After looking into, “I, Pencil,” by Leonard Read, there are many steps that have to be taken in order to produce one single pencil. While listening to the video, audio recording, and reading the material it fascinated me what all it took to produce a pencil. I realized that it did take more than a couple of people, but I never would have dreamed of it taking millions of people to produce something mostly everyone uses on a daily basis.
What lead people to that conclusion is that they don’t know what is behind the creation of a pencil.
Art of the Indigenous Americas is among some of the Earth’s oldest artistic traditions. Art of the Indigenous Americas developed between c. 10,000 B.C.E. and 1492 C.E., which marked the beginning of the invasions by European explorers. Regions and cultures are referred to as the Indigenous Americas to signify the importance and influence of the cultural traditions of the nations and societies which first settled in these areas over those of the colonizers who took over the American continents over the past five hundred years. Artworks and archaeological sites of the Indigenous Americas provide archaeologists and scholars with crucial information about how the indigenous people lived, their beliefs and the influence of these beliefs on
Old school conquers new school: A personal response to “An Ode to the User-Friendly Pencil”
The thing I carry is something that everyone carries around everywhere everyday. I carry it to class and am in trouble if I forget it. The thing I carry is a pencil. You might think that it could be a special pencil that I got from someone important but it’s not. Just an average pencil. Wooden or mechanical, it doesn’t matter. But it is what I create with it that matters. When I’m bored in math class I doodle with it, creating things that are incoherent or just so simple that they’re boring. Writing with it in English class to create a masterpiece or to make a quick write that we won’t even hand in. If I mess up in my artwork all I need to do is flip it around, erase the error, and restart the task. A pencil is my key to unlock my potential.
In 1535 the incan empire was gone.(the spanish came and gave them smallpox which killed 90% of the incan population)
The Chicano art movement rose during the civil rights era was based on three goals that included restoral of land, education reforms rights for farm workers. The three goals followed by the Chicano Art artists had long been coming. One of the first goals included rights for farm workers. Arguably, the Mexicans Americans fight to secure unionization for the farm workers was one of the key goals of the Chicano art. In order to Sway the grape farmers, Cesar Chavez launched a national boycott that aimed at the American Farm
In Florence, Italy, a young prodigy began his work that would become an icon of Renaissance art and inspire the world through new ideas within and outside of art. Leonardo da Vinci Unlike many artists who left the world with only their masterpieces, Leonardo, a ADHD man who could never seem to finish a project, left behind numerous incomplete works of art. That is why an aspect of Leonardo da Vinci’s life that I have found fascinating are his sketchbooks. When viewing these various sketchbooks, one can learn about how he creates his art, his diverse interests, and his ideas.
country of Mexico showcasing what Mexico has to offer. Showing how the art of the ancient people are expressed. Being taken over by the Spanish colonial towns are seen in Mexico’s capital Mexico City. Located in Mexico City a lot can be find influencing their art, shops, renowned museums and very good tasty restaurants to modern life, as well showing their ancient art of the ancient civilizations, and ancient culture. The earliest real civilization in Mexico was the Olmec culture which came from of the Gulf Coast from around 1500 BCE.
This article is pretty neat for the simple fact that I never thought of a pencil in this aspect before. The pencil has had a profound effect in our society and civilization as a whole. The main points that the author is trying to make is that only boys and girls who can read and write uses the pencil, the pencil is taken for granted, and that the pencil can teach anyone a lesson if he or she wants to learn.
Twisted Tuesdays allows you to relax for a couple of hours while unlocking a bit of your untapped creativity. While combining Zentangle and Doodle style techniques, we explore various simple pen and ink drawing patterns and how they can shape a new way to think about art and mental function. Research has shown that drawing or doodling can help with focus, relieve stress, and even boost memory function. Each week, we gather, visit and learn about new patterns and apply them to a project for you to take home or, sometimes, send to friends! All supplies are provided, just show up. Cost is $10. Join us each Tuesday from 6-8 and draw on your inner artist. You may be surprised what you find!
Frida Kahlo was a female Mexican painter. Kahlo was born on July 6, 1907, in Coyocoan, Mexico City, Mexico. She was considered one of Mexico’s greatest artist. Within her short life of 47 years, Frida suffered a lot. She got polio at a young age and was involved in a streetcar accident which left her infertile. She was part of a dysfunctional relationship in which she married, divorced, and remarried the same man, Diego Rivera. Aside from the negative aspects of her life, Kahlo became a political activist and rose to fame through her oil paintings.
One day, a first grade teacher witnessed a boy in her class was coloring a picture using bright shades of red, green, blue, and yellow. She walked over to the area he was working, and was about to ask what it was he was drawing when, to her amazement, he began scribbling over the entire surface of the paper with a black crayon. As the teacher approached the student prepared to punish him, she asked him why he had done this. He turned to her and smiled with a brief reply, “It’s a garden at night.” The quick assumption she had made that he ruined his drawing is one example of misunderstanding creativity, and the natural appalling view towards it clarifies how unaccepting teachers
Some of the new-generation graphic designers argue that hand-made work is not as effective nor trendy as a digital version of the work. However, traditional design has many advantages that digital design does not. Starting a design on a piece of paper helps the brain to be more productive, creating the new ideas out of the first one. As an illustration, a study was made regarding the topic, in which 10 people, including artist and non-artists were required to draw using only sheets of paper and 16 pastel pens, to research how drawing is an excellent therapy for creative expression that also showed how the brain rhythm changes in order to help the whole creative process. All participants were recruited via email and each one was scheduled for an individual session, they were supervised to easily measure the difference between the