Artists Collaborate

1.  Our project idea is to create different words with our bodies.  In the picture above, we are planning out different words and how we are going to generate them into an "artists collaborate" art project.  

2.  I am collaborating with 3 other girls; Hannah, Brooke and Bre.  My role in the project is to help think of ideas/what words we should use and how we should create those words.  

3.  The final piece will be of us 4 creating different letters/words with our bodies.  We have only done the planning so far, so hopefully the final will come out the way we want it to.   

Smooth

I drew a small bottle of lotion from Bath and Body Works and I drew this because lotion is smooth and the topic we were supposed to draw was "Smooth."   

Artists Solve Problems/Limitations

Artists Solve Limitations
For this project, the limitation I used was only using University logo's to spell out my name.  As you can see, my name is spelt out with the logo's for NC State, Appalachian, Princeton, Notre Dame, and Auburn University.  The main problems that I encountered with this project was finding the right logo to represent my name and making sure I could replicate them accurately so that people looking at my project could tell which logo belonged to which university.  In addition, this project was very tedious and required a lot of patience to make sure that there were no little mistakes that could potentially make the project look different than the way I wanted it to look.  A last minute decision that I decided to make, was to replace the cursive word "Mountaineers" in the middle of the Appalachian logo, and replace it with my last name which is the same amount of letters as the word "Mountaineers".  Overall, I really like how the project came out and I feel like I used the theme of this project in a unique way.      

Artists Steal

1.  Before starting this unit, I thought stealing and copying were basically the same thing.  I thought that if you stole something, you called it your own.  And if you copied something, you took and idea from someone else and called it your own as well.  However, after finishing the "Artists Steal" unit, I realized that stealing and copying are two different things.  Stealing, is taking something from someone else and changing it up to make it your own.  On the other hand, copying is taking something from someone else and not changing it.  Therefore, stealing can be seen through my drawing of Jerry as shown above.  I took the original photo of Jerry, drew a replica of it, but changed the theme by drawing him as a patriot.  Therefore, I did not copy the photo of Jerry, I "stole" it.  

2. My character remix project was of Jerry the mouse from the TV show Tom and Jerry.  The remix concept of this project was utilized by making Jerry a patriot rather than an ordinary mouse.  I drew a red hood-less sweatshirt with "USA" in stars written across and also drew striped plants for the mouse to wear.  Jerry's hands and feet are dotted with red and blue dots and if you look close enough, the inside of his ears are pink with small white stars.  Lastly, there is a star on the tip of Jerry's nose and his whiskers are colored red.  The reason I decided to draw Jerry as a patriot is because his enemy, Tom the cat, is of a different political party, one that is not a patriot or in favor of America.  

3.  My final project is of a "palm"-tree.  The hands that are drawn in green replace the normal, large leaves that a regular palm-tree would have.  The branch of the tree is a normal branch with a zig-zag pattern that is colored in all shades of brown.  Lastly, instead of having clouds above the hands, there are balloons that the hands are reaching for.  The merit of my final project is the "play on words" and how I "interpreted the meaning" of a palm tree.  Instead of drawing an actual palm tree, I changed up the meaning of the word and drew a tree with palms (hands) instead.  Therefore, my merit is the play on words and the different interpretation I brought upon this final project.     

Artists Observe 2 - Faceless Portrait (Hannah Bush)

I Create Original Art

I used my own unique ideas in this piece of artwork mainly by doing stippling with chalk pastel color pencils.  This was unique because usually when an individual does a portrait of someone else, they will either shade it or color it.  But in my piece of artwork, I did stippling that made the portrait look very different than the original photo I took (left).  My source of inspiration was my friend, Hannah Bush.  I took this photo of her holding up a peace sign with her fingers and then decided I would draw this.  However, as I started to draw, I realized that I wanted to focus on her clothing, especially the bright color of her sweater.  This is when I decided that I would not draw a face which would ultimately emphasize the clothing and the bright pink.  Overall, I enjoyed working in this project and I am very happy with the way it came out.  

Artists Observe 1

I Create Original Art:

I used my own unique ideas in this observation piece by using fake snakes as my observation object. This purpose of this assignment was to place an object on the sidewalk/street and observe how other individuals react to that object.  After contemplating what object I wanted to use, I decided to use fake snakes that were packed away in my garage.  Although this was a risky object to use, I went ahead and used the snakes as two observational objects.  My source of inspiration was the video that Mr. Sands made us watch in class.  The object that the lady used in the video was a 20 dollar bill. Although this was an interesting object to use, I did not want to risk losing money.  Instead, I thought of using an object that would cause a drastic reaction and I immediately thought of the snakes.  I'm very happy with the way this observation piece came out.  

I Take Risks:

As I mentioned above, the biggest risk I used regarding this project was the use of fake snakes as my object.  This was a risk because I was afraid that I would really scare the random people on the street that passed the snakes.  In the end, I decided to use the snakes and the result of my observation was pretty good and did not cause too much fear.  Because this was an observational piece, I used the camera that was on my phone instead of drawing the reaction.  I was contemplating whether or not I wanted to draw the reaction but I thought that that an actual photo would capture the emotion better.  

I Have a Global Awareness of Artmaking:

I found inspiration from the video I watched in Art class.  In the video, the lady who was doing this assignment used a 20 dollar bill and observed how individuals walking on the street reacted to the money.  In the end, one man took the 20 dollar bill.  I usually don't use photography as a tool but for this assignment I used my phone camera to take accurately the photo and capture the reaction.  I did not participate as an art community member.    

Mixed Media - Shoe Collage

Artists Create Original Art

I used my own unique ideas in this project by not only making a shoe collage but placing a photo behind each shoe that relates to the shoe.  For example, the yellow shoe with the red bow is from Snow White and the apple that the shoe is placed on is a significant item of Snow White; therefore, they correspond with eachother in the same disney movie.  Likewise, I did this for the other two shoes, being Cinderella and Aladin.  The source I used for inspiration was Disney.  I originally did not know what to do but I decided that the idea of Disney could be portrayed through shoes from famous Disney characters.  

Artists Develop Art Making Skills

The new skills I learned through this project was how to use mixed media within one piece of art work.  The one thing I had difficulty with was painting over the paper that I glued in the background.  The pumpkin, apple, and magic carpet were all printed out on paper so the texture was a bit difficult to paint over, but I just had to use multiple layers of painter after each layer dried.  I learned skill with the familiar technique of painting.  I have painted before in multiple pieces of art work, but this was definetly the most difficult project in terms of painting.  

Artists Reflect   

I took time to step back and reflect my work after each major part of my project.  First, I stepped back and looked at my project after I placed the pumpkin, apple, and magic carpet on the poster board.  I put these at an angle because I didn't want them straight and too confined.  After this, I added the corresponding shoes to the items and took some time to reflect how these looked.  Lastly, I added my third medium of tissue paper to Snow White's shoe and this added some volume and originality to the project.  I did consider how this project would turn and how to add each element to the peice of art work, but as I was going I added a few items such a glitter that I did not think about earlier.  Overall, this project allowed me to step out of my comfort-zone and I really like how this project turned out.