In your opinion, what do you think the role of the critique, as it's described in this chapter, could be in a class like ours?

As said in the chapter critique all comes down to us from a family of words in Greek that refer to judging, distinguishing and selecting. I think that in our classroom we could definitely be seen within our class. We all seem to help each other with figuring out what the other persons art work is trying to “say” to the viewer. Our class has so many great ideas for planning there projects. The role of the critique is to help your class mates figure out what they should work on as well as making the viewer understand more about you as an artist and what your interest within art is.

According to this chapter and your past experiences, how can you get the most out of a critique of your own work?

I think that when people critique my work they explain to me how they like my work but these are the things that I should maybe work on to actually change the work I’ve done but for the better. I think that selecting is the best part when getting my work critiqued, for example when pointing out certain parts within my art piece they can help me to edit my work in a why to make it more unique and interesting.

How can you be a helpful participant in your classmates' critiques?

I think that I definitely will tell them positive things about there work, I tend to make a few comments about ideas in which they can improve there work as a artist. I try to be positive in the best way I can.

Critique

When talking about my idea for my project I think that I got a lot of good feedback from my group members.
Rachel- She told me that I should use the para-sail picture that was edited on photoshop, She also said that if I wanted to make the objects in my picture pop that I should take Styrofoam and put it behind the object to make it look even more three-d
I explained how I wanted to create a Three-D picture with this image and to have the para-sail coming out of the picture.
Riki- Thinks that when using colored paper and cutting out each piece into different sections and then gluing them together it wouldn't be so hard to do.
Brae- She said that maybe I should take two pictures that juxtapose each other. Like obese children and children starving in Africa and see the different and how extreme they both are.

I think that these critiques were very helpful and I have a much better idea of what I want to do for my final project. I think it will turn out well it just might take a lot more time then I think it will.

Ideas for Project

1. Take a photograph and edit it in photoshop, then I think I will draw a sketch of objects to put in front of the picture. These different sketches will be three-D and will be in color so that it will catch the eye. I think I will be using colored pencils in the pictures because there calm and not as loud. Or I will maybe use bright colors and sharpies to color in these sketches depending on the picture I use.

New Pictures

Twyla Tharp

If you're up for it...do a little writing about Tharp's concept of scratching. How can you imagine using her ideas in your own working process?

Tharp's concept might relate to some of the ideas that I have. I think that for my senior project I will have to take my bigger ideas and break them down so that I have an easier time working with different pictures I have taken. I think that scratching is nice to have when searching ideas to come up with. When looking at the things around you, you will have a better idea of how to start. My photographs are mostly taken of things that I find to be interesting in the world. The objects around me are most inspiring and scratching is kind of what I do when thinking of different ideas. I imagine using her ideas with my own work process because it will be helpful, as she says the "thinking chair" I think that I will use this a lot and I am excited to get going on my project.

Studios

1. Why do you think these things show up more than once?

• I see a lot of ideas all kind of put down on paper or a lot of paint all over the place.
• Most of there artwork is hanging up or is up on display somewhere in the room
• They all have their own unique way of making art weather it be standing up laying on the floor or working at a table
• Carrie seemed to get a lot of her ideas from the outside world like magazines or books
• Where as Jaime and Hamlett seem to make all their pieces and then hang/place all there work in a certain area will making another new piece.
  

2. How do artists develop spaces and methods for making their most authentic work as part of a daily artistic practice?

• I think that artists develop space and methods by how and where they work everyday. Some people feel that working in a little space will help them to feel more focused and ready to work, where as others might need a larger space to create new ideas from what is around them within the room. Everyone has there own ideas on how they feel the right way to work is. And once you find that certain place and method of working you can have a greater sense of what you want to create.

3. What do you see in the following artists’ studios?

• I saw a lot of papers with ideas on them, and some were final pieces that seemed to be done. But I also saw a lot of pieces that were totally not finished and seemed to be forgotten about.
• I also saw that there are a lot of books, maybe inspiration from other artists that have inspired them over the years. To maybe simple books with ideas writing inside.
• Most of the rooms have some type of radio or ipod station, most find this usual when working on their artwork. Helping to relax and get there ideas flowing

4. How does what you see in their studio relate to the way their work looks?

• Well for Jaimson he seems to have a lot going on in his studio. And from looking at his work he has a lot of colors and shapes going on in his paintings. Which pretty much shows that from his studio and how it looks his paintings kind of relate to it. With all the colors and shapes and everything is close together.

5. What do you see that YOU relate to?

• I think that I seem to get a lot of my recourses from everything that’s going on in the world. I look at events that have happened or even just something like pollution and I will decided to go out and take pictures of what I feel is going on in the world. The for the most part helps me with my inspiration. Even just taking photos of every day things helps me to get some ideas of what I want to write about.

Sculpture. First Project with Books

1. What content were you trying to address through your sculpture?

In this project I was trying to create a abstract tree like sculpture. It came out to be a very tall mountain shaped sculpture in the end. I think that since it was a history book of the different places in the world this books shows all the different places in the whole with the rolls of paper I made. It was hard at first to think of what I was trying to make out of this book. But I think that I was trying to address that there are so many places in the world that people can go to and there all over the place.

2. How effective were you in addressing this content? How, specifically, did you achieve this?

I think that I achieved this by showing that every little roll I made had a name of a body of water or a country on it. This way when you look at my sculpture you can see that every place is different and each and every little part that is made up of paper is not the same. 

3. What is most successful about your sculpture?

I think I was most successful with the way the parts of the sculpture climbs up the book it somewhat looks like it is dripping down the book with pieces of paper. I think that this look makes it very interesting and when people look at it i think that they will see that as well. 

4. What about your sculpture could be improved upon?

I think i could have made it more open with each piece I put on the sculpture. On my project I seemed to have every little rolled up paper on top of each other not leaving any space between the other ones. Making it more interesting then I did in the end.