For this art piece, we were instructed to draw something that shows a form of reflection. It was meant to be literal, but could be an interpretation view as well. Some of my early concept ideas included mason jars, phone screen, glass cup with iced tea. All of these ideas showed a little bit of me in them and I thought that was cool, but I wanted something that definitely put out more than one aspect of me as a person. This is why I decided to go with a mash up of things on my desk which represent me. Nintendo Switch, sketching pencils, markers, fairy lights and last but not least, a succulent.
Throughout the piece I started with sketches and concept photos that helped me figure out a way I wanted to place the objects and take the angle of the photo from. This final picture I used came from a set of around 5 photos. From then, I sketched out a version of the piece that I found fitting and tried a few different papers to go behind the picture. I found that the darker brown color definitely suited me the best when I was working with the Prismas. I definitely had a few struggles while creating this piece. First, I had trouble adjusting to the paper and ended up having to start over, it ended up working out because I preferred the second sketch better. Things I found successful was the colors I used throughout the piece. Instead of using black, I thought of the refracted colors coming from the fairy lights created a rainbow effect so I ended up using those colors. I think looking outside the box of colors and seeing alternate colors in the image was my strong point and bringing out the brighter hues of them really pulled my piece together.
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The philosophy of art is something that is very different for every person who makes, appreciates and critiques art. This is my philosophy of art.
Art is definitely a strong point of communication in my opinion and I think that every piece is communicating something, whether it be a bowl of fruit or even a skyscraper. Each individual artist does things their own way when they are designing and creating a piece, which I think shows a lot of communication. When I create a piece, I want to communicate to my viewers a wide range of emotions. I will tend to draw happy, cheerful types of art because I know that lighthearted art can help boost someone’s emotions. I also do have times where I am not feeling the best and I think it’s important to show that and communicate it through my work. I like to communicate these emotions by having a cluster of emotions within my pieces. I want others to view me as an artist like they would view a weather forecast. Some days are sunny, some gloomy and there are some rare thunderstorms. I think it’s important to express all of these into my artwork. When other people see my work, I want them to feel a wide range of emotions as they’re seeing all my pieces together. Some people focus on only the happy things, some only on the sad, but I think it’s important to show that not everyone is happy or sad all the time, we all feel different things. Artistic ideas for me, come from anywhere. Things that drive me the most, however, are things that evoke emotions. I love to see things that will make people feel a certain way when they look at them. Not just the basic things like, sunrises or thunderstorms. I like to see smaller things that can bring back feelings like nostalgia or feelings that aren’t as recognized as often. If I see something that brings back memories to me, it’ll inspire me and maybe others out there will have that same feeling that I felt when I saw it. I think it is very important to show emotions in your art. It can show others how you’re feeling and show us that we all express ourselves in different ways, and for some of us, its art. People all around can create and view art and share viewpoints and emotions, bringing us all together in a way that words themselves cannot do. |
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January 2018
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