reflections of class

Step 2:

Questions and Topics for Your Blog Posting:

1. What were you expectations for this course and where they met?

I expect to learn how to appreciate art more. I expect this to be a course that teaches us about the different styles and techniques and gives us basic skills on how to look at art and see what the painter saw and how they created their work.

I think for the most part these were met. I think I expected to spend more time on the topics as the course went really fast. 

2. Now that you've been through this course, What is art? How would you define it now compared to your intial posting?

 Art is what we create. It can come in many forms and is often messy(at least for me). Art is what makes this world beautiful. Art is all around us.

Art is still so many things to me. It Is scultpture, paintings, masks. It can be here one second and gone the next. Art is ever changing.

3. Who was your favorite artist in your original posting and who is your favorite visual artist now? If there is a difference, why do you think so? If you have the same favorite artist, why do you think so?

Favorite Artist: Edgar Degas. I love the way that he depicts movement, especeially with his paintings of bellerinas. I think that the techniques he used make his paintings seem life like. 

I still really like Degas. I appreciate the style of painting that he does, and the way he represents movement. I am not a fan of abstract and Degas is all about showing real life and the way that we actually see it. 

4. Now that you've completed this course, how do you feel about taking an online course? Is your answer the same as it was in your first posting? How is it the same or different?

 I am normally ok with online courses, although this one seems to be different. In other courses the content and activities were all on angel and other forums were not required. I think after I get a hand on how these other forums work I will do very well in this course also

This art course was more involved than others I have taken. In the beginning I struggled with aligning my time with the deadlines. Toward the end I started to do better and turn assignments in on time. I think that I had so much going on in the beginning that I pushed this to the last second and I learned that I couldn't do that with this class.