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PART......... IThere are four parts to the art criticism process linked on Mrs. Sudkamp's weebly. They are in order as listed below.
Some things to think about when you are interpreting a piece are: ~What is the artist trying to say? ~Why might he/she be trying to say it? (motivation/inspiration) ~ What is the historical milieu that surrounds the work of art? ~Why was the work of art created in such a style?
How successful or important do you deem this art to be? CRITIQUING AN OLD PIECEIn this piece I see a candle holder. It is made of charcoal and done on white paper that was covered lightly in a faint background of charcoal. This piece is black and white (monochromatic black). It is clear that the artist was trying to develop a high contrast in values, that being said they tried two different methods. In some areas it looks like the artist went over dark charcoal with a white charcoal and in others they simply tried to shade more delicately on the paper. The light source is erratic and the small extreme darks make it very hard to see the full shape of the object depicted. The areas between altitude layers of the object were not shaded distinctively enough to display a change in dimension. Lastly (that I am going to mention) is the texture. It seems as though, near the top, the artist tried to keep their strokes/ movements along the same pattern to give it the grainy(ish) texture of wood. That technique, however, is disregarded near the bottom where all the strokes over-lap in every direction. There was no symbolism incorporated into this piece, the artist was simply telling the world about the candle holder in front of them. The art might have been completed in such a style as a practice drawing realistic art and developing value. I would not deem this art successful to the world around the artist as the subject has no deep meaning and it wasn't completed as an outstanding feat of talent or practice. That being said, to the artist just working with value and charcoal, this piece was important if not for the end result, for the practice and experience gained, and that makes it successful. (In my eyes) PICK THREE9. Illustration Fridays have been completed almost every week this semester, do you feel this assignment helped you brainstorm for main project or helped you skill levels in any way? Why, or why not? Personally, I felt as though my Illustration Friday's did not help me for brainstorming my main projects, but rather acted as a tool to keep old skills/ techniques practiced as we moved through the semester. Maybe it was just me, but I would complete my illustration Friday's with mediums that I felt comfortable using and wanted to use more often. ( Towards the beginning of the semester I would use it to explore new styles or mediums.) Though I feel like the illustration Friday's did not help with my main projects , I would definitely agree they helped my skill level. I got to experiment with a whole bunch of different mediums and techniques with the illustration Friday assignments. 20. Was there a tool you had never used before and learned in this class? What was it and how did you use it? One tool I had never used before Art 1 with Mrs Sudkamp was the pottery wheel. I had always been fascinated and a little intimidated by the fast-paced instrument, (mostly I was terrified I would send my piece flying off and hit someone) but I got to try it out and use it for my final art project of the year. I made both the tray and the galaxy bowl on the wheel with *minimal* difficulty. Though I had to throw many bowls because my size ratio was off with the tray I had made, and I am still not a huge fan of the coloration on either piece, I considered that project my most successful of the entire year. (NOT FROM OUR ART ROOM, BUT MRS SUDKAMP'S WHEEL SHOWN BELOW)
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