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I created this work because the art project that I chose focussed on textures and I felt that eye sketches demonstrated texture in artwork nicely.  My vision changed throughout the project because I was not sure what I wanted to do, but for the drawing I chose, my vision was to have an eye that showed a wild, fierce, look to anyone who stared at it. I felt it was challenging because my drawing consisted only one eye.

I think my art communicates that the eye of the beholder could say many things even though it haven’t spoken at all. I think I achieved a piece of artwork that means different things to different viewers, but it says the bigger picture states the same. My current work relates to my previous work because I think my previous work has been very technical. Even the color wheel that we did previously had a technical design to it which was the dream catcher. I think my work mostly relates to Cindy Sherman because most of her portfolio is in black and white I feel like her art is very technical like mine. The process for my work was not like others.

I switched through my materials from choosing to draw with regular pencils or charcoal pencils, even though it was more difficult I chose charcoal because it looked nicer. It was very hard making sure the charcoal doesn’t smear and even so, it still looked smeared in the end. Sources for my inspiration were pieces of artwork that I’ve found off of various websites, but the artists were anonymous or unknown. Most of the pictures I’ve seen came from Pinterest , so I couldn’t really find the real source of the artwork.

My artwork reflects my life because it reflects what want my personality to be like. I feel that the eye gives off a fierce “don’t mess with me” kind of look and that is a personality I want to portray in life. I don’t want people to fear me , but I do want people to know me as the girl that gets what she wants by hardwork and determination. My work could influence the world because it could help women see that they could be this determined girl in my artwork and don’t have to back down from a fight when the times get rough. Certain technique is important to the artwork because I feel that if I made a mistake in the eye itself then some people would get confused on what the parts of the eye were, like in my eye there is a reflection of a light in it and I feel like it could easily be mistaken for something else. A new technique that I experienced with in my project was working with charcoal. I feel that next time I use it I will be able to handle it more properly when moving my artwork into my backpack so the pencil won’t smear into my other papers and around my artwork

I chose to do Limited Palette Painting project because it was a challenge for me. It was a challenge because of the thought of using only 3 colors to do a painting was different from how I usually do work with paint. When I chose to do this project I looked at examples of people's work that used only using 3 colors. I saw a pattern with people doing lots of nudes/skin tone so that kinda gave me an idea in how to make a ballerina. I know that ballerinas dresses can be a simple white . This painting was very different and fun to try out.   

My vision for my work was making a ballerina that was the  most realistic and detailed as possible. What I wanted to  communicate to the viewer was the skill of a dancer. In the painting I wanted to capture a moment of her performance when she's standing still before she continues to dance again. I believe that my creation achieved uniqueness. When I was creating this art piece I wanted to make it look its best and stand out from other artists in my classroom. I did that by of course having a different canvas (wood board)  and capturing a ballerina dancer performing  on her tippy-toes.  I believe that my current work does not relate to my previous work because  it had different directions in how I did  the artwork, for example the first art piece was on making a color wheel and the one that I just did with the ballerina was limited colors only 3. Both projects are very different.  Both art  pieces to relate on the way of using  paint. I believe that MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV and Alli te Espero, 2003  really relate to my artwork.  

In one of the paintings that MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV did called Untitled #7, 2008 is this beautiful simple painting. I has nice mix of grays and blacks and browns that I believe relate to my artwork. I believe that he really captured the movement of the dancer and my art peace didn't really show movement but it should a women in mid air dancing. I really wanted to capture her silhouette and her dance routine in a moment.  In my painting I did not find that the face was important but I wanted expres the body and the movement, you can see she's stopping from a spin. I believe  that this connects to MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV because he doesn't really have her face in the painting at all. In BERNARDO TORRENS art work called Alli te Espero, 2003 , the artwork I think it relates to my art work because in how he has the  same materials that I use such as wood canvas. The naked women has the same hairstyle as my ballerina dancer which is a bun. He uses a women as his artpeace like mine and he focused on skin tone like I had to in my drawing. My process for doing this art piece was starting of the background. I didn't want to use to dark of colors so I decided to do a light gray that would later become dark gray. Then I started to do the wood floors in which the ballerina dancer would later dance in. When I was done with the background I started right away on her dress. I had to experiment a lot on her dress. I noted then that the background was clashing with her white dress so then that's when I changed the background to medium gray. After I changed the background I started to only use the fat pointy brushes for the bottom part of the dress and for the to of her dress I did a small brush that would culet the white paint more and would make it less transparent and much more solid

