Reflecting on first full week.

Over the past week we have completed exercises such as verbally describing art, Collaborative Drawings, pour paintings, and mapping still lifes. Although one could argue these exercises are random and unconnected if you look at the fundamentals these lessons stress you will find a common trend. In each of these activities we were asked to analyze and think critically about very different types of art. None of the different projects we completed were given to us straight on, each presented its own challenge and unique twist. We never were assigned to look at an object and draw exactly what we saw, we had to work around our obstacles, whether they be unplanned splatter, each other, or simply guidelines set into place we all had to think creatively to come up with a product. In each of these we also practiced basic drawing which helps develop the hand eye coordination that is vital when learning the basics of art.