parts of an artist statement

when writing an artist statement you should include the following:
An introductory paragraph that is interesting and makes the reader want to find out more about you in the paragraphs that follow
 Contains information about your selected piece on the web-site
 Title of the work? (What is the work called?)
Medium? (Material it is made out of)
Dimensions of the work? (in inches)
Explanation of why the artist chose to represent this piece
Contains information on your vision and ideas
 Explanation of where you got your inspiration or ideas from in creating the work
An explanation of how you incorporated these ideas into your finished work
 Use of appropriate and correct terminology pertaining to the work chosen
Explanation of each of the elements and principles of art that pertain to your work.
Explanation of what makes this a successful work of art
 Why this work best represents the artist

quote reflection

"Consider the postage stamp, its usefulness is its ability to stick to something till it gets there". Josh Billings
most people do not stick to things until they are finished, or have arrived at their destination, so postage stamps are useful because they stick to things until they arrive at their destination

what is "refection"

refection means to look back on something that you did.

quote reflection

"you cant depend on your judgement when your imagination is out of focus" jf kennedy

when you are out of touch with your imagination you wont make good decisions

color theory

In the visual arts, color theory is a body of practical guidance to color mixing and the visual impacts of specific color combinations. Although color theory principles first appeared in the writings of Leone Battista Alberti (c.1435) and the notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (c.1490), a tradition of "colory theory" began in the 18th century, initially within a partisan controversy around Isaac Newton's theory of color (Opticks, 1704) and the nature of so-called primary colors

what is research invstigate inquire and what is the difference.

research is researching your topic, inquire is to ask questions and investigate is to look into your topic and how you can do it, the difference is that they are all different steps to creating and understand a subject or new art form that you may be wanting to try out.

10 different art mediums

spray paint, wheatpasting, stencils, film photography, digital photography, oil painting, acrylic painting, metal, wood, stone,

Graffiti

film photography:

oil painting:

what is expermental art

An imprecise term applied to art that is concerned with exploring new ideas and/or technology. It is sometimes used virtually synonymously with ‘avant-garde', but ‘experimental’ usually suggests a more explicit desire to extend the boundaries of the art in terms of materials or techniques, whereas ‘avant-garde’ can include novel ideas expressed through traditional means. John A. Walker (Glossary of Art, Architecture and Design Since 1945, 1973, 3rd edn., 1992) writes that ‘it is a word with both positive and negative connotations: it is used to praise and condemn. Those writers for whom it is a term of praise often mean by it an empirical practice in which the artist plays with his materials and adopts chance procedures in the expectation that something of value will result … Those writers for whom “experimental” is a pejorative description mean by it “a trial run”, “not the finished work”, “something transitional”.’ Walker points out that in E. H. Gombrich's celebrated book The Story of Art, first published in 1950, the whole of 20th-century art was originally embraced in a chapter called ‘Experimental Art'.

scientific method
• Ask a Question
• Do Background Research
• Construct a Hypothesis
• Test Your Hypothesis by Doing an Experiment
• Analyze Your Data and Draw a Conclusion
• Communicate Your Results
creative process
preperation
absorbation
incubation
illumination
verification
similarties are they both create something and the difference is they are used for different things

scientific method vs. creative process

the scientific method is used in science to prove or support a hypothesis while the creative process is the process in which an artist undergoes to create a product, such as a painting, drawing, or new idea

quote reflection

"solutions are just a snap shot on the time on the rout of discovery"

solutions can lead to your understanding of problems

how do artist get inspired

artist get inspired in many ways, some take a walk around town taking in the sights, others wait for the inspiration to come to them, and others have their own personal way of getting inspiration, such as listening to a certain band or song or doing drugs.

the creative process

The Four Steps of Creativity

We’ve known for a long time that the creative process can be broken down into four distinct processes, most of which can be fostered and augmented. The processes are:

1. Preparation
2. Incubation
3. Illumination
4. Implementation

I’ll spend some time on each step.

Preparation

This is the first phase of what most call work. A writer, for example, prepares either by writing, reading, or revising earlier work. A musician plays scales, chords, or songs…a painter messes with paints or visits an art gallery…an entrepreneur researches problems to solve….a programmer plays with code. In each example, the creative is going through relatively mundane processes.

The reason I say most call this phase “work” is because these processes may or may not be inherently enjoyable. They’re also fairly mundane and tedious, but the creative has learned that this process is necessary to plant the seeds that lead to…

Incubation

This would be the mystical process if there were one because you often don’t know that you’re percolating an idea, or if you do know you’re working on one, you don’t know when it’s going to come out. It’s at this phase that your conscious and subconcious mind are working on the idea, making new connections, separating unnecessary ideas, and grabbing for other ideas.

