End of the Year Reflection

This term although we did a lot of projects I mostly ended up focusing on one thing. I wish I had, had time to do more, but I am still happy with what I made. I think that the things I have the hardest time with are the art blog, my sketchbook and planning. I prefer to just start making things and see what happens. I really enjoyed this term, and it defiantly reflected what I learned in mixed media, but I think that next year or over the summer I should do more traditional drawings because I want to work on getting better at that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z_Ys3BO_4M

parts of this music video

music video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnPpQYbCzbI

Mixed Media

Fractal Broccoli

Crit. Notes Juxtaposition Project

• What does the background look like?


• fancy?


• What do i put in the dress?


• Zombies


• Salamander


• Monkeys


• Intelegent people

What is the messege

Doodle over them

Mythical creatures - troll

Dinosaur

Juxtaposition Project

Putting things considered ugly in famously beautiful dresses/photographs of people who represent the general idea of beauty such as: Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn in the Breakfast at Tiffanys picture.

The message is to consider:

• What is beautiful?
  




• Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
  




• Is beauty about image or thoughts and ability/who you are as a person .

Crit. Notes

Does it fade? Is it supposed to be creepy? Are you talking about the media? Ghost Images, people, cultures, thoughts, concerns

Purpose: Assignment #2

I think that beauty can often tie into the world in a negative way. While the definition of any type of beauty is not negative the pressures that are put on people to be beautiful end up making people associate beauty with struggle, pain or inadiquicy. People who fit the common definition of beautiful tend to appeal more to people, and have more sucsess in their careers. This makes the pressure to be beautiful even more extreme. I think that this pressure can result in vanity and a lack of individualism. Beacuse beauty plays such a big role in how people act, dress and express themselves almost every piece of visual information I see contains an aspect of beauty. There are tons of make up commercials on TV, photographers tend to use beautiful models, and actors and actresses are usually very good looking. Beauty is used as a tool in advertizing because it appeals to us. I think that the visual information we see about beauty often sets the standards for beauty and once again associates negative feelings or actions with beauty. I think when individuals, like myself or my friends, subconciously take all of this in it results in self critisism and takes a toll on individuality. I know one of the first things that I do is subconciously judge myself in the morning as I figure out what I'm going to wear that day. I think the thing that all the pressure to be beautiful really takes away is individuality and uniqueness. I think many people are scared to do things or wear things that they like because they do not see others doing the same. I chose this topic so that I could consider the idea of what is beautiful and how does this idea of beauty affect individuals. I also wanted to consider what I think is beautiful. Two big questions: What is beauty's affect on society? What is beauty? Vanity, Dark Side of Beauty, Judgement vs. Individuality .

Power and Beauty Webs

Essential Questions

Big Questions: How do artists develop content and ideas for their work?

Artists develop content and ideas for their work through reflecting on their own experiences, stories, images that they see, emotions that they feel and connections they make with the world. They can also come up with ideas as they do the work, and do what comes to them.

What kinds of techniques, behaviors, and habits allow artists to turn their ideas into meaningful works of art that engage the viewer?

Freedom in their art allows the artist to make their art something meaningful. Freedom lets them go down any path that comes to them even if it is a little scary to take the first step in that direction.