Salvation Mountain

First picture is the big tree and other things and the second picture is the other side of it and you can climb it. It has a great view!!

Picture tooken by me!!!

Have you ever wonder if there is a place that it is in the middle of no where and there’s a man that makes art there? Well, there is!! His name is Leonard Knight and he has been there for around 30 years. This is where he stays and this is what he does for his living. I got the change to go and see this wonderful thing that this guy does. I was amaze by how well this mountain was and also of how much dedication it took for it to look so pretty. We got to meet him and he was explaining his story that he was asked to make a big balloon that would fly and he didn’t know how to do one, so for this, Leonard began working on this mountain to the love that he has god and to spread out the love to everyone he could. God told him that this was going to be his goal for his life and that this is what he would do. I am not saying that I agree with god actually talking to him, but this is what he told us when we were visiting him. At first, nothing could be in the middle of now where but then in the far distance we could see a mountain that was colorful and it said in big words, “LOVE IS GOD”. At first, both of my classes were like (including me), “I sit for three hours to get here and to see a mountain that is painted and says love all over the place?” This was everyone’s reaction and then when we got off the car and started climbing it and exploring the mountain, we didn’t want to leave. Once you get there and go in the “big tree”, you feel in a peace place and there are no sounds and it’s very calm. We had lunch there and we just relax and got to hear him tell us his experience and how he made this entire wonderful thing. Here is his website and if you can, try to go!! I promise you that you will enjoy going there and seeing how there are still people out there loving our earth and our god. http://www.salvationmountain.us/
Or contact his at:
Leonard Knight P. O. Box 298 Niland, California, U.S.A. 92257-0298
This is one of the life experience that you can’t miss out of!!

Colors

http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/1B.html

Now days many people and teachers are trying to have a bigger impact on teenagers. Many of those people want for us (teens) to be involve in something that is well and not go around and mess around. I have know some people in their teens that they were in gangs and they went to this rehab and they were taught art and different things that they got out of the bad life and streets. Art is a good way to express you and have fun. You either to this because you want to enjoy to draw and want to experience something new in your life, you may want to have some color to it. I have taken art classes and they teach you the prime colors which they are red, yellow and blue. When you mix yellow and blue, you will get green. When you mix blue and red, you will get purple. Also when you mix yellow with red, you will get orange. In fewer words, the prime colors are the colors that can be mix with another color and make a different one.
In the website that I provide for you, it has a lot of good information on the color history. One of the things that I thought was interesting was that the detailed understanding was in the year of 1666 and it was by Newton. It also tells you about what electrons it has and also it gives you examples (with pictures) of how colors bind with each other and how the wheel of color is. If you are looking up the history of art or on color, this is the website that you need. I hope that it helped you.

Some techniques for painting.....

Website for picture: http://www.rd.com/18079/article.html

When you first start your art piece, you should just paint that first thing that comes up in your mind. Then after this, you can develop this idea more and then you will have your art piece. Some artists take a year to finish them and others can take just one hour or even minutes. Also make sure that you have all the materials that you need before you start to paint. If you are using watercolors, you must have enough water in then paint so it can give you that texture. If you have anything else besides water colors, you must look at your painting before you let it dry. Try to always leave your area clean because then if you make a mess, you will have a hard time to paint well. Also when you are painting, keep the following things in mind. On of the first things is that there are no rules in art and if you think that a piece is done, then it’s done. Another thing that you should keep in mind is that if you want to show things that collapse with each other, try to make the shapes smaller at the back and at the front a bigger shape. Like this, the picture would look more dimensional and also try to keep some things constants and other changes it up. I can’t tell you to paint a certain way but I can tell you some skills to be better. And remember there are really no rules when it comes to express your ideas and imagination. By the way, this is knowledge that I know and other I have been taught at school. If you guys have any questions, contact me!! I hope that this was helpful and motive your to make your own art pieces.

