HOMEWORK DUE 10/10/2011

For your homework this week. I want you to discover textures in your environment and create a frottage (rubbing). Use any sheet of paper and try pencil, crayon , or chalk to see which materials get the most detailed texture. Then I want you to imagine the textures as part of a fantastic landscape or imaginary creature. Watch the video of Max Ernst creating his frottages for inspiration. Then post an image and describe how you created the work. Next week we will be researching various artists and because we are a little behind I have decided to postpone the midterm until Monday the 17th. Have a great weekend!

This first picture was taken on a small bridge that hangs over the side of Lake Trinity at my boyfriend's lake property where he grew up on summer weekends as a kid. While he was mowing I was taking pictures. I really love this picture because of how clear the trees are reflected into the water. I also love the lines in the wood of the bridge. I can just imagine my boyfriend coming here as a little boy, not a worry in the world, just running and jumping into the water off of the bridge.


The second picture is of my boyfriend mowing. I was laying down on a blanket and love how in the picture you can see the tall cat-tail grass. Makes the picture look really rustic and simple. It explains the kind of people we are.

The third picture I took was in our yard, out across the pond. The wood usually hold our gun targets when we shoot. I gathered some really bright yellow flowers and places them in the bullet holes to spell out "LOVE". I think that it shows our LOVE for shooting guns.

When I'm leaving the school

Site Specific Art

Environmental Art

Honesty, when I took this picture I  just thought is was very unique & beautiful, how the inside world was being reflected through a view of the outside world.

Think of yourself as a therapist, and then ask your patient, what does this remind you of ? The 1st thought that pops into your head!!

Frida Kahlo was born in 1907 but claimed to be born in 1910 when the revolution started she wanted for people to associate her birth date with the birth of the modern Mexico.She contracted polio at the age of six and made her right leg thinner than her left that's why she used to wear long colorful skirts. In her teenage years she was in a car accident were she got injured and damage her reproductive ability. After this accident she decided to start her painting career while recuperating she once said "I paint myself because I'm so often alone and because I'm the subject I know the best". Out of her 143 paintings, 55 are self portraits. She wanted her show her pain on most of them she would say " I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality." Her work was inspired by the Mexican colors that you can see with her use of bright colors. I wanted to give a small review of her life to support all the painting she created and show that her life is behind all of them. As you can see on this picture "The Last Supper" she shows many of her famous work in one, showing many of her faces of lifetime suffering.

I was able to capture a glimpse of how beautiful this flower looked. The sun was bright that day; and the flower seems to be glowing. The sun created the perfect combination of shadows, giving this simple flower a whole new look

I took this picture at the park, last year in the middle of autumn, when the colors are warm and the leaves of the trees start to fall. I really like the colors in this picture and the contrast between the green, yellow, and red. I also like the contrast between the trees with leaves and the ones without them. Almost as if the trees with leaves were trying not to change.

I actuallly took this picture back when I was in High School; and I love the circular pattern of it. It's amazing for me to see, that even something as small as a spider can create something so beautiful. The web seems to have been perfectly crafted. Since a lot of people is afraid of spiders I decided to take this picture in black and white just to give it a more dramatic aspect.

Art in 1 minute

This is my "Lines on Light" picture. I set up a pool of pure water and used a flash light to light each area on that pool. Wherever I light on, it becomes the positive space which is showing lines created by the reflection of the light on that particular area. The rest of the pool becomes negative space, which has no lines or light.

My installation on this picture is all circles. I have a circular mirror, circular coins and circular light. By randomly dropping them to create a form, I coincidentally found the shape of a heart. I actually gave the intangible form an unlimited imagery of shape.

"Which is outside which?" is the name of this picture. The white light seems transferred most of the actually kool-aid color from the cup. Without painting it, I gave the wall the realistic image. Moreover, I have make a counter-logic picture. The kool-aid cup must usually be the outsider, however in this picture the straw is the true outsider.

I picked this picture because I love the ways the building reflect with each other. This reminds me when I was younger and I will tell my dad I wanted to move to New York. What amazed me about this picture that is only 3 building and it looks like more and one of the building has a art on the wall and it was just beautiful view. Beside all that the lines and reflection is just great.

