Fabric Drawings

Back to D.E.A.D.!!! It's Tuesday and its time to draw. We had to draw a tower thing of different fabrics and I guess I could have done better, I saw one piece of fabric that I really wanted to do and so I did and I loved the way it came out but the thing is that I spent too much time on it. I wish I could have gotten some more of the really big things but its always a learning process! So it was nice, trying to get the folds in their but I think it was different than the sticks, I kind of liked this better for some reason.


Here is my artwork!

Principles of Design Research

The painting that my group and I looked at was the one made by Frida Kahlo. She made a painting on the the border between Mexico and the U.S. She showed the viewers how industrial the U.S. is and how in Mexico there are more natural things, not as much a crazy city but more like the old days. She was showing how different the cultures are even though they are so close to each other. She shows principles of design by the placement of the objects, by the proportion of the objects and by the lighting that she has. It was a nice seeing what she thought about the two places that are so close in proximity.

Found Object Sculpture Reflection Discussions

While we met in groups today, and had some  constructive feedback I found out that all the materials I used were being portrayed in the right way. Good thing for me to hear! I feel good about my sculpture.

I liked John's I liked how from the moment I saw it I knew what it was! Great job with using materials.


Here is my little guy!

Pile of sticks

D.E.A.D. was today, so we came into the classroom and what do I see?
A pile of sticks. At the first sight of it I knew it was going to be a challenge. I looked at it and then we came together and talked about how to start and how we would be drawing from general to specific. We have been working on that skill for quite some time now and it was time to see how I could do it. I know that at first I was thinking to myself; "what? how do I even start? and I dont like the saying 'it has to be ugly before it gets better' I dont like it although it is true...." So I started looking at the pile and then just scribbling some lines on the paper, left to right up and down side to side. I feel okay I guess, it was definitely something new and a challenge but it was a good challenge I learned a way to make the illusion of things overlapping and it is a good skill to have so Im glad we learned how to.



Here is my work!

Mid-Term Reflection

At this point I really, really LOVE art. As I've said to my teacher before, Art is always the class that I look forward to coming to. I don't know what else to say because I really enjoy all the things we have experimented with. I really enjoy how my teacher is so helpful and how she is always happy and its just overall a great atmosphere. Im glad that I am lucky enough to be involved in this art class. Here are a few pictures of the work I've reflected on;

TITLE: MI VIDA; I made this because I am Christian, I am Mexican, and I love it. It is something that is so important to me. I love going to church, I love God and sharing that, this is why I chose to make this.

TITLE: Dancing Queen; I chose this theme after seeing a face in the accidental/purposely made object from one of our first projects. When I saw this I thought of it immediately and started acting on it. I saw the face of an Egyptian for some reason, like a queen or something and I loved it. Thats why I decided to make it.

This was one of my D.E.A.D drawings! I am satisfied with it and I love how it came out. I loved being able to experiment with shading and everything and it was just fun to get your hands a little dirty!

The Changing Still Life

Today during art we had a unusual experience. My teacher had a still life set up and had one object on it, she then asked us to draw it with charcoal and after a while she would start adding things on to the still life, sometimes dramatically changing the drawing or maybe just having to erase some lines. At the beginning I didn't really mind it at all but as we got towards the end it started getting more & more difficult to add and erase everything and keep up with the pace. Overall I can't say I hated it but I thought it was fallry difficult at times, but there is nothing better than a good challenge so although it was tough at times I did enjoy working with charcoal and seeing how easy it is to make mistakes with it and just even seeing how it can enhance a drawing like that. This was my Tuesday experience in D.E.A.D. Art class!