Week 15

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Special Edition - Sr. Solina Hicks

Sr. Solina Hicks is a great woman who has done great things for not only art lovers everywhere but especially for St. Xavier University. She, single handedly, created the art department many years back. Her strong will to live has lead her to live into her 90s. At her art exhibit a few weeks back, I was lucky enough to witness her humorous and intelligent self as she told the audience about her past and her love of art.
I chose this art piece of a winter scene because it stood out to me the second i walked into the exhibit. Not only that, it stuck with me through out the entire presentation. I spoke with a few other Sisters of Mercy who also agreed with me. Using thick paint brush strokes Sr. Solina created a winter scene that is recreated every winter here in Chicago. Her different hues gave the snow life in a way. The thick brush strokes showed the texture of the snow. The tree that she painted shoes how the leaves have all fallen and now the branches hold the thick cold snow. The brownish colors in the background and on the sides of the tree show how the snow falls and melts, making it look so real. And the brighter shades of white show the fresh snow that has fallen.

Special Edition Blog- Museum Part 2

Configuration, 1952
Jean (Hans) Arp
Oil on wood

I found this art piece to be especially beautiful. It grabbed my eye right away because of the colors. A deep blue and a deep yellow (reminded me of the University of Michigan). The position of the yellow raised wood piece looks to me like a flower. At first sight, one might not see a flower, but i did. The colors contrasted one another beautifully.
Configuration was put together with two pieces of wood. The back piece of wood was painted with a deep blue oil paint. The raised piece of wood, which i see as the actual configuration of the piece, was carved out and painted with a deep yellow before being placed and attached to the background.
This is a modern art piece. The modern wing is my favorite of all in the Art Institute of Chicago. It may possilby be because of my generation, but i found it to be much more interesting. Although i find it astonishing that they have discovered art pieces that are sooo old, i am much more inclined to modern art. The advances are so defined and unique in some ways. The bright colors and different techniques are so bold in the modern wing, it really makes it fun to look at.

WEEK 14

The first page of context the reader will come across in my magazine is the table of contents. I added a simple blue border around my text. The magazine is divided into 4 parts, two of which is my artwork and 2 from two other students.

This is the back cover of my magazine. I chose a black background with a bright light blue border, which coinsides with colors on the cover of the magazine. I chose and placed this photo of myself because i thought it was silly and fun and reminded me of the good times I had back in the day. I also liked that the reader can see the author in a sweet pair of shades, which gives insight as to why i would have chosen that collection (SHADE).

I created a dedication to my Aunt Mar because she has been a huge help in giving me a good college education. This will show here that her time and money were not wasted. I also wanted to dedicate it to her to show her how appreciative i am. I used a white 12 pt. times new roman font to keep it clear and concise.

Week 13

This is the cover of my magazine. I have chosen to focus on my favorite illustration from all semester. I placed the image on to an 8.5 X 11 page and fit it proportionately. The title of my magazine is "Scribble" I chose that as my title because it describes a form of art that one may not think is a masterpiece. BUt hontestly some of my favorite personal artworks have only takes short amount of minutes to create. I chose to give the reader a preview of the two featured artists, with a description. And also computer graphics is a featured because that is the style in which all were created.

Craft, Concept and Compostion

For this page I created a yellow background spread. I then placed two eyeglass illustrations that i had previously created. Both illustrations are bright and reminded me of different generations in time. Elton John is famously known for his choice of eye wear. Knowing this, i did some research and found a quote from the man himself. I copied and pasted the quote and played around with the size, font and direction. I also did the same thing with page 4 and used lyrics from the hit song, "I wear my sunglasses at night." (which is something i become accustomed to.)

The background is used to catch the readers eye, pun intended. It liks when u see a yellow car driving down the street, ya cant help but stare.

Week 12

Craft:

This week i spent a lot of time adding other artists' work to my magazine. I chose Erica Bartley's and Andy Zarycki's work to feature.

Concept:

I thought all three of our focuses were different, giving a wide variety for readers.

Composition:

I got Erica and Andy's work off of the professors harddrive and copied them to my own folder. I created more pages for my magazine and began to produce the rest. I spent a lot of time rearranging my articles to fit with the featured artists.

Erica's art had a color scheme of red yellow/orange and black. So i used different colors like so for my page numbers and and the added borders, which i put around the quotes i used of hers.

Andy's art was varied with different colors. but i really enjoyed his accidental dark red that was shown during critique time so chose that. i thought it went well with the color of the rim and with the VANISHED photo.

Week 11

Craft: This week i decided i wanted to separate my different articles of the magazine. I wanted each to have its own style in a way. Each articles background and color scheme is one in its own.

Composition:

The eye glass portion of the magazine has a yellow background that was made from a rectangle and then sent to the back. The shoes portion of the magazine was done the same way, but using a gray background.

ConceptL

The purpose of the different color backgrounds was to accent the style i saw in each collection. I thought it was an organizational way to separate different pieces.