I love this picture is shows how space. No matter if the space is small is still show a lot. This picture makes me feel that animals are like kids playing “pica boo”. I love how is so dark that u can see the noted cables and the kitty just looking.

When I took this picture I fell in love with the way the tree reflects on the ground. To me is shows how on the trees there is a reflects of motions that looks like water. I believe that the lights really show this view very changes the way you see any ornery tree. As well there is a warming emotion to it.

Site specific art

I Choose this picture because I love the way you can see the positive and negitive space, yet this also is a very emotional picture for me because it brings back memories of childhood when you rode with dad on the tractor. I liked the older look of the tracter and the colors that make parts of the picture pop.

I loved the way the roof had all the brown negitive space and the white of the new panel showed positive space. This was just put up after Ike had destryed our 152 yr old barn. I love the look of the outlines and lines that seperate all the panels of the roof.

The positive space of the blue tablecloth with the pop of the bright red heart that then forms this line that guides your eyes to the wrenches to symbolize love of two persons.

Designs in Everyday Life

I thought this was funny because i actually did this myself above my bed. I tried to create a certain mood in my room. I feel like this could be a famous piece of art with a name that means something the total opposite of what it looks like. This would then also be called "Non- Representational". The black color also adds mystery and shows negative and positive with its background being white.

I never liked the design of our front door but as i was leaving i realized that there had to be alot of time taken out to make something with such precision and beautiful shapes. Im sure that the person that made it has meaning behind the star in the middle as well as the lines surrounding it. The type of glass used to fog out the look inside is another thing that is interesting about this door.
As i was sitting at my sister's house I realized that all of her pillows had patterns. Looking at this photo you would never guess that it is a pillow but it's design and texture is what makes it unique.

"Nature"

Nature is often hidden, but it is up to us to unhide the beauty of nature. While I was doing this project, I was fascinating by the beauty of nature and its colors. Never did it cross my mind that nature could be so easily to work with. I had a wonderful experience making nature into a work of art. In my first picture, I was on my way down to Magnolia where I saw a lot of colors and shape leaves. Once I got to my aunt's house, I went walking through the woods and I got amazed by a deformed puddle. Since the puddle looked so dull, I gathered a bunch of different colored leaves and put it around the puddle giving it color and form. This picture reminded me of Andy Goldsworth art when he gave form and color to the circle with the yellow flowers. I was shocked that the picture came out looking like this because I never thought nature could be so simple and fascinating. It only took me 15 minutes to do this and my puddle came out looking like a heart. This made me appreciate nature more because it made me see the simple beauty of it.

As I was playing soccer, I got fascinated by the different shadows my friend and I performed. The soccer ball and our shadow gave me several ideas to play with in this picture. My friend and I were trying to portray the beauty of the sport. Each of the picture shows different motions. In the picture on the left you can see that my friend is holding on to the ball while the ball is on the ground, and on the second picture which is on the right you can see him throwing the ball upwards. I love the color of the green grass because it made the ball stand out and the shadow gave a positive and negative space.

On my third picture, I started looking at the nature around me. I saw different kinds of sticks and small leaves. I started playing around with the elements I had. As i started forming different shapes, weird looking faces started coming out. I actually enjoyed doing this picture because the faces reminded me of me. The faces to me look goofy and crazy and it defines who I am. I love this picture because it brought out the color of nature which is green. By making an outline around the two faces I gave it a shape. I do not know why but to me this picture looks like a frame with two faces.

Site Specific Art

The Little White Fungus That's Growing Is So Beautiful To Me.I Really Never Payed Attention And Just Looked At Nature So Close And How Beautiful It Really Is.The Color Of The Pen And Yellow Leave Gives It Just A Little More Touch Of Beauty. I Never Noticed The Lizard Until After I Really Payed Close Attention To The Picture. Its So Beautiful How Animals Natural Instinct Of Survival Are So Unique. Also I Love The Little Holes In The Leaves. Even Though The Leaves Are Dead There Still Giving Life To The Things Around Them So In A Way They're Still Living. The Trees Where Also Another Inspiration To Me. I Took A Picture Of My Tree In My Backyard And The Way The Lines Of The Branches Draw Attention To The Sky I Really Like That And Also How The Bend Of The Branches Went In All Different Directions And Reached Toward The Sky, I Though About How We Reach Toward The Sky. Also I Took The Shadow Of My Daughter Swinging On A Swing.I Really Thought It Was Really Cute.

