Ohhh yeah.

1.) What are 3 art related things that you have learned so far this year? What have you tried, improved upon, or conceptually thought of?

- I think the biggest "art related thing" I have learned this year is basically in the areas of my strengths and weaknesses. I have learned what I like to work with and what I don't, but I mostly have learned I really want to stick with art and still have tons of room to grow. I have also learned how to use and try different things when making art!

2.) What areas of art do you still need to improve?

- I need to improve mostly on just sticking with/starting off with a solid idea - I ALWAYS change my ideas! I have gotten better, though.

3.) Where do you see yourself, art related, in 3 years? Will you still be pursuing art and trying new things or do you think it will take a back seat in your lives?

- I am not positive, but I know that art will always be in my life in some ways. I hope for it to stay in my career, and I am pretty sure it will!

4.) What have you gotten out of this class?

- A lot of things! Mostly it has kind of been a time of reflecting for myself and I am thankful for that. I have had a really hard past two years, and I feel like I needed this time to grow and reflect. I feel like I am finally coming out of my creative rut and I love it!

This is Really Dumb...

On Friday I went prom dress shopping with Amber and Erica and this got me sooo excited for prom! I don't know what it is about prom, but I just love it! I sound like such a girl, but I cannot wait. Trying on different dresses, tanning, finding accessories - these small things in preparation for this one day some of the best part! I always have a hard time finding shoes, though. I have kinda big feet:( ok, really big. But I guess I'm pretty tall, too. I'm taller than my boyfriend, it's kinda sad, but it's okay. He's lucky I like him or I'd find a new date (I guess I wouldn't be dating him if I didn't). I think finding your dress is definitely the best part. There are so many different styles and colors and patterns and so many to choose from! I think it is so much fun. I am especially excited for this year because last year my mom did not get to look for dresses with me which made me really sad. Prom was around the time she was diagnosed with cancer and so she was always in bed or in the hospital, but she does not have this cancer anymore and I think that this is the main reason why I am so excited for this dance. Plus, it is our last high school dance, it is crazy!! I'm not going to be one who holds onto high school as the best days of my life (that's pathetic), but I definitely have great memories from high school. Anyways - not only do we get to spend the next month looking for the right dress and accessories, but then comes prom where you spend the day doing your hair and makeup and getting your nails done having such a fun night with your friends! Everyone should go, I am obviously very excited and this is one of the dumbest blogs ever but I just felt like ranting about my excitement!

I've got an itch!

Right now we are doing are project in my 2D design class that is... scratch art!! I am really excited for this project because I have never used scratch art (for an actual project). This scratch art project is also why I put my title as 'I've got an itch', because I can't wait to begin scratching, haha. I LOVE using new mediums because I always suck the first time but I find out if I like it or not and normally I love it! I also just used oil paints for my first time ever and I like them as well. I don't know why but I just love using new mediums. I love experimenting and learning new things. I just love to learn! "Write how it is going to be amazing and I am going to be proud of you" -Mrs. Martin (referring to my scratch art)... I better do a good job. I like my idea, it of course involves a person. I don't know why but people just fascinate me. Also - to ramble a little more - you guys need to learn how to spell! I know i make errors on my blogs as well but we were just discussing how some people cannot spell and Mrs. Martin told me to write my blog about that after I had already started... so... I don't know. First lesson in spelling: there is a MAJOR difference in 'your' and 'you're', also, there is a major difference in 'there' and 'their'. Those are just two small things to remember. THERE you go!

ugh.

I feel like my only decent art work this year are breadth pieces, which I hate. I am not happy with my art whatsoever - I can do so much better. I am not all that excited for these shows because of this, and it is so frustrating. I don't really know what to do. I don't have time to do stuff that I will love to put into bloom because it is so near, and that one makes me the most sad because it involves all the other students around me who participate and I want to show them my talent. I guess I should have thought about that a little earlier? I've just had a really bad past year and a half with family and school and stuff, mostly family, and I think it has really just kept me from giving it my all. That shouldn't be an excuse, though. But... it is true. I feel like all that matters though is that I know I am talented and I know that I have an artistic eye. However, I have come to find I think I am better at things like still life's opposed to just sitting down and drawing. I also have so much to learn and tons of room to grow, and I am excited to do just that.

stupid.

This is totally random, but last night I was watching the super bowl and the black eyed peas performed at the super bowl and I feel the need to rant about something... basically they sucked. Not that I did not know that already - most of the famous singers/bands now have no talent, it all has to do with the technology and this really bothers me. The only reason they are famous is because they know people or are "hot", and that is the next thing I need to complain about... I decided to post this on Facebook last night and somebody that I work with made a comment that it doesn't matter because she is hot. Personally, I think she is ugly (no offense Fergie, I actually kind of sort of like you). Guys just like that she has a nice body, but honestly, is it really that body that counts? Personally I would rather be called pretty or beautiful or cute - I think that hot simply refers to having a nice body. I do not know where I am going with this, I guess that I just think that it is funny that one day their bodies are not going to be so hot, and you are going to have to refer back to their face, and a lot of the time that part isn't too pretty unless it was to begin with. Jussst saying, that is my little rant on looks.

I apologize for only complaining in this blog, but on a happy note go Packers!

beautiful you.

There are so many things to write about for a free blog, how am I supposed to choose?! I was going to write about music, which I have written about before, but then I decided to write about something different... Recently I changed my idea for my concentration in AP. I was not getting anything done, and I was not inspired. My inspiration was basically emotions through nature. I love trees and flowers and how nature can be so beautiful at any given time, yet I came to realize this was not what I wanted to put into a portfolio, it was not right for me. I decided to change my concentration topic to focusing more on people - emotions through people. I want to show ways in how people express themselves and really just to show through my artwork how beautiful these emotions and feelings can be. For some reason I am fascinated with people - I don't care for science, not anything like biology or anatomy or anything - I just feel like there is something so beautiful about people. The way we interact, the way we move, even more simply how our hair falls into place, and how our eyes show so much more than we even mean for them to. I like how not only our faces show what we are feeling, but almost any part of our body can carry that feeling through in a photograph. I think that everyone is beautiful in some way, even though today in society being stick thin and looking a certain way is the only beauty. I do not agree with that, I think that sometimes you have to look a little harder for beauty, and we all know beauty is way more than the outer appearance. Everyone needs to know that they are beautiful in some way, and I am so excited to portray people through my artwork. I think a personality that is beautiful takes you so much further than looks.

"All little girls should be told they are pretty, even if they aren't."
— Marilyn Monroe

Who Cares?

Honestly... who cares. I hate when people make such little things a huge deal. These artists created this ark work, now let it be. If you do not like it, then get over it.
That's a little harsh, haha, but I do not know how else to say it. Personally, I like these pieces. To me, these pieces are not "too controversial" whatsoever. I do not really know what else to say.
To respond to Mrs. Martin, I like the piece be Damien Hirst as well. I think that it is so awesome, but I would not use it as an island as my kitchen. That may be a little over the top :)
I just think that these five pieces are simply art. If the artist intentionally makes it controversial, then just let them do so. If you really do not like it so much then ignore it, don't look at it. In my own opinion I don't even see them as very controversial at all... but who knows. Maybe I am wrong!