art Reflection

Written Reflection:

When I first went into foundations of art, I didn't know what to expect. I wasn't sure if it was going to be a strict class where you only learn about the artists and not do any art, or if it would be all art and no learning. After the first class, I knew it would be a hard class to complete. We were told we had to do art statements and have a web page and upload all our pictures. At first, that seem overwhelming and I wasn't sure if I would be able to do it all. And I did struggle with this, most of my statements were late and I didn't always upload things to artsonia. So weeks I was better at completing the tasks than other. With the artist statement, it wasn't that I didn't know what to write because I could write about my pieces even more than I did, it was more finding the motivation to get up and type it. I myself am a person who likes to draw the picture and then be done with it. In the past that is what I did, I was never required to do anything more. The web page was something else new for my me, I have never made a web page before so it took a few extra minutes, in the beginning, to understand how to work google sites.

Overall this art class had a different feel to it than my other classes. We followed rubrics and had an agenda for the day, and none of my past art classes had that. I did however like this new change, As I am a person who loves a strict schedule. Without schedules that, I would probably be less productive and not get as much out of the class than wanted.

The assignments we were given were wisely planned to teach us about all the different ways of doing art. Since they were such a wide range of different media and styles I was bound to find some I didn't like. Granted that I really didn't like too many of the assignments, but that only because they weren't my favorite style or they had to be realistic, making little to no room for creativity.

Then there were the assignments I started off liking but ended up hating. That was my own mere fault. I would work too hard on them or something wouldn't come out how I wanted to. There were all these factors in my work that made it difficult to not get frustrated with the piece. I know a few times I spilled ink on the piece or I was working on it in a bad mood, and this just ruined my piece in my opinion. I am a person who never likes what they create unless it's like a really yummy chocolate cake then I will be happy. But I never like my artwork, ever.

this class taught me many new skills and helped grow my artistic strength as an artist. I'm glad that it pushed me outside of my comfort zone and made me understand my own piece by writing about it or dissecting it in some other way.