Spring Break

Erm, the posting layout's being weird.

I have thumbnails of most the remaining pieces I need to do and am starting a couple that I will work on at home. For most of my spring break I was in Costa Rica, and then the days immediately following I've been suffering from outer ear infections I suspect developed in the barely chlorinated pools at the last resort we stayed at. Anyway, although I did not have enough luggage space or time to work on my pieces there I did have the chance to take some lovely reference pictures. I'll be using one or more of the pictures I took for my final "happy" piece depicting a lift in attitude out of suicidal depression. At the moment I have two that are the finalists. I'm leaning towards the second one depicting a rainbow amid rain, but suggestions would be appreciated.



















I also got a couple good bug shots I thought Preston might possibly be interested in. The First one's of a butterfly...on me, and the next two are specimen trays of bugs found in a rainforest reserve we visited. By the way those moths in picture 2 are a comparable size to my hand, and the beetles on the left in picture 3 the width of about two fingers.






Here's some other pictures I thought might interesting to fellow art folk. I took these when we visited an old timey wood shop with power tools powered by a water wheel. Oh and the painting in all the following pictures were painted Freehand which I thought was awesome.

So Far....

I tried to do a couple of pieces for my concentration but I'm just running out of inspiration. Does anybody have any suggestions?
I made a small square 5x5 tile with a moon in the upper left corner, a cat in the bottom right and vines moving throughout it. It's kinda warped and not that high quality so I most likely will not use it for my portfolio at all.... I tried to make a Puss n' Boots like cat but it failed miserably so I turned it into yet another fat cat that I think I will turn into a bookend....
Anyways that's as far as I got on my concentration pieces. I think I'm done. Eight is enough for my Portfolio. I may do one more skinny one because I have too many fat ones... But that's it I believe...
I'm also currently working on a bust of a native African woman that I hope to finish this week at home. She will not have hair and she will be decked out in glass beads instead of making clay jewelry I think...

Progress?......

I haven't done anymore pieces since last week, but i have six pieces done and have taken new photographs for pieces i DO want to do....i can't post them though because they're "naughty" and i don't know if timko would aprove so....yeah.....I've done a lot of planning though :)

Spring Break Work

Over the break, I have gotten 5 out of 7 concentration pieces done. And 2 more breath pieces. I also have 3 layouts for my future concentration pieces planed out.

The concentration pieces I've got done:
Kurt Cobain, Karate, Pole Vaulter, Delaney and the Surfer. The other 2 pieces are of Amanda and Timko, there about done. My future pieces are 2 pieces of Amanda and that one dude with the computer I drew, that's hanging in his office. I forgot his name.

The Breath pieces I've got done:
Color pencils and charcoal of Stairs, and I want to use the "E" project that I did of the portables at the end of last year in Adv. Draw.

Timko, I hope your surgery went well. I will do your walking for you.

Thanks and have a great day.
Georgia

trouble

So, I'm having trouble on a few things with my concentration. I really enjoy doing life like bugs but, I don't know how to transform it into a more in depth series of work. I have 5 pieces done already (all photo realistic bugs). I wanted to make my concentration into all type of the meaning "bug", such as the flu, real bugs, etc. If anyone knows how I can incorporate the pieces I already have done to what I'm trying to do I would really appreciate it.

To: Chris :)

I like how your only using color on the zombies, I think you should work from the first zombie one you did in class(the colors not composition), I thought the way you put the colors next to eachother i guess you would call that contrast was interesting and it caught my attention, k i hope you know what i'm talking about (can you post a picture of that one too?). some ideas....maybe try placing the zombies in normal almost boring positions for example two bloody zombies on a date sharing a milkshake or a zombie mowing the lawn you know just normal day to day things :) you can email me if you want -sophiaharo@Live.com

ps. I would try paint too, it looks like you used colored marker

Charmeleon! I choose you!

For my spring break I have been continuing my zombie concentration. Some challenges were thinking of scenarios and actions for my zombies. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for some pieces that i could do? Any comments, concepts, or ideas for scenarios would be very helpfull. Something else that is still challenging is getting a complete range of value that works well.