I looked at lots of examples of artist that did beautiful ballerinas that inspired me to make a balerna, the following link is what I used for my research.https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fimage.shutterstock.com%2Fz%2Fstock-photo-oil-painting-girl-ballerina-drawn-cute-ballerina-dancing-251591584.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.shutterstock.com%2Fpic-251591584%2Fstock-photo-oil-painting-girl-ballerina-drawn-cute-ballerina-dancing.html&docid=oOF9IKZhW7khGM&tbnid=LOVuF6YrfCqZ8M%3A&vet=1&w=1500&h=1596&safe=active&bih=631&biw=1366&q=ballerinas%20dancing%20in%20a%20painting%5C&ved=0ahUKEwjcncOhxLbRAhUPelAKHSnsDV0QMwgmKAswCw&iact=mrc&uact=8 and https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2Fb9%2F04%2F85%2Fb90485527e6a903cf3615f8fee710c2d.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2FKatDoyle1%2Fballet%2F&docid=RuwrmFclv3KEIM&tbnid=NC9h1Y2ya0iyAM%3A&vet=1&w=392&h=550&safe=active&bih=631&biw=1366&q=ballerinas%20dancing%20in%20a%20painting%5C&ved=0ahUKEwjcncOhxLbRAhUPelAKHSnsDV0QMwgpKA4wDg&iact=mrc&uact=8 and https://flamencopaintings.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/irinaw.jpg

How does your work reflect the world you live in? Your own life? Your experiences?

What I enjoyed in doing this art piece was the fact that when I was drawing and painting there was skills that I learned . I had lots of fun with the process and how it would look in the end and I must say that I wasn't completely thrilled with the end result but the experience and the rules for this painting made it worthwhile to me. I went to the Barnes Foundation  this weekend for my dad's birthday and so many paintings that have influenced artist and tourist. I found that people that were looking at the artwork at the Barnes Foundation we're really happy to be there and be surrounded by art. When I should my mom my art work she was very happy with it and I hope to make more art work that later in the future influence people. If the ballerinas tutu was heavy she wouldn't have looked like a ballerina. I learned how to make fabric feel light and fluffy on the wood canvas.

I created this work because I thought it would be a challenge and also because I saw a sandwich in my lunchbox. It ended up being a challenge for sure because I could only mix three starting colors. An example of this is the crust of the sandwich. I couldn’t make a brown, so I had to be creative with which colors I mixed. My overall vision for the work is to make people have more of an appetite when they look at it. I accomplished this with my peer critique partner. My work communicates that food is a necessity to life, so why shouldn’t we make it look and taste good? By doing this, I became more thankful and grateful that I have access to food. I learned how to mix colors when I painted my color triangle. This taught me how to look at the three colors that I started with, white, red, and yellow, with a different light. I am now familiar with more colors as a result.

My work fits in with contemporary art because it is based on a realistic thing, but it is somewhat abstract. I can compare my painting to “Éclair” by Derrick Guild. Some similarities are that both paintings are of food, and both are of something sandwiched between bread. A difference is that his is more realistic and he has cream in the center instead of turkey and cheese. In order to create my artwork, I started with sketching. Then, I painted over the pencil with paint, and I used really light yellow for cheese, yellow for mustard, light pink for turkey, and a really light tan color for the bread. The crust was the most challenging part to come up with a color for, so I used orange primarily, but some red in some spots. This work reflects my own life because I like food, and I like sandwiches. Therefore, painting a sandwich accurately reflects a part of my life.

Reflection

Our video was about bringing awareness of the rampant air pollution in one of Philadelphia’s poorest districts, the River Wards. We discovered that the River Wards has a shocking amount of people who have had to go to the hospital due to asthma related symptoms. We believe that the problem really stems from the fact that the River Wards was a very industrialized district back in the day and that the pollution caused from large factories has lingered and has caused many of its' residents ongoing health issues. The video really calls people to action, especially since it features a preview into the River Wards future, which is ultimately not a pretty sight. The fact of the matter is, air pollution has been a pepple in America’s shoe for quite sometime, not only that, but countries all over the world are starting to see the effects of reckless industrialization and air pollution.

