On and on and on

Throughout a tough stressful semester us students should be overwhelmed with joy that Christmas holidays are just around the corner, which will allow us to relax and enjoy some time off by recontacting with family, friends and other activities. But for some of us its just a dream which cost a thousand bucks.

Some of the courses that are provided to us are not all the same work load, for us fine art students it is hardly difficult to miss out although of days not working because we will never manage to get everything done in the right time especially when your working with different type of paints which requires a lot of time to dry. These problems cause a lot of stress and anxiety to the student it self which is not very good. Even also some of the students are good fortune as others, which in their free time or the weekend they have to work a part time job just to keep u with their funding and family needs. By this the holidays wont be looked at a joyful holiday but a more hard working week through out the year, in which results to a lot of time management between school work and work. Most of the time for them to get the assignments get in done they have to stay up late at night sometimes till 4-5 o'clock in the morning to get everything ready.

This type of situation is being face through out my personal life in which through out the years lead me into certain types of changes within my character and personal work. I totally agree that the school need to keep their highest reputation at the students work and education but sometimes they are to greedy in which they don't but them self into the students shoes and see it from their own point of view.If this would change and they will start looking at these either they could extend the holidays which allows us more time to develop our work more professionally or they would look into the amount of work lot that was given to us.

Elements in use

Throughout further studies into my research I found how there are 7 elements of art, which are a vital importance of building up a composition. They are mostly known as: Line, Form, Shape, Texture, Tone, Colour and pattern.  However without the use of formal elements or their existence, art as we know it could not have been known.

 I came to the conclusion to see how art is a well-known factor on how a person/artist is allowed to express himself by the use of formal elements. Therefore with the use of line, shape, form, tone, texture, pattern, and colour, the artist will be able to define his ideas and thoughts well by giving an indication of; Movement, feelings / expressions, geometrical / negative shapes, tone, perspective throughout 2D work, 3D work, Highlights, shadows, contrast, surface quality, repetition, primary / secondary colours and colour schemes.

They all work together as a big sum because everything fits together like a big puzzle; if you remove something, another section won’t work out well. It is said that when the person has a good understanding of the elements, he will be able to create any artwork he wants from painting with oils to sculpting in clay, stone, wood etc… But how many of them were used for the artist’s reflection and by this does it still have the connection on how the brain and eyes work together which depicts out the idea?

References

Madden, A. 2017. What Are the Seven Elements of Art? - Definition & Examples - Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com. [online] Study.com. Available at: http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-are-the-seven-elements-of-art-definition-examples.html  [Accessed 18 Dec. 2016].

The power of the elements and movements !

Throughout the beginning of time in the Pre-Historical era people started the craze of art by using the simplicity of  formal elements for their cave art and sculptures. Although that they were done in simple lines and color they still managed to communicate and describe well what they were intentionally thinking. 

Title : Lascaux Cave
Location: France

Throughout history, in the progression through art movements, painters started to create their own style but they weren’t able to do what they wanted because other people with higher titles obligated them to do what they requested and by this they managed to manipulate people to their own believes and intentions. In some periods of time artists started to get annoyed by this fact, therefore by their own creativity and their feelings in their time, they started showing their own projections into the paintings; showing the people that they are an important value. For example: Michelangelo – Sistine Chapel and Goya – La familia de Carlos IV.

Artist: Michelangelo 
Title: Sistine Chapel
Year: 1508–1512

Artist: Goya
Title: La familia de Carlos IV
Year: 1800–1801 

As years passed, artists started breaking the elements into their own power by breaking up the shape of the figure, losing all the paresis proportions, using only one color or a mix up. During the Impressionism era, artists like Monet, Morisot, Renoir and some others were a few of those artists who wanted to paint on inspirations such as landscapes and modern life throughout open air paintings which they were reflecting their inner self’s rather than continuing on the past historical art. They started to give more importance on how to capture light, movement and the atmosphere around them where a bright color palette was also used.

