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Timeline of My Art (2009-2019), with Pictures
(.......2009-2010 and on.......) So, in 2009 I was still in high school. It was my last year of high school and I decided to take an art class and music as well. When I was in the art class I discovered that I really enjoyed drawing, painting came later. I really liked the colors that I could put on paper. I really liked the fact that I was creating something meaningful. But most of all I really liked the fact that I was making something totally original.
By Xandra Breban5 years ago in Journal
Dark Arts for a Dark Cause
Eyes on the red light, I sat dazed in my car staring as if it was the only thing I could see. My dramatic mirrored sunglasses shielded me from the beaming rays of the sun and protected me from the surrounding mundane while I surrendered to the moment of just another day. I enjoyed my day dream until it was broken by the loud screeching sounds of a bus pulling up beside me. I glanced to my right to see a huge blue banner across the side of it. "Don't Believe the Promises. Don't Believe the Lies. Don't Buy It" it said. It was referring to human trafficking. It pushed my pattern of thought into a new direction. Is that how it happens? Through manipulation? My face squinted the way it does when a micro-dart of realization hits you. I had always had one picture stored in my head when it came to human trafficking and I swear it’s a freeze frame from the movie "Taken." It was simply just something I never gave a lot of thought to. The light turned green and I pushed the petal to drive. Just a passing thought, or so I believed. As time went on it would be become clear that sliding moment was more than just that. It was a newly planted seed.
By Christina Greene5 years ago in Journal
A Blogger Worth Their Salt
It's never an intention of mine to judge the way other creators decide to express themselves. After all, art is boundless and creativity is eternally limitless. There is no one way to do or express anything and that's one of the beauties of art. It's one of the primary reasons so many people embrace the arts not only to cope with trauma's, life experiences, or mental disabilities and impairments but as a catharsis for the emotions they experience and need to release. For the most part, I'm tremendously accepting and understanding of the way in which others convey their thoughts, ideas, and emotions because I find it illuminating to step into someone else's mind and internalize their experiences or thoughts from their perspective. These gems can be incredibly enlightening + inspiring, if nothing else.
By Meg Thee Tiger5 years ago in Journal
Improve Your Writing Through Art and Observation. Top Story - January 2021.
What a writer can learn from art Writing is one of the activities of a ‘creative’ mind. So it stands to reason that one who writes also does other things that fall into the ‘creative’ realm. In fact, the writers I know have many diverse interests.
By Lynda Coker5 years ago in Journal
What is Art
What is Art? The job of molding, of shaping something; modeling art; plastic arts (dictionary definition). They noticed the similarity of plasmas and plastics. Artist, in his studies, develop the left side of the brain, which is the side that controls emotions and creativity. The right brain controls language and logical operations, accounts, studying, writing etc. That is why the function of an Engineer (who developed the right side of the brain) is to put a building "on its feet", bridges, etc. And in no way can they collapse any big responsibility. The Architect, (who opens the left side of the brain) who is the Artist, his function, is to bring beauty to the facade of buildings, bridges, houses, parks (when the specialization is landscaping), etc. So, both complement each other. So much so that in a Faculty of Architecture, the student has some subjects from the Engineering Course. And the Plastic Artist? The same function as the Architect, bringing beauty to the world. Portraying his time, his historical period, often making us rethink some attitudes (which is Modern Art Today). When a Modern Artist makes an entire Work of garbage, we remember the importance of recycling garbage. This is just an example. But, since Centuries, the function of every Artist is to reflect what is around him. Actors, Actresses, Filmmakers, Plastic Artists (involving; sculpture, painting, kinetic art, modern art and all art related to the theme), Architects, Theater Directors, Fashion Designer - Fashion Creators (Stylists), Photographers , Musicians, Composers, Poets, Writers (excluding technical writing), dance of all kinds, ballet, which is a work of art in motion, with body expression as technique, Olympic games (already watched), every athlete has expression movement, which is also art, etc. (I'm sorry the Artists, if I didn't mention any profession). Everyone gives shape to something, be it characters, buildings, sculptures, paintings (plastic arts in general), clothes, images, colors, sounds, words, visual image, body expression etc. Good Quality Entertainment (which brings some added value, is the function), bring imagination to people, bring pleasure to the scenery which is beautiful, bring moments of joy, moments of mental abstraction, a moment of yoga, and tc Everyone does absolutely the same. Represent your Period, the Historical moment, adding to it and making us rethink life. The Artist recounts Life. He is a "Mirror". In nature everything has a golden ratio or a golden ratio. All Artists doggedly pursue a golden ratio. That is also present in the Human Body. (below, I will leave an explanation). The Surgeon, or the Plastic Surgeon, also developed the left brain! Well, they are attentive to the small details of the human body, and they are not perfectionists and they are also excellent. They are Artists! Leonardo da Vinci, studied human anatomy and many other artists also studied. (The golden ratio). If you thought that Art is not essential, you may need to rethink your opinion. Well, another function of the Artist is to make Life lighter, as I said, bringing moments of abstraction, moments of breathing, moments of yoga. Try to pass this moment on to as many people as possible. Then we can move on, more leaves. Wikipedia DEFINITION: Golden ratio half the sum of one with the square root of five - Golden ratio, golden number, golden number, golden section, golden ratio is an irrational real algebraic constant denoted by Greek letter (PHI), in homage to the sculptor Phideas (Phidias), that the criterion used to conceive the Parthenon, and with the value rounded to three decimal places of 1,618. It is also called se (c) golden ation (from Latin sectio aurea), golden ratio, golden ratio, medium and extreme ratio (Euclid), divine proportion, divine section (from Latin sectio divina), proportion in reason, division of extreme reason or golden excellence. The gold number is still often called the Phidias ratio. Since antiquity, the golden ratio has been used in art. It is frequently used in Renaissance paintings, such as those of the master Giotto. This figure is related to the nature of growth. Phi (not to be confused with the Pi number) as the gold number is called, can be found roughly in man (the size of the phalanges, finger bones, for example), in hives, among countless other examples involving the order of growth in nature. Precisely because it was found in growth studies, the gold number gained an "ideal" status, being the target of researchers, artists and writers. The fact that it is supported by mathematics is what makes it fascinating.
By Aldeni Senhorinha de Lemos5 years ago in Journal
Custom Collage Commission: Hello & Goodbye
As far as collages go there are many sources of inspiration to choose from. For this particular collage I was commissioned to create a collage based around the song Hello & Goodbye by Rabbit!. The commissioner of the piece felt it reflected the season he is at in his life, as he is currently traveling for work a decent amount.
By caylie hausman5 years ago in Journal
Emerging Ghanaian painter gained the attention of art enthusiasts in China
Boateng was born and raised in a town of Kwadaso, Ghana, and was introduced to painting by the local artist Sam Otu living next door, who painted houses and created hand-painted signage for a living. Encouraged by Otu to continue practicing to improve on his talent, Boateng pursued visual arts at secondary school and then went on to obtain a bachelor's degree in painting at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Over the following year, Boateng has explored in diverse ways and painted in realistic, abstract, impressionist as well as post modernist styles before developing his unique style, which is characterized by the bold use of colour. He has exhibited his artworks in a number of venues in his home country.
By Elizabet Sun5 years ago in Journal
