User:VictorRamos

=Freshman Seminar=

I've Always Wanted to Project Schedule
Week 1:Get sketch book and supplies to start to learn how to draw. Do a couple of simple shapes and lines of symmetry and draw my first picture.

Week 2: Keep practicing and work on shading as well as composition.

Week3: Do my first drawing of an object and other materials.

Week4: Continue drawing and do some research about how art got started.

Week5: Mid- term projects!

Week6: Gather tons of data on artists and how they all got started. Start working on another piece of drawing, such as a person.

Week7: Compare and contrast the art work i have done so far and see how much i have improved. Continue drawing and hand techniques.

Week8: Practice presentation.

Week9: Make changes on presentation if necessary.

Week10: Presentations!

Week11: Presentations Continued!

Least Favorite Sculpture
Schubert Sonata http://www.historylink.org/db_images/Seattle_MarkDiSuveroSchubertSonataSAMOlympicSculptureParkApril6-2007.jpg

Mark Di Suvero
Born in Shanghai, China in 1933 to Italian expatriates, Mark Di Suvero would one day grow up to be an American abstract expressionist sculptor.In 1941 he traveled to San Francisco, California along side his father and 12 years later in 1953- 1957, he attended college at the University of California, Berkley. It was there that he studied fine arts and earned his degree in Philosophy. As time passed after his graduation, he traveled to New York where he was got a job as a construction worker. One day on the job he was caught in a freight elevator accident and while in rehabilitation did he learn how to using an arc welder and from then on he focused all his attention on sculpting. Most of his early works were consisted of railroad ties, tires, and scrap metal and steel, which later then started to become I- beams and heavy gauge metal. Some of his works of art were the Bojangles, Mother Peace, Mozart's Birthday, etc. He was one of the founding members of Park Place Gallery and the Soho Contemporary Art Gallery. He winded up receiving the Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award from the International Sculpture Center as well as the 11th Annual Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities for inspiring other artists in 2005. Many of his works can be seen all over the United States. Today he can be found living in New York with both his wife and daughter.

Other Works of Art By Mark Di Suvero
1.Chonk- 2000 http://images.artnet.com/artwork_images/264/111782.jpg 2.Gnarly- 2008 http://www.fairchildgarden.org/uploads/images/suvero/Gnarlysm.jpg 3.Rust Angel- 1995 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3413/3267277705_29848341a7.jpg 4.Neruda's Gate- 2005 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3517/3268086098_58303cec21.jpg 5.Leonione- 1985- 2001 http://images.artnet.com/artwork_images/264/191893.jpg

Other Artists With Similar Work
Charles Ginnever who did the Noutilus- 1976 http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1326/1077199245_85b8e27382.jpg?v=0 David Nash who did the Standing Frame- 1987 http://www.walkerart.org/walker_images/images/02/wac_1089g.jpg

My Opinion After Research
After learning about the artist and the sculpture I feel that my opinion has not changed and I still dislike the Schubert Sonata. As for the rest of his art work, I can appreciate them and some are rather appealing because of the use of color, such as in the Gnarly and Neruda's Gate.

Mid- Term Part 1: Fallacies
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1)How to draw an eye|Youtube.com: Check out a basic ways for shading to make an object or a thing look realistic.

http://www.youtube.com/v/GAi7cHiaf-U&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1

Internet site: How to draw people| gives tips   and articles on how to draw basic human anatomies. Visit the site at: http://hubpages.com/hub/howtodrawpeople

Another good source: http://tearain.tripod.com/hp/draw/draw.h… Teaches body structure and recommended books. Some of which include:

a)Creating Characters with Personality by Tom Bancroft

b)The Illusion of Life by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston

c)How To Animate Film Cartoons by Preston Blair

Learn-to-Draw is a site the teaches you everything you need to know about drawing; from materials, shading, how to sketch properly, etc.

http://www.learn-to-draw.com/

2)Places where one can go to get art lessons:

a)The Art Institute of Seattle( 2600 Alaskan Way Seattle, WA 98121 (206) 448-0900) - Offers Media Art

3)Places to visit:

a)Seattle Art Museum- 1300 1st Avenue, Seattle, WA‎ - (206) 625-8900‎

b)Art West- 4711 California Avenue Southwest, Seattle, WA‎ - (206) 938-0963‎

c)Bellevue Arts Museum- 510 Bellevue Way Northeast, Bellevue, WA‎ - (425) 519-0770‎

Your Accomplishment (20%)
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I came about 85-90% of the way in reaching my goal. I was right on schedule with everything i wanted to accomplish. I learned about proper pencil strokes and techniques to get the right shape of an object,as shading. All that would be left for me to learn is about color and just keep practicing with my art.

Project Review (50%)
1) What went well: Everything went exactly according to plan

2) What went poorly: My procrastination, which meant i was not spending my time wisely.

3) Future Strategies: Spend my time more wisely with my drawings and keep practicing. Ohter then that, i feel really good about how far i came with my art during this project.