Assignment #2

The four domains of creativity in art are fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration. Fluency in art terms is generating many ideas, for instance brainstorming before creating artwork. We can filter through many ideas before we finally come to grips on what we want to do with our artwork. Flexibility is being able to generate different types of ideas or thinking outside the box. We have to be able to to look at our artwork from a different perspective. A good question to ask yourself when creating art is what will people that look at your artwork see? What will they feel when they see you're artwork? Will they be able to understand what you are trying to portray with your art? Originality is generating unusual ideas. Being able to come up with something different is very hard when there is so many different types of art out there. More than likely there has been a pice already published with the same ideas that you have. The hard part is making it original. We have to be able to come up with something different that hasn't been done before so we can get credit for it. Finally elaboration is adding ideas to improve your artwork. Most of the time the art can always be improved. You have to think in the mindset of a perfectionist. Every detail has to be perfect. This can also be hard. Coming up with ideas that make your artwork better when you already think it is the best there is. 

The Feldman Method of Art Criticism is compiled of for steps: describe, analyze, interpret, and judge or evaluate. When describing artwork you ask yourself the question, what do I see? Take the artwork and describe what it means to you. Analyzing artwork is digging a little bit deeper into describing it. Get more information about the piece. Find out when it was done and a little more about the illustrator. Use the elements of art such as line, balance, shape, and form to describe the work. Interpreting the artwork is trying to find out what the artists meaning is behind the work. Find out the purpose behind the artwork and was on the authors mind while illustrating the piece. When you judge and evaluate the art, compile all of what you criticized and determine if the artwork is successful. Is it easy to interpret what the author was saying? Did the artwork effect you in a positive way, or anyway at all? Does the artwork rank in the top 10 of your favorite pieces of art. Being able to criticize art with the Feldman method will really make it easy to pick your favorite artwork and will make you a better artist in general.

Assignment #1

1) I believe that we make art all the time. Drawings, paintings, sculptures: these are the main focusses when we think of art. I think that we make art everyday, sketching during class, singing in the shower, taking pictures and uploading them on facebook, these are all ways that we create art on an everyday basis. My favorite type of art is photographs. I love big framed photos of football and baseball stadiums. I also really like the photographs taken in the low country and at the beach.

2) I used to take art in an art studio when I was 11. We made drawings, water paintings, and stained glass portraits.

3) It has been a while since I have been to an art museum. I don't know that I have ever been in an art museum. I was 12 the last time I was in an art studio, however I took an arte 101 class my freshman semester so that has to count for something.

4) I have been to several plays at the Kroger Center. We took a field trip in high school to see the Phantom of the Oprah and it is one of my favorite plays of all time. Unfortunately I am not a big dancer, I would love to learn though.

5) I believe I learn the most when it is hands on learning. I hate sitting in a lecture hall listening to a boring lecture, when I could be gaining experience with hands on learning.

6) I am taking this class because it is a fine arts elective for the Physical Education major. I also really appreciate artwork.

7) I appreciate good artwork, and when I see a painting that the illustrator has put a lot of time and effort into the art, it does move me and makes me feel proud for the illustrator, not knowing him personally.

8) I love listening to old inspiring speeches by coaches. I am a PE major so I really can appreciate a good pep talk or inspiring speech right before a big game. Also music inspires me. I like to listen to music while I workout, do homework, pretty much all the time.

9) Art can be whatever we want it to be. Paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, television, music movies, buildings. Art is everywhere.

10) Yes! I consider all of these art. Each one of these take time to perfect and there are several different things that go into making a great movie, tv show, or video game.

11) I think we all have different opinions on "good" art. For me personally, I don't think Picasso is good art, but to someone else it might be the best there is.

12) My friends and I have similar but different taste in music. We all like most of the same artist and songs,  but we do differ on some things. For me, I hate screamo music, and they like some of that. I like country and rap, and they don't like most of that. But we all have different interest and we compromise on most music.

13) I think Toy Story 3 was the best movie of 2010. The best movie of all time is Top Gun!

14) I'm not really sure what an art film is. Maybe it is any movie. I believe that movies are all art so that makes every movie an art film/

15) Im not sure I understand this question. The song on my Ipod right now "Right Above It" - Lil Wayne.