"What Do You See?" >>> Response to quilt/painting

We looked at two different artworks and explained if it was art, what we thought, and what we felt about each one.

As I looked at the quilt I noticed many different things about it. I jotted many things down in my notes about the quilt. It has many patterns and shapes to it. I could tell it was handmade, and it contained many rips and tears, making it have been old and used. The quilt also made me focus into the center of it. As the diamonds got smaller and smaller, I see more in my eyes, even thought the do not appear on the quilt, sort of a use of continuance. to me, the quilt looked like a baseball diamond, with each little red square acting a person watching the game. The quilt also has radial symmetry, with many different colors, as red being the most noticeable to my eyes.

The painting by West Hicks was very dark and gloomy. It hold one light source and many shadows to it as well. In the right hand corner of the painting, it looks like a ghost is watching over the room. But it is hidden in the dark shadows. The light makes me focus on the desk. And the desk contains many random objects like a pear and a plant. The plant looked like it was wilting and dying, while the pear looked like it was rotting away. With the ghost and these aspects, I feel like it is trying to display a message as to keep with the new and refined things of life. The light also makes my eyes continue on, wondering what else is shined on with lights, and what else is left in the dreary darkness. And the painting has also been painted on a canvas stretched across a window frame.

"And we have a winner!!" >>> the best dot sketch

I looked over and over at my final sketches. And the same one keeps jumping out at me. The Closure sketch. Your eyes place the third dot above the lonely circle. I had a difficult time choosing between my proximity and closure sketches. But when i realized my proximity sketch was getting lost in my textures i decided to choose my closure sketch, which contains bigger dots. I tend to change my mind a few to many times. :/ And i am now in the process of collecting materials for my 3D Project!

"The Final Four" >>> top 4 dot sketches

There was much discussion over my final four sketches in class on Tuesday. All four of the sketches chosen were my favorite four as well. It is going to be very tough to decide which of the four to choose as my number one. But first I had to refine these four sketches. This is a picture of my sketches in class as I was in the process of refining the four.

And ta-da! My final four sketches are done!

Proximity Sketch: It did not need refined at all. I love how simple it is. The dots do not overpower the picture at all. After all, "Less is More!"

Similar/Difference Sketch: I refined this sketch by making the center circle larger, and two of them smaller than they were before, and also making some circles the same sizes as its pair. I really like this sketch as well, it looks like different planets circling the sun to my eyes.

Closure: This is one of my favorite sketches. I had to refine it by placing the two smaller dots in the exact same position to the larger ones. And I left one of them out, making your eye place a dot above the lonely circle.

Continuance: Last but not least, my continuance circle was another simple, yet unique sketch. It keeps my eyes off of the page. But I did not enjoy continuance quite as much as the other modes.

"Houston definitely had a Problem :(" >>> Newspaper and Cinder Blocks

My first day of WASH was very interesting. Having to build a rocket holder for a cinder block out of newspaper, glue, and tape was quite a challenge. I began rolling newspapers and securing them together very strongly...at least I thought so. It seemed like is was pretty hefty but then noon was approaching and the rocket was needing to launch. So my friend and I decided to merge our projects together to make a larger and taller launcher. Later, we placed the cinder block slowly on the holder and watched some pieces crushing. After fixing the squished parts, we attempted placing the cinder block on top of the launcher again. Unfortunately, it only flattened out even more than before, and the rocket was unable to launch. But on the bright side, the structure of a good and strong launcher is in my mind for the next rocket launching day, and this time the rocket will definitely fly high.

"Bleeding Dots" >>> 16 dot sketches

I survived my first week in WASH. It consisted completely of dots! I'm obtaining quite an eye for many dot sizes, and also dots that are formed into one of the four Gestalt principles. I have gathered together my four favorite dot sketches for each principle.

PROXIMITY

SIMILAR

CLOSURE

CONTINUANCE