Art Final

5th Period, Art I

Art class this year has been fun. It has allowed me to learn more about former artists and about different styles of art that were invented over time. Prior to this year I was not aware that even the weirdest forms of art were incredibly intriguing to me. I had never learned so much information about how artists were inspired by the craziest thoughts, which later became some of the world’s most famous art styles, including abstract paintings by Picasso.


The three projects I picked were the piñata, the frottage and the collage. In the piñata we were told to pick a character or shape to create, then all we needed to do was create a frame piece and begin gluing and decorating it with final touches. The collage was to be made with pictures from magazines that were provided to use and in the end we had a surreal image of weirdness, which was radical. The frottage was made outside where we used ebony pencils to rub its lead on any objects that would be seen on our papers.


The piñata and frottage were alike, because they both gave us the freedom to make the project out of elements of our choice, not anything that we are expected to use. The frottage and collage were alike, because in the end when the project was finished, you were left with a weird and somewhat SURREAL image, which is an image that seems to be abnormal and out-of-the-ordinary. All three projects were identical in the sense that they allowed us to exceed expectations when it came to the creativity needed to have a well-done finished product, which gave the freedom to our minds to roam free with thousands of potential ideas.


These three projects might have had some similarities, but they definitely were different. The piñata and collage & frottage were different, because the components in the piñata were unalike to those of the collage and frottage. In the piñata we were only expected to use one character/shape, whereas in the collage & frottage we were told to incorporate multiple images or objects. The collage and frottage were different, because in of the basic structure of them.. In the collage we were told to select pictures out of a magazine, while for the frottage we went outside to pick what we wanted to trace by rubbing an ebony pencil over the object, not using images that someone else had created.


Overall this year of art has blown me away. Before this year I wasn't aware of many of these fascinating styles of art that had such a amazing meaning and story behind them. These three projects were probably my favorite from this semester due to how much creativity and colors seemed to be involved, which later led to a great surreal and further abnormal image than what was expected. I don't believe I had never felt more like an artist than in this class, due to the fact that I seem to fail at art approximately 98% of the time, but these projects didn't involve actual drawing, which made it that much easier for me. For the first time since taking an art class, I can honestly say: GO ART!