Third Class Carriage

Our class made a grid image of Dormier's Third Class Carriage

Mona Lisa

Our CyberARTS class created a distorted Mona Lisa!

Improvisation 31 - Wassily Kandinsky 1913

Improvisation 31 (Sea Battle) is an abstract painting by the russian painter Wassily Kandinsky. This painting would be a very poor painting if judged Imitationally due to the crazy shapes and colours in this image. You can see organic shapes in the painting, which represent, or are supposed to represent boats and ships. Though the ships and boats seem to be sailing on a red carpet, it isn't hard to tell that they were drawn on a body of water, which is most likely a Sea, given the title of this painting. The ships seem catastrophic, and judging by the title you can see that the boat/ship like figures and meant to be fighting, or that perhaps there were rough waters. Though this painting is an abstract, you can tell by the shapes, rather than the colours, of why and how this might be a Sea Battle.

This painting is a piece of art which represents the elements of design in a unique way. It represents colour, individually. Colour is an important part of this painting because without it, the essence and message of this portrait will be displayed differently without colour, or which different colours. The artist used warm colours. This painting doesn't use very many lines, but the ones that are used are organic rather than mechanical and are used well because the whimsical lines display an overall different message, and are strong and confident, rather than poor and weak. There are also organic shapes in this painting which also help convey the messages of the artist. The shapes are drawn well, because you can tell what the shapes are supposed to be, and they aren't that different than those of real life. Space is an important part of this picture. This element has some negative spaces, but most are positive and used well as well.

Judged emotionally, this painting isn't one of the best paintings, but isn't one of the worst either. This piece conveys confusion because of the weird and odd, out of this world shapes and colours which are randomly staggered across the canvas. This painting also displays the emotion happiness, as it brightens your mood cause of the warm, and welcomimg shapes and colours. It leaves you with a smile as you look at the painting, because it's so 'out there' you automatically makes you feel a lot happier and filled with joy. This painting is capable of changing your mood, in a positive way and has the power to keep you captivated for a long time.

Live Action Animation

Rhythm Assignment

This is the first version I made, and it consists of thick and thin lines, which are spread out, unevenly across the page. The lines are the same direction and quality. I think this shows rhythm because your eye is drawn to the very thick line in the middle, creating emphasis, and it slowly moves around the page, at the other types of lines.

My second version, is made up of many lines, diagnol, horizontal, and vertical. Some of the lines near the top left and bottom right are bolded, and I feel this is why the attention of someones eye is shifted there, and then moved to the rest of the image.

Andy Warhol

Andy was a famous artist, that was known for his famous hair, but there's a lot more to him than campbell soup and celebrities. He was born in the Ghetto part of Pittsburgh, the time of The Great Depression. Who would have thought a small boy, eating Campbell soup and drinking Cola, would become a famous artist, looked up to by Soup and Soda labels around the world?

It's known that most artists are crazy, and that might or might not be true. Andy might be considered crazy in some people's eyes, because of his outstretched fashion flops, including the crazy wigs, and bright colors, but Andy had a terminal disease, called Chorea which caused him to stay in bed a lot, getting his inspiration from magazines and making collages for his mom, and giving a reason to his out there wardrobe.

By the time Andy was 21, he had a dream. He wanted to be a famous artist, and he moved to New York with only $200 in his pocket. In the modern day, $200 dollars might last you a week or two, but Andy needed it to last him his entire life!
That is, until he started making money of his own.
It started with selling his art pieces for $12.50 at cafes, but gradually became more famous, as time went on, and are now worth thousands more.

One important factor in Andy's life had to have been 'The Factory.' The Factory was a small workplace or art studio where Andy used to paint and do his work, but it became one of the hottest places to be seen. If anyone was anyone, they'd want to be seen with Warhol. Stars such as Marilyn Monroe became one of Andy's closest friends, and would hang out other celebrities at The Factory, while Andy watched.

Andy is now one of the most respected artists in the world, owning museums and bridges around the world. His face is on T-shirts, and cups, and mugs, and is known by mostly anyone.

Andy is an amazing artist, whose work will continue to change the lives of many others. :)

This was a long and painful process