Digital Experiments

Here is a sunset that I took on my way home from work Tuesday night.

Here it is using the Perculator App on my iPad.

Here is that picture with the Photomirror App.

Here it is with the Salvadore Dali Camera App.

Fun fun digital play.

Printmaking Experiment

Relief from Foam Pllate Matrix

Foam Plate

Intaglio type print from Gelli Plate

Ghost Print

Monotype Intaglio

Create your own print using a foam plate.

Art Appreciation Experiments

Art Appreciation experimented with a grid drawing, a perspective name drawing, a pastel and an acrylic painting.  I hope that after these experiences, that students liked one of the things that they did as a fun past-time!

Pastel 1

Pastel 2

Acrylic Painting

Writing About Art

When Interpreting an Art Work Please Think About

• Why it was made
• Are there icons
• Is it abstract 
• Is it naive brute or folk art 
• What aesthetic philosophy was used
• Follow the writing about art checklist 

Perception

Perception is the process of acquiring, interpreting, selecting, and organizing sensory information. It is a task far more complex than was imagined. It is a cognitive process which means "receiving, collecting, and action of taking possession, apprehension with the mind or senses. The nature of perception suggests that the most important key to looking at art is to become aware of the process of looking itself. There are two basic theories of perception: Passive Perception and Active Perception.

In passive perception the following sequence of events occur. In your surrounding - input (senses) - processing (brain) - output (re-action). When I sit in my office at times things in the hall don't affect me, or affect me very little. I can concentrate on my work and ignore what is happening. This is passive perception. 

My first art professor stated that it is in this mode that we view most art. These are "Uh-huh" art works. If we can walk by them and go "uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh" we are not having a strong reaction. I do not want people to have a "uh-huh reaction to my work. I want them to stop, look at it and think about it. Did you experience a strong reaction to Barney or Condo's work?

The theory of active perception has emerged from extensive research of sensory illusions. This theory is increasingly gaining experimental support and could be surmised as dynamic relationship between “description” (in the brain) - senses - surrounding. You had a strong reaction of some kind. Were you aware that you were looking at the art work?

Creativity

What Good is Art? The Value of Creative Thinking!

Eight Traits of Creative People

Creative people tend to possess certain traits:

1. Sensitivity- heightened awareness

2. Flexibility- adapt to new possibilities

3. Originality- problem solving creatively

4. Playfulness- humor & experimentation

5. Productivity- ability to generate ideas

6. Fluency- free flow of ideas

7. Analytical skill- exploring problems, & finding how they work

8. Organizational skill- putting things together in a coherent order
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Art as Commentary

Types of Art

Communication as an art is important because...

Wired Art Examples