Final Art Reflection

1. I think the first example of my creative development was the Value Unit. My drawing of shoes captured the lighting and detail of the shoes. Also it had depth to it which was a goal I had from the beginning. The other example of my development in the class was the digital texture collage. Using photos taken around campus, I was really proud of my collage and the enchantments I made on it to make the piece better.

2. These works stand out to me because I accomplished, in both works, the goal I and the project had for myself. For my drawing, I felt I really captured the line quality I wanted to and create a good shadow to show the source of light in the drawing. Also, I used shading to make a three dimensional look to the shoes and depth within the drawing. For my digital collage, I used the available tools on aperture to really create a cool look of the pictures and make them fit together nicely. I played with color variations of the pictures to find good combinations that looked good together.

3. My least successful work would be my wire sculpture. Not because i wasn't happy with the final result but because of how I made the piece and how different it looked than what I wanted it to look like. While it might not be a bad thing for it to change for its original design, the way I configured the wire didn't help the final result. I wish I would have not been so tense with the wire and tried to sculpt it perfectly instead of just realizing the wires boundaries and not tried to push them as much.

4. The skills I consider my biggest strength would be my drawing skills and photograph skills. Both of which I enjoy doing. In terms of photography, I like the freeness about it and the creativity i can use to create my own images. For drawing, I like the ability not to be perfect and putting your own spin on the drawing to make it your own. I just like drawing the most too so it helps if you enjoy what your doing instead of just doing it to do it.

5. I felt like on projects I really enjoyed, I gave it my all into making my art as best it could be whereas in projects I found boring or not as interesting, i might not have put the detailed care into making the piece what I visioned but was ok with something that wasn't my best work. I should have improved on my effort in all the projects, not just the ones I liked and I think that would have led to better artwork produced by me.

6. I am most excited about my drawing skills improving in the future and using them not just in an art class but outside in the world as well. Having a base in art is really going to help whether it becomes something I do everyday or feel like doing once and a while but am still able to.

7. My skills I have developed and will develop will help in other classes throughout my school days as well as in the world as a job or a fun exercise to take some time away from my job or life. It can help focus myself away from the stress and just help me relax and focus on something i really do want to focus on.

Landscape Book

I focused my drawings and photos on landscape and horizon lines. I used the ink to convey the hills and outline of trees on top of the mountains. My photos taken at Phoenix Lake were also focused on horizon lines as well as water. Both water in the lake and creeks. The line were the water meet the land and trees was intriguing to me. I used thick brushes to get the line quality in my drawing and the tip of the cap of the ink bottles to get the thin lines. Light played a big part of the photos taken in water because of the reflection it created.

Phoenix Lake Reflection Questions

1. How did you come to consider the idea or concept of “Metamorphosis” through your work in this project?  How does your work physically address that insight?
- The idea of motion and "metamorphosis" showed in my sculpture because it helped me fashion the poise my sculpture took. It forced me to make the sculpture look as if it had a specific design and feel to it. The movement of the arms and torso was intended to show a deliberate movement. 


2. How did you push yourself to gain a better understanding of the physical properties of the plaster?  In what ways to you come to better control the various tools you employed?
- I was using the hammer and chisel to make my sculpture but I wasn't being as precise as I wanted so I switched to the grader to limit the chances of my piece breaking. I also used the sanding paper to smooth the plaster out and make it look more complete. Other people didn't switch to smaller tools and their pieces ended up breaking apart so I am glad I changed to a smaller tool even though it took a little long.


3. In what ways did your intentions change over the course of your project?  What opportunities or occurrences led to these changes?
- My original box for making the plaster didn't work too well and the plaster turned out wet and unusable.  lucky, there was a spare plaster box used for demonstration that I was able to use. However, the shape of the box was different than mine and was not ideal for the shape of my sketch. Instead of making the sculpture all on one piece of plaster, I broke up the plaster into 3 pieces and used them for the head, arms, and legs. This changed my intentions completely and caused my sculpture to turn out differently than I expected. 


4. Given what you know now about the material, how might you have changed your concept or approach to working?
- I would have used different tools in the making of my sculpture. I would have been more careful in areas that were fragile to preventing it breaking. I would have also not added so much water during the making of the plaster so I could have used my original shaped container.