Caitie Ferro class blog

1. What was it like using your hand as subject matter for a drawing? It was incredibly easy because I'm used to doing a lot more.   2. What media did you select - pencil or charcoal? Why? Charcoal- I think it's better than pencil and fun to use.  I also like the way charcoal can spread onto paper.   3. How did it feel to create a drawing with your non-dominant hand? It was funny and kind of hard.  It was difficult to make my left hand and brain coordinate together properly to create a drawing but it was fun to experiment.   4. Compare and contrast your final drawings. Do you think they are successful studies? I think so.  I thought I would do much worse drawing with my left hand but surprisingly it came out okay.    5. Would you consider using your non-dominant hand to create artwork in the future? Absolutely not.  It's too much work trying to think and coordinate my left hand and brain. That would take a ...

1. Explain why you selected each of the TWO videos you choose from the selection listed above. I decided to do the videos on Caravaggio and Da Vinci because I wanted to learn more about them. 2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned. Both videos go over the life events of each artist.  it discusses where they were born, a little bit about their home life growing up until they taken in by a master, the skills they possessed while under their master, and the rest of their life/great achievements until death. 2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text? Like the readings, the videos are based in the renaissance and go into artists and artworks that were important from this era. 3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts? I really liked the films because they went into depth about a specific artist and it was great learning about their life achievements and the people and th...

1. Explain why you selected the video you choose from the selection listed above. -I've often been interested in the middle ages and this film stuck out more to me than the others. 2. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned. -Artwork has been around for several years.  Ancient art came from Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Aegean, Greece and Rome contributing sculptures to incredible architecture that still stands today. 3. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text? -The video goes into more depth than the book.  They go into the artworks, age, meaning of the works, and transformations of them through time. 4. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the readings and art concepts? -  I like the videos more than the book.  The book gives a good base for what we are going to learn but the videos into more depth about what we are learning.

Architecture: The Science of Design 1. List/discuss the key concepts you learned. The key concepts that I learned are that there are many different factors that go into large buildings architecture than you would think. I learned how big of a factor wind can be on tall buildings rather than all of the people and furniture inside of it. I also learned how smart homes are actually feasible and how they work and it led me to believe that this might become more common in our lifetime. Lastly I learned about a key concept of concrete and the properties that lie within it and how it is manipulated to create architecture all over the world. 2. How did the video relate to the readings in the text? This video relates to the steel frame construction part of the text where it explains how large buildings today are built like a true skeleton and skin arrangement. Rather than putting floor on floor on floor the builders first erect a steel cage that is capable of sustaining the entire weig...

1. Hyperlink the Blogs you reviewed into your Blog mbartinquiry.blogspot.com https://godfourbid.blogspot.com/ 2. When looking at Project #1: (Elements and Principles), did you agree with the element or principle the artist listed with the images? Did you see other elements and principles in the images? -Yes, I agree. I think she captured the elements and principles well.  In some images, I did see other elements or principles with the photograph. 3. When looking at Project #2: Were there any images in the Peer Blogs the same as your own? If yes, what were they? Were the reasons the image was selected the same or different as your own? -I looked for logos different from mine.  This person incorporated religion and their social media name into theirs whereas I used my last name meaning for my logo. 4. Were there any images that your Peers selected that pique your interest now? If yes, what are they and what is your connection with them? What would you want to know abou...

1. For each video list/discuss the key concepts you learned. -1. modeling- figuring out the way to position the sculpture -2. casting- using molds to first cast clay, plaster, and then marble for final product -3. carving- bringing the sculpture its form -4. assembling- pieces of the sculpture being brought together 2. How do the videos relate to the readings in the text? -The videos and readings talk about the process of doing the art piece step by step. 3. What is your opinion of the films? How do they add depth to understanding of the topics: Sculpture, Installation, and Craft? -The films go into the how-to process visually which I like because then I understand better how they do things and they go into more depth that way then the readings describe.

1. Discuss what you thought about creating your logo. -I wanted to make it sort of personal without incorporating my initials so, I used my last name.  Ferro means iron in Italian so I thought I would use an iron hammer. 2. Describe the process: creative thinking skills and ideas you used in the logo creation. -I had in my head to shave down my charcoal pencil and create this messy effect around the iron and use color around the iron to show power. 3. What was the most important discovery you made in the creation of your logo? -You can't shave down crayon and smear that as easily as charcoal. 4. What is the most important information you learned from watching the videos, powerpoint, and reading material  for this project? What is your opinion of the videos? -I don't think the videos helped as much as I would have liked but, it did give me a little bit of insight on what to do.