Monet's Garden of Delights

Gustave Courbet,  La source de la Loue  1864, Oil on canvas  Kelly Wallace,  Medium Rare  2014, Lead on paper Mark Rothko,  Orange and Yellow  1956, Oil on canvas                               Amy Sillman,  After Metamorphoses  2015-16, Video animation with Ipad drawings Ben Shahn,  Spring 1947, Tempera on masonite Caoimhghin Ó Fraithile,  one  2010, Ink, gouache and watercolor on handmade paper During my visit at the Albright I came across a plethora of works of various different styles and with that came different reactions and emotions.  Two pieces that made an impact on me were La source de la Loue by Gustave Courbet and Orange and Yellow by Mark Rothko.  Courbet's artwork depicts a cave that almost loses its shape as the subject darkens.  The painting makes me feel as if there is a mystery and I want...

1.  Creating the value scale and color wheel was nice.  It made me feel relaxed.  Mixing the paint for the color wheel made me feel happy because I like making colors at my hand.  The value scale will help me with my drawings so I felt okay about creating it. 2. I enjoyed working with paint the most because I love color.  It was so fun making shades and playing around with the paints. 3.  Honestly I was thinking of how it could be a possibly that there are infinite shades of value and color, some of which we have not discovered yet.  Or maybe ones that our eyes cannot process. So in retrospect, it made me think differently about things. 4.  I did not know that blue and red were too dark to be considered primary colors and that the truth lies within cyan, magenta and yellow. How wild!  I feel uncomfortable that I did not have this knowledge prior, but I can't wait to put it to use.  My opinions on the videos are that I was hap...

Color is the way the eye perceives reflected light off of objects within the natural world.  It is demonstrated in the video that in Venice the light has a particular way of being.  In the video the "Vientiane light" is described as having a yellow-red hue, which we see in the painting the woman the documentary focuses on visits.  They are amazed by the way the painter captured this light realistically in a way that had never been done before.  I was really struck by the ways of which painters in history described their experiences with color.  Especially with Vincent Van Gogh's feelings towards how he used color within painting.  He described that the colors he used in the cafe painting were to reflect his distaste with the mood cafe's made him feel.  Reds and greens were handled in a way to demonstrate these emotions.  The woman within the video also seemed to have a similar view, saying that she paints with emotion.  Her extensive use of c...

<iframe width="480" height="360" src="http://s1383.photobucket.com/user/thecommontoad125/embed/slideshow/"></iframe> Taking the photos for this particular module was really fun.  It allowed me to get out and be creative.  I also visited the Botanical Gardens and saw that as a good opportunity to bring my camera and take photos.  Setting up the Photobucket account wasn't that fun however.  A lot of my photos wouldn't load so that was probably just based on my wifi.  Overall this was an enjoyable experience.

Creating a Gmail account and setting up a blog was incredibly simple.  I have a Gmail account as well as my own personal Blogger account so the process was something I was already familiar with. I am hoping throughout this course I will establish a higher and appropriate vocabulary pertaining to art.  That is something I often struggle with when I have to critique works or explain them.  I also am hoping that I will have the opportunity to become more familiar with contemporary female artists. Taking an online course is something I am on the fence about.  I took an online course before however when I first started out at Buffalo State I was an education major.  I was highly uninterested in the material I was learning which made it really difficult to want to dedicate time aside to do my work.  I found it very mundane and not interactive.  This class however seems more interactive which I think I am going to enjoy a lot. The Growth Mindset vi...