Team group project

Week 10

Started to learn about the 3 ingredients of paint which are pigment, binder, and vehicle and also support. Also watched a bit of the documentary Before the Flood that discusses global warming. Watercolor, fresco,encaustic,tempura,oil,acrylic and sometimes airbrush is considered to be for painting. Also seen some people dressed up for halloween. We needed to choose a painting that had the 3 ingredients of paint incorporated with it. I choose "the butler sings".

Week 9

This week we did some censorship sharing(Josh,Ben,Jorden,Jake) and portfolio sharing (Jordan,Gabby,Jen). Went throught Chapter 6 which went through drawing, with various tools and techniques like dry and liquid media, along with reason why someone would draw an artwork. Also got into groups to start working on Classical West and early medival art.

Week 8

This week we continued learning about evaluating art and the craziness of the art markets that loosely correlates with historical importance or innovation of artwork and can show a certain group of collectors who wants to pay for a given work of art and a given time. Also learned the 3 methods to write about art which are 1.Get the facts 2.Analyze 3.Evaluate. Also skimmed a bit about Censorship in art and how artists freedom of expression is subdued to a point if they go against the grain sometimes they could get jailed for what they do in forms of art. Usually when its Censored is usually because its due to Religion, Politics or someones Morals.

 Saw this painting in one of the museums (can't recall which one, i want to say it was the smithsonian art museum, it's been 4 years since i went there) and really, really enjoyed this piece its the only one that has been permanently engraved in my mind. I think it is because of how peaceful, serene it is and the detail was amazing not to mention this painting was huge! it is called Among the Sierra Nevada by Albert Bierstadt.

Week 7

Started learning a bit about to evaluate artworks and started a little project, by finding a piece of artwork and evaluating it. Learned about the 3 basic Art Criticism theories which are Formal,Contextual, and Expressive Theories. Also did some project sharing also browsed through 

http://www.artquotes.net/art_quotes/critics/index.htm which showed different art critics expressing their opinion on certain artist and artworks.

this short video about an animation made entirely out of canvas portrayed like van goghs artwork and about his life.

Saw this growing out of a tree by Water Street and had to take a picture because A. never seen such colors on a fungus(?) and B. with the green leaves on the tree it makes it pop.

Week 6

Started going through the 7 principles of design which are:
Unity & Varity
Balance
Emphasis & Subordination
Direcitonal Forces
Contrast
Repetition & Rythm
Scale & Proportion
Also started to work on our Chapter 4 project for "what is american culture?".

What is American Culture Project:

Week 5

Started by reviewing chapter 3 and getting more information about our 'Who am I' projects. Also shared about the Falling Leaves art studio tour, which shows local artists at there place of work from eau claire to augusta. Started to discuss for about the 7 Visual Elements of art which are: Line,shape,mass,time & motion,space,light,color and texture.

 Finished 'Who am I' project:

2Cellos-They Don't care about us

Video game concept art: