Week 2

This week I got most of the pictures that I am going to need and I though more about the message that I want to portray. I am going to look at more mixed media collage artists this week to see if I can get anymore ideas.

Week 1

This first week has gone well so far. I know that I want to make a mixed media colleague piece. I want my piece to show that objects and items from the 50's to now have modernized. We still have the same objects but they have just modernized over time. The background of my piece will be old fashioned t.v's, washing machines and telephones. I also want to cover the background in wax. On top of this, I want a silhouette of the United States and cover it in these modernized objects. This week I have been looking for images and then I am going to play around with them to see how I want the placing to be and which images I want to use for my final project.

Brainstorming

1. Everyday objects and what are the necessary objects that we need in everyday life and what we want.
2. What were the objects and that people had in the 1950's and what we have now in2011
3. Are these objects or are the similar-- just more advanced
4. Why do we have so many more objects that we need now? Fitting more objects into a tiny silhouette.
5. What are the objects that provide us with convenience
6. Show how we have most of the same objects but how they have modernized/transformed
7. woman's rights now and then


Similar Images:
TV
Washing Machines/Drier
Phone Car
Coca Cola
Woman's Rights

Different Images:
Cell Phones
I Pads
Laptops
Email
Facebook
IM
Struggle for women rights then show a picture of Hillary Clinton

The Creative Habit, by Twyla Tharp

I definitely agree with Twyla about the idea of 'scratching' as a way to brainstorm. I often have trouble coming up with ideas on my own so it was interesting to see how she generates her ideas and gets the ideas in her mind flowing. Twyla suggests listening to music and just moving around the studio space to see what types of ideas formulate. She also suggests going outside or reading books to help generate new ideas. I thought it was interesting that she wrote about how musicians and movie writers use the scratching method as well, but I think she should have focused more on artists rather than other people.

Although I like her idea of scratching, I think she had too many rules involved. For me, brainstorming does not have rules and I can brainstorm at any time. I do not think that their is one right way to brainstorm. I like Twyla's idea of listening to music and moving around to help me think of ideas. I also realized that before I start my work I need to sit down and really focus on what messages and ideas I want to portray in my art work. From there, I can begin to experiment and try out different materials.

Artist: Jane Maxwell

Inside the Painters Studio by Joe Fig

How do the workspaces and routines of these artists support the work they do?
It was very interesting to see how different each artist works and what kind of atmosphere they need in to create their best works of art. One artist for example, Ross Bleckner needs complete silence when creating his artwork. He hardly leaves his apartment and cannot listen to the TV or radio. He works 7 days a week because that is the only way he can stay concentrated and stay in the rhythm of creating art work. For Mary Heilmann, the location of her studio really impacts her work. Her studio is in a barn and the wide open fields that surround her cause her to include a lot of green into her work. The barn and the wide open space surrounding the farm influence her to show the difference between deep space and flat space in her paintings. Alexis Rockman travel a lot to the Amazon and Long Island so location definitely influences his art work.

Which artist did you relate to the most and why?
I can relate to the artist Mary Heilmann. For her, the scenery really effects her paintings and I feel the same hold true to me. If I am in a place surrounded by mountains my art work will probably look different than if my studio were on a beach. Heilmann also takes breaks through out her day and is not working on her art work all the time. Similar to Heilmann, I cannot work on my artwork for an entire day. I am able to sit and work for 2 hours but I definitely need to take breaks and remove myself from my art work for a little bit. Lastly, Heilmann listens to the radio or her i pod while she works. I cannot work in a silent room, and I also need to be listening to music while I create my art work.

Looking at Artists Studios

I saw a lot of the same objects in most of the studio spaces. I noticed a lot of i pods, stereos, cluttered desks, sketch pads and coffee cups. All of these objects are very common objects that help people to focus and make art. I would probably have most of these objects in my art studio as well. Music and i pods were probably the most common object that I saw.

Me... The Senior Artist

When thinking about my process as an artist and my strengths I realized that a common theme was collages and mixed media.
When creating artwork, I have had the most success with using paper cutouts and magazine cutouts/pictures. Creating collages and mixed media pieces are definitely my strengths and favorite types of art work to create.
Although it was my hardest and most frustrating piece to create, I think my dice still life drawing stood out. Drawing is not my favorite or strongest medium to work with so it was definitely a struggle to create that piece. When thinking about my ultimate studio space I would like to be in an open spacious room with plenty of windows creating mixed media/collage pieces. I started creating art because I have a lost of fun doing it and it is a nice, relaxing break from a busy schedule. to music or the radio definitely help me when creating art work, but in order to create the most work possible I just need to try and stay very focused!