Having visited different places such as: Venice, Rome, Florence, Paris, and Dublin; I have been able to see a tremendous amount or art. For me, the majority of the art is fascinating and mind blowing. It has always amazed me how artists have always been able to create a moment that looks real. While I have an interest in art, my artistic abilities are limited and poor. However the time spent with Gina was eye opening in a sense.
Many of the art classes I have taken through middle school on up have simply involved studying paintings and taking tests. Very rarely have I been given the opportunity to take class time and learn how to draw besides when I was in grade school. Therefore, being able to sit down and simply be free when it came to the engraving project last week was a neat experience. I can remember being completely dumbfounded on where to start and even how to create some of the angles, shades, and shapes with the one tool we had. While it was hard beginning the project, as time went on different ideas began popping up in my head. It also helped that Gina came over and showed me how to help bring the flowers to life by making close, straight lines to create the shade existing on the petals. After I was finished with the picture I was drawing, I began to think of what else I could do. I ended up making a bunch of random designs that helped complete the picture, which also eliminated the empty space surrounding the flower.
This randomness that comes to me is usually what happens to me every day. No offense should be taken to this next comment, but many times during class I will find myself scribbling, making bubbles, or drawing replica schemes of Pac-Man. I know it is weird, but sometimes I will zone out and thirty minutes later I snap back and realize my notes page is covered by drawings instead of notes. Obviously, I should be paying attention, but this shows how I simply start from making something simple then it all become sporadic. This was definitely inherited from my older brother who was ten times worse, so I’ll put the blame on him.
Essentially, art can be configured in many different ways such as: tracing, looking at an object, slightly altering a picture, or transforming something through your imagination. For me, I simply like to start from a basic picture, and then go from there. So I like to have a beginning picture in my mind, and then I use my imagination and creativity to make whatever comes to me. Most of the time it ends up a bunch of scribbles or doodles, but every once and a while something cool pops up. If I tried to visualize a picture and draw it, I could guarantee it would not come out looking anything like it should. Therefore, I it can’t be judge since it is solely from my mind.
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