final goodbye post

1. I was expecting to learn a lot about the arts since I am not one that was into visiting art galleries before. They were definitely meet and exceeded by the cool things I got to do and see that I never would have done on my own.

2. Art to me is everything around us and in us. People see art in their own way, there is no right or wrong piece of art but what people see in it that's art.

3. My artist at first was Van Gogh, now it is Leonid Afremov and his oil paintings on canvas that are so great with the impression form I grown to love now. This is different now because I got to explore more forms of art than I ever have in my life so far.

4. My answer is still the same as this was not my first online course, still enjoyed online course even this more hands on one.

Self Portrait

1. I selected these inspiration photos first because of the art gallery I seen the first piece in, second is the famous Van Gogh, and last was Albrecht Dürer a traveler that we read about that really stood in my memory.

2. I created the self portrait of myself with pencil as it is my favorite drawing media which is always available and can be used in different shades.

3. Challenges I faced were trying to make my portrait share the same distinct features I had in me so viewers would know for sure it was me. 

4. This piece represents me with my glasses and facial hair that I currently have as well as the hair styled down and lose.

5. This piece holds value, texture, and proportion with the glasses, hair, and the fact i did the whole thing in pencil leaving the color range from white to gray to black.

6. This project was okay, I would rather draw something more natural and outdoors over choosing myself, something that I see everyday.

7. My final artwork was okay, not a big fan of drawing myself as I am a much better doodler than anything when it comes to drawing random things.

article reflection

1. The project that I decided to review was that by Dana Wolbert and her idea of Natural Beauty.

2. I selected this exhibit for my interest in nature and how I see many things around me as being beautiful. So I was curious to see how she interpreted nature and its beauty which she did with things like humans and realistic sculptures what I really enjoyed to see.

3. I really didn't come across any problems when critiquing this exhibit. She did everything the same way which I would have done this exhibit if it were mine to create.

4. When it comes to critiquing fellow peers I think it is perfectly fine since we do it anyways when class discussions are held, everyone has a right or wrong opinion to everything. So why not critique a students work since it will only help them grow strong when it comes to future projects so they can get a better grade by fixing mistakes.

5. Of course I would like to read over peer reviews since it will only be beneficial to me if my peer review was truthful and well thought about in helping me as a student grow.

6. I would have to say my review is a 7-8 since I lack the artistic background that some one who would professional write an article with more proper terminology than I hold. 

7. This project wasn't to bad to do. However I did enjoy some of the other projects we created this semester more.

videos week 15

1. These videos were both interesting in there own ways. The realism and depth of these paintings made them stick out more in these times of Italy. The three-dimensional look to it all was the new style added to paintings and other art work.

2. The videos i watched did relate to my art criticism in the aspect of showing the important parts in art that I looked for. They helped to better explain the concepts I had to see and use when critiquing the works that I choose.

3. These films do add deeper understanding especially when it comes to the finer details in art that people may often over look when viewing works. Overall, films were good even though TJ Clark was a little dry an boring to watch still gained some knowledge from it.