Our thoughts during the stages of planning were geared toward maintaining a specific color scheme of brighter reds and oranges to darker blues and purples. We decided placement of each piece in order to create a gradient among the rows and columns from the brighter colors fading into the darker ones. Regarding material and technique of the pieces chosen, we maintained mostly oils and paints. During our process of choosing pieces, we found it was difficult to make flow of the correct matching colors of our aesthetic, but we made due with what we had. Also, line makes a difference in how the viewer's eye moves across the body of the whole work, and we had to make sure not to cut pieces out of their proper placement. After finalizing the collection, we decided we would have removed the bottom left corner piece and the top left piece, as with further examination we thought it did not have the same effect that the other pieces did, throwing off our desired effect. With our experience, art (if numerous pieces) is a collection regarding a certain subject, visual pattern, etc. that abides by the person planning the collection around an idea that they want to put across. The viewer can have the opinion on whether or not something is "art", though they are not there for the planning process. This investigation will have me plan out in better detail the types of medium and the topics I want to portray in the creative process. Otherwise if things are random there will be no sense of order, and I want to have a certain aesthetic I abide by with my own work.