This is the phase that most people mess up the most with distractions and the hustle and bustle of daily lives. Modern life, with its many beeps, buzzes, and distractions, has the strong tendency to grab the attention of both our subconscious and unconscious mind, and as result, the creative process stops and is instead replaced by more immediate concerns.

However, from this phase comes…

Illumination

This is the “Eureka” moment that many of us spend our days questing after. When it hits, the creative urge is so incredibly strong that we lose track of what else is happening. The driving impulse is to get whatever is going on in our head down into whatever medium it’s intended to go.

The most frustrating thing for me is that the “illumination” moments happen at the most inopportune times. They invariably happen when I’m in the shower, when I’m driving by myself, when I’m working out, or when I’m sitting in mind-numbing meetings that I can’t get out of. Of course, the bad part is as I said above: the impulse is to get the idea out as soon as possible, so it’s not at all uncommon for me to stop showering, driving, or working out and run to the nearest notepad – and, in meetings, I start purging immediately anyway. I’ve yet to gain enough clout to excuse myself from the meetings, but I’m working on it.

I was speaking to a friend a few weeks ago, and I told her I was frustrated because I was pregnant with ideas and didn’t have time to get them out. Keeping with the analogy, when a Eureka! moment hits, it’s much like labor – you’re done with incubating, and it’s time for…

Implementation

This phase is the one in which the idea you’ve been preparing and incubating sees the light of day. It’s when that written piece comes out, when that song flows, when that canvas reveals its painting, and so on. It’s also when a good creative starts to evaluate the idea and determine whether it’s good or not – but only after they have enough to see where it’s going.

Most of the creatives I know or work with get really frustrated with others at this phase. Other people only see the creation at the end – they don’t recognize or care much about the process that generated that idea. This is especially true with some supervisors and bosses who expect the end product on a certain schedule – the process does not work that way. Creatives know that for every good idea, there’re at least a few that don’t work out, but they can’t know ahead of time what’s going to work out and what won’t.

The creative process begins with work and ends with work. The take-away point here is that creativity is not just percolating and Eureka – it’s percolating and Eureka sandwiched between work.

kathryn parker almanas

FLYING FISH PRESS was established in 1987 by internationally known book artist and book art educator Julie Chen. The press focuses on the design and production of limited edition artists' books with an emphasis on three-dimensional and movable book structures and fine letterpress printing. Editions range in size from 25 to 150 copies. Work from the press Is known for combining meticulous attention to craft, intricate structural design, and inspired artistic vision.

quote reflection

"Without civilization we would not turn into animals, but vegetables." Mason Cooley.
without civilization we would become lazy and not do anything.
Mason Cooley (1927 – July 25, 2002) was an American aphorist known for his witty aphorisms. One of these such aphorisms Cooley developed was "The time I kill is killing me."

what is panography

Panography, or Joiners, is a photographic technique to compose one picture from several overlapping photos. This can be done manually with prints or by using digital image editing software.

Panographs may resemble a wide-angle or panoramic view of a scene, similar in effect to segmented panoramic photography or image stitching. A panograph is distinct because the overlaps between adjacent pictures are not removed. Panography is thus a type of photomontage and is a sub-set of collage.

In 2008 Canadian artist G. Scott MacLeod used the technique for portraiture.^{[citation needed]} He photographed people lying down and used personal elements as a backdrops. MacLeod used this technique in the body of work Sacred Feminine and Masculine^[1][2] shown in Canada.^[3] IPSEN's Silent Fighters book, published in March 2010, also used this technique for images of patients with dystonia.

grant wood

Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891 – February 12, 1942) was an American painter, born in Anamosa, Iowa. He is best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest, particularly the painting American Gothic, an iconic image of the 20th century.^[1]

what is manga

Manga is the Japanese word for comics. It is used in the English-speaking world as a generic term for all comic books andgraphic novels that were originally published in Japan. Manga is often considered an artistic and storytelling style that can also encompass non-Japanese works, however. The term "AmeriManga" is sometimes used to refer to comics created by American artists in a manga style. Manwha is the Korean equivalent of that idea.

what impact did comics have on modern art

comics have revoulitionized the way art is made and looked at

andy warhol

Andrew Warhola (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987), known as Andy Warhol, was anAmerican painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became famous worldwide for his work as a painter, avant-garde filmmaker, record producer, author, and member of highly diverse social circles that included bohemian street people, distinguished intellectuals, Hollywood celebrities and wealthy patrons.

Warhol has been the subject of numerous retrospective exhibitions, books, and feature and documentary films. He coined the widely used expression "15 minutes of fame." In his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The Andy Warhol Museum exists in memory of his life and artwork.

