Thursday, February 27, 2014

What Is Art?

So for my next post I have decided to I guess in a way discus this. First the Definition of art. :


1. Human effort to imitate, supplement, alter, or counteract the work of nature.
2.
          a. The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colors, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the sense of beauty, specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.
b. The study of these activities.
c. The product of these activities; human works of beauty considered as a group.
3. High quality of conception or execution, as found in works of beauty; aesthetic value.
4. A field or category of art, such as music, ballet, or literature.
5. A nonscientific branch of learning; one of the liberal arts.


So here are just a few of the examples/ definitions for art on http://www.thefreedictionary.com/art.

Humans have always had an urge to recreate what we see, in our own image, in some way, shape, or form. It has been this way for centuries.                                  



                                    
Now art isn't just recreating what we see into paintings, drawings, or sculptures. No art can be a reproduction of sound, created for any instrument, art can be a sensation or feeling in an interpretive dance, art can be possibly anything in the world that you want to label it to be. 

There is no limitations on WHAT art is. Because really there are no boundaries. Art, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder. 







Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Matte Medium

The next few weeks in my Graphic Arts class we are using Matte Medium. Matte Medium is a useful tool for artist. It allows you to transfer a printed image from the paper to a different surface. In my class we are using the Medium to transfer images onto different surfaces, and adding things such as paint, wax, soap, and other things to make our finished project look cool.
Each person chose a different issue in today's society to do a project on. I personally chose corruption within the media, (just so I can seem like one of those insane government conspiracy theorist). Within this project we have to do a multimedia portrait, using different substances and materials, along with the Matte Media.





How to Transfer Pictures Using Matte Media 


Saturday, February 8, 2014

Benedict CUCumberbatch


This needs no explanation. I apologize. But yeah I'll just leave this here..

Friday, February 7, 2014

Amy Geller

This piece is really cute and original. That is why I liked it so much. I have no idea who Amy Geller is but her work is fantastic. I found her blog on Illustration Mundo.                                                                                  ( http://www.illustrationmundo.com/illustrators.php?str_date=DESC&page=3 ) Link to Illustration mundo.
             ( http://www.amygellerillustration.com/ ) Link to Amy's Blog