A Visit to the DUMBO Art Gallery

2) This another piece by Elisabeth Munro Smith entitled "Storm on the Prarie" (2010. This art piece is made of Basswood, bittersweet, cedar, gessoboard, and acrylic paint with a size of 36"x43"x5". This is another interpretation of place and land in which one can view forms of land through lines and shape.





3) This another Elisabeth Munro Smith art work entitled,"Very Yellow"(2010). This piece is made out of Basswood, bittersweet, paper, masonite, acrylic paint. Just like the other two works shown above, this is inspired by lands and places.




4) This is another artwork from Elisabeth Munro Smith entitled, "Deep Red and Burnt Orange" (2010). This piece is made from Basswood, crabapple, bittersweet, paper, gessoboard, and acrylic with the size of 18" x 24" x 5".







5) This artwork is created by Megan Biddle entitled "Warlord" (2009). It made of brown glass, magic sculpt, and mixed media and it's size is 8"x7x6". This artwork is one that I would like to know about because I am interested in knowing what inspired her to this piece and to form the materials that make this piece.




6) This artwork by Beatrice Wolert is entitled, "Repositioned" (2011). It is a collection of zippers placed on the board and this is also has inspired me because it is so astonishing to how an artist can use many zippers to create such a great artwork and how these zippers can attract one's eye through the color.




7) This artwork is another creation by Megan Biddle entitled "Untitled" (2010). This piece is made out of charcoal and ink with a size of 22"x30".





8) This is another artwork created by Beatrice Wolert entitled "Repositioned #9" (2011) (excuse my mother near the art piece). This work is also made from different colors of cloth and zippers. The size of this artwork is "9'11 x 9'6". I feel a connection with this painting because of the effort that was put in placing the amount of zippers to this board. I also feel a connection to how the line patterns symbolize a wave of colors combining together.





1) This art work, called "From Here to There" (2010), was created by Elisabeth Munro Smith. This art piece is made from basswood, bitterweet, cedar, Masonite, and acrylic paint. It's size is 29"x69"x11". The artist was inspired by place and land so interprets the patterns and designs in her work. Overall she uses this art piece to show an example of what one sees when viewing forms of land and what these lines and shapes mean to one.



9) This piece is taken by Meghan McInnis which is entitled "Elks Lodge" (2008). This is photo taken by a Digital C-Print. The size of the photo is 40" x 25. This scene is where punk shows are performed and was shot by the artist. She wanted the viewer to see how the culture of Punk music and art are connected.

Karen and Company

1. Working on this logo was a creative experience. The process of creating a logo also involved a lot of thinking on what the concept should be and how the logo was going to symbolize the concept I was trying to establish.

2. The idea to create this logo came from a goal that I use to dream about, meaning that I have always wanted to start my own production company or an organization. For that, I wanted the name of my company to be called "Karen and Company". The art of the logo I've created; the stick figure people represented people who are involved in the company in one way or the other or it represents the masses who support me. The little stick figure holding the balloon with the initials "K & C" which stands for Karen and company, represents the people, the consumer, who supports my brand. Also, I wanted to use different colors for each stick figure to represent diversity. Overall, this logo shows how shape and lines are correlated.

3. The most important discovery I made in creating this logo was that it takes alot of time and thinking to come up with a final plan for the logo. When one sketches a first draft , they might think this is it, but a new idea pops up in one's head and the idea is changed and sketches a new drawing. This can happened so many times until one is satisfied with the final piece.

4. The most important thing I have learned from the resources on creating logos is that it is not an easy task. The graphic artists who are involved in creating these logos always have different ideas or other people may have different ideas about what to do because at the end, the logo is the one that can make something successful in selling or promoting the company or product.

