Blog Entry #1

In high school I took only two art classes, crafts one and two. Those two classes were what I looked forward to everyday. Because I took those classes as an upperclassman we were able to have open studios and do what ever we wanted to, a lot of times my ideas would come from things I was thinking about whether I was mad or happy. Most of the time I would do some scenery art, like painting pictures of the ocean with palm trees or make collages, other times depending on what the season was I would do things like weave baskets (with coil or cardboard) make gingerbread houses, and once I tried to make paper. I would say that under most conditions I work very well and when I do something that I like to be doing especially in art form, but sometimes I do get discouraged. Being in a crafts class there was so many different types of artists all around me that it got frustrating at some points because I did compare myself a lot to other people and how well they were doing as oppose to me. I like art very much it gives me a way to express myself, I do recognize though that I have some weaknesses in it, and I may not be as good as someone else but I put my all into something so I cant be too hard on myself.

My major is Interior Design and it requires me to take 2-d foundations, I know that sounds as if I am only in it because I have to be but I planned to take at least one art class every year I am in school because as long as I am doing something I like art is like a release to me and it really does help me feel less stressed about things that could be going on in my life. The only downfall I see in any of it is that someone may look at what I am doing and not think it is good enough or wonder why I am even in the class because I am not all that good at art, the truth is that it is just something I like to do and that is why I know that I am going to try hard in it.