Carolyn Schwab

[carolynschwab]

ART-322

For my final project, I got a larger size canvas from five below and painted it gold. I found this photo of flowers and wanted to incorporate that since more of the year I liked using botanical vibes in my work. As for connecting to the class I attached a turkey feather to my art piece to pull back into our earth unit. When I was looking for a photo of flowers I tried to keep in mind the concept of color pairings our unit about formal elements. I picked this one because of the pairings of green and red flowers together. Overall it was a really fun experience making this and I’m excited to hang it up on my wall.

[carolynschwab]

ART-322, 1980s and attendence

For my project I drew inspiration from this art done by Keith Haring. I liked how it symbolized friendship and peace. I added my own twist to it by adding in swirls at the bottom instead of dots. I also changed some of the colors up. I had fun trying to compare my drawing to the picture, although I couldn’t get the proportions perfect lol.

[carolynschwab]

ART-322 Environment

For my project, I chose to make a fish out of rocks. I did this on the side of the bike path near my townhouse. I chose the fish as a historical symbol because after doing research, fish have traditionally represented God or Jesus Christ. These symbols would typically be put on someone’s tomb stone after death. I thought with being close to Easter, it would be fun to make this symbol.

Aside from religion, this fish symbol can also represent freedom, adaptability, transformation, and abundance. This is because fish are free moving in the water. In Buddhism, fish also represent good luck and fertility.

[carolynschwab]

ART-322 Feminism

This advertisement was for a women’s deodorant. I thought it would be funny to cut out photos of animals to counteract the good smells women want to have. I thought this was interesting because when I looked through ads, women’s deodorant is always aimed at smelling “better” or different. While men’s deodorant are advertised as smelling like a “man.” I feel like this promoting that a woman naturally needs to change her smell while a man only has to enhance it with cologne. I thought this aligned with the feminist movement we are discussing. For the background, I chose to make a swirl starting in the center to show the chaos of women’s marketing.

Attendance: I chose 9-5 because it talks about women working in the 80s and I thought this went well with the deodorant advertisement

[carolynschwab]

ART-322 Minimalism

For the minimalism assignment, I worked with my hands and my desk lamp. It was actually a little challenging to position the lamp on the wall where I got to make a nice shadow, so I had to move the lamp to the ground for a better photos (you can see in the last photo I had the lamp on my desk and my hands had to be too close to get a good picture). I used my hands to create a heart shape shadow on the wall. I also played around with the way my hands were positioned to still make the same heart shape. I found that doing the traditional heart shape with your hands in picture one got the best results!

[carolynschwab]

ART-322 Art Povera

I had so much fun creating this piece. I ended up finding a coffee cup in our apartment and decorating it. It started that I wanted to make it a decorative vase with sharpies and other markers, and then I went into my make up drawer and started adding more to it. I used nail polish for paint and then glued orange jewels on to give it a 3D effect. I liked trying to make nail polish flowers then adding the jewels to the middle of each flower. Conceptually I wanted the piece to connect to the artificial enhancements that we do to ourselves every day. Nail polish is artificially enhancing the way we look, as well as extra pieces we put on. The jewels to me represent artificial enhancements like jewelry that woman enjoy wearing. I added a fake flower instead of a real flower to go with this idea of a sort of “fake” beauty. When we hear words like “fake” and “artificial” we could think these are negatively used terms. I wanted to show the beauty of artificial enhancements through putting them on a regular day item. Just because enhancements change the way something looks does not mean it has lost its purpose/job.

[carolynschwab]

ART-322 Pop Art

For my piece, I focused on hair care products since I saw the repeatedly in my magazine. When I looked at the words associated with the products I kept seeing the word “change.” Also, if I wasn’t seeing the direct word for change, I saw phrases that referred to some sort of changing period within a persons life. I wanted to highlight both of those statements and words to elaborate on how complex change can really be. In terms of hair care, people age and hair changes. This can be challenging to adapt to and can even make people self conscious. My hair is a very important part of my life and shapes me as a person. With this in mind I decided to put the hair products in the hair of an abstract face (which was definitely a challenge for me to draw and look realistic lol). I wanted to symbolize here that what we do affects who we are. The products we use in our hair will reflect in how the end styling product looks.

This hair care product in particular was called hair biology. Hair biology was developed for women over 45 addressing hair issues such as thinning, dryness, and grey hair starting (hairbiology.us). It has biotin infused products that help with smoothing out frizz.

[carolynschwab]

ART-322 Midterm

For my digital project, I used OneNote, an app I use for note taking. I started by choosing colors I had in person so I could try to get the most accurate color recreation in the physical drawing. I love drawing swirls because of how detailed and chaotic it can look at the same time. I wanted to add in some thick lines to give the piece more depth. When digitally creating, I appreciated how easy it was to create specific colors. However I definitely felt most in control when using my hands. I think this is because I’m left handed. I’ve always had an issue controlling the screen (even when I take my online notes) because my left hand drifts across and moves something. Drawing something in a sketchbook allows me to control how smooth I want my lines. It also allows me to create dots better. I did however like when drawing digitally how I could zoom in and out of the frame to get more detail in. I also felt it was hard to transfer the proportions over to the rectangular canvas when my digital drawing was smaller and more square. Overall for both pieces I chose bright colors to create a lively feel to the piece. I want viewers to look at my drawings and feel positive emotions.

