Arts Explorer #9: Guerilla Art

This weeks task of creating guerrilla art was kind of challenging for me. I had a really tough time trying to come up with the what I would make. Thankfully the internet is full of great websites and images (by the way, I've listed some below) of other peoples creative street art. I found a lot of them really inspirational but they tended to be big displays of things that I didn't have the materials for. I finally came across my idea and the the pictures are down below:

What I created was a "notice sign" that had a silly remark under it. The idea is that it will hopefully catch peoples eye and draw them into it. The intent is to get people to take that 1 extra minute in their day to notice something that they would otherwise disregard. I hung my sign up on one of the days this week when the weather was so amazing. I now that I was really excited about the weather but I saw some people who looked so wrapped up and on a mission. It would be nice if they could be able to spend some time and have fun outdoors. It was interesting to see the people walk by who noticed it and those people who continued on their merry way. There were also some people, like the girl above, who walked by but then took those few steps back to reread the sign.  Although the project started off a little stressful, when I was finished it felt like a fun accomplishment. 

Some links for Guerilla Art sites:

http://www.kerismith.com/

http://www.guerrilla-innovation.com/

http://www.myspace.com/sitprojects/blog

http://www.killmydaynow.com/2011/02/kmdn-funny-signs-part-18-street-fliers-edition-32-pics.html

Definition of the week: Colour

• "is based in the passage of light. It is the visual sensation of light caused by stimulating the cones of the retina. As the light source changes, so does the the colour" (Schirrmacher & Fox, 2009, p. 136)
• colour can be  categorized as
• primary- red, blue, yellow
• secondary- mixing 2 primary colours
• intermediate- mixing equal amounts of adjoining primary and secondary colours
• complemenatry- opposite colours of the colour wheel
• neutral- pigments that have no particular colour (black and white)
• colours also have physical properties such as hue, value, intensity, tint, and shade 

References:
Schirrmacher, R., & Fox, J.E. (2009). Art and creative development for young children, sixth edition. Belmont, CA: Delmar