Interview with Begonya Perez

This person was really helpful to me to understand some of the things behind art. One of the answers that really stroke out was when she said that there is not perfect art or that there are not rules when it comes to art. I think that this is some really important words for a person that is starting to become and artist. Knowing this, many people can paint freely and they would not be afraid to develop their ideas. She works in the Museum of Art in Balboa Park in San Diego and her job there is to coordinate events and also give tours in the museum. She is the one who knows the history behind the art and some of the paintings. She also coordinates in museums that are in Tijuana and she has a lot of experience working with people. Also if you are looking for an internship and if you like to design or art, this is the right place for you. If you guys ever need to get an interview for your art project or you just need someone to get information, you can go with Begonya Perez.

Contact her:

Begonya Perez

(619) 231-1996 (her office)

Times:

8:30am - 4:30pm Monday through Friday

9am-1pm on Saturdays

Website: http://www.sdmart.org/info-general.html

E-mail: education@sdmart.org

I hope that this was helpful for someone if you need anything else from this lady, contact by leaving a comment and I’ll try to get back to you as soon as possible.

What is paint?

www.nachi.org

Have you ever wonder if you can make your own paint? The answer to this is yes. Paint is made out of three things: water, binder, and pigments. According to www.nachi.org paint is “A combination of pigments with suitable thinners or oils to provide decorative and protective coatings.” This is what artist use to paint. When I made paint, they thought that I was going to try to make watercolors but they were wrong. This type of paint is very toxic when it dries up because you can inhale that and you can get damage. If you ever try to make any type of paint, you must be safe and try to not get to close to the dry paint. For example was Cobalt Blue and this is the chemical equation CoO · Al₂O₃ .This was first publish in 1803 or 1804 and to make this pigment all you need is Cobalt (II)-chloride and Aluminum chloride. Also can you believe that there were pigments a long time ago but back then they were more toxic than today. They would paint on walls from caves and stones. If you can go to some places, you can still see some one the art that they made.

In the year of 1957…..

http://wwar.com/masters/r/rothko-mark.html

http://rothkoart.com/biography.htm

In the year of 1957, there were a lot of things that was going on with artist like Mark Rothko and history. To start off, World War ll was over and everyone was trying to get in better conditions and try to get over of the people that they lost. This was one of the worst wars there was because there was a lot of people dying, but I mean I know that in every war, many soldiers die. In this time, most of the artist decide to stop doing art of their own and try to draw of what was going on with the war and how bad it was. Many people then knew how they bad were the war and they knew that their relatives could never come back. What they knew was that they were going to the war and come back as heroes and everyone would give them respect and support them. What would really happen was that they would never come back again or they would be ill for their rest of their life because of what they saw in the battlefield. This is still true now days, they try to convince teens to go to war but some of us know who dangerous it is and don’t want to risk it. Others go to war and defend and they are proud to be a soldier. There is nothing wrong with that because I support the troops but they are risking their lives. Now for Mark Rothko, he was a painter for the war that just finish which was WWll and he was doing a good job after this time. After the war was over, he started to paint his dark side of him. After all of that he became depress and had alcohol problems with this later in the 1970, he died.

When did pigments started and does it have any history?

http://www.danielsmith.com/Articles/Guide-to-Pigments.asp

http://www.missing-lynx.com/rare_world/rw05.htm

http://history-world.org/stone_age1.htm

(The link above is for the history of the Paleolithic time)

We always hear the word pigment and we really never hear when this around was. Pigments were around since the Paleolithic time which was the era was our first ancestors were alive. This is when they say that there was the first wheel and the first stone tools. They were trying to mix things up and they found this way of mixing pulverized minerals and charcoal. They would paint on their caves and this paint have been there for over than 30,000 years. Back then, the pigments that they had were not that well when it came to the texture of it and also the color that you would get. As the years have been going, there have been better pigments with their colors and also now they sell then when back then they didn’t, most people would make them. Also there are some pigments that are from natural earth and they are umbers and siennas. Others like cadmium colors are not natural because they have somewhat different mixtures and they are manufacture differently. So now you know that pigments have been here for along time and yet they are still use now days.