Is art without meaning decoration?

-I agree with the article because it helps art students to be more cooperative, connected, and intelligent about what kind of project they want to create. It's true that students are obliged to follow instructions that the teacher demonstrates, however it's eventually up to how the student would want to incorporate those skills into hes/her meaningful art pieces. I also feel like the "non-meaningful" aspects to art, like all the techniques we learn in class, enhances the meaning of an art piece. Therefore, I don't agree with the fact that "non-meaningful" art skills don't affect an art project that conveys some sort of theme, message, or concept. With every project of mine, I personally try to incorporate a message or purpose for why I'm doing something; otherwise I end up losing interest in working for it. So asking art students to present a theme for their art won't add any more pressure since we usually already have some sort of inspiration before starting an art project.

This is a project I did in Art 2. There's
 not any specific meaning/message or theme shown
in this drawing, However, with important techniques like
value and shading, the drawing makes the piece look very realistic
So I wouldn't consider this as just a random "decoration" piece. 

Element Project: Visual Arts III Proficient

What element did you use?

-The element I chose to do was Line. The designs portray line to be used in many different ways such as delicate curves for the shapes, shading within the designs, variations between thick and thin lines, and many more. In order for my element to really stand out, I decided to use a contrast of dark and light colors which was black and reddish-orange. This helped the intricate details of the designed lines to pop out from the canvas.

Why choose this form of media?

-I chose to do a painting one, because I enjoy painting, but most importantly because I've never tried to do extremely intricate designs with a paint brush before. Although it seems easy because the brush is so delicate, it turned out to be very difficult and tedious for me. That's why I enjoyed this form of media for this kind of a project because the experience was new and unexpected. Also, with acrylic paint, the background can easily be brushed and smoothed out evenly throughout the canvas; you can you use a variety of colors, brushes, and techniques to help cover the whole painting.

Why choose this subject?

-I chose to do a line project specifically because I'm quite comfortable with drawing unique designs. I do an art form called Henna, so I'm used to drawing these types of designs, however I've never put them on a canvas before. Therefore, I deliberately chose to integrate my style of art with a medium that could enhance my designing skills. I also really liked the fact that this painting displays nothing but a large portion of mixed designs. It allows the viewers to form their own views, opinions, and/or suggestions for it. Hence, this subject on painting designed lines helped me visualize a new form of art that I've never done in the past.

You can see the resemblance of my
henna designs with the designs on
the canvas.