Natalie's artist statement Q4
Natalie Sanchez
6/8/11
Artist statement Q4
This quarter in art class, my we were asked to take 200 photos, modify 4 photos, recreate a famous painting, sketch a bicycle three times in different ways, and draw an outside scene from observation. There were some forms of art that were new to me. For example, before this art quarter, I never used to do photography, but this assignment gave me an opportunity to experience that freedoms that come with photography. I feel like in this quarter, I have been exposed to new forms of art.
The most challenging project of this quarter was modifying the four pictures. As I mentioned before, I did not know how to use photoshop at all. I had to find a friend of mine to teach me how to edit the pictures. She taught me the basics: How to cut out the background of a picture, How to change the background of a picture, how to manipulate the layers of the pictures, and how to add text to the same. After she explained these things to me, I was able to modify the four pictures in different ways. After I learned how to use photoshop, I liked the creative aspect of the project. I enjoyed using my creative liberties to make a picture completely different than what it initially was.
The easiest project of this quarter was recreating the famous painting. I recreated the Painting “Starry Night” by Vincent Van Gogh. I enjoyed the process of creating the painting because painting is one of my favorite hobbies. I also feel like I had plenty of time to finish the painting because I paced myself with it. I worked on it for two whole art periods and at home for half an hour and was able to finish it on time.
Overall, I feel like this quarter opened my interests to other forms of art like photography and photoshop. I feel like photography gives me a chance to capture the art in my world as I see it and that photoshop gave me an opportunity to modify a picture the way that I want to. If I were to start this quarter over again, I would probably pace myself with all my art projects so that I would be able to finish all of my art work on time and save myself work time at home. As a whole, I felt like this quarter went well.
Link to my 200 photos.
6/8/11
Artist statement Q4
This quarter in art class, my we were asked to take 200 photos, modify 4 photos, recreate a famous painting, sketch a bicycle three times in different ways, and draw an outside scene from observation. There were some forms of art that were new to me. For example, before this art quarter, I never used to do photography, but this assignment gave me an opportunity to experience that freedoms that come with photography. I feel like in this quarter, I have been exposed to new forms of art.
The most challenging project of this quarter was modifying the four pictures. As I mentioned before, I did not know how to use photoshop at all. I had to find a friend of mine to teach me how to edit the pictures. She taught me the basics: How to cut out the background of a picture, How to change the background of a picture, how to manipulate the layers of the pictures, and how to add text to the same. After she explained these things to me, I was able to modify the four pictures in different ways. After I learned how to use photoshop, I liked the creative aspect of the project. I enjoyed using my creative liberties to make a picture completely different than what it initially was.
The easiest project of this quarter was recreating the famous painting. I recreated the Painting “Starry Night” by Vincent Van Gogh. I enjoyed the process of creating the painting because painting is one of my favorite hobbies. I also feel like I had plenty of time to finish the painting because I paced myself with it. I worked on it for two whole art periods and at home for half an hour and was able to finish it on time.
Overall, I feel like this quarter opened my interests to other forms of art like photography and photoshop. I feel like photography gives me a chance to capture the art in my world as I see it and that photoshop gave me an opportunity to modify a picture the way that I want to. If I were to start this quarter over again, I would probably pace myself with all my art projects so that I would be able to finish all of my art work on time and save myself work time at home. As a whole, I felt like this quarter went well.
Link to my 200 photos.
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