Share Paper: Creating Art through Coding

  1. Glen Bull, University of Virginia, United States
  2. Jo Watts, University of Virginia, United States
  3. Alexis Kellam, University of Virginia, United States

Abstract: Creation of art offers an engaging way to introduce coding to novices. Participants in this workshop will have the opportunity to explore creation of art in different styles, including the sculptors Alexander Calder and Bathsheba Grossman, the nineteenth century post-impressionist artist, Georges Seurat, the twentieth century artists Mark Rothco and Jason Pollock, and the contemporary illustrator, Peter Reynolds. Each of these artists works in a different style and in different mediums. These styles provide opportunities to emulate these artistic approaches through the medium of digital technologies. The art activities that will be explored during the workshop are drawn from a ...