Logo Design

1. When I first read the assignment for this project, I was a little intimidated. Once I started drawing, it ended up not being as hard as I thought it was going to be.

2.At first I thought it was going to be a challenging project. Once I got to the sketching stage, it just kind of appeared and when it was finished, it really did describe me. Trying to figure out what to put into the logo was the hardest part. I ended up using orange and green to represent the Irish flag and used red on my initials to represent my favorite color.

3. I learned how simple a logo can look but still represent a whole person.

4. I really enjoyed watching and reading about creating logos. I never really noticed how much goes into creating one. I thought the most important part was the sketching area. When they explained it, they really stressed how important it is to create the final product.

Art Gallery Visit

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Step 2:

A – Two artworks made a huge impression on my while I was at the Gallery. The first one was Polarity by Peter Sedgley which was created in 1966. It is made out of acrylic paint on canvas. When I first looked at it, all I could think about was Saturn, but the longer I looked at it, the more possibilities I saw. The other artwork was created in 164 and is called Bois-tiges de fer (Wood-Iron Rods) by Jesus Rafael Soto. It was created with painted Masonite and wire. I looked at this piece for a long time. I tried to figure out if there was a word written within the wire, but every time you moved, so did what you were looking at. It impressed me because I really enjoy artworks that can constantly change.

B – I made a connection with the first set of stairs in the Gallery. They are colored with vinyl tape. It is an artwork called Zobop (Stairs) by Jim Lambie in 2003. I tried walking down the stairs and had a hard time finding where each stair ended and the next began. Going back up the stairs was just as hard. I really liked this because it made me think of an event in my life that reflected the idea of blurred lines. The other piece was created in 2003 as well and was acrylic paint on canvas. It was called Gray-Blue from Series “Fog” by Susie Rosmarin. This was another painting that made me stare at it for a long period of time. I felt like I lost myself in it.

C – This final category is about the artworks that I would like to know more about. Clifford Still created and oil painting on canvas in 1950 called October 1950. When I looked at it, it reminded me of a map of the world. The red part makes me think of Russia and the constantly changing borders. I would like to know the real meaning behind this painting. Jean-Pierre Yvaral used vinyl cords and painted wood in 1962 to demonstrate her artwork called Acceleration #15, Series B. This made me wonder what she was trying to say with the constant swirl within the design.  

Art Project Blog

1. I thought it was fun to create the Value Scale and Color Wheel because I actually was able to create art. I took this class because I was afraid to try different art classes where you need to create something that actually looks good. This project was perfect for me because you can't really mess it up.

2. I enjoyed working with the acrylic paint as a medium because it was cool to see what other colors you could come up with when you mixed them together.

3. While I was creating the color wheel, I accidentally combined all the primary and secondary colors to create black. It ended up coming out a sickly green color which I didn't expect. When I did it again with just the primary colors, I finally got black. I learned that you cannot use any colors you want in order to create black. It needs to be the primary colors only.

4. I learned that the three primary colors aren't really the three primary colors. When I first watched the video, I didn't believe it. As I was doing my project, I realized that the video was right. This was cool to see and definitely a shock. I found the videos helpful because they helped explain how to do the project. It gave me the example that I needed in order to see what I was supposed to produce.

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I used pictures from around my house and backyard because I wanted to see if the elements and principles were incorporated into the decorations. I used my gazebo to represent lines because that is what it is made up of. Each line adds to the design. My barn represents value because the contrast between colors shows the different values within the barn. A caterpillar that my brother made is created by using many different circles which represents shape. The Buffalo News box represents the idea of form. I interpreted space as the area between the chair and table that holds our clothes pins because it is the area in between and around both objects. I used my tree to demonstrate color because it's leaves are starting to change color. Finally, I used our hose to describe texture.

I used our pond to describe balance because the trees around the pond give a sense of equality. I used the well to represent contrast because the texture of the roof is very different than the texture of the bottom of the well. I picked our white flower to demonstrate movement because the railings give off an angle that points directly to the flower. This makes me stare at the flower first when I look at the picture. The flower table was used to portray emphasis because the purple plant is meant to pop out when it is surrounded by the other white plants. The chair has a perfect pattern that was used. I took a picture of my sister working next to the tree to describe proportion. In the picture, the scale shows that she is meant to be smaller than the tree. Finally, I used a picture of two of our trees to describe unity because there is one on each side and connect in the middle to portray a sense of unity.   

Module 3 Blog

1. Color is created by light.  It can range from primary colors, to secondary colors, to intermediate colors and everything in between.  Color is created when it is refracted through light.  Each color creates an emotion within a person.  Each emotion is extremely personal and can be conditioned through culture.  For example, in America, people associate red and green with Christmas.  Also blue is usually used for a calming effect on an artwork.

2. I find it interesting that there would be no color if we didn't have light.  When we see a color, we see the light rays, not an actual color.  It is extremely interesting that objects really don't have a color. When you see an object that is red, that object absorbs all of the colors except red.  This way the red will reflect and become the only color you see. This happens with every specific color.

3. Red makes you make decisions.  It's a good grade to start with because it's your choice to make it bright or dark.  This decision is based off of how you feel at the moment.  Red makes people feel alive. I also liked how they explained that color moves through you.  You don't need to know much about color, just what works for you.

4. It really impacted me when they talked about how color reflected what expression a person within an artwork is feeling.  This expression makes the audience feel the same way.  This shows that color is needed to impact an audience's feelings.  It helps an artist depict certain emotions that they are trying to stress.

Blog 2

1. The movies Aesthetics: Philosophy of the Arts, and CARTA: Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics: Neurobiology, Neurology, and Art and Aesthetics and the article What the Brain Draws from: Art and Neuroscience all cover most of the same key concepts.  They all cover the different techniques in art that help us to establish what something is.  They show how the brain interprets a piece of art and how some people prefer a certain type compared to others.  For example, some people prefer to look at faces than an abstract artwork.  All three break down the meaning of Aesthetics and what it does for the world of art.  This is where the different philosophers were brought up to describe how the theory of aesthetics has progressed through time.  The final concept was where they showed pictures of how the chemicals in our brains interpret different emotions.  Each emotion made the brain look completely different.

      2.  The most influential philosopher was Aristotle.  He lived during the 7^th century B.C.  He wrote a book called “The Poetics” which stated that strong emotion was good for people to feel.  The principles to art were simple.  There was a beginning, middle, and end to each story.  Each one captured a different emotion from people.  Art was not just a documentation of a story, but a place where people can go and lose themselves in emotion.

   

      3.  I didn't really find Changeux’s scientific view interesting at all.  He was hard to understand and I think I may have only understood half of what he said.  I found the pictures of the brain to be interesting because it showed what everyone’s brain looks like when they feel a specific emotion.  Ramachandran was extremely interesting.  He talked about the eight laws of aesthetics which really caught my attention.  He was also easier to understand than Changeux. 

      4.  The article and movies elaborate on the topics assigned in the reading.  For example, the textbook mentions aesthetics and lets the movies and article elaborate on the topic.  They also mentioned the philosophers that brought aesthetics to where it is today. 

        5.  I really enjoyed most of the videos and article because they really brought light on the topic of aesthetics and everything involved within the topic.  I liked that the video showed the many different important philosophers that helped to discover information about aesthetics.  I also enjoyed how in depth they went about the definition of the topic.