Post # 10 Gender Stereotyping

 This picture has a man and a woman in it but are shown in two different ways. Under the man is the word masculine and under the woman is feminine, so under these circumstance the artist was trying to show people the difference between man{masculine} and woman{feminine}. The man is very muscular and strong because as you can see, he has big muscles and abs. He is wearing a lifeguard shirt, whistle, trunks and a boating ring. we can all predict from these details that he is a lifeguard possibly on a boat. I would predict that they are trying to say that men are saviors of the human descent and the most dominant. But if you look at the woman then you would see a whole different perspective. The woman is holding a pot with baby bottles in it. In another hand she is holding a math test that has a F on it. It could mean that either the woman failed the test and possibly flunked out of school. I know none of her nine kids couldn't have gotten that F because they are still just babies. I can tell by her belly that she is pregnant again and by her hair that she is stressed by working hard to raise and provide for her crying babies. They are trying to say woman are nothing but uneducated people who have a lot of babies that they can barely take care of. This is a stereotype because woman are also smart, beautiful individuals that can overcome anything no matter how big of an obstacle and not all men are in shape hero's like the man in this picture.

Post # 9 Postmodern Art

 This is a painting by Leonid Afremov. It shows of a woman and her significant other, I assume, walking down the street holding an umbrella. It looks to be raining by the water you see on the sidewalk and street. I also know that it is night because the street lights are on. This picture displays your everyday typical couple walking up the street with an umbrella because it is raining. This could be and happen to anyone, so this picture is representin' people in the situation of a rainy day. This picture can also represent layering. How?  If you look closely at the sidewalk then you can tell it was raining by the way it was painted. When a artist use representation then he or she is trying to show what can actually happen in real life if it hasn't already. Black, white, a yellowish orange and bluish purple color was layered on top of each other to make this look more real. It looks like they are actually walking on a wet sidewalk. Small details he used really brought out the picture's realism.

Post # 8 Reflection

Quarter 1 was very interesting to me because of the different experiences I had. Even from the first day I learned about cool and hot colors and exquisite corpse, but in a fun way. There was also tasks where we had to draw things that come to mind when given a word, free sketch days, drawing techniques learned, and creative ways to write your name as a bellringer. But we also had days where we just wrote definitions,took Cornell notes on things like art and race or gender criticism ,and talked about things that wasn't that interesting. With both the fun and boring ways I learned more about art then I did in my whole entire life. For example, I didn't even know that there were seven principles and elements of art. I applied them to my drawings without even knowing it then. I even used all of these in my outer space abstract book. I now see the subject of art differently because I didn't know that there was so much things going on and meanings behind the piece. I just thought you just draw and paint for the fun of it. Now I know it's more to art then that

post #7 My Art Book

Making this book was an interesting yet exciting process. Even though I didn't have the idea off the top of my head the book came together over time. To me it was difficult to find something to put on paper just like that so it took time for my work to evolve. Everything isn't going to be easy or a"eureka" moment therefore, this process helped me develop the skills of bringing elements and principles together as one. I found that since I started off with stars in general, I could play around with the theme as making it one story or each page tell a different story but I decided to make one whole story. I could make many different things with stars for example, I could have made a story about Hollywood using the stars but I chose space. I chose space because I wanted to do an out of this world scene. If I was to make another book containing stars I would probably went with the Hollywood theme and would have made my book more complex. This way it would be more thinking going on to figure out my book.

Post #6

I choose this handmade book because it caught my attention with it's unique form. It reminds me of when you stand up all the dominoes in the form you want and then push them over like people do in a domino rally. It also reminds my of an sculpture of some sort. She uses found text to make her sculpture like book and arrange them in a thematic way. Susan Porteous doesn't use words or pictures that but it looks like she made it out of cardboard or paper with orange string holding it together. I don't know why this book was made in this way or what it represents but this is something I really want to know. One more thing I would like to know is what inspired her to make this sculpture?

