project evaluation

I think beauty is anything you put your mind to making believe is beautiful. I expressed one view of beauty by doing a Japanese painting; I tried to make the cherry blossom stand out the most due to the fact that it has many symbols. The Japanese symbols I chose to put onto my painting were all ones that I thought were very important to life and how people should look at life. (courage, hope, wisdom, loyalty) I went through a long and interesting process beginning with researching and finding different ideas to use for my painting. I then started by sketching the design onto the canvas using pencil and then went over with my basic base colors (black and brown). I then added a bit of yellow to the bark to add a bit of a textured look to it then began to use green to make the leaves. I applied the leaves by dabbing the brush onto the canvas that way the leaves had a textured look to them. I then added the blossoms starting by making some what large dots on the branches of the blossom tree. I added a white curved line in the centers of all the blossoms to add a more 3D effect to the image. The items used are based on the fact that I have friends from all over the world and they mean a lot to me no matter where they are. Everything I wanted to work eventually did work out in the end. I used a number of different techniques to create this piece and they all worked out perfectly. I had difficulties finding the right types of paints and brushes but me and my sister looked in many different places and managed to find all the stuff I needed to finish the project. All I did to decide on how the painting was going to turn out was I used the techniques I had learnt over the years in my previous art classes and put them to use in making this one plus I looked at many examples of paintings done in the Japanese culture and decided to just do that with a flare of Canadian culture. That is my evaluation of my project.

my final project pics

IT IS FINALLY DONE!!!

My Town Mural

            I believe that this is a modern way of representing Golden Prairie. It shows how our town is old but has much chance to become new once again. Its stranger how towns that were once very large and powerful can end up being at the bottom of the food chain. The person sleeping on the bed is a representation of how quickly things can change around us, so fast it can happen over night. The confusion of how it all happened is shown in the “What happened here?” statement. I just hope that if this ever was a real mural for our town that people would understand the frustration and struggles our small town has gone through and is still going through. I hope that our prayers of a new beginning will be answered as the years go on and that our little town will thrive to become a great town once again.

stop and reflect #3

i have finished my painting now that my sister has found me some proper paint brushes for my flowers so i hope to have pictures put up by next week (as long as my laptop behaves)

what is beauty?

Beauty

        Are there objective standards of beauty? Or is beauty in the eye of the beholder?  Must art be beautiful to be great art?  What is the role of the experience of beauty in a good life?

Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? I define beauty as that which brings enjoyment to the person who looks or contemplates. I define subjective properties as properties that require subjects of the right sort to make a difference. When we say something is beautiful, are we recommending to others that they should take delight in it? Beauty may be intersubjective, but is it objective? Can we argue rationally about whether something is beautiful? Ken introduces Alexander Nehamas, professor at Princeton. Is beauty both skin deep and in the eye of the beholder? Nehamas distinguishes between surface beauty and deep beauty. 

Kant thought that if we think something is beautiful then we want everyone to agree with us. Ken proposes the idea that perception is a skill. Would the world be better off if everyone agreed on what is beautiful? Nehamas thinks the world would not be better off because what we find beautiful is a reflection of our personality and individuality. What can we learn about ourselves from what we find beautiful? Nehamas thinks that it illuminates our style. Is taste a function of education and economics? 

Is natural beauty ever better than constructed beauty, like in art or music? Do beauty and happiness go together? What is the relation between beauty and the sublime? Nehamas says that the sublime is our reaction in the face of something so overpowering that it consumes or obliterates us. There is a saying that truth is beauty and beauty is truth, but is that correct? John thinks it is false. Why does beauty matter?

final project pics

here are pics of my progress on my final art project that i should have done fairly soon.

Stop and Reflect #2

I have finally started to paint my picture and should finish it this weekend if none of my family members bother me.

Stop and Reflect #1

I am having some problems getting the right paints together to do my final project. I have drawn the outline of my painting and i will post a picture up this weekend possibly. Once i get the paint together then i can start painting it and move farther along and get closer to finishing.

Experimental

Project PLan

1) What is the basis for this project? What are you going to express through this project? what would you like people to think about when they view your art?
The basis for my project is featured around my love for the beauty of the japanese culture and their way of doing art. I wanna express the beauty of the japanese culture. I would like people to think about some of the struggles japan has gone through and how it is worth while helping them due to the artistic talent many of them have.

2) What skills and knowledge are needed to complete this project? Where can you find this information?
You dont really need much for skills to be able to do what i am going to do because it is more so based on how you feel and being free about how you do your art and as far as knowledge goes, all you need is to know the types of art they do and what it is you want to do for your project. You can choose any search engine really to find the information you need, for example i used google and mainly looked at the pictures of their art and went on a few sites that explained how they do their art and so on.

3) what materials, techniques, resources, etc.. will you use to complete your project?
The materials required for my project choice would be a canvas, paint, paint brushes, and a clean station to work at. There isnt really any tehnique required for this project just the technique of having fun and being free. Resources needed qould just be the computer to get your information or even books in your school/public library.

blog entry #3

I am going to do my project on a japanese culture. I plan to do a painting of a cherry blossom with a few japanese symbols.

Beauty

Beauty

Seasons

Winter

Snow

Frost

Ice

Fall

Coloured Leaves

Bare Trees

Frost

Spring

Flowers

Water

Grass

Colours

Summer

Flowers

Bugs

Animals

Colours

Colours

Places

Forests

Valleys

Prairies

People

White

Black

Brown

Yellow

Red

Clothes

Dress

Pants

T-Shirts

Skirts

Shorts

Sweaters

Tank Top

Art

Visual Art

Photos

Painting

Sketching

Dance

Hip Hop

Belly

Ballet

Ball Room

Cha-cha

Fox Trot

Samba

Music

Hip Hop

Rock

Heavy Metal

Folk

Classical

Pop

Nature

Forest

Trees

Spruce

Poplar

Pine

Flowers

Lilly

Lady Slipper

Daisy

Animals

Deer

Bear

Elk

Chipmunk

Rabbit

Dirt

Sand

Soil

Gravel

Food

Grass

Berries

Roots

Bugs

Valley

Plants

Daisy

Lilly

Tulip

Animals

Buffalo

Caribou

Wolves

Prairie

Plants

Grass

Cactus

Clover

Animals

Antelope

Deer

Birds

Fox

Mountains

Plants

Berry Bushes

Shrubs

Grass

Animals

Wolves

Goats

Caribou