Found Images Collage

My group told me that it was a cool idea, to add more things and objects in the sky.

Three Forms Drawing

Drawing can be very relaxing, especially when your are listening to music, which I did today. I felt like I did a pretty good job on the cup and the block, but I struggled with the pinecone. Drawing what you see is much easier said then done, especially with things that have odd shapes and angles, like a pinecone. What I learned from doing this is that you have to be patient with yourself while you draw. Go from broad to more specific, that will make it a lot easier.

Extending our findings from The Pour Paintings

My idea was to make a drawing of a forest. I ended up drawing some trees, a stream and a few deer. I didn't get a lot of feedback from my group, but they did say it was abstract and I did good on filling up the entire page.

Pour Paintings

It actually felt good to pour paint on a piece of paper and let it decide what shape it would take. That way no one can say it's bad, because you have no control over where exactly the paint goes. I was surprised at how many little shapes and objects I could pick out of the painting. It was kind of like looking at clouds and finding things within them. When my pour had dried and I started to try to pick out things, everything I found was an animal of some type. I found a parrot, a hamster, a goat, a deer, and more. I have no idea exactly what direction it's going in, I will just draw what I see.

Collaborative Drawings

I felt completely fine letting other people draw on my painting because I'm a terrible painter and I trusted them to do better than me. I was not disappointed when I returned, people had added many details that I hadn't thought of that were very good. Both paintings that I had to add to were very good so I felt weird changing anything about theirs.

Talk and Draw

Both roles in this activity were very difficult. It was hard for the describer because you couldn't say what the actual item was, you had to just describe in great detail what it looked like so the drawer could accurately draw it. It was hard for the drawer because sometimes the describer would be to vague and it was hard to tell from their descriptions where the item was in  relation to other items or how big it was. If I did this activity again I would take it more slowly, not missing anything and trying to be more descriptive. 

Thinking about the Artist

An artist is someone who devotes time to putting their thoughts down on paper, on a CD, in the form of a sculpture, photograph, or anything else. Art can be nearly anything, from a doodle to a painting covering the length of a room. Art is anything you say it is. To be creative is to think outside the box, to be original and different from everyone around you. To be productive and creative at the same time is to put those original ideas into the form of anything you like. To do that you really have to care about your work and put your heart into it.

Reflecting on blocks, play dough, and finger paint

When I first touched the materials it did remind me of when I was a little kid in preschool. I just did whatever I wanted to do. I started out building a tower with the blocks that turned into a house. I put all the paint in my hands, put my hands on the paper and just let them decide what to do. I ended up putting my hands and forearms into the paint and then pressing them on a blank sheet of paper. It was actually very fun, just letting my imagination go. It was very relaxing.

Reflecting on Picasso quote

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."
What I think Pablo Picasso meant by saying this is that younger children are always naturally creative, curious and artistic. As we get older we mature more and for example, painting a picture of the sunset seems like a childish thing to do. Picasso was trying to tell us that we have to keep that creativity and imaginativeness alive, which in turn will probably make us happier.