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.