art around me

i was on my way back home with family from a daytime adventure and i was trying to see if i could capture the view from the cracks between the trees but got this very abstract image of the mountains and trees instead. i considered if i should delete the image but then as i kept looking at it i loved how the movement actually looks like brushstrokes and the colors, especially the green look so vivid.

i was looking out to see if i could find any lines while i was driving home and i don't know what these are but it was perfect. i tried to only get them without the houses so it looked like random lines painted in the sky but they were too short, as i looked at the picture anyway the houses have so many shapes in them that isn't really visible to the common eye, for example never before would i notice the triangles and squares inside squares it takes to make the shape of a house.

i just like the shape this shadow cast, the shadows were not what i expected they would be when i took the picture, it almost looks like rays of the sun. just thought it was interesting.

this was the reflection of light on the floor through the window blinds. i just like the lines that were created and how good it looks with the texture of the floor.

SITE SPECIFIC ART

 I CREATED OUT OF TRASH WHATEVER CAME TO MIND FIRST. ALTHOUGH I'M NOT TOO CREATIVE, I LET FLY MY IMAGINATION TO CREATE THIS TIME. THE SHORT FILM EVIDENCES WHAT I CREATED WITH TRASH. I HOPE YOU'LL LIKE IT.    

knots

While sitting on my back yard I was trying to come out with the kind of art I wanted to create. I started looking at the nature around me, grass, flowers rocks, etc. I came up to the fence and saw the knots and the lines that are on the wood. When I started taking pictures of them it amazed me
the creativity is on the natural wood and how much I was missing. On the first top left picture I tried to show the beautiful detail on the hole, the smooth lines around it. The top right picture I wanted to show the deep dark lines that can be taken as many different shapes.

The third picture its my favorite I love the detail on the hole. Behind the fence you can see a truck. I wanted to show how we sometimes we take for granted the beauty of nature because there is other things that distract us from it. The last one on the bottom, the rocks on the fence make an implied line towards the sky and the tree. I love the colors on this picture.

Photos

I think this photo really helps show the vast expanse of nature that we have fenced off from our lives. And we're generally sitting on the fence about it. The other two I cannot upload but I'll bring them to class.

HOMEWORK Due Wed

HOME WORK (due Wed)
Think about the site specific art of Andy Goldsworthy, Gabriel Orozco, and Jessica Stockholder.
Try to look at your environment in the same way they do and look for ways to create lines, emphasize space, or distort they way things look as you drive, walk, or just do your daily activities.
Create 3 different site specific art works with any found material and document them with a digital camera.
Post the images on the blog and describe your thinking behind each piece.

Jessica Stockholder Video Link: Gabriel Orozco Link:

Laylah Ali

Laylah Ali's work often represent powerful feelings; such as anger, pain, and abuse. I think that the meaning of her paintings come from the facial expressions of her characters. Despite the fact that these are just characters and not real people; their facial expressions are so powerful that I could almost feel the victim's pain. Abuse or bullying? Who knows? All I know is that these green headed figures are as powerful as any other realistic painting. Another characteristic of Laylah Ali's work is that she often leaves her figures arm less to see what they are capable of doing; and to see what kind of message they can send by just using facial expressions. Color is also an element of great importance, not only because colors have meaning, but because they help her build tension. Her main subjects are political and social issues. Just like in this picture, could the victim be a prisoner or just a kid at school. There is a complexity about Laylah Ali's characters that have and will continue to set her apart from any other artist.

SITE SPECIFIC ART

The shadows and lines in this picture reminded me of a scenic view. The shadows reminded me of mountains and the water with the ripples of lines reminded me of the sky filled with clouds.
When we watched the video in class, I thought it was very creative how Andy Goldsworthy used shadows. In this picture I was trying to give the shadows life. There is passion and emotion in this picture. Even though I used shadows my imagination allowed me to see color in this picture. I hope other classmates can visually create and give this picture true color based on what their eyes have seen.
For this Site specific picture I wanted to show the impact of lines. If I'm not mistaken, the lines shown in the pools reflection are Implied Lines. I took this picture because I was looking for lines that captured movement and this was a good example I that. I really like how the flow of water can be aggressive and soothing.