doesn't matter were you draw the line its still the same top and bottom

3. Emphasis
- placement: were artist place things matter.
-contrast: the color, shape, design are different.
- grouping: when an artist decides to put a bunch of elements they want to focus on.


4. rhythm& movement
-repetition
- same element
-alternating elements: is you can change the color and shapes.
-progression: is a repeated element that gets from small to large or large to small.
- leading lines: there are lines that lead yo to take different paths.
- implied movement
- optical movement
-actual movement

5. Proportion
- size relationships with in the picture.
-color -shapes -forms
- when your thinking about proportion in your work is emotion, story or the way it looks.


6. Unity
- we are using these principles of design anmd everything works together.
7. verity

Reflecting at mid-term.

Through out the first term I think i made great progress because i enjoy making and creating art I also started the term really excited because were weren't getting any homework but once we got the first homework assignment I thought the class was corny but after we were getting homework i started to see how it was not hard and was short. I also made progress because in the penguin project I didn't really like what some of my classmates drew on the paper. But i got over the fact of what they did, i looked at the final project and it wasn't what i really had in mind. I also made progress bye working with Sophia on both the robot BOB and the race car track. We worked good together and made two really cool sculptures.

Reflecting on Found Object Sculptures.

BOB was inspired from Sophia's mettle heater, which we had no clue what to use it for. Then we started talking and looked at the materials we both had and decided to create bob the robot. We used many different shapes and patterns and colors to create bob and as you can see it came great.

In your own words, describe what the goals for today's drawing were.

The goals for today were to draw from observation and it we had to draw quick with, draw how the light was hitting the different bags with the different objects in them. We also drew for about 35 min, and had to make the bags look like they either had hard or soft materials in them.



How well did you achieve these goals?
I achieved this goal fairly well and I think i drew the objects in the bag with expression. an example of that is i drew the objects that had a soft material in them with more of a gray and soft color and vise verse

The Potential of Found Objects

In other words how or why did the artists choose the objects they did? Use specific examples from the pictures below.
I think the that the materials the artists used to sculpt with were chosen because they were inspiring and sparked an idea within the artist. It could also be that those were the only supplies available at that time.