The highest price ever paid for a Warhol painting is $100 million for a 1963 canvas titled Eight Elvises. The private transaction was reported in a 2009 article in The Economist, which described Warhol as the "bellwether of the art market." $100 million is a benchmark price that only Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Pierre-August Renoir, Gustav Klimtand Willem de Kooning have achieved.^[1]

quote

evil is done without effort naturally, it is the working of fate good is always the product of art.
i think this means that humans naturally have the abitlity to be good and evil.

Mark Streeter

cagle.com

is a website containing political comics and tons of political cartoon artist

impact will eisner had on comic industry

will Eisner was voted into the top 100 comic artist of all time, and he has a whole week devoted to him and what he has done, he also has an award named after him

quote

"sometimes its the smallest decisions that change your life forever" -keri russel
this means that even the smallest actions such as telling someone that they look good when they are having a bad day can make a big difference in that persons life

human relation of architecture

The human relation of architecture is that we live in the buildings that are made and we see them daily

frank lloyd wright

Frank Lloyd Wright (born Frank Lincoln Wright, June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was anAmerican architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 projects, which resulted in more than 500 completed works.^[1] Wright promoted organic architecture (exemplified by Fallingwater), was a leader of the Prairie School movement of architecture (exemplified by the Robie House, the Westcott House, and the Darwin D. Martin House), and developed the concept of the Usonian home (exemplified by the Rosenbaum House). His work includes original and innovative examples of many different building types, including offices, churches, schools, skyscrapers, hotels, and museums. Wright also often designed many of the interior elements of his buildings, such as the furniture and stained glass.

Wright authored 20 books and many articles, and was a popular lecturer in the United States and in Europe. His colorful personal life often made headlines, most notably for the 1914 fire and murders at his Taliesin studio.

Already well-known during his lifetime, Wright was recognized in 1991 by the American Institute of Architects as "the greatest American architect of all time".^[1]

gaudi vs gehry

Antoni Plàcid Guillem Gaudí i Cornet (Catalan pronunciation: [ənˈtɔni ɣəwˈði]; 25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) was a Catalan^[3] architect who worked during the Modernisme (Art Nouveau) period but became famous for his unique and highly individualistic designs regarded as beyond the scope of Modernisme.^[4] He is sometimes referred to, in English, by the Spanish translation of his name, Antonio Gaudí.^[5][6][7]

Frank Owen Gehry, CC (born Frank^[1] Owen Goldberg; February 28, 1929) is a Canadian American Pritzker Prize-winning architect based in Los Angeles, California.

His buildings, including his private residence, have become tourist attractions. His works are often cited as being among the most important works of contemporary architecture in the 2010World Architecture Survey, which led Vanity Fair to label him as "the most important architect of our age".^[2]

respond and reflect

"Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time" william shakespeare.
i think this quote means that there are weird people in the world

comic vs illustration

Illustration

An illustration is a displayed visualization form presented as a drawing, painting, photograph or other work of art that is created to elucidate or dictate sensual information (such as a story, poem or newspaper article) by providing a visual representation graphically.

Comic

Comics (from the Greek κωμικός, kōmikos "of or pertaining to comedy" fromκῶμος - kōmos "revel, komos",^[1] via the Latin cōmicus) is a graphic mediumin which images convey a sequential narrative.

Frank Gehry

Frank Owen Gehry, CC (born Frank^[1] Owen Goldberg; February 28, 1929) is a Canadian American Pritzker Prize-winning architect based in Los Angeles, California.

His buildings, including his private residence, have become tourist attractions. His works are often cited as being among the most important works of contemporary architecture in the 2010World Architecture Survey, which led Vanity Fair to label him as "the most important architect of our age".^[2]

architecture styles

Victorian architecture

The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural stylespredominantly employed during the Victorian era. As with the latter, the period of building that it covers may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This reflects the British and French custom of naming architectural styles after the reigning monarch.

Islamic architecture

Islamic architecture encompasses a wide range of both secular and religious styles from the foundation of Islam to the present day, influencing the design and construction of buildings and structures in Islamic culture. 

Dragestil

Dragestil (English: dragon style) was the Norwegian name of a style of design and architecturethat was widely used in Scandinavia principally between 1880 and 1910.

how light is used in art

light is used in many was in art. in painting it gives the 3d view of the subject and can help give a certein feel to a painting. in photography lighting is greatly used to help make a good photo, because lighting is key in photography.

Installation art and photography

Installation art describes an artistic genre of site-specific, three-dimensional works designed to transform a viewer's perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior interventions are often called Land art; however the boundaries between these terms overlap. and photography is used to take pictures of the art so that it can be showcased in galleries along with other photos of other installation art.

Architecture over the last 100 years....

has changed greatly, from the style of the buildings and how they are built to the materials that are used to make the buildings and all of the new shape and forms that can be achieved in the design of these buildings that have been build in the last 10 years.

jackson pollock