FINAL EXAM- ART 1 The art criticism process: The art criticism process happens in 4 steps.
New evaluation: My piece is a collage on canvas. It utilizes book pages, sheet music, and a graphite sketch on sketchbook paper. The colors involved are mostly browns, and the book pages are yellowed with age. The flowers surrounding the main portrait are freeform and create an illusion of lightness in the piece. The portrait is realistic but slightly stylized. The importance of the piece to me is that I drew my best friend, who has been with me through thick and thin and I wanted to make her something that came from the heart. The piece, I would say, was mostly a success. I did have to find a way around her arm, which was cut off due to the sketchbook paper being too short. I used flowers to cover that up. What is art? Well, to quote Georgia O’Keeffe, “Filling a space in a beautiful way. That's what art means to me.” Art, to me, is a way to escape the world, to portray difficult emotion, to explain to someone how you’re feeling on the inside. Art is more than words, because art is feeling and feeling is expression and expression is art. Art can be serene, or a cacophony of colors, but mostly, art is life. There’s no better way to explain it. Is copying always plagiarism or is there a gray area? I have used copying multiple times this year to aid in the piece’s progress. I would draw a sketch, put it on a projector, and trace it to have a general sense of proportion from my sketch to my final draft. Some examples of copying in pieces this semester include the two-in-one piece, the final watercolor, and the portrait piece. Also, you could, if you are just starting out as an artist, use a reference piece, as long as you give credit because I have seen people steal art online. What is artistic style? Artistic style is the way an artist chooses to express an image or craft. Each person comes from a different background, has different influences, and thus every person has a different artistic style. My personal artistic style blends cartoon and realism when I draw people. Some examples of famous styles include Van Gogh’s very sketchy line work and bold colors, and Picasso’s surreal and blocky paintings. What medium did you like the most? Actually, much to my surprise, I enjoyed both my watercolor pieces more than I’d like to admit. I went into this class hating it at first, but that was only because I hadn’t had proper instruction, so I easily became frustrated when working with it. I enjoyed the flexibility it allowed and the flow of colors and how they interacted with each other on the paper. I did not use a pottery wheel at all this year, which I have never done before. I have done slab pottery before in this class, picture included. It seems so interesting to make pottery that way and I wish I could get a chance to do that in the future!
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