Artist Research Post

M.C. Escher was born 1898 and died in 1972. Escher became famous with his amazing graphic pictures. Most of his drawings were of unrealistic and impossible structures. Most of Escher's paintings were in black and white and had a 3D appearance. He was a left-handed artist who made over 2000 drawings and more than 400 woodcarvings and lithographs. This artist did not only draw wacky looking structures, but he produced many murals, book illustrations, and designed stamps. M.C. Escher met Jetta and married her in 1924 in Rome. I like this artist because he mostly uses black and white which makes the observer use their imagination to determine the colors of each thing in his drawing. I also enjoy his creativity towards different perspectives that he draws. For example, Escher drew pictures with a sphere in someone's hand that shows them looking at him or herself and an eye with an image in the pupal to show what the person or thing is looking at. I am also fascinated by his ability to make his sketches look 3D. An image that appeals to me is the drawing of the hands that looks like they're going off the page and that one hand is drawing the other hand. Another picture that appeals to me is the hands holding a mirrored ball. This picture fascinates me because it puts the observer into the person's shoes that's holding the ball and making them feel like they're the painting. It makes the person looking at the painting think a little. Another drawing of his that I like is the one of a boy looking at a frame in a gallery and making himself feel like he is really there. The picture he is looking at looks as if it is coming to life and that it will take the observer there. I enjoy this picture because its unrealistic but yet still makes you think and believe you are in the painting as well.
 

I saw great improvement from the beginning of the year, especially from last year. My shading skills have definitely improved as well as my collage making ability. Now that i got the hang of the book page making, I have a different interpretation on how to make the pages. I learned to make the colors a lot less brighter because when i drew on top of the color last year, you could barely see the drawing. For the collage, I learned to just let my mind run free and not have a specific plan on what the final product will look like. Last year, my collage pieces were placed in specific places with nothing on top. This year, i put layer on top of layer and found the collage looking 10 times better.  I am definitely liking this year more so far because I've learned so many good and better techniques and how to improve my art skills. I hope to keep learning and improving my skills.

Shoe Drawing

The shoe drawing project was probally my favorite project so far. I enjoy drawing the most out of all the different art activities. For my shoe drawing, I started off with just the pencil drawing on the right, but the rest of the page looked rather boring. I then chose to draw the same shoe, but in a different positon and this time in color. This drawing is not going into my coptic book, but will most likely be its own final piece. My next challenge is to decide what the background will be and how to bring the picture together as a whole.

Next President Collage

As you all know, election day is this Tuesday. Since most of my class mates and I cannot vote yet, we had the opportunity to express our opinions in a collage. This project could either be based on either president and his look on an important subject or the subject as a whole. In my collage, I chose Mitt Romney and his out look on the economy. Romney stated that he wanted to created more jobs for people, but have them environmental safe also. To make this collage, I started off with a white piece of paper and drew an outline of Romney. I the layed down newspaper, tissue paper, modeling paste, gloss medium, and drew footprints on the outside of the Romney face. As for the face, i included pictures of money, job articles, and people comming together as a whole to help eachother out economically. I enjoyed this project and saw an improvement

from last years collage and this years.

I'm back! My sophmore year has now began and I am back for my second art class. Last year was a blast and im looking forward for more exciting projects. Throughout this year, my goal is to try new technics and to try to improve my art.I will try to look at things in a different prospective and to acumulate my outside world into my art. I hope to see improvement in my drawings and other projects there are to come. I'm excited to make a coptic book this year since I made a circle book last year. I can't wait to hear the projects we're doing and i hope to repeat the ceramics project this year.

reflection

although it is only my freshman year and my first real art class, i have enjoyed the journey so far. im looking forward to new and exciting projects in the years to come. my favorite assignment was probally the ceramics. we got to make a bowl,cup,and plate to represent someone. i chose my aunt. she has inspired me my whole life to keep doing what i dream to. this art class has taught me to look at things from different prospectives and to interpret things different, but at the same time, be myself. im looking forward to next year and what it has to bring, but so far it has been a blast.