I am currently working on a picture of a women about to annihilate the back of a zombies head. The story is he was her husband but now is of the undead affiliation. I guess some success is i can already tell my technique and detail is getting better, I just finished a piece of my friend about to eat another, which is to the right this paragraph.

Spring break Update

My progress will not be done due to lack of concentration subjects. I need pictures of people I know to continue, which I have none. 

I do have more breadth peices to enter, so I do have than to contribute. 

As for the AP test,

Im broke therefor I cannot buy a test, what is in store for me now? Do I not qualify for the credit or do I only receive a grade for the class? Email me? I dont check this, its not on my important list haha. 

Charmy-lynn@hotmail.com

DUE DATES:

• Today: $73 due to activities/Burris
• Spring break homework:
  PART I: Post to the blog between Tuesday and Thursday describing the work you are doing over spring break. Give details on challenges you are running into and successes you have encountered. Bonus points for adding a few snapshots of your works in progress. Be sure to ask any questions you would like answered. (4 points)
  PART II: Give feedback to your classmates in the form of at least three comments. This should be done between Friday and Sunday. Bonus points for more than three comments. (4 points) This will only work if everyone does part 1!
• April 13th, concentration critique, 10 pieces (10 points)
  
  PORTFOLIOS DUE MAY 8th
  (12 breadth, 12 concentration, 5 matted quality pieces, and an essay)

Message from Mrs. Burris:

[This is in all caps, so it must be important!]

THE REMAINING BALANCE FOR AP TESTS IS DUE THURSDAY!! IF A STUDENT DOES NOT PAY THE BALANCE THEY WILL NOT HAVE A TEST. I NEED TO FINALIZE ALL TESTS FRIDAY BY NOON. PLEASE LET ALL YOUR STUDENTS WHO ARE TESTING KNOW THIS. LAST YEAR ONE STUDENT SHOWED UP FOR THE TEST AND UNFORTUNATELY HE WAS UNABLE TO TEST NO EXTRA TEST WILL BE ORDERED.

THANKS,

Nancy R. Burris

Critique dates/milestones:

MARCH
3/6: Small group breadth critique, all 12 done (12 points)
3/13: 6 concentration pieces photographed and submitted to drop box (6 points)
3/16-17: Concentration critique, 6 pieces (4 points)
3/20: 7 concentration pieces completed
3/27: 8 concentration pieces completed, balance due to activities office ($73)
3/30-4/3 Spring break!

APRIL
4/10: 10 concentration pieces photographed and submitted to drop box (10 points)
4/13-4/14: Concentration critique, 10 pieces (4 points)
4/17: 11 concentration pieces completed
4/14: Concentration FINISHED!
4/27-5/1: Touch up & final re-shoot of all work

MAY
5/4-5/8: Mat quality pieces, write concentration essays.
5/8: Portfolios due by noon.

It's time!

... to register with College Board for online submission. See Edline for instructions, along with our school code and my teacher number. I am requiring that you register by Friday, February 6th, so get on it! Please also attempt to upload ONE slide so that I can see you are able to do so. You can delete it later. Your $13 deposits are also due Friday. Thanks!

How about I sew your face together?

So a new website I found is pretty nifty. its called Artpromote. Its pretty much a database with information on artists, art, and art culture. It includes information on movements, huge ranges of art including fractal art, crafts, pretty much anything artistic. It also has galleries and a list of resources.

Also there is deviantart if you have never been there, which is kinda odd if you haven't. It is pretty much a community site where people can post their art and socialize wit one another. w00t!

Happy Trees!

http://www.bobross.com/Supplies.cfm

I also wanted to post a link to the Bob Ross website. In the store section you can buy 1 hour dvd's of him doing one of his kick-arse landscapes for about 17$ For those of you who have never heard of him (gasp!) Bob Ross is a white, afro-toting oil painter who does 60 and 30 minute shows on OPB where he takes a blank canvas and makes it look like a photograph of a landscape just by touching his paintbrush to it. This guy is crazy good. Even if the pieces tend to be cliche it's surprisingly calming to watch him make them. Bob Ross is a happy guy with a pillow-soft voice who often describes what he's painting by saying "let's pretend a happy little" (rock, bush, tree, cloud, cabin, mr. sun, etc.) "lives right here..." Sadly he passed away a few years ago, but OPB still airs reruns of his shows at 1 o clock on most weekdays

Here's an image from a T-shirt available from the site:

Art link

http://artgallery.yale.edu/pages/collection/permanent/pc.html

I found a pretty extensive online gallery at the Yale University website. You can view photos and descriptions of paintings, prints, photos, and mostly sculptures in several categories like Modern/Contemporary, Early European, African, Ancient, American Decorative, Ancient America, Coins/Medals, etc.