[carolynschwab]

Assignment 3: Curating

For this week I chose to put Alex and Hanna’s pieces together. Aesthetically, I felt like both artists used the same energy when making their piece. Both drawings have curved designs that gives the artwork a relaxed feel. Conceptually both artists feel like they have an abstract and bold taste to their art. Hanna focuses on eyes with bright orange colors while Alex focuses on making her car figure stand out through a loud background print. When I decided to bring these two together, I knew immediately I wanted to use both backgrounds. I focused on Alex’s loud orange and blue background and added in a taste of Hanna’s swirly string-like designs. I also wanted to keep the natural feel of Hanna’s sunsets so I added in orange trees to symbolize nature. I pulled in Alex’s animal theme with a butterfly that matches the other colors in the piece. This piece was overall my favorite so far. It pushed me to think harder about how to create artwork with a direction to it.

[carolynschwab]

Assignment 2: for my work, I chose to do blue and orange as the background complimentary colors. For the outfit I wanted to make a dress out of flowers and keep it realistic. When I cut out the women’s figure in the magazine, I wanted to keep her torso so I could make everything look proportional. I added the wings for a more abstract feel and because the wings are orange. I thought that would match the background nicely.

[hanawien-blog]

For this weeks assignment I created a pice inspired by the album old data in a new machine. I experimented with the color red and using a dark background so the red pops. I chose to go slightly more abstract with this and I used magazine cut outs, colored pencil, and black paper. The album is very noisy and upbeat, and I wanted to create the same effect in my artwork.

[carolynschwab]

This is absolutely stunning, I love that you used the black background it really makes the colors pop.

[keegans-blog-of-creations]

One of my favorite songs of all time is Banana Pancakes by Jack Johnson. All the inspiration I needed to create my art actually came from listening to the song. I really dissected the lyrics and can visualize what is happening throughout the 3+ minute song. I see it as warm, laidback, and colorful. That is the main reason why I took this album cover and made it colorful. I really think it is a unique album cover, but what album cover isn't improved by a splash of color, and an orangutan!

[carolynschwab]

I love the way this made a tree out of the magazines! I also like the color scheme.

[carolynschwab]

ART-322 HW 1 (Viewing Art and attendance prompt)

I love this album by Frank Ocean. I like the cover specifically because it’s so simple and the orange color is so bright. I think it’s cool because a lot of album covers are really detailed and the songs in this album are so vastly different sounding from each other (in my opinion). I feel like the simple cover lets each song speak for itself in its own unique way. Lost is my favorite song because of the beat.

For magazine pictures I wanted to pull out images that keep the orange color strong. I also liked keeping a nature theme going because it reminds me of positivity like the color orange does. I used sharpies and pastels to create the art. The background had to be smudged to get the smooth-looking texture.

[carolynschwab]

Hi everyone! My name is Carolyn and I’m looking forward to taking ART-322. I took ART-102 already and loved the class so I’m hoping this one is similar. I’m a senior Bonaventure student. My major is health science with a biomedical concentration.

My main hobbies are snowboarding, yoga, and horseback riding. I am the founder of the school’s yoga club (SBU Power Yoga) and it’s one of my proudest achievements at Bonaventure. I look forward to working with everyone in this class!!

[tamiliawihlen]

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[carolynschwab]

I admire your work because of the use of texture and different materials such as markers and colored pencils!

[madisynwright]

This week I chose to dive into the concept of societal pressures that arise in women. I think a lot of the digital age produces media and advertisements directed at women’s beauty. This is a concept I have never understood. Companies base their marketing off women’s insecurities and play a huge role in young women’s body image issues. A quote that caught my eye was “Every Swimsuit Needs a Little Wiggle Room”. This was an advertisement for fat burners. To me this is appalling. I also chose words that were in other advertisements such as “petite and crowd pleaser” to emphasize this idea.

[carolynschwab]

I admire your work because of your use of intense words with the reflection of bright colors to bring out a major issue within our society today.

[allisonzhang]

For my final project, I incorporated three different themes: Earth Art, Feminism, and NYC 1980s.

In relation to the Earth Art theme, I used dandelions as brushes to craft a gradient background. I dripped paint onto my canvas and mixed colors together using the dandelions. As a result of the pressure, the dandelions would crumple, break, and essentially lose their initial integrity. Because of this structural weakness, I had to pick several dandelions to curate the background. The destruction of something beautiful is symbolic of the Feminism theme I supplemented to my piece.

For Feminism, I used an advertisement for “Your Best Winter Skin”, a guide in my magazine that underscored the societal expectation for a woman’s skin to be flawless. Surrounding and on the advertisement, I added empowering phrases, such as “I’m a fighter” and “The painful truth proves she’s one to watch”. I consider these collaged words to be empowering and challenge the status quo regarding the role of women.

At the bottom of my piece, I added my third and final theme, NYC 1980s with a focus on Keith Haring style drawings. From left to right, the figurines grow in size, with thought bubbles that coincidentally increase in confidence. Across the chest of each of these figures is the word “HER”, which is representative of all women and female-identifying individuals. This symbolizes a young girl growing up and gradually finding her voice to challenge the societal standards she is subjected to, observable through the blue lines that fade in strength and closeness to her. The same blue lines can be found outlining the collage.

[carolynschwab]

I admire your use of colors in this piece!