Artist Statement.

Your final blog post of the year will be the artist statement you've written.
Click HERE to review what we've discussed in class.

If you need to post pictures after your blog post talk to me about how to adjust the dates so that the blog post is the last thing visible on your blog.

Process Reflection #1.

This week has been the beginning of the end of our time together.

Everyone is in a different spot in their work.

In a post on your blog describe...

What did you accomplish this week?

What challenges did you face?

What are the next steps? What do you plan to do in the week ahead?

Include a photo of your work in progress or of you at work (see class site for pics).

Sketchbook archeology

Spend some time looking through your sketchbook. Look at the cover and try to remember making it way back in September. Turn each page slowly and as you look at them try to remember what you were thinking about when you made those marks. Pay close attention to things that show up more than once…materials, characters, shapes, patterns. In a blog post describe briefly how you’ve felt about your sketchbook this year and what role it’s played in your artistic development. Then…make a list of the things, materials, themes that show up more than once.

Initial Reflection

Look through your blog. Go all the way back to the beginning of the year. Look especially closely at your finished work. Think about how the year has gone for you. Now, write a detailed paragraph that describes how the course has gone for you. What have you found to be your artistic strengths? What have been your challenges? What do you think you’ll leave the class thinking about? How can you see it influencing your life in the future?

Reflecting on group work.

This week you have been working with a group to develop a concept for a collaborative mural project. In a post on your blog describe how making art with other people has been different than making art on your own. In your description be sure to mention challenging AND positive aspects of this work.

Please DO NOT use any names in your blog post. Focus on your own perspective and your own contributions to the group. Be thoughtful, reflective, and kind.

End of Term 1 Reflection.

Due Tuesday, November 16.
Click HERE to re-visit the guidelines for writing the end of term 1 reflection.

Chair With Coat.

HOW did you find today's still life more or less complicated to draw than the still lives over the past few weeks (white paper, sticks, fabric)? Be specific.

HOW did you use some of the skills we've developed over the past three weeks drawing more complicated still lives to draw the chair with coat today? What are these skills?

Insert title of your Glass Half Full project here.

Insert photo(s) of your Glass Half Full project here.

Describe the concept for your work.
Describe how the process of making this piece went for you.
What struggles did you encounter?
What did you discover?
What feedback did you get along the way and from whom?
What aspects of the work do you think are most successful?

Fabric Drawings.

Today you drew some fabric hanging in the middle of the room.
You were asked to think about creating the feeling of the fabric's weight and behavior in your drawing.
You were asked to build the drawing from the general to the specific.

How did it go?
How did it feel to try to recreate the fabric you saw?
How did today's drawing feel different than last week's drawing of the sticks?

Found Object Sculpture Reflection Discussions.

On your blog, describe the feedback you got on your work.

Mention at least one sculpture from your group you thought was especially successful and why.

Mid-term Reflection (due Sunday, October 17, at noon).

We are halfway through the first term of the course. Take some time to write on your blog about how you think you're doing and how the class has been so far for you. Be specific in describing what you think your strengths are and most importantly, what you think you need to work on in the second half of the term using the four categories below as a guide.
1.
Engagement: your approach to your work (check the "What engagement looks like in the studio" document on the class site if you need help with this).
2.
In-class projects: the works of art you've finished up to this point.
3.
Sketchbook: the work you're doing outside of class.
4.
Drop everything and draw: drawing from observation on Tuesdays.

Found Object Sculpture Reflection.

Insert a photo of your finished sculpture.
Under the photo write a title for your finished piece.
THEN...
Describe the concept for your work (unless you've already described it in a previous post).
Describe how the process of making this piece went for you. What struggles did you encounter? What did you discover?
What aspects of the work do you think are most successful?

The Changing Still Life

The goal for today's drawing was to keep up with the changes that were happening to the still life so that your drawing always looked just like the still life did.

On YOUR blog, DESCRIBE IN DETAIL at least three things you had to do to accomplish this goal
OR
what would you do differently knowing what you know now.

Found Images Collage Reflection

Insert a photo of your finished collage.
If you have it insert a photo of the image(s) that inspired it.
Under the photos write a title for your finished piece.

Describe the concept for your work (unless you've already described it in a previous post.
Describe how the process of making this piece went for you. What struggles did you encounter? What did you discover?
What aspects of the work do you think are most successful?

three forms drawing

In a post on your blog describe how the drawing experience today felt. Describe specifically what you feel is successful about the results and/or anything you learned during the process.

Pour Paintings

Last week you made paintings by pouring paint onto paper. You then searched the pour to find imagery that could be further developed using other materials.

On your blog, describe the process of making the original pour paintings. How did it feel to give up control of the shapes that were forming? Were you surprised by anything you saw happening?

Next describe what you saw in the pours when you returned to them to further develop the image. Where is your picture headed or if it's done, what did you end up doing with the pour?

Collaborative Drawings.

Describe your experience making collaborative drawings in class today and answer the following question:

How did having someone else work on your drawing add to or take away from the final result?
How did it FEEL to return to your drawing and see other people's marks on it?

Thinking about the Artist.

Due Monday September 13.

Who is an artist?
What does it mean to be creative?
In 3 or 4 sentences describe what an artist needs to be productive and creative?

Reflecting on blocks, play dough, and finger paint.

We discussed the Picasso quote and why it can be hard for people to continue to be creative and artistic as they grow up. Then we played with the “art supplies” of childhood: blocks, play dough, and finger paint.

On your blog write consistently for the time allotted to describe the experience of playing with these materials as a teenager…connect the experience to our discussion of the Picasso quote in any way you can.

Here are some questions that might help you get started:
What did you do when you first touched the materials?
What did you make with the materials?
How did you know what to do with the materials?
How did you feel while you were working today? Why?
What about your past experiences informed your experience today?