Post # 5 Abstract Drawing "Fiesta No. 6"

This is an abstract drawing by mariana martin of color, lines, shapes, and pattern. This art shows how some shapes and color come together to make a pattern. The lines drawn are made of different colors that is repeated of the red blue and black shapes. She used all kind of forms of shapes in one that makes one big shape. For instance, the lines and half circle at the bottom comes together to make one big shape that resembles a half of an orange. It is the same with the piece in the triangular shape that looks like an upside down banana. From the title I can suggest that this is some kind of pinata or party decoration because of the word fiesta and the circles and lines that looks like it is fallen from the piece. I have also read that this picture was inspired by the brazilian carnival so one of my guesses may possibly be right.

Post # 4"The Passion Of Music"

Leonid Afremov immediately captured my attention with this breath taking painting of a woman playing the cello. I liked the creativity he used with oil and palette knife because of the different elements and principles he used. There are among plenty of elements and principals that can be applied here but there are a couple that really pop out to me.  Color is one of the elements that really got my attention because there are so many colors shown in this picture that my eyes couldn't grasp what I was looking at. Her background is like a rainbow rain whereas her face expression makes a statement about no matter what the weather is she will only concentrate on playing. The artist also used different shades of color to make her skin the right texture.  If you look at her elbow and her face it shows towards the hand and right side of her face facing the front that it is lighter in exposure, whereas at the elbow tip and left side it gets darker to show its in the shade. This is also a way to show contrast because of the way he make different colors come together as one. The background makes the picture of the girl pop out but the background its self also catches people attention. The last principle that is applied is movement. The way her fingers are pulling the strings of the cello and the way she is holding the stick proves that she is moving because of the separation and placement of her fingers.

" My Inspiration"

  This Is A Picture Drawn In Febuary 10th 2002 Of One Of My Biggest Inspiration In This World Besides God And My Family. I Really Do Like This Picture Because In My Eyes It Is So Realistic And Similar To The Real Person. I Consider This Picture Art Because Of The Fact That Shaun Rogers Used A Lot Of Artistic Details And Made This Picture Look Like An Actual Black & White Photo. I Think The Message He Tried To Dislay Was Of A Tribute To This Musical Sensation Who Some People Tend To Forget About. He Is Showing Appreciation And Reminding People Of A Once On Top Of The Charts Singer. I Couldn't And Would'nt Have Rendered This Picture In Any Way Because This Picture Is Just Perfect To Me. This Picture Displays A Elegant Young Talented Beauty Who Died In 2001 By The Name Of Aaliyah. http://www.spraygraphic.com/ViewProject/12468/normal.html Is Where I Found This Picture And This Wonderful Artist Of Potiential. One Thing I Would Want To Ask Him Is What Inspired Him To Do This Tribute Towards Aaliyah?

"Race And Gender Criticism Of Art"

 Honestly, Judging Art By Gender Or Race Is A Very Wrong Thing To Do Because The Quality Of The Work Doesn't Relate To The Person Who Has Done It. It Might Be A Personal Experience Of The Artist But Just Because A Woman Or Multicolored Person Created The Art Doesn't Mean The Art Isn't Great. Woman And People Of Color Can Create Many Brilliant And Wonderful Things And That's What Really Counts. I Know I Wouldn't Go To An Art Display And Say "O I Don't Like This Picture Because A White Male Painted This Picture" But I Would Judge It By The Creativity And  Meaning Behind It. This Is The Way Things Should Really Be And I Think This Because I Know If I Wanted To Become An Artist, I Wouldn't Want People To Judge My Painting By My Race And Gender. This Passage Really Surprised Me Because Of The Way People Thought Of Multicolored And Women' s Art. I Wonder Why People Was Judged By Social Class Rather Than Their Work? This Will Lead To The Question Of Why Was There Only Three White Women, One Black Women And No Black Men Whose Art Was Displayed In The Museum Of Modern Art In New York?

My First Art Experience

 Strolling Down Memory Lane I Remember My Very First Time Drawing. I Was Only About 7 Or 8 Years Old And Very Ambitious To Express This Image I Had In My Mind. I Can't Recall What The Inspiration Came From And In Fact, I Can Barely Remember What Or Who The Picture Was For. What I Do Remember Is Drawing What I Thought Was A Beautiful Fairy With Many Colors. I Gave Her Wings,A Beautiful Brown Face And A Wonderful Dress. This Drawing Was Drawn In The Front Cover Of One Of My Child Hood Books That I've Owned. After I Got Done Drawing And Coloring This Fairy I Decided To Name This Goddess "Mother".