Post #7: my element and principle learning hand-made book

In this art activity, we were asked to make our own book. When I got my book, I did not really have a target in making what. So, my ideas just develop throughout the process. Today, we talked about how sometimes art process through working, instead of an idea just right on top of your mind. So, my book came out perfectly. However, throughout the project, the challenging part was following the steps. The steps were guiding me through the activity, but if I could do something different, I would not follow the steps on the guidelines because it distract the art process. So, I think that the activity should not have guidelines in what to do.

Throughout the activity, the topic of the book was about the elements and principles of art. To begin with, the elements of art are line, form, color, value, shape, texture and space. These elements are the building block of an artwork. However, the principle of art is how we want the picture to be, or what we want people to see and feel. It includes movement, rhythm, emphasis, balance, contrast, pattern and unity. So, we created our book that represents elements and principles of art. Last, both element and principles of art are combined together. When it is combined together, it creates a great art piece. So, art creates the element and principle of art.

First, we created our cover that is an abstract picture. Abstract art is nonrepresentational, so there should not being any emphasis on the picture. However, the book is not about abstract art, but it is about how the elements and principles of art work together in art. After working on the book for weeks, I think that I got a better understanding about elements and principles of art. The process began by making shapes, and then adding color and lines that would create movement and emphasis. After the front side of the book is done, we had to make our own poem using the vocabulary words on elements and principles of art. In my book, my poem is very creative because I put emphasis on the words throughout the poem. For example, the word "3-D", I drew the word in 3-D. Also, we created an author page. This page includes my picture, and few sentences about the author. In summary, I had a fun experience in creating this book because I learned art by making art. So, this activity helped me understand the elements and principles of art.

Post #6: hand-made book

Frances Pickering

This hand-made book is created by Frances Pickering. This creation is gives me a feeling of elegancy and historical item. To begin with, this book's texture is fragile because the wrinkle paper edges reflects the book to be old and historic. Also, inside the book, the pictures are drawn in the theme of nature. The visual idea of nature determines their love and inspiration to nature. Lastly, the cover of the book must be as beautiful as the inside because the strings on the side of the book closes up the book into one. So, the unity of this book is a small creation that is put together. Therefore, this creation of hand-made books are lovely to interpret the creators' ideas while they are creating any books, because I think that all hang-made books are very meaningful.

post #5: abstract art

Fernand Leger, Railway Crossing, 1919

This abstract drawing expresses a very complex and busy feeling. The movement represents the busy motion. Also, the painting reflects a map like structure because the arrow and the lines give the painting divisions. The shapes also includes into the painting because in the background you see circles and rectangles. Since the background is colored, some spaces were left blank like the line in the middle of the picture. The line ended the middle ground to the left side of the picture. So, that white space is just black and stopped my thought to the left side. Other elements or principles I observe are uncertainty. I cannot able to find where this painting is leading me into because the painting is confusing. I do not know where to start looking and where to end. It brings me around the painting, so I first thought that the painting was a busy and crowded place.

Post #4

Michal Levy, Funky (Bright), 2006

Two elements of this artwork are color and line. The colors in this artwork is very bright and colorful, and the lines really define the differences of the object and background. In this painting, there are several more in this category. Can you find out what are the other elements of art?

On the other hand, two principles of this art piece are proportion and rhythm. The buildings in this painting indicate the sizes. The scale of the building is different, and the colors and structures express a lively beat to the artwork. So, rhythm fits perfectly to this painting. In this painting, there are also other principles, can you figure out what it is?