This is my logo! It is my initials on top of a globe- Signifying the conquering of the world. Whether it is a self logo or used for a company one day- it will always be my stamp on top of the world. I was going to put water color into it to spruce it up but believe it or not this took me about 45 minutes to draw. It might just be my best ever, sadly! I'm not artistically inclined. I tried to used what I learned in the value scale to help shadow and provide a little texture to it in place of using colors. I actually had a little fun. I wanted to put something in there about my idol, my man crush...lol, the greatest athlete in the world...Kobe Bryant...but unfortunately I'm not that skilled to draw, so I had to go with the basics. The world was originally going to be half basketball and transition into a globe, since basketball is my favorite sport, but in my sketches my bball kept looking like a volleyball or a baseball so I gave up on it. I found the video to be helpful, but i kid of went off and had an idea in my head and tried to stick with it!
Justin and I did not share any of the same images as each other.
Shirley and I on the other hand had two of the same images selected: The Wedding, Ca-Gari Melchers-1982, oil on canvas and Dinamismo Di un Cane- Gia Como Balla-1912, oil on canvas. The reasons for our connections or selection of Dinamismo Di un Cane is relatively the same as each other "walking dogs". However her connection or interpretation of The wedding is different: she wrote: This painting draws me in because of the expressions on the bride and groom's face. I feel like both parties are dreading the wedding. He seems like a heavy burden has just been placed upon his shoulders. While the bride looks scared but almost in a trance-like state, accepting her fate. It is her meditative state that connects me to this painting. I took a course at Daemen College that taught me how to get into that state of mind.
Read on in my blog to see my connection with it..........lol
I didn't really see any more art that caught my eye except on Justin's blog I liked 100 Cans' by Andy Warhol. I don't really connect with it other than the fact that I eat a lot of Campbells soup, but it was a neat painting to look at.
Getting a chance to review other blogs, was fun. It was fun to read some of the interpretations of the artwork, especially the one that was the same as mine and seeing two different connections.
I recently visited the Albright- Knox Art Gallery on Saturday, June 19th. This was the 1st time I was ever at this art museum or any art museum for that matter period. It was an interesting experience. I wasn’t sure how the experience was going to be before going in though. I thought it might be really boring, but upon going there I wasn’t bored. There were some pieces of art that made an impression on me, some that I felt connected with and some that I felt I wanted to know more about.
The Three pieces of art that made an impression on me are:
1.)The Wolves by Franz Marc in 1913- This piece was done with oil on canvas. This made an impression on me because it was almost like a real habitat of wolves only through art. The longer I looked and the closer I look I saw more wolves other than the ones that drew the most attention to my eye. This was neat for me to look at and it left an impression because wolves are my favorite wildlife animal, and I always enjoy seeing them presented in anyway.
2.)La Vie Pay Sanne by Marc Chagall in 1925- This was done also with oil on canvas. This piece left an impression on me I think because it was so weird. It uses a lot of bright colors and contrast and I had to keep looking at it over and over again. It looked like a whole bunch of aspects of one’s life collaged into one piece of art but one where you can tell had a lot of meaning to the artist. Maybe growing up as a child and liking clowns and having a horse. It just gave off a very happy and friendly vibe that made an impression on me.
3.)Self Portrait with Monkey by Fida Kahlo in 1938- A piece of art done with oil on masonite. This made an impression on me because of I felt like you can feel the connection of the artists with jungle and wildlife. You can see the artists trying to put herself in front of jungle and maybe her favorite animal a monkey in her life.
The Three Piece of art that I felt connection with are:
4.)Saw and Sawed by Neil Jenney in 1969- This was done with acrylic paint on canvas. I felt a connection with this piece because it gave me a sense of outdoorsman type. All my childhood was spent outdoor playing some kind of sport, in nature, or camping. While camping I used to love being the one to collect and split the wood, which gave me my own little niche amongst those who went with us. This artist I feel is trying to give you that calm relaxed outdoor feeling amongst men, which I really felt connected with.
5.)The Wedding Ca. by Gari Melchers in 1892. - This was on canvas with oil and I felt a connection with this because this past weekend my older brother was married. This art piece to me resembles a traditional wedding, which was the opposite type of wedding my brother just had. It made me think about how beautiful my wife is going to look in her dress one day. I feel the days coming closer and closer and this piece just made me think about it more.
6.)Dianamismo di un cane al Guinzaglio by Gia Como Balla in 1912- This was also done on canvas with oil. I felt a connection with this piece because it reminded me about my g/f 5 miniature wiener dogs and how crazy they could get walking them. The dog in the piece looks small and playful like her dogs do. It looks as if it was out for a walk and got super excited as her dogs do as well.
The three pieces of art I would like to find out more about are:
7.)Kill Yourself by Nancy Dwyer in 1989- This was done with vinyl paint on canvas. I would like to know more about what the artist may have been thinking or going through at the time she made this. That is a pretty strong message to bluntly put into art and it really makes you think if there is a different meaning underneath it.
8.)George Washington and Three Indians by John Wesley in 1963- Done with oil on canvas. I would only like to know more about this just in the sense of history. I don’t really know too much history about anything unless it has to do with sports. I know who George Washington was but do not know his connection to three Indians so I guess it left me wondering.
9.)La Musique by Henri Matisse in 1939- This was done with oil on canvas. I felt I wanted to know about this piece because it seems almost like a sentimental piece to me. I’m not sure if that’s what is being portrayed in the picture but to me it seems like a mother and daughter creating a bond through music. I feel this piece can be open to a lot of interpretation and I guess that is why I would like to know more about it.
Creating the Value you scale and Color Wheel were pretty easy. If I had to choose, I'd say the value you scale was a little harder to make. The Color Wheel was more fun to make, and it brought back memories of when I was a little kid playing with paint. I enjoyed working with the paint more because it was more exciting to me. It was fun mixing the paint and watching them transition from one color to the next after placing them on the wheel. I did the the primary colors in large circles, secondary in the smaller circles and i used the outline of the circle to transition my tertiary colors. The most important discovery in this project to me, really was just the realism involved in making the colors. Too often I take colors for granted. Discovery the different colors involved in making certain colors was a neat discovery. I also played around and made many other odd colors that I did not place on the wheel. The discovery i found in the videos was the discovery of neutral colors by mixing the colors across the wheel. I found that interesting. I also found the four different ways to mix colors to be very helpful, which i learned from one of the videos. Overall this was a fun project. The value scale was a little boring but the painting more than made up for it.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Making a slide show was easy. I used my Pentax digital camera to take all of the shots. The shots are taken at my house, a hotel a stayed at, street side and in an office building. I don't know if I understand matching the elements to the pictures or not but i did my best. This was a different experience for a change. It wasn't a dry experience, it offered a fun option to do work.
Making a slide show was easy. I used my Pentax digital camera to take all of the shots. The shots are taken at my house, a hotel a stayed at, street side and in an office building. I don't know if I understand matching the elements to the pictures or not but i did my best. This was a different experience for a change. It wasn't a dry experience, it offered a fun option to do work.
