2-d line assignment

a phrase written all over 

LIVE LAUGH LOVE

I chose this phrase because it is my favorite and it relates on how i live my life.

Attack the page with any medium

I had 5 color pencils in my hand and i attacked the page.

Write your name 100 times with your eyes closed.

In my mind i did a really good job writing my name with my eyes closed.

100 Parallel lines with my eyes closed

There are really 100 lines just hard to tell some are really soft.

crumbled up the page and drew lines

I really like this pic. However i really don't like it in person

Folded this page several ways and drew lines on it

I love how the circles break up. it add interesting texture to the art.

Modular madness pre-write up

Materials

1.The over all materials/candles work really well and it melted like a candle does. I really had to listen to candles and do what they wanted me to do them. so i melted them. 

2.I could have not used another material to do this project. The project helped give it the meaning behind the piece and it would just not be the same if it was something else.

3.I had several difficulties with using candles.It was not sticking with glue and I could not get it to do what i originally had in my mind. However, I listened to the candles and started melting them and it turned into a wonderful thing.

3.With the candles melting it changed the meaning of the piece. However, i really did not have a meaning to the piece so with it melting it gave me inspiration and the meaning of the candles. Also I found out that it is some what easy to melt wax. However, it is really messy and time consuming. 

Process/ambitiousness

1. With the idea of rising above the scale it really does not. However, in parts i had to melt and mold some of the candles. It was at times playing with clay. It was kinda fun and interesting.
2. The piece did change completely. I was wanting it to be a clean sharp piece and very neat. Also i wanted to go with geometric shapes, but with it not holding and the candles wanting to melt like candles it was not possible. 
3. answered in 2

Craftsmanship

1. The over all piece is very messy which works. It shows the meaning and what candles really do. I think it works with being messy and if it was clean it would not give the same feeling.

Form

1. Shape, color, texture, and space are the concepts that are really noticeable in my candle piece. The shape of the candles really are noticeable. It goes from being noticeable candle to melted one that you can barley tell that their candles. With texture it is the layers and the smooth parts of candles. Also there is the texture of the wax falling down the table.With space i really used the whole table to my advantage and also the side of the table.
2. One of the dominating principle is rhythm. You get rhythm out of the pattern of the candle on the triangle pyramid and also the rectangular piece. Gravity is also a huge influence in the piece. With relating to LIFE gravity effects everyone. If it good or bad , is your opinion. Gravity was a huge part of the wax falling off the table. Also if there was not gravity the candle wax would not have fallen and given it the effect of being messy that i was aiming for.

Concept

1. The piece consumes history of everyone. My favorite part is that it not only consumes, it brings in the present and the future. I talk about life and how it relates to candles. We involve candles in so many aspects of our lives.  Candles represent our lives and how we waist away and you never know how fast life will slip/melt away from you.
2. The way it going to be presented has a big aspect of the piece. It is at waist hight or a little higher on me. It is suppose to represent an alter of any kind. If the piece was on the ground i would not have been able to the same idea of gravity and the aspect of life and memories left behind.

Presentation

1. I picked the spot i did to get away from distractions. I originally had a blank wall behind me, which i really like. However, someone from the other class put stick against the wall behind me which was very distracting to me.
2. The table i chose is the biggest one in the room. It is small compared to the room, however, when you have an alter it only takes up a small portion to the room so it fit.
3. with the surrounding element, the only issue i had was the sticks. also i had someone want to hang something above it, which would have stop me in the ability to light my piece, i was very greatfull that she was willing to move her art. However the only really big issue i had was being able to get the whole room dark. the windows in the space light the area more than i wanted it to be.

independent photos of repetition and rhythm and white space

so i have the form of the critics but i do not remember what when with what pic so as soon as i get the pics back i will update this

trip to the Menil

google (collage popup books and assimbaloty)

http://flavorwire.com/52149/r-i-p-wally-hunt-the-pop-up-industry-loses-its-pop

For this assignment we are suppose to google different images of things and artists that create them. For my first word I picked popup books. I was truly amazed on what I found when I googles popup books. When i first though about a popup book, a child's popup book came to mind but this was so cool. The design and the art work that go into some of the popup books are fantastic.

short story

It is Friday night and I had a busy day. This particular night is what I had been working for all school year, J.V. districts for swimming. I had worked very hard and I even stopped shaving my legs. The night before I shave my body, I ate a lot of healthy carbs like pasta and bread and went to bed at exactly 7:00 pm sharp. I wanted to at my best.

So I got to the swim meet at Klein Oak with my team on the yellow school bus and everything was going great. I had swum my fastest and was dropping time left and right. My final race was coming up. I got behind the block that came up to my waist. Standing in front of the eight-lane pool with the smell of chlorine all around me, thinking I was ready for this 100 backstroke. I had done this a million times before. I got in the cold water to start, with the roar of friends and fellow team mates all around. The starter said, “ Swimmers take your mark”, I pull up, “GO”. Off the block I go with a great start gliding through the smooth water. I get to the next wall count my flags and I flip with having my heart racing. I get going faster on my second lap, coach is yelling “GO GO”, and so I start going faster. I see the yellow and black triangle flag streamer above me. I glide into the wall and stop. Thinking I am done I get out and the timer said, “You are not done”. I turn around to see that the race was not over, my fellow completion was still racing but I could not finish it, I was disqualified. Very disappointed in myself I started walking to my coach, as my mom is running from the viewing section on the second floor. Coach and my mom asked if something was wrong I said, “no” I just forgot it was a hundred but I just did a fifty. Coach starts laughing, mom starts laughing and I start crying. I was so embarrassed.

It was districts the most important meet of the year. Coach hugged me and told me it was okay.

To this day I still feel stupid. I redid the race at a later meet and actually finish the whole race.

lines in nature