What an experience this workshop was! It was very fortunate that Naketa, Regina and I got to the workshop early because the crowd after was pretty intense. It was a 20 min session full of art terms and paintings, lucky I fancy art and it was a good feeling to finally be in an art gallery. The way to analyze art and find a deeper meaning was enlightening to me, but as I found out its basically on how you interpret a work of art, there is no right or wrong answer. Paintings are now to bring up emotions and a higher level of thinking instead of painting something we see everyday Mercedes would paint a canvas full of abnormality. It really was inspiring, I really liked how she would use different colors beyond the norm and express herself in ways that seem awkward to some or beautiful to others! It was also really interesting to know that business and art intertwine like puzzle pieces, I would have thought art was not so important to know for business.
I really enjoyed this workshop the most, why? Because I actually got to do something walk around and evaluate a piece of work, it was also refreshing to get away from hearing “No or wrong!” whenever I came up with a thought. She definitely inspired me to start drawing again and taking time away from the stress of college life!