In Class Photo Correction

Photo Correction

January 30,2013

January 30, 2013 

Photo Correction

Photoshop Class Practice

Photoshop Class Practice 

January 28, 2013

Hybrid Blog Collage

Hybrid Blog Collage

Hybrid Blog Collage

Hybrid Blog Collage

January 30, 2013

MORE Photoshop Brush Techiques

I began by changing the edges and spacing of the brushes.

Original Photograph

Photographer- James Morris

Photoshop Brushes Techniques

Here are some examples of the different Photoshop brush techniques.

 Original photograph

Photographer- James Morris

24 Hour Technology

24 Hour Technology

January 24, 2013

cell phone 3:04pm husand
cell phone 3:05pm sister
cell phone 3:07pm home
cell phone 3:13pm husband
cell phone 3:15pm sister
cell phone 3:43pm husband
cell phone 3:44pm husband
cell phone 3:45pm sister
computer   3:55pm aleph
computer  4:01pm check email
computer  4:17pm check web
computer  4:20pm aleph
computer  4:30pm aleph
computer  5:00pm aleph
computer  5:22pm check calendar
cell phone 6:02pm co worker
computer  6:05pm aleph
cell phone 6:25pm text co-worker
cell phone 6:48pm husband
cell phone 6:54pm son
computer  7:30pm email 6
computer  7:40pm aleph
computer  7:30pm aleph  
computer  7:40pm blog The Book Worm
computer  7:50pm aleph
cell phone 8:53pm co-worker
computer 8:58pm blog The Book Worm
scanner     10:10pm - 11:1pm 54 scans
computer  11:22pm aleph
computer  11:30pm aleph
computer  11:50pm aleph
computer  11:59pm aleph

January 25,2013

cell phone 12:09am sister
cell phone 5:54am school
cell phone 6:11am school
computer   8:38am 9:40am scans-resolution
cell phone  11:36am mother
computer   11:58am blog 10 Experimental Scans
computer   12:38pm blog 10 MORE Expermental Scans
cell phone  6:16pm husband
cell phone  9:00pm sister

10 MORE Experimental Scans

1. oyster inside

2. book The Ghosts of My Friends

3. Ghosts

4. pine cones

5. tea bag

6. orange monster

7. pottery hearts 2
 

8. hyacinth

9. red jacket

 

10. packing peanut outside

10 Expermental Scans

1. fused glass

2. bath mat

3. kiss

4. mailing envelope

 

5. packing peanut

6. oyster

7. pottery hearts

8. textured paper

9.spoon

10. Sweet gum

Pixel Drawing- The Book Worm #2

10 Awesome LEGO Stop Motion Animations 2010

Legos have been a important part of my life when my 3 sons were young children.  "Social Times" have listed their top 10 Lego animations.  ENJOY!

http://socialtimes.com/lego-stop-motion-animations_b31146

Pixel Drawing- The Book Worm

The Book Worm

Robert Rauschenberg

No title (1969)

Robert Rauschenberg–Transfer Drawings of the 1960s 

Robert Rauschenberg artwork captures time visually.   His art captures pieces of the past and present.  The physical artwork  recalls memory for differently for every viewer.  Every object encourage memories of the past or what is currently happening.  Rauschenberg's art make a statement of culture at the time of creation of the work.  The collage technique develops interest through the use of texture, movement and repletion.  Rauschenberg's "Combine's" are the best examples of his work because the work combines interesting techniques and items to make a unified finished mixed-media art.  Rauschenberg's transfer techniques produced interesting art although the final art work did not have the unified and thoughtful visual interests of the "Combine's".  

Solvent and vegetable dye printing  transfer techniques produce unique visual images.  Collages and "Combine's" are artistic techniques using mixed-media or mixed-techniques.  To develop artistic skills will improve digital media art through the study of artists of the past.  Robert Rauschenberg can be inspiration for today's computer artists.  Understanding collage, "Combine's" and transfer techniques can directly transfer to Photoshop and other digital tools. 

I appreciate Robert Rauschenberg's artwork although the most important aspect of his artwork is inspiration.  His art work inspires me to think about combining diverse and unusual images together to create interesting art.  Stepping out of my comfort zone by trying new combinations, colors and techniques to create art.  Study the elements and principles of art to improve the final product created by digital tools.  Rauschenberg's artwork inspires me to create digital art.

01/15/13-Robert Rauschenberg

The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history. 

Robert Rauschenberg

1925-2008

Robert Rauschenberg was a prolific American artist.  Rauschenberg was born Milton Ernest in Port Arthur, Texas on October 22, 1925.  He began his academic study in pharmacology at the University of Texas, Austin.  He was drafted into the Navy and served as a neuropsychiatric technician. In 1947, he attended Kansas City Art Institute and the following year he studied in Paris at The Academie Julian.  In 1948-1952, Rauschenberg attened Black Mountain College near Asheville, North Carolina.  He took classes at the Art League in New York.  Rauschenberg  included collage, prints, assembles, paintings and combines through the following years.

Rauschenberg is known for his "Combines" which incorporated printmaking, papermaking, photography and performance.  The image below is an example of a combine the piece is entitled "Monogram".  

Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008). Monogram, 1955-59. Freestanding combine. 106.6 x 160.6 x 163.8 cm (42 x 63 1/4 x 64 1/2 in.). Moderna Museet, Stockholm.


As a painter, photographer, printmaker, sculptor, choreographer, onstage performer, set designer, composer, Rauschenberg's many talents and interests shaped and reshaped his art through out his life.  

Robert Rauschenberg made popular a transfer technique using a newspaper and nail polish remover.  This technique was widely copied in high school and college art programs.  Students expressed in their art, current cultural options and attitudes.  Using current images an artist could easily transfer and positions images to a piece of artwork.  In the 1960's and beyond this method was quick, easy and inexpensive to transfer and reproduce already printed images.  The image below is an example of a transfer drawing of the 1960's.

Robert Rauschenberg: Transfer Drawings From the 1960s," at the Jonathan O'Hara Gallery, includes this untitled 1968 work using watercolor and pencil.

Always ready to create art using the tools of the time from 1995-2000, Rauschenberg age 75 created art by scanning his 35 mm photographs, printed the images using water-soluble vegetable dyes, he applied water to the printed image and transfer separately to paper.  The series of transfer images "Anagrams".  Included in this series is this image "Appointment" 2000, below demonstrates this transfer method.

Robert Rauschenberg  

Appointment ,  2000

Robert Rauschenberg was a pioneer in art through experimentation.  Robert Rauschenberg did not allow his age to be a barrier to experiment with the technology.  Rauschenberg built upon his experiences in the arts to create a fearless challenge to keep developing his art through the new technology.    

Homestead (Scenarios), 2003 Pigment transfer and acrylic on polylaminate. 

In summary, Rauschenberg lived his life as a witness to history through the arts.  His artistic legacy will live on in the lives of other artists through his "Robert Rauschenberg Foundation" (RRF).  RRF intends to become the largest visual arts grant-making organizations in the US.  The Art Newspaper-April 2012  Robert Rauschenberg reminds to artists to witness history through their art.  As artists we can express ourselves by using tools and materials in new and innovative ways to show our witness to history in our times.

01/15/2013 Artist Post - Robert Rauschenberg 1925-2008

Robert Rauschenberg

1925-2008

Robert Rauschenberg

( Museum of Contemporary Art )

Robert Rauschenberg in his New York studio in 1958.