3. Is copying always plagiarism or is there a gray area? Explain your thoughts.
At the beginning of the semester, I said that copying is not considered plagiarism if you give credit to the original artist and change aspects of the artwork to make it your own. Coincidentally, I had a similar response at the end of the semester. My end of year response was that you can call a piece your own if you make it your own and give credit where it is due. During the ‘Artists Steal’ unit, I took (copyrighted, probably) images of Pocahontas and Belle and gave them modern clothing and called it my own art. I also took an image of Winnie the Pooh and used a linoleum block to make prints in the style of pop artist, Andy Warhol. In both of these cases, I gave credit to Disney for creating these characters, but made my own original art by changing an aspect or style of the characters
About the pictures: The first and last pictures are how some of the prints turned out. The middle picture is me making my "what is even going on" face.
4. What are some reasons why artists make art?
Once again, my responses at the beginning and end of the semester were quite similar. At the beginning, I said that artists make art to express their thoughts and ideas and also to communicate with an audience. The only thing I added at the end of the year was that artists may also make art as a creative outlet. I feel like my responses didn’t change much because I felt that the reasons I wrote down were pretty much the reasons why I choose to make art. I like to use art as a creative outlet and share my work with an audience.
About the pictures: My table friends and I decided to make a tree out of spoons. I guess we wanted to express our inner weirdness and it did provide quite the creative outlet.
At the beginning of the semester, I said that copying is not considered plagiarism if you give credit to the original artist and change aspects of the artwork to make it your own. Coincidentally, I had a similar response at the end of the semester. My end of year response was that you can call a piece your own if you make it your own and give credit where it is due. During the ‘Artists Steal’ unit, I took (copyrighted, probably) images of Pocahontas and Belle and gave them modern clothing and called it my own art. I also took an image of Winnie the Pooh and used a linoleum block to make prints in the style of pop artist, Andy Warhol. In both of these cases, I gave credit to Disney for creating these characters, but made my own original art by changing an aspect or style of the characters
About the pictures: The first and last pictures are how some of the prints turned out. The middle picture is me making my "what is even going on" face.
4. What are some reasons why artists make art?
Once again, my responses at the beginning and end of the semester were quite similar. At the beginning, I said that artists make art to express their thoughts and ideas and also to communicate with an audience. The only thing I added at the end of the year was that artists may also make art as a creative outlet. I feel like my responses didn’t change much because I felt that the reasons I wrote down were pretty much the reasons why I choose to make art. I like to use art as a creative outlet and share my work with an audience.
About the pictures: My table friends and I decided to make a tree out of spoons. I guess we wanted to express our inner weirdness and it did provide quite the creative outlet.
5. What is artistic style? List as you can
Out of all my responses, this is the one for which my answers changed most from the beginning of the semester to the end. At the start of the semester, I defined artistic style as how an individual makes art. I said that an artists’ style would be what medium they use, what tools they use, etc. But by the end of the year, I had learned about the different styles of art and I listed a few such as impressionism, cubism, surrealism, and post-modernism. I feel like this shows how I grew as an artist throughout the semester and learned more things.
Out of all my responses, this is the one for which my answers changed most from the beginning of the semester to the end. At the start of the semester, I defined artistic style as how an individual makes art. I said that an artists’ style would be what medium they use, what tools they use, etc. But by the end of the year, I had learned about the different styles of art and I listed a few such as impressionism, cubism, surrealism, and post-modernism. I feel like this shows how I grew as an artist throughout the semester and learned more things.
Neither of these are mine ^ btw, I just wanted to show some examples of the different styles. This first painting is in the impressionist style and the other is surrealism. I wanted to show famous paintings by Van Gogh and Dali that fit into the artist style categories.
7. What is the point of this class? What do you think you’ll get out of it?
At the beginning of the year, I hoped that by taking this class, I would learn new art skills, become a better artist, and find inspiration to make art about the things I love. And that is exactly what I got out of this class :) I learned how to express myself through art and work with new mediums such as clay and charcoal. I also learned how to improve my skills in collaborating with my peers and sharing my art via this blog. But most importantly, I learned how to make art that is meaningful to me.
At the beginning of the year, I hoped that by taking this class, I would learn new art skills, become a better artist, and find inspiration to make art about the things I love. And that is exactly what I got out of this class :) I learned how to express myself through art and work with new mediums such as clay and charcoal. I also learned how to improve my skills in collaborating with my peers and sharing my art via this blog. But most importantly, I learned how to make art that is meaningful to me.