The Color Theory

Creating the Value Scale and Color wheel was a learning experience. Especially creating the Color Wheel; It's so fascinating working with different colors that it reminds me of how these primary and secondary colors are the main sources when creating an image of something. Also, while working on the value scale, I have discovered that an artist use many of scale values in the there sketches especially when creating an image of a shadow; how the object is black and the shadow of the object is white. The most important information I have learned from the video is how the six main colors of creating a Color wheel are the six colors that expands into a variety of pigments. Overall, my opinion of the videos were that they are very informative and also can help one to know about the concept of Value Scale and Color Theory.

Avenue J and the Adventures of Babysitting

Avenue J and the Adventures of Babysitting

My picture slideshow on the different elements and principles shown in the photos was inspired by my daily traveling to babysit for my little cousins in the morning. The photos show the town of Avenue J, a section located in Brooklyn. The outdoor photos show my walk to work as the sun starts to come up and on my way to work, I view the everyday things such as the parking meter, trees, and other houses. The inside location are pictures of the apartment building such as the window, the structure of the building, as well as objects that represents children. Doing this project was very enjoyable. It made me be creative in taking pictures.

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Emotions in Color

1. Color has the ability to express the emotion of art. Color also attracts the eye and is apart of the various elements in art. It's effect on emotions plays a great part in the works of art such as; dark pigments of grey or black can represent a feeling of sadness or evil, it can also represent something that is unattractive to one's eye. On the other hand, pigments of bright or loud colors such as green or yellow represent a feeling of luck, joy, or happiness. Bright colors also represents a form of beauty to one's eye.

2. What fascinates me about color is how it is used in shape or form. Also, it is fascinating how a small object represented in the form of a painting can bring life to a picture based on a certain color.

3. In viewing the video on color, the biggest impact was how different textures can attract one's eye. Besides the darkness and brightness of colors, texture has a way of attracting one's emotions of being amazed or excited when viewing art.

4. The biggest impact for me after view the film on feelings through color is that color can inspire us to change our way of thinking and way of life. It inspires us to take the time to appreciate the world around us.

The Beauty of Aesthetics

In the film Aesthetics: The Philosophy of Art, two key concepts where shown. First, although Aesthetics is the study of beauty and art and art can be seen as in correlation as a form of beauty, art and beauty are two terms that are different from each other. Secondly, a work of art that portrays a theme of tragedy, such as the work of Picasso, can also be looked as a beautiful painting. Another film, CARTA: Neurobiology Neurology, and Art and Aesthetics also gives a couple of key concepts. First, according to the scientist Changeux, there is a genetic envelope to the origin of art and aesthetics in the human lineage. Secondly, Changeux also mentions the discovery of parts of the brain and it's correlation with art and aesthetics.

David Hume, the 18th century modern philosopher, brings the most important theory in Aesthetics. He takes on the argument of taste, in which an object or a thing is perceived to be satisfied by a person or is perceived to have a certain standard of beauty. In taste, Hume explains that there is no need for a debate as to what has taste or not. Each individual has it's own taste of beauty. Therefore no one is to make a critique of one's aesthetic view.

Changeux and Ramachandran's scientific view of art and aesthetics takes on valid points on the style, shape, and form of each part of the brain. Although the brain is represented by aesthetics, the majority of the scientists' views were concerned on the art of the brain and not the beauty of it.

Throughout the textbook and the film, I seemed to find similarities between Chapter two of the textbook, Living with Art and the film Aesthetics: Philosophy of the Arts. Both gave similar views on the definition of Aesthetics and also both introduced the same Philosophers and their intake on Art and Aesthetics.

Overall, both films gave me a new look on art as it is perceived to be. Not only observing art as just a form of beauty or the view of art as a sense of pleasure to one's eye, but how the shape or form of an object symbolizes the function of something such as the brain.

Greetings AED200

Welcome to my very first post. Setting up this blog and my gmail was not a difficult experience. It was actually simple with help from the steps. On taking AED200, I for one love taking online courses because it bring alot of creativity to a student and more in depth opinions from just writing. What I hope to get from this class and from the blog is to get more in deep discussion into various art forms. I look forward to getting feedback on the different topics I will discuss.