Reflections of AED 200

1. What were you expectations for this course and where they met?
My expectations for the course for the most part were fulfilled.  The only thing I would say was that I felt like due to the length of the book I feel like we rushed through a lot of the material that I found interesting in order to fit everything in to the summer schedule.

2. Now that you've been through this course, What is art? How would you define it now compared to your intial posting?

In my initial post I defined art as I would define art as something that attracts your attention in a way that you forget about everything else around you.  I still feel the same way about art, but I now would now incorporate a lot of styles I had not initially liked when I first started the class.  Namely sculptures and installation art.  I have actually grown to like installation art, especially after completing the last couple of projects.
3. Who was your favorite artist in your original posting and who is your favorite visual artist now? If there is a difference, why do you think so? If you have the same favorite artist, why do you think so?

My original favorite artist was Da Vinci.  I still have the same favorite artist and I know this is because of his intellect that was associated with him.  Anyone can draw, but he used it in a way to be an inventor, an artist, and a philosopher at the same time.  He truly was a renaissance man.
4. Now that you've completed this course, how do you feel about taking an online course? Is your answer the same as it was in your first posting? How is it the same or different?

Well I would say overall I have enjoyed this course, but I would rather have taken it in a classroom and while I wasn’t working fulltime because some weeks its harder than others to complete the work assigned and the stresses from my work and current life sometimes shed onto the course and its assignments when Im not usually that type of person.  My opinion is the same as when I started the course, I enjoyed the teacher and her understanding of outside factors when it came to completing assignments, but I would have enjoyed it much more if I had been in a classroom.