Title: The summer, Poppy Field 
Artist: Claude Monet 
Year: 1875

On the other hand the Post-Impressionism which included Cezanne, Van Gogh and others, managed to break again from the Impressionist style and continue more on expressing their deep emotions. Their paintings are most popular this time but during their time, people were still accepting their art in progress due to the big change. Their art was done with a lot of formal elements such as; a good amount of lines that even when applying them they created texture and movement and a lot of light and bright colors that with these they still managed to make an aesthetic sense out of it.

Artist: Vincent VanGogh
Title: The Starry Night
Year: 1889

Artist: Vincent VanGogh
Title: Self Portaite

Van Gogh stated two quotes which I found quiet relevant to the subject:

‘’I put my heart and my soul into my work and have lost my mind in process ‘’ – Van Gogh

‘’Occasionally in times of worry, I’ve longed to be stylish, but on second thought I say no – just let me be myself – and express rough, yet true things with rough workmanship’’ – Van Gogh

By this he is stating how painting was the only thing he loved and sacrificed everything for, but as much as it did good for him, it still lead him to total absent despite the fact that this always lead him to believe in himself throughout his work and never followed the herd from the past techniques.

References:


Admin, 2016. 54 Memorable Quotes by Vincent van Gogh. [online] Quote Sigma. Available at: < http://www.quotesigma.com/54-memorable-quotes-by-vincent-van-gogh/ > Accessed 16th Dec. 2016.

Anon, 2016. The Visual Elements of Art. [online] Artyfactory.com. Available at: < http://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/visual-elements/visual-elements.html > Accessed15th Dec. 2016.

Moffat, C., 2007. Prehistoric Art & Ancient Art - The Art History Archive. [online] Arthistoryarchive.com.Availableat: < http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/prehistoricart/ > Accessed 13th Dec. 2016.

Voorhies, A., 2016. Post-Impressionism | Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [online] The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Available at: < http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/poim/hd_poim.htm > Accessed 18th Dec. 2016.

Examination through out development

Previously mentioned from my last blog, I stated on what are the most important things which are related to the theme ART and how it is affecting my life, either for the better good of the better worse.

By this I continued researching on how art is being seen throughout different areas of particular people throughout these past years. Although that art is a wide open subject, I found oddly interesting on how in this present time people are using it as a medical reason instead of talking to a psychiatrist , which by this managed to get an official name as ‘Art Therapy’.

With the use of Art therapy people will manage to overcome their fear, behavior, feelings, social skills and any type of mental disorder. I think that with this technique it is letting the person in a more freeway on how he can communicate his problems but In a more personal and creative way. This type of therapy can be done in different kind of media such as sculpting and drawing, which gives more support for their development.

Artist: Yayoi Kusama
Artwork Name: Obliteration room 

Artist: Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama is a famous Artist mostly known for her colorful polka dots, but when researching more about her I noticed that she wasn’t doing the polka dots because she liked circles or colors but they were helping her to express herself which helped her recovers from her mental illness in which by time the polka dots were a cure of obsession.  People used to think she was different due that she used to have hallucinations when she was a young child and grew up to have a more troubled life. 

But when she was introduced to art as part of her sessions it helped her more to show people who she is and what she can do which allowed her to protect herself from any type of madness she could encounter. By being herself, she managed to beat the odds and allowed her to create a style of her own which she refers to ‘’Psychosomatic Art’’. By now people will be thrilled to go view her artwork and say what an amazing artist she is, but she states back by saying that:

‘’I don’t consider myself an artist; I am pursuing art in order to correct the disability which began in my childhood’’ – Yayoi Kusama

By this, art has developed in different directions that it’s not only used to gain profit out of a simple art piece and that so person calls himself an artist but it’s used to express himself with.

References

Tate, 2012. Yayoi Kusama. [online] Tate. Available at  http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/yayoi-kusama  Accessed 10th Dec. 2016

TEDx Talks, 2015. The healing powers of art | Domingo Zapata | TEDxSyracuseUniversity. [online] YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnIrnBnjTmc Accessed 11th Dec. 2016.

TEDx Talks, 2013. Making art is like speaking in tongues: Alicia Eggert at TEDxDirigo Generate. [online] YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QyztAaL2jw Accessed 9th Dec. 2016.