This Bauhaus building caught my eye. I noticed the simple design and minimalism. I love anything that is cut down and made simple that is more of my personal style. This building is also a more modern approach. With one color walls and the glass on the left is very symmetrical. Even the Bauhaus lettering doing downward stands out. I found out that Bauhaus means “construction house” and that Bauhaus artists use linear and geometrical shapes. The doorway caught my eye since it is red while the building has very black and white tones which is a nice touch.

Intro

• Design means to plan, organize but it also is a visual organization
• Creative Problem Solving – there are no predetermined answers to problems because with art, everyone has different interpretations

Procedures

• Art as communication
• Artists express and share ideas more with pictures than words and the viewers can have a visual response

Thinking

• Thinking about the problem – meaning what the goal is and aspects of who the audience is
• Thinking about the solution – first step is to sketch a visual answer and to find symbols/correlations

Looking

• Observation matters
• A source is key to draw inspiration for an idea but there is a distinction from a source to a subject
• Depending on location and environment, artists see things differently

Doing

• Visual experimentation with the materials, trial and error, part where the idea is happening
• Arrange and rearrange, doing and redoing, the process takes time but revision is important

Critique

• Hearing inputs and thoughts from different creators
• To hear the good and bad and to take in constructive criticism