This project had me in a major artist's block. I haven't done abstract projects very often, so this one definitely made me think. Originally, I was thinking about doing a collage that was just a bunch of tissue paper and miscellaneous objects I found in the art room. I didn't think about a meaning behind my work at all. Apparently, my brain thought a message would be good, since the collage ended up being a little bit deep. This actually made me like the work even more.
How do I reflect on my art? For a while at the beginning of this project I had absolutely zero idea what to do. I came up with a color scheme that I liked, and had to really work on planning what to add next. I often took different things like ribbon, feathers, and other objects over to my table and had to look at how they'd look on my artwork. Some things I really liked, like the cards and buttons, but others I decided not to use. I also had to look at the collage in different ways so that I could see different angles and compositions. In the end, I think it was worth it because I made something that I'm proud of. How did I develop art making skills? This is actually the first collage I've ever done, discounting elementary school ones with construction paper and glitter glue. I was really excited (and a bit apprehensive) to do abstract art, since almost everything I've done in high school art has been more concrete, I guess you could say. I learned a lot about how to make interesting compositions, and that you can't just throw some paper together and hope it looks good. It actually took a lot of thought. How did I convey a message? I didn't originally intend to have a message in this abstract artwork. I didn't even realize that abstract art could have deeper meaning. As I was making my collage it suddenly went from some blue tissue paper to a piece that had a theme about beauty. Not my original plan at all. The words I cut out from magazines such as "disaster", "blind", and "beauty" all make you really think. I guess what the message I see when I look at this piece is something about how society is very centered around beauty, and it can make other things seem less important. That being said, I also feel sort of calmed when I look at my artwork, because of all the cool colors and the way it is all tied together. I think that with abstract art the meaning is up to the viewer, everyone sees something different, and that is what I really enjoyed about this project.
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SOME info for youAll of this is art from my second art class, which I took the first semester of my sophomore year in high school. This was the year that I realized, "Hey, maybe I'm actually sort of okay at this." After I took Art Two I had pretty much decided in my mind that I wanted to go further with art and explore my abilities. Archives
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