hands

1. Using my hands as a subject to draw was very fun. It was very simple to do but could be challenging depending on the amount of detail one is willing to go into can make this subject a great practice drawing for features.

2. For this project i used pencil since it was the only media of the two ready for me to use since I only have pencils and no art stuff.

3. It was very difficult to draw at the same skill level as my dominant hand could do. The hardest thing I felt was shading since you need to have a light touch to achieve different shades.

4. Overall I feel these are pretty decent depictions since you can get details of creases and wrinkles from the lines drawn in either of the hands.

5. I still wouldn't consider using my non-dominant hand since anything i would like to draw in the future I would like to have some what of a nice quality to it so I could show others.

mod #9 videos

1. I selected my first video Albrecht Dürer: Image of a Master because I use to study the language of German and was interested in learning a little bit about a German artist. The second video I choose was Leonardo da Vinci: The Mind of the Renaissance since we here his name so much in this world I figured I could try to learn more about the man.

2. The things I learned in the first video was how Dürer was such a great artist when it came to the details such as aging, landscapes, and reflecting the mood in his works. While the second video I was surprised how versatile Leonardo really was from being a painter, drawer, inventor, and even a scientist for his time.

3. These videos are related back to the readings by further explain two peoples works that contributed to the time periods they were living in and the style of art created. Such as Dürer and his mood created in the paintings which gave the viewer a certain feeling when he/she looked at it.

4. Overall I like the use of videos in this class as they add more insight to the readings by giving more pictures and examples of the style of art created in the certain readings and art in those chapters. This helps us students get another view point of the type of art and why it is the way it is other than what we are told in the readings.

films mod #8

1. I choose the last video since we were talking about Roman architecture and art in the reading so I was interested in the differences the two may have had even though they lived so close together.

2. For the More Human Than Human I liked how they showed that people enjoyed the concept and basic forms of images more than the entire figure in the past. Next the Egyptians having a grid to base all of there human drawings on so that they were always equal no matter who drew the image. And in The Measure of All Things: Greek Art and the Human Figure I liked how the Greeks eventually focused more on the details of humans rather than a whole sculpture getting basic ideas of what was liked as they did in the past.

3. These videos relate to the text by showing how artist have changed there ways of viewing and sculpting things in real life forms. Like the two artist did in the book they made the images they created more realistic by placing the humans depicted into new and different positions than previously done. This was the same with sculptures in the videos, they often showed important features then moved to the finer details in humans.

4. In my opinion the films are always a good thing to add to a lesson. They add depth and more information than a text may be able to possibly say so that a reader can comprehend everything. So by having the videos it can help students whom aren't the best at reading, so by having another resource of information the students can learn easier possibly.

mod #7 videos

1. In the Praire Style video, I like how they talked about one specific architect Frank Lloyd Wright and his talented eye for designing of homes and his style of a horizontal plan. In the second, The Science of Design I was surprised by how there were different ways of pouring concrete tin order to perform different tasks and weight capacities.

2. These videos relate back to the text by showing the different styles of architecture in this world we live in and how they are all made of the same materials but the way they are put together is what makes them unique.

3. I enjoyed these films, they gave me a deeper understanding of ideas that are possible for designs since i have been dreaming more and more of what me and my girlfriend want our house to look like. So seeing all these different styles and materials and the way they are put together is very unique and eye pleasing to many people since they have made designers and architects very popular.

4. I choose the first film because there is a house by me designed by Frank Lloyd Wright called Graycliff but I have never been there and didn't even know what it was, only seen signs for it along road. The second one looked interesting when i first checked it out because it dealt with skyscrapers and I have always found them fascinating. So if I could learn more about them and be part of my class it would be fun, which it was and got to learn more than i thought I was going to.

peer review

1.) http://courtneypepper421.blogspot.com/
http://mzaedtwohundred.blogspot.com/

2.) Overall I liked all the photos used in project #1 and even though it was a photo representing one particular aspect some of them still incorporated another feature as well.

3.) In my first bloggers review we both used the same art of welded steel and canvas which was 3-D which I feel a lot of people did whom visited the same gallery because it was rather unique. I can't say the same to my second review because she went to a different gallery so she had some completely different photos from me which was nice to see.

4.) I did like the unity of hands that the one student photographed because it should a community to me coming together for one sole purpose. That is the question I would ask is what the artist saw the hands coming together for?

5.) I do find reading reviews valuable because it gives me another opinion on my own work as well as things i could do better for next time. Just like in other classes online I see peer review as helpful critiquing to better myself as a learner and educator.

6.) These comments I didn't find helpful because they were more complements on my photography as well as agreeing on the same art work we choose from that art gallery.

mod #6

1.) The first video I was very surprised how sculptures chiseled at stone in order to sculpt it and the fact they didn't crack the stone either. Especially when using the power tools, if somebody applied too much pressure I feel as if they could crack and take off more stone than desired.

In the second video it talks about ceramics and glass. I was really shocked on how many different kinds of glass there was and how they are made. An example was the tempered glass which i thought had some type of plastic coating, but it was really made weaker so that it breaks into smaller pieces.

2.) These videos helped give me a better sense of understanding these sculpting materials that artist use rather than the pictures in a book. It isn't clear on how stone is produced and cut down to size like they showed in the video.

3.) By watching these videos it is a better interpretation of information rather than a book alone. The videos give viewers a deeper understanding of how these works of art are created. Yes, reading is a good way to describe things to people, but when you can show somebody I feel as though it makes a longer impression on them