It's like getting all the benifits of a museum visit without the hassles of cost, transportation, sore feet, boredom, or crazy Portlanders like the drunk Italian man my friend and I met during the summer on our way to a museum, "heayy heayyy ask mea why Imma goin te the park..... DUHH! becuz thers BELLYDANCERS!" ::man staggers away in opposite direction of park::

There's also an interesting section with statements on subjects about art like "What is art and why does it matter?" or "Can Art be criticized on ethical grounds?"
http://artgallery.yale.edu/pages/whatisart/whatisart.html

Look what I found!

Well I happened find a couple cool things that I thought the rest of you might find interesting. First one's an artist, second one is a artistic tournament of sorts, and the third one is an a website.

Jason Chan, creator of the awesome image shown above, is a very skilled and creative artist who's work is spectacular and clever.
His blog can be found at: http://jasonchanart.blogspot.com/

Now the the tournament I was talking about is something that's amazingly cool. It's a kind of Gladatorial arena for artists. It's called Last Man Standing Thunderdome. No joke, it's really called that. If you don't believe me check it out here: http://www.lastmanart.com/
It's an amazing concept really, construct a contest that has artist's from around the world create pieces that a sort of theme (such as outbreak, survival, serenity, ect.) and have them submit their creations, and let judges determine the winner. Brilliant.

While surfing the internet I found a website dedicated to art. Now there are a lot of websites out there that are about art and are "dedicated" to it. But this one makes it clear that at the end of the day it's their love of the craft, and not the profit it turns that drives them. I mean, when it says on their "About" page that:

"Everything we feature is there because we like it, not because some ridiculously rich sponsor has thrown a stack of greenbacks our way. Not that we don’t like ‘da duckets’. In fact, we welcome any economic ’subsidies’ we can get. But at the end of the day, our iPhones are tax write-offs, and we do this out of love, not for money."

wow. So with intelligent writing, inspiring images, and thoughful content all in one place I thought that it was worth mentioning on the blog. So check out http://www.lostateminor.com/ now!

Art link

http://www.arthub.org/

This is an interesting art directory. It has many categories, including muralist and boday art. The site features links to many contemporary artists and their websites. I like this directory because it's a great way to gain inspiration from non-famous artists.

From Megan B:

http://dart.fine-art.com/

This is a link to a great online database full of contemporary artwork. The site sells the artwork, but I like it because it shows work from a huge amount of artists, and it's sorted into tons of categories - type, genre, subject, media, etc.

Check it out to look at art or gain inspiration :)

This weekend's homework:

DRAW TOYS!

Pick one or more objects that have dimension and are universally recognizeable as toys (i.e., baby dolls, dump trucks, barbies, older action figures, legos, doll houses, instruments, etc.). Use antique toys if they are available to you--Goodwill is a good place to get random things to draw, including toys.

Draw your toy over the weekend (in graphite?) and bring in the toy, along with your drawing, on Monday for critique.

New digital submission info:

New information for students about the online portfolio submission process. Please click on the link and read the information, and then comment on this post so that I know you have seen it.

From what I have read, the format is set up as follows:

1. You will receive a unique login (from me) for your portfolio and for our class at EHS. We should receive this information and begin using the online system early next semester.
2. You will keep your portfolio online and regularly upload pieces as they are completed.
3. Once your portfolios are complete and final, you will send them to me, and I will approve and transmit them to College Board for you.
4. If your portfolio is not complete or slides are improperly shot and/or edited, I can send it back to you for resubmission.
5. You will write your essay online and submit it along with your digital slides.
6. You will absolutely need to plan on finishing your portfolio by the end of April in case something goes wrong in the submission process or in case you need to re-shoot anything.
7. I will submit all portfolios, finished or not, by the May 8th deadline.

Please let me know if you have questions!