blog #4 Greece versus Egypt

   In art 11 we learned a lot about the way the ancient Egyptians way of life. But most importantly we learned a great deal about their art. ranging from sculptures and their architecture. We also learned a lot about the Greeks. Which came after the Egyptians. they advanced in the arts and took it farther than the Egyptians. in class many agreed that the Egyptians had better art. I disagreed I think the Greeks definitively surpassed the Egyptian and had better creations.

   In contrast to the egyptians, the greeks added alot more realistic details to their sculptures. They had a great love for the human anatomy. the egyptians had very stiff sculptures. While the greeks had them leaning and in better poses. The greeks also added alot of details to the faces they smiled and had serious faces. They also greatly enphasised on the anatomy they drew all the muscles in the body with great details.

   The Egyptians stopped once they reached their goal of portraying a human being. the Greeks reach that level also. But they found it quite boring . So they took it further than the Egyptians. They exaggerated features like bigger muscles and gave them extra tone better and more appealing the the average man. This is the main reason why i think the Greeks were better not only they they master the natural portrayal of man. they gave us super natural power and made us god on earth.

blog # 3 portrait "drawing1"

   I can not remember the last time i did a still life drawing. it is my favorite type of art because i think it is very hard to hold an image in your mind to then replicate it in your mind. Last time i drew i was in in the high school of art and design in my sophomore year before switching to pursue architecture. Later on to realize that i did not have a passion for it. The main reason i did not have a career in the arts is because i do not see how i can live of it. I love owning art and creating art as a hobby.

   This particular drawing was a bit hard. The most difficult parts were her lips and the shadow on her face. Is was very light and it was hard to draw it out on the paper. Her hair was not a problem because i used a lot of lines light and dark to add volume in places where it was needed. Her lips were hard to draw because they were not too plum. and it was hard to give them a 3 dimensional effect. The best way i went about the shadow over her face was to lightly pass my finger over her face and give her a tan then with my eraser give her the light part where she needed it which was mostly by her left cheek bone. I did not get to go into more details when it came to her torso since i ran out of time. But my main focus was her face. I really enjoyed drawing  my class mate it brought me back into something i enjoyed doing.

blog #2

   The average person looks at modern skyscrapers and probably thinks that today technological advances are responsible for the cranes that lift heavy objects into the air. Little do they know that studies about the ancient world helped us advance further in construction and in the arts. We can thank the ancient Egyptians, because the remains of their old society taught us that lack of modern technology did not stop them from giving birth to huge grandiose monuments. We can also thank them for papyrus scrolls. Which is writing paper they created from the papyrus plant. 

   The great pyramids are the perfect example. The Egyptians did not use slave workers to create these wonderful buildings. They used their own people who loved and worshiped they walking god and king the pharaoh. They used manual labor to push and drag big pieces of lime stones or cut stones across the hot desert. The Egyptian's process helps us today they used exact measurements to construct and build. The bases of their pyramids base were 90 degrees perfect angled squares. They also greatly used the canons of proportions when depicting their pharaohs and queens. They depicted their people with amazing accurate details. They had the head arms and legs in proportion to the whole body and did not exaggerate.

   In conclusion the Egyptian's are very important and relevant today. they help us travel back in time to learn about their culture and to learn more about how we have evolved as a society as a whole. They also have inspired many artist in they work.