My Logo

1) I thought this exercise was a great way to attempt to describe myself through the process of creating art.

2) My thought process began with thinking about what my friends would say about me if they were asked to describe me. I think they would touch on my two favorite things which are snowboarding and traveling. From there I drew a scene of a warm sunny tropical setting on the medium of a snowboard. The base color of the snowboard is orange which is my favorite color.

3) I think the most important thing I learned in creating this logo is that I may not have the greatest artistic ability but I feel that I can do just enough to express my thoughts with art.

4) I thought the videos were very good, my goal is to eventually work as a graphic designer and advertiser so these information sources were helpful. I think the most important thing learned is to make sure your logo really expresses what it represents while remaining visually appealing to the eye and memorable at the same time. 

Art Making

1) I thought this art project was a good way to explore value and the color wheel. The activity was fun.

2) I enjoyed working with the paint more than creating the value scale with pencil. I thought the value scale project was fairly boring and bland.

3) I think the most important thing I learned from this project was the importance of the value scale. Although we did the value scale in pencil so it was black and white it can also apply to colors as well. It is also interesting how our eyes can detect the slightest difference in value.

4) I think the videos helped a great deal in giving a visual representation of what the project actually was asking for. Seeing the color wheel serves as a guideline for what we were asked to create. I think the videos are very helpful for the student to truely grasp what is expected for their creation.

Elements and Principles of Art

Below is the link to a slideshow I created with images that display the elements and the principles of art.

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The first image represents Rhythm. The guitar picks create repetition across the picture.

The second image represents Emphasis. The concert ticket is emphasized by being placed on a plain background.

The third image represents Unity. The three items in the picture are all needed to have a glass of wine and create unity with agreement.

The forth image represents Shape. The image shows a two dimensional square, showing length and width only.

The fifth image represents Proportion. It is a series of bottles in a line all of different sizes.

The sixth image represents Movement. It is a picture taken of a hula girl in motion, the ghostly image outlines allow the viewer's eyes to move slightly side to side but maintain focus on the central image.

The seventh image represents Space. The empty room shows a great deal of negative space.

The eighth image represents Color. This is a picture of a sweatshirt that contains yellows, reds, and oranges. The pattern follows the color wheel.

The ninth image represents Form. The form of the candle is determined by the boundary formed by the glass.

The tenth image represents Balance. This is a picture of two concert posters that form symmetrical balance.

The eleventh image represents Texture. The picture allows the viewer to see the surface quality of the blanket.

The twelfth image represents Variety. The different colors of the controllers make the viewer focus on the centered images instead of focussing on the background.

The thirteenth image represents Line. The strings of the guitar lead the viewer from the body all the way down the neck to the head.

The fourteenth image represents Value. The Pepsi can is illuminated in light against a dark room.

This project was very stimulating and allowed me to learn about the elements of art and priciples of design by creating my own art.

Blog 3

1)  Color can generally be broken down into 3 categories; primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. Primary colors consist of red, yellow, and blue. They are primary colors because they cannot be made by mixing any other colors. Orange, green, and violet are secondary colors and are made by combining two primary colors. Tertiary colors are made by mixing a primary color with a secondary color that it is next to on the color wheel. Colors have an emotional effect on everyone but there is no exact science to tell us how people will feel when they see a color. The emotion felt has a lot to do with the culture and society people live in. A good example from the book is that Americans see green and red as Christmas colors and generally happy, Van Gogh made a painting where these colors suggested a tense environment. These are quite the opposite feelings felt by looking at the same colors.

2) I think the most interesting thing about color theory is really just what color is. Color is refracted light that we see in different colors. Thinking of color as light really puts a new twist on my thoughts when I see colors.

3) In the Color video I was most impacted by the scenes in Venice through the canals. I have been to Venice before and seeing this video and the colors reflecting on the water brought back many feelings that I remember having as I was sight seeing in Venice. Very Cool!

4) Earlier we learned that art reflects the period in time and place that it is created. I think the colors that were used during the Renaissance really explain both the time and place that they are depicting. The colors show what was a pretty dark time to begin with and it can be seen in art from this time period.

Week 2

1)  The first video was very interesting as it described what could be considered the evolution of aesthetics. It was essentially a timeline of theories and philosophies about aesthetics and how they have changed over time. It is interesting to see who contributed their theory to the argument over a large period of time to give us what we know today as the aesthetics of art.

The second video was also quite interesting as it described the process the human body goes through when it is evaluating art. I think the most interesting thing that came to my mind is even though the process is the same for everyone, there can be so many diffferent outcomes when people analyze art.

2) I think Immanuel Kant's theory on aesthetics is one of the most important. He was an 18th century philosopher. Kant's philosophy on aesthetics included the belief that judging the beauty of art is not rule bound because it is based on feelings. I think this is important because people feel and experience different things when they experience something so there can be no formal guidelines to what beauty is.

3) It is very interesting to look at the scientific side of how the human body views art. Some of this video did tend to be a little hard to understand though. Changeux explains that as society has changed so has the art, the views of the people living in certain time periods played a huge role in the art that was created at this time. I think Ramachandran does a good job explaining that people essentially view art based on things they know to be real life occurances.

4) The videos do a great job by expanding on the theories and science behind aesthetics. The book supplied the basic fundamentals and the video added more depth.

5) I think overall the videos were very helpful in explaining aesthetics although they were a tad long. I do feel as though I have a better understanding of aesthetics after watching the videos, the book was a little vague. The video touched on all the major points and supplied a lot of additional information.

First Blog

1.) Setting up a GMail account and blog was very easy and user friendly!!

2.) I expect to learn aboutdifferent types of art and how they are used in society. I know very little about art.

3.) I love taking online courses, I work full time and feel these classes offer great flexibility for my schedule.