Architecture/ Foundations Viewing

I like those Oriental architecture paintings in the lobby of the Storrs building, very colorful with the watercolor. Also was very impressed with the Spiderman dots figure drawing, showed a lot of contrast.

Text Notes 2

Thomas Kinkade notes
Before reading
What canvas did he use for Everett's Cottage?
How long did it take for him to be established as an artist?
What type artist is he or movement did he belong to?
During reading
His work was pretty much influenced by the majority of society.
His paintings are very detailed and realistic.
Wow, he gets 5% of net sales from the Media Arts Group, I guess its safe to say that he is pretty rich.
Very good commercial artist
After reading
I wonder if I can be as successful as Kinkade?
Is lithograph really a good canvas to create artwork on?

Vanessa Beecroft notes
Before reading
Are those mannequins or real women?
Is she apart of an art movement?
Does her work get influenced by an earlier artist?
During reading
The women in her piece are professional models. (they were real)
She constucts her artistic self by the criteria valued by society.
I guess she wanted to show the society's view on a perfect women
She considers herself as postfeminist
After reading
Could she have tried to illustrate her theme in a different way?
Is this what it means to be a feminist?
I think that this is a powerful piece and that we as a society should be aware of the inequality that happens everyday to women and take steps to change for the better. I know that not every person who has features that we as a society consider beautiful is beautiful.

Rough Draft Notes for Project 2

Consumption ideas on Greed

• money
• Dvds, CDs
• sports
• number#1
• school

Consumption media: digital image or images

Consumption actions: 1 big image of 5 hands with the elements in each hand or 5 images with hands that have elements to display consumption

Self Evaluation on Project 1

I know I could have done better with my choice of media. I could have used watercolor paint instead of color pencil. Also, the images could have been bigger because it felt weird that everyone else had larger projects than me. Overall, I was shocked that it turned out to be pretty good piece and I felt good because it was one of the few times that I thought outside the box. I hope the next project is manageable.

Art Show Viewing

Those were some great pieces of art that I have ever seen. I like how each artist had a different objective they were trying to express with their work. I can only wish that I can accomplish something like that.

Final Draft Project Notes

I want to do my relationship with my brother as my touchpoint that I will do my self portrait
I want to show pictures of adjectives or symbols that relate to our relationship
Media that would be used: pictures of items from internet or drawn illustrations of items
Actions to media: Pictures or Illustrations with words to decribe them towards our relationship.

Anymore ideas will be added later.

Rough Draft of Project Notes

I want to use my brother as the touchpoint that I will do my self portrait with.
five adjectives to describe him: popular, controlling, uncooperative, bossy, stylish, non-pleasing
metaphor: oil and water(relationship with me), being in his shadow (oldest brother)
media: canvas paper or watercolor paper, color pencils, watercolor, maybe acrylic
actions to media: comic strip or an abstract picture showing the relationship of my brother and me

Any more ideas I get, will post later