Look back at it (reflections)

Now its time for a reflection, I was asked to go back to week one and re read what I had written as an introduction. And here it is.

1. What were you expectations for this course and where they met?
My expectation was to grow a better knowledge about art and the people who spend their lives making it. Yes Absolutely. It was a rather broad expectation but that's really what how I felt!

2. Now that you've been through this course, What is art? How would you define it now compared to your intial posting?
Honestly I would define it basically the same way as I did before which was "I think art isn't necessarily something that could be defined in words. But if I had to say art is a form of visual expression, It has no right or wrong answers but has to be somewhat understood in order to create it"


3. Who was your favorite artist in your original posting and who is your favorite visual artist now? If there is a difference, why do you think so? If you have the same favorite artist, why do you think so?
Well, I do feel the same way as I did. It's hard to label one particular artist as my favorite while so many of them have different things to be offered and can nt be compared on the same scale. However if I had to pick one artist in general ir would still be Salvador Dali. For the same reasons he was the first time, because of his surrealist approach that makes us question what we see,

4. Now that you've completed this course, how do you feel about taking an online course? Is your answer the same as it was in your first posting? How is it the same or different?
I feel neutral. I personally enjoyed this class but art is my favorite subject. I'm not sure how I would like a math or English online class. But It was straight forward enough to get used to. The only thing I struggled with in the beginning was trying to figure out when the right time to do homework that was due on the weekend. Eventually I was able to work around my work and school schedule.

Self

Its a very busy week for me so I decided to visit a gallery virtually.  I chose this particular gallery from Google Art Project

https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/user-gallery/self-portrait-guidence/hQLSSV3ZMJqgJg?projectId=art-project&position=0%3A12

These are the inspiration portraits I chose.

Self portrait with highlight on nose, 60х50, Painting, Voligamsi Rinat

Ivan Le Lorraine Albright, 1951, 24 x 20 inch, Self portrait

w810 x h962 x d50 cm , Nora Heysen, self portrait, 1932







                                                                  My Final Drawing

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*Note- I used a mirror to look at myself instead of drawing from a two dimensional picture, I did however take a picture of myself at the time and angle I was drawing from*

1. Why did you select the inspiration pieces?

I selected the three self portraits above because I'm not sure which angle I'm going to go with yet but I like how different they all are from each other.

2. Why did you select the media to create your self-portrait?
I chose Colored pencils on black paper because of the powerful contrast it creates.

 3. What challenges did you face in creating your self-portrait and how did you overcome them?
I have had to make other self portraits in the past so I have experience working with my own face. The only real challenge I had was the mirror I was using was to small, so it was hard to see all of my face at one time.


 4. How does this piece represent you?
It represents me because I am the subject. I was debating making a fully abstract portrait but I decided to do a realistic one. Everyone that I showed said that it does look like me!

5. What elements and principles of art did you apply in this work?
Color, I've done black and white portraits in the past and I really wanted to use color to my advantage. Contrast, The black paper is very dramatic against the light colored pencil. 

6. Did you enjoy working on this project?
Yes I did. I really like to use my self as the subject, more so then drawing someone else.  

7. What do you think of your final artwork?
I really enjoyed the way it turned out. I wasn't sure if I would like the medium I chose, but I ended up liking it.

Reflection Jorunal Art curator project

The Process of making this curation project was fun yet challenging. At first I wasn't to sure how to come up with a theme. But after watching the assigned videos I understood more about categorizing the artworks. The theme I chose was the influence of cats in the art world. A title was easy because I love naming things. "For the love of cats". I searched through many cat artworks until I found ones that worked well and complimented each other