Georgia O'Keeffe

 

This piece is one of my favorites of O'Keeffe's.

Georgia O'Keeffe is one of my favorite artists. I love the scale of her pieces. The colors she uses are always attention grabbing. The subject of most of her works are very simple ideas, so her use of size and color really make her pieces stand out. The mojority of her pieces are very recognizable. I really enjoying looking at her pieces and would love to go the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.

Dandelion

Here is another example of the beauty found in nature. I came across this picture and was very suprised. I did not know that dandelions burn all different colors when they are on fire. I am happy I ran into this picture because I know want to try this on my own to see if it is truely this beautiful. I have worked with photoshop and illustrator for so long that I know this picture could have easily been manipulated. I am hoping that when I try this it will look at least half as great as this picture.

Owl

I found this picture of the rainbow owl, found in western United States and China. The owl is extremely beautiful! This picture is a very good reminder of how much art and beauty is out in nature. We, as artists, are continually trying to create beauty and art. We need to take a little time once in awhile and remember how beautiful the world is around us.

Studio in a School

Agnes Gund started Studio in a School in 1976 after hearing that New York City school were cutting art programs to save money. The Program has brought in 620 professional artists to influence over 800,00 students. Gund felt very strongly that art helped in many other subjects and in life in general. I completely agree with gund. Art is a very constructive way for kids to deal with emotions. Art also helps many young children verbalize when they struggle using words. I am very happy that programs like this exist. I took many of the art classes my high school had to offer. It was always great knowing I had an hour where I didn't have to worry about my day or what homework I had. I could focus solely on my ideas and my art work. It was a great way to unwind and relax. It would be a shame if kids were not even given the opportunity to try something new. I hope more kids will be influenced by Studio in a School.

St. Patricks Day

 

I co-planned a St. Patricks day event for this past weekend. We held the event in the Union, with games, food, music, and prizes. I'm sure most people saw many of the posters around campus. I designed these posters. The goal was for the posters to all be uniform so they were recognizable. We also wanted to limit the amount of information we put on the first posters to get everyone interested in what was going on. I think it was pretty successful in both aspects I tried to do. We had a great turn out of people at the event.

1990 Boston Art Heist

In 1990, at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, 13 works of art valued at 500 million dollars were stolen. Two men were dressed as cops to get into the museum. Once they were inside they tied up the security guards and disabled the security cameras before they stole the art work. To this day the art work can not be found. Investigators believe the works were sold soon after they were stolen, but have stayed in the northeast. Isabella Stewart Gardner once wrote that her biggest concern was "seeing and doing only what is beautiful."  It is horrible to think that people would steal something so amazing and ruin the museum for everyone that visits it. They way Gardner had the museum set up nothing could be changed. Until they find the art work that was stolen, there has been empty frames holding the places where the art work once was.

Background removal

In Art 101 Visual Studies, we are starting a project where we have to scan various objects, and remove the background to create designs. Normally removing the background from images is the most annoying part of projects for me. I get very frustrated when I am trying to remove the background and I lose small parts of the picture. One of the objects I chose to scan was a Q-tip. I wanted to save as many of the little stay hairs as possible. I found out that there is an awesome option called refine edge. I ran the tool over the edges to bring back all the little pieces that I lost. I was very excited that I learned this new technique because it will make my life a lot easier in the future!

Freeway Website

In my Art 115 Web ad Time based Media class, we just finished designing a website. I have never done anything like this before. I really enjoyed learning a new program and process. During the process of creating we took two days in class to have an in process critique where we could share our idea with the class and discuss them. I thought it was very helpful to recieve constructive criticism especially because this was my first time doing this. My classmates were very willing to share their thoughts on how to make my ideas work together better. I had a lot of fun working on this website. It was often frusterating trying to create my idea exactly how I wanted them to look. I do not think i was 100% successful with this website, but for my first time using the software and creating a website, I thought it went pretty well.