Art reflection

It is almost the end of this art appreciation class. I still can not believe that the semester is over. I liked this new style of learning, instead of just reading and looking at the pictures in the book, we also went to many field trips. Besides that, the public art tour, was the most enjoyable trip I had during this semester. If I wouldn't make the public art tour, I wouldn't know many variety of art works surrounding Chicago Downtown. Moreover, the art journals helped me to analize about each piece of art. Also, it helps me to think about art more, and to relate it to my daily life. Each piece of art can be meaningful and unique depending in how the creator appreciattes it. On the other hand, the artist presentation, is going to be the most challenging project for me because I am not used to talk in public. But is good because it helps me to take those fears out and to talk in front of my class normaly, as I do. The reading guides are very effective because we have the most important concepts, so we don't have to go over the entire chapter again. To conclude, I am going to miss the trips to the museums because each museum we visit we learn visualizing the art works instead of looking at a picture in as is shown in the art book.

"Hope Hippo"2005Mud, whistle, daily newspaper, and live person, approximately 16 x 6 x 5 feet. Installation view: 51st Venice Biennale. Courtesy the artists.

Allora and Canzadilla emphasis in elements of the nature. For example in the work "Hope Hippo", represents everyone's opinion. Moreover, it affects someone's life depending in how a human will react to an opinion, or why a person will disagree with a certain opinion. It also, helps to not just take a side, but also to explain and to show effective reasons.

my te cup!

Art Diary # 5

My best friend surprised me with this cup. Besides that, she knew I like to drink te. This is a hand made chocolate cup. Furthermore, I use this cup everyday for drinking te. I did not have a special cup for drinking my te, such as this one. In comparison, this cup doesn't burn my fingers because the material is special for hot te , chocolate and water. In fact, I am delighted with this cup. I like this stylish cup and the shape is unique. This is a meaningful and valuable dark chocolate cup. In contrast, it is not a simple typical round cup that you can get it easily and anywhere. ^^

Snoopy ^^

Art Diary # 4

This is my ''Snoopy'' diary from 2005. I used to collect a diary every year. I like to collect pictures of my friends and me. In this agenda, I copied all my homework, but also I used it for writing my personal secrets. I also, collected my friends' mails, and even dried roses. Personally, this agenda was like my "best friend". At home, I have 2 more agendas. They both are thicker than this one. The reason that I collected my agendas was because they are like memories for me. Everytime I look at my friends' mails and pictures, its reminds me the old good times we had. In fact, these agendas were part of my daily life in art because I tried to use new ideas for decorating them.

balloons

Art Diary # 3

Before leaving the school today, I saw these balloons or globes decorating the doors. The people who decorated these balloons used a special type of invisible thread. The balloons are tied and followed by a sequence one black and another yellow, forming an arch. On the bottom sides, the balloons are smaller. Also, at the bottom sides there a couple of tiny tube balloons surrounding the small babies balloons. The decoration of the tube balloons stand out. I was facinated with the balloons' colors. These are the same colors(black and yellow) I used in my class of '07! Mainly, the colors caught my attention. I just thought about my art journal. In fact, these kind of art works helps people to increase their creativity in their daily lives.

a little gift...~

Art Diary # 2

This is a gift for the yearbook's staff. I was one of the members, so I deserved the gift. It is a little trunk, inside has a piece of coton and a shell. There is a message saying" this shell represents the big ocen of opportunities, Dream High!! The decorations and drawings was made by my teacher as you can see my name on it, the flowers and the happy faces :) Also, everytime when I feel down, I will open this little trunk and read the message.......it tells me to never give up..~~!!!

my portraits

Art Diary # 1

I was observing the portraits that I have inmy room. I paint and designed the decorations. I like both of them pretty much. Also I tried to find a picture to math each portrait's style. Such as the one with purple lines, black blackgroud and little red flowers. The red flowers goes with the color of my dress as is shown in the picture. The another portrait is based on a lot of tiny lines, and a little degradation of brown and white colors, and the last detail or complement was the orange flowers. I did those two portraits during spring break, two years ago when I was in High School. Finally, in the last portraid I used a red construction paper. Then, I bent and started drawing the stars and moons and some curve lines. I added two black papers and I cut two flowers from a Geography magazine. I also added"Best Friend 4Ever" that's in the right side and in the left side it says"Happy Valentine's Day". Although I never gave that card to her, because at that time we were mad at each other. I wanted to reconcile with her, but I never had the bravery of saying "sorry" first. Then I kept the card. Till, New Year she came to my house and saw it.