I chose this particular topic because while we may not see the signs of the ways in which we currently pollute the earth, air pollution is relatively easy to see the effects of. As I said before, people are having to be hospitalized just for stepping outside. That is just not right in my opinion. If things don’t start to change, than the dystopian future we demonstrated in our PSA will become our very grim reality. The thing about air pollution is that due to the fact that much industrialism in America happened before I or any of my classmates were born. A whole generation would never have experienced a world without air pollution. Imagine how much longer our life spans might be if we severely regulated factories, automobiles, or anything else that produced larges amounts air pollution. I just wanted to show the world that we as a society need to step up and start thinking of solutions and do our part for our neighbors and the world as a whole.

I think I contributed to this project by helping create the script, helping edit the video once we shot it, as well as having a speaking role within the video. I think I did my fair share of work and I feel as though my team members would support that statement. I think that we as group in general worked really hard to create a top quality PSA and I am very proud of the work and effort that and  my team members put in it. I believe that I tend to try to be more of a leader, however I feel like I had a really amazing team and I always had someone to help me so I didn’t have the take all the responsibility of getting everything together which was really nice and I really appreciated my team members.

I think that I really used the class time efficiently and I got something done on the project each class. I think that I also made sure that we were getting things done in a timely manner and keeping everyone aware of the deadline. I think maybe I could have started working on the project a little earlier than we did, I think that maybe I should have worked on the script sooner. I also feel like I could have maybe worked a little harder to make sure everyone felt like they we being allowed to contribute. Sometimes i'm so focused on what I am doing I forgot to include other people.

I think the most meaningful part of the PSA was watching it slowly all come together. There was this great moment when we were editing and I saw all the content that we had and I just remembered how in the previous week we barely had anything. It is a pretty great feeling to see all your hard work on a platform. Sometimes with projects, it is just one and done, however this project might actually be shown to a larger audience if it gets picked for the film festival which is pretty amazing. When you're doing these types of projects, a lot of the time it just feels like it is just work for work's-sake, however air pollution is something that affects all of us and it is a very serious ongoing problem that most people just shrug off as another issue with no solution. However we wanted to open minds and allow people to come to the conclusion that silence in this case is deadly. It is time to speak up and take action

1. The internet’s communication has changed a lot. Before people just used to send emails now people chat on all different types of websites. Now people use google hangouts to text and to video chat.

2. Immediacy means how fast a comment can travel from the internet. I think permanence is when you put something on the internet and it stays there. Lack of Control is when you don’t have control over what you post.  They affect your offline life because that’s the reputation you have now because of what you posted.

     3. Two ways you can protect your online identity is don’t use your full name on the internet and don’t talk about your private life.

4. I think the internet does and it doesn’t. I think it doesn’t because you are allowed to post whatever you want to post. But then again if you cross the line they can track you do and you can get punished.

5. I think cyberbullying is when you mess with somebody over the internet or when you harass them.

6. One type of cyber bullying is harassment. The other one is annoying someone.

7. I think that you should report whoever does that and if you do it you should stop. Cyber bullying caused people to kill themselves.

8. 1. Don’t Bully people

    2. Don’t give out your information

    3. Be smart

     4. Don’t say anything that you wouldn’t say in person

      5. Watch what you post

Internet survival Guide

How has the internet changed our communication

The internet has changed the way we communicate in some many ways and has done so much for us.We can find long lost siblings we get to talk to our family in the army or far distances away.We have been give something that has changed time and communication.In my eyes the main way the internet has changed our communications is social media.THis includes instagram,twitter,facebook,snapchat,and tinder.

Immediacy, Permanence and Lack of Control

Immediacy is doing something without thinking once its out there you cant take it back.Also its like how fast someone sees your post .Permanence is once its out there even if you take it down it doesnt matter someone might already have it and send it around.Lack of Control is like when you post or do something with a clouded mind when your not thinking straight.What control you do and dont have because other people might have and

2 Ways You Can Protect Yourself

You not try not to make all of your passwords the same because lets say one person knows the password if all of yours all your passwords are the same he can hack u

Or you could have some one hack u and pay them to see your bad or weak spots

Does the internet have rules

1. An explanation of how the Internet has changed communication. Make sure to use at least one specific example.

2. Define Immediacy, Permanence and Lack of Control as they pertain to the Internet and explain how Immediacy, Permanence and Lack of Control affect both our offline and our online identities and lives. Include at least one example for each.

