Thursday, March 28, 2013
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Definitions of Abstract Art
Abstract Art: This style of art attempts to stand outside the traditional representation of the physical objects. It uses colors and lines to represent them in a new way.
Non-Objective Art: This style does not depict any people, objects, or any natural thing. It uses colors, lines and brush strokes to express itself in another way
Non-Representational Art: The art relies on form rather then representing something with pictures
Abstract Expressionism: A movement that was composed of diverse styles and emphasizing an artists ability to express their emotions through non-traditional styles.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Andy Goldsworthy
5 Favorite pictures.
5 Facts about Andy:
Andy thinks of his work as transient and ephemeral.
Beside England and Scotland he has also worked in Japan, Australia, and the U.S.
He works with whatever he can find; Ice, twigs, branches, rocks, anything.
He enjoys the feeling of freedom he gets from using his hands and natural found tools.
He likes to get under the surface of things.
Environmental Statistic
Every year the U.S. alone wastes 71.6 billion tons of paper. I made this picture of the word waste made out of paper with the background set as an endless flow of paper to demonstrate the statistic.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Favorite Chris Jordan Pictures
Depicts 270,000 fossilized shark teeth, equal to the estimated number of sharks of all species killed around the world every day for their fins.
Depicts 20,500 tuna, the average number of tuna fished from the world's oceans every fifteen minutes.
Depicts 2.4 million pieces of plastic, equal to the estimated number of pounds of plastic pollution that enter the world's oceans every hour. All of the plastic in this image was collected from the Pacific Ocean.
Depicts ten thousand dog and cat collars, equal to the average number of unwanted dogs and cats euthanized in the United States every day.
Depicts 28,000 42-gallon barrels, the amount of oil consumed in the United States every two minutes (equal to the flow of a medium-sized river).
Depicts 2.4 million pieces of plastic, equal to the estimated number of pounds of plastic pollution that enter the world's oceans every hour. All of the plastic in this image was collected from the Pacific Ocean.
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