I am Art.

So, I was sitting in my living room thinking about why art is so important to me. I had just finished looking at the different art blogs that my classmates have created. I was inspecting all of the different styles of art that we all find to be near and dear to our heart. I then got to thinking... Why is art important to me? I of course went to the immediate cliche answers of, it allows me to be creative, it's just cool to be able to create something original, it's therapeutic, and so on. But as I really took a look inside I realized its not just about creating something original or being creative. For me it's about discovering what I am capable of doing as a person. What I can challenge myself to do. What I am willing to show the world about myself. For me creating something is empowering. Nobody else can create what I can. Each time I finish a piece of art I am putting a piece of me out there to be critiqued and judged. This brings up the question will people like what they see? I believe art is more than something just cool to look at. It is a part of that artist, it is their hard work, patience, problem solving, their story. I am not sure I have answered the question of why art is so important to me, but I do know that as long as I am capable of doing so, I will create and continue to put little pieces of me out into the world to be judged and hopefully to be appreciated.

Pearls

This piece is a still life on mixed papers. The still life was drawn using charcoal. This is one of my favorite pieces that I have completed this year. I have never been great at portraying values, however this piece really turned out well. I love that this looks realistic. This was just a successful project over all. I liked how we went back to the basics of drawing but put a new twist on it. By far one of my favorites!

Alcatraz

This is my favorite piece of the year. This was also one of the most difficult pieces to complete. Precisionism is harder than it looks. I do like the color scheme in this though. One of my favorite pieces this year.

This Is Me

This piece took alot of patience. My image transfers seemed to be giving me a really hard time. I love how this turned out. I think that the image was really good. This has been my favorite project so far. It felt like the only thing that was to be accomplished in this piece was to be creative and have fun. I really like this artwork.

Patterned People

These are my figure drawings with a peter max inspired theme. I really like how this piece turned out. I think that it is really colorful and enjoyed coming up with different patterns. One of my favorite things about this is how the gray background pulls all of the figures together. It brings unity to the piece.

This is was a very interseting project. The object was to start out with simple kitchen utensils, and then simplify the shape. We then made a logo out of one of the kitchen utensils. I really enjoyed this project and i like the end result.

This focus for this project was to divide our composition into sections and then make a focal point out of one of those sections. This is not one of my favorite pieces but i did enjoy learning how to do an image transfer.