3. What are two ways that you can actively manage and protect your identity and your reputation online? (one of each)

4. Answer the question: “Does the Internet have rules?” Use at least one specific example.

5. Define cyberbullying in your own words.

6. Describe at least 2 kinds of cyberbullying and why they are considered cyberbullying

7. Provide advice for: victims, bullies and bystanders of cyberbullying

8. Your Top 5 tips for using the Internet

1. The internet has changed communication because people talk over the internet instead of Communicating in person. It is easier to communicate and to get in touch with people when you need to. EX. When you are doing a project and you have to work outside of school you can text that person or email them.

2. -Immediacy- the quality of bringing one into direct and instant involvement with something, giving rise to a sense of urgency or excitement. EX.

          -Permanence- When you post something it is up there forever. EX. Posting a picture and deleting it but someone screenshots it

         -Lack of Control-  Not being able to control yourself on the internet. EX. Being in class and posting on snapchat when you know that you should not be

3. 1. Dont give out your private information.

2. Make your page private.

4. Yes the internet does have rules because certain things you say on the internet can get you in a lot of trouble legally.  EX. Sending threats to someone or posting false information

5. Cyberbullying

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1. How has the internet changed communication?

Back then the internet was just this very basic very limited tool that we had, nothing as special as the internet that we have today. Communication before internet was created was just write a letter/message on paper and send it through the mail. Now we can communicate in multiple ways other than sending it through the mail. Communicating today is more efficient. Now we can send a text or email in less than a minute. We don’t have to wait around worrying about if the mail actually got to where it is supposed to be and to the person that was supposed to receive it.

     2.  Define Immediacy, Permanence and Lack of Control as they pertain to the Internet and explain how Immediacy, Permanence and Lack of Control affect both our offline and our online identities and lives.  
- Immediacy is when someone bring someone into something. Automatically granting them involvement into something. Immediacy can create problems online because people can be brought into things that they really don’t want to be involved in. Then your offline life can be affected because you were brought into something that you didn’t want to be and people could look at you a certain way because of your involvement in the situation.

-Permanence is when something is put online and it does not go away. This can affect your online life because whatever was posted or said cannot be taken away no matter how bad you want it to be. Permanece can affect your offline life because it could interfere with your work (ect.)

- Lack of control is when you cannot control what is put online. Lack of control can affect your online and offline life because you can’t do anything to prevent it. You can try to tell someone what and what not to do online but they can choose to listen or not.

    3. What are two ways that you can actively manage and protect your identity and your reputation online?

Internet Survival Guide

An explanation of how the Internet has changed communication. Make sure to use at least one specific example.

1. Define Immediacy, Permanence and Lack of Control as they pertain to the Internet and explain how Immediacy, Permanence and Lack of Control affect both our offline and our online identities and lives. Include at least one example for each.

2. What are two ways that you can actively manage and protect your identity and your reputation online? (one of each)

3. Answer the question: “Does the Internet have rules?” Use at least one specific example.

4. Define cyberbullying in your own words.

5. Describe at least 2 kinds of cyberbullying and why they are considered cyberbullying

6. Provide advice for: victims, bullies and bystanders of cyberbullying

7. Your Top 5 tips for using the Internet

1. Immediacy- Bringing involving someone into a situation. Tagging someone on a Instagram picture that deals with a argument.

Permanence- Something Unchangeable. A picture that is not able to be photoshopped.

Lack Of Control- Certain things you don’t have control over, and it starts to spread, and become more popular, while you’re not able to do anything.

2.For Immediacy you can put your accounts on private so that you're asked if you can be tagged in pictures, or you can be able to ask that person to untag you out of that picture.

Permanence, some ways you should able to avoid this is to not post to much, or you can have your account of private so people won’t be able to see your pictures.

Lack Of Control is something hard to fix, but you can always try your best to reason out with that person to stop this trend that you don’t like.

3. The Internet does have rules, and on certain website there are consequences if you break these rules, but people always break the rules in the internet, and it may seem like we don’t have rules in the internet.

4. Cyber Bullying is harassment on a technical device.

5. Trolling- Offensive insults to accurately annoy someone, or make people mad.

Impersonation- To act as someone else, and ruin their reputation.

6. One kind of Cyberbullying is Impersonation. Impersonation is taking someone’s name, and trying to ruin their reputation.

7.  Bully Advice- Don’t take your personal problems out on other people, it’s just going to come back around and kick you harder than you kicked someone else.

Victim Advice- If it occurs more than once, try sticking up for yourself. Tell the bully off. If they don’t take you seriously, tell an adult, your parents are the best option.