my visit to Stanford's an art affair

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Senior Studio Reflection

I LOVED! senior studio this term. I really went outside of my comfort zone as an artist. I tried using a lot of other mediums and strayed from my typical portrait box. I experimented a lot with spray paint. I absolutely love the effect it makes when you spray multiple layers of one color and spray an additional layer of another color after it dried. It kind of cracks so you can see the original layer of paint underneath. I really love my portrait (it is currently the background on my phone -- i am a loser I know). The space felt really authentic - i felt like a real artist. :) I wish that we could have had a day where class was ALL day. You are probably sick of me at this point since I have spent basically the entirety of my days this term in the studio.

A2d Reflection

I really enjoyed A2D this term. I particularly liked the still life activity where you kept making the picture more clear. Although it was annoying, it really sharpened my skills. I used the same technique when I drew my senior studio gallery piece. I also really liked my pictures from pictures project. It made me think out side of the box and helped spark my crazy trying new things phase in senior studio. Overall, I think I did really well this term in the class.

Planning for the symbolic still life project

I plan on drawing jewelry as part of my symbolic still life. I feel like each piece of jewelry has a story and it is all stuff that I have accumulated over my high school career. I am definitely planning on drawing my summer bracelets from the past two years.

See sketch book for thumbnail sketches.

I ended up drawing my keys, keychains and the tomato can I keep my pencils in. They represent the independence i felt when I got my license. I feel like that is an important moment that everyone remembers and it typically takes place in high school.

Planning for opposites project

I am planning on putting portraits on top of a cityscape. The back ground will be from s shanty town and from capetown. Photo: to be posted when I am done.

[still not done with this, but here is an update on what I am doing]

Pictures from Pictures

Tiny Pictures Project

Reading Response: Seven Days in the World

This week you're reading an excerpt Seven Days in the World. On your blog write a short personal response to what you've read. Any revelations? Surprises? Can you imagine yourself participating in a crit like the one described here?

I was really surprised to find how tense a crit can be. i was impressed that the artists were able to tell the crit group exactly what they were trying to represent and they were really the ones in charge of their own crit. the other artists really dont talk until they hear was the artist has to say about his/her work. thats awesome. this makes them understand the piece before completely judging it. i think that if we did crits like that, targeting specific questions, it would be more helpful. the only problem is, sometimes i dont really plan ahead and know the meaning of my own work. i feel like it just works itself out sometimes. i dont usually think, i just create and see where it takes me. I am not sure i can ever see myself participating in a crit like this. honestly, that kind of scares me. i would just be incredibly stressed out by it! plus, i dont see my work being at that level at all.

Critique : gallery piece

-could put pieces together in assorted order

- make all pieces different

-put portraits horizontal and vertical

- put in the shape of Africa

- dont put them all in a row

- dont structure it

-suspend them from fishing line - so u cant see the whole thing at one

- make wide enough for people to walk through them, or make an obstacle

make a box out of them

- make different shapes out of them

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We met to critique again. I got feedback on my frame

- make pieces fall off of it

- have images be hanging from it

-make stuff come off of it so it looks more 3d

-off center portait in the middle

Alternative Exhibit Formats Response

I really like the way Lorna Simpson and Barry McGee exhibit their art work. I love the way Simpson doesn't put her pieces in a structured way. I want to mimic that style when I set up my work for the gallery. I also like how McGee layers his pieces. And how he uses the space (corners) to display his work. REALLY cool. For my gallery piece, I want pieces to be both flat on the wall and stick out of the wall. Maybe I will layer some like McGee does.

Reading Response: The Critique Handbook

In your opinion, what do you think the role of the critique, as it's described in this chapter, could be in a class like ours?
The role of a critique is described as a daunting judgement day for art students and subjective. I feel like in our art class it is more relaxed and is constantly happening. When I am stuck with my work or just finished something and want an opinion I look to my peers and teachers to advise me and critique my work. It is not scary, just helpful. And as an artist, you can have selective hearing, and can pick and choose what to use from the advice you receive. Don't loose yourself in a critique though. You need to keep the work your own. Don't completely change your vision if someone else tells you to move in the opposite direction. It's all about having a balance.

According to this chapter and your past experiences, how can you get the most out of a critique of your own work?
articulate where I want to go with my unfinished piece, what I was trying to do, and what I want to do. My artist intentions. This way my peers can understand and interpret my work from the angle I was trying to get at. Also write things down. makes everything so much easy to remember. When you are getting a critique, there is so much feedback that it can be hard to remember it all.

How can you be a helpful participant in your classmates' critiques?

Give them my ideas. Be honest without being harsh. just saying "that's good," doesn't help. GIVE FEEDBACK. or point out specific details that worked. be specific, not broad and ambiguous.