Self Portraits.

After many, many failures, I have finally made one self portrait that doesn't look too awful, so I decided to work on it. so far it's nice and I'm adding color to it, but it's not completely finished yet. There are a bunch of sentences and words already on it, so that is taken care of. I'm not sure if I like the self portrait or not, but I think it's the best I'm really going to get so I decided to go with it.

Empty Bowls.

For Empty Bowls, I had made a bunch of bowls and platters, all different shapes and sizes. Some had details, others didn't. Some had things like a foot. I thought it was really fun to mold the clay to the way I wanted it. Glazing the bowls was also cool, because sometimes you have no idea how it will turn out. The color of the glaze in the bottle is usually different than the glaze itself after being fired. I thought that was really cool and interesting.

Lanterns.

I chose to base my lantern off of the season of winter. It's kind of small, and I guess you could say blocky? Even so, there are some fluid cuts on the bottom for contrast. I really found this fun to make and cut, because it's so much different than drawing. When you cut paper, you can get different effects and have certain pieces folded or coming out of the paper. When you are drawing, it's just flat, which isn't as fun and exciting.

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder is a very creative artist. A lot of his artwork consists of sculptures, but he also does art on paper. I really enjoy his artwork, its simple, yet very exciting. I have also noticed that a lot of his art uses only a couple of colors, which I thought was interesting. Calder lived from July 22, 1898 to November 11, 1976. In 1915 He studied mechanical engineering and enrolled in the Stevens Institute of Technology, he excelled in mathematics. In 1918 he joined the Student's Army Training Corps and was made guide of the battalion. In 1926, Calder eventually moved to Paris. In 1926 while traveling by boat to New York, he met his wife, Louisa James. In 1966, Calder had written his Autobiography With Pictures. Three of my favorite artworks by Calder are "Expo Galerie BelIInt", "Composition V", and "Composition III".

I really like Expo Galerie BelIInt, because it's very simple, but there is also a lot going on in it. There are a lot of lines going in different directions, but only like 5 colors in the entire artwork. There's a bunch of circles but the one quadrilateral catches my eye.

Composition V is another one I like. It's still crazy like the other one, but less so. It's also more simple, and not even 5 colors are used, unlike the other one.

Composition III is the last of my favorites. I really like how the two figures are tangled and intertwined. I thought that was really cool. This time, only 2 colors are used, unlike the other two artworks.