Blog Post #4-Story Collage Critique

After reading the comments from my classmates, I got some positive and some negative critiques. However, mostly everyone just wrote about the shapes I used and how they could easily tell what my story was. Ben had said that I should have done a better job connecting the the basket and the court, which was a good point because I did a poor job doing that. Other people said they liked the shapes and colors I used, how I showed the basketball in motion, and how the girl was cut out. Unfortunately, there was only one negative critique so I didn't really get a feel of what i could have done better. Because believe me, I have a lot of room for improvement on mine. More advice, would have been helpful but I appreciate what my classmates wrote.

Carly Furr

p.s. I also thought the critique on how my basketballs looked like hot crossed buns was very very helpful. Thanks Mr. Brooks! hahah kbye.

Blog Post #3-Shape Collage Reflection

Hi Art class :)

So I wrote my entire blog last night, but as I pressed publish post it all got deleted. So here goes number two. After completing the most recent project, I learned a lot about how shapes can tell stories and really add to a picture. The story i chose was about how i got the game winning shot in a basketball game, with a second left. Although my picture doesn't show this, the game was a playoff game. I used shapes like circles, squares, triangles, and many other organic, geometric, and anthropormorphic figures. I had my shoes to represent an organic shape and the backboard (rectangle) to show a geometric shape. Lastly, to show an anthropormorphic shape, I used a circle as a face. In my picture, I used a variety of small and large shapes. I used a small circle as my eye, but a big circle as the basketball. Different shape sizes add to the picture. Lastly, I think I made my story pretty clear, but i could have shown how it was a playoff game to get into the championships.

Carly Furr

Wire Sculpture Reflection

In my opinion, the wire sculpture project has been the hardest, most stressful, and time-managing project we've had. It took a lot of hard work and patients to complete the wire sculpture, as well as trying to make it have the same features as ourselves. The most challenging part of the project was starting it. I had no clue as to where to start, but once I got past the outline of the face, it got easier. The most successful part of my wire sculpture was the nose because although it was hard to make the nostrils, I completed it the best I could. Before starting our project we had to draw portraits of our faces, as well as our eyes, nose, ears, lips, and more. I think in some ways drawing before made it easier to do the wire sculpture because we had better sense of how to sculpt the features, and it helped determine the size of things. However, in some ways I think I could have also done the sculpture without drawing before. The most important thing I learned about using lines is that I need to be careful about spacing in between lines and try to make them the right size. Overall, although the project was difficult, I got a lot out of it and mine came out better than I expected. As a class we all worked very hard and used our three hours wisely, and I think our hard work paid off in some great wire sculptures! :)

Carly Furr