PEER REVIEW - REVIEW

BLOG ONE

BLOG TWO

I absolutely agreed with the elements and principles that both my peers have demonstrated. I think that more the most part, we all have a similar and considerably solid understanding of these artistic ideas. 

I did not have the same images as my peers did, on their museum visit blog. I enjoy that I didn't though. I like how subjective art can be  in how everyone can appreciate something entirely different about art but we are all still appreciating the same ideas. 

There was one photograph that I noticed. It escapes me which blog it was a part of but I definitely left a comment about it. I also enjoyed the perspective and proportions in the museum blog on blog two. 

I think leaving peer reviews is an interesting way to bring an online class together. I think its good for us all to be reminded that we are a class and we are learning the same concepts together. I also think this is a good way for us not only learn with one another but learn from one another. 

Video Review

In the first video about sculpting, I learned about the intricate process sculptors endure to even create one complete sculpture. I thought it was very thorough for the sculptor to create a clay model, then a negative silicone, then a plaster model, until finally a limestone model. I think This progression of mediums and step-by-step treatment indicates a lot of patience and dedication in the sculptor. I think this also represents the sophisticated focus and techniques the sculptor has applied  in order to produce such complex piece of art. I also learned just how dangerous collecting limestone from a deposit can be, using heavy machinery and forklifts to collect blocks of limestone

In the second video, I learned a similar concept. Only with glass instead. I did not realize that so many fine details went into creating ceramic products and glaze finishes. I would also say I even developed a new appreciation for glass. I always knew that glass was not a quick and simple thing to create. But things become even more complex when you look into the processes of other types of glass such as tempered glass. Tempered glass is heated to about 620 degrees farenheit and then rapidly air-cooled to give it an internal shock and weaken its' molecular structure.

AED LOGO DESIGN

My logo is an abstract Letter R influenced by esotericism and an old english type face. 

while working on this logo i wanted to make something that wasn't too busy as a logo, but also not too simple. I wanted to make something that i felt defined me, and included elements that I enjoy in art such as proportion, position, and gesture. I had a pretty solid idea what I wanted my final logo to look like so I began to create that figure in the very first sketch. I added the lightning bolt because it is a symbol that I always admired, even as a small child.  I then improved on line thickness and gesture of the flares when I moved on to the second draft. The third sketch is when I added the crescent moon form between the "hook" of the R because I wanted to continue to add symbols and shapes that have been a part of my aesthetic for for years. My fourth and final sketch is when i added dotted lines to taper the bold pink that I decided to use for my R. I then outlined the R with a fine tip black art pen. Even still this wasn't enough dimension for me so I added the geometric wires poking from the lightning bolt at a 90 degree angle to counter act the landscape format of the logo itself. 

The most important discovery I made during this process was the importance of tracing paper. My use of tracing paper helped me more accurately improve each draft without straying far from my original idea. 

AED PROJECT 2

 Which artworks make an impact or impression on me? Why?

These two artworks made the biggest impression on me because of their super exaggerated values. I love the strong light source from behind the clouds in the piece on the right. I also love the hazy sky and the eerie lantern light in the piece on the left. I was also so surprised to see just how strong of a contrast can still be created even when doing relief works such as the one on the left, as it was engraved into wood. 

                               

Which artworks do I feel a connection with? Why?

     I felt very much connected to these pieces. being an artist myself, I love to create pieces with a strong color pop, strong gesturing geometry over a background with a muted tone. These two pieces were exactly that. I especially loved the light-weighted lines in the piece on the left and the camo-esque layout of the trees. I also love the balance between organic shapes and hard geometry in both pieces.  

               

  Which artworks would I like to know more about? Why?   

These pieces were the most enigmatic pieces to me. The three-dimensional sculpture was odd to me because it was apart of a series of sculptures. Each with no solid start or end point. The flow of each form was unpredictable and each form had no obvious common thread connecting it beside color and artist. The drawing of the hooded sheep was mysterious to me because it was between two other installations from the same artist that included both sheep, and dogs and even one shepherd. I had no idea what this hooded sheep could have meant or why it was between the other installations but the loose connection i was able to form definitely helped this piece standout.