I left all my paints at school... in my locker. I miss them. I could really go for some oils right about now. Or acrylics. Guess I'll have to settle for watercolor in the meantime. Not that I dislike watercolor. I could just really go for those oils.
Gross. I feel like I've been on the computer all day. My hips hurt. Time for bed. And I really gotta get going on that wedding stuff.
Sigh. I'm really in the mood to paint.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Spring 2008 GPA
WOOO HOOO!!! 4.0 this semester!!!
Art History - A
Figure Drawing - A
Acrylic - A
Oil - A
Junior Review - PASS!
It was the Art History that really did it for me, because I never get perfect A's in those classes. I was so surprised and so excited. The lowest grade I've gotten was the first semester of freshman year, Intro to Western Art, with a B. But I had no idea what I was doing back then. God has blessed me with knowledge and an understanding of how to study for classes like that. And I get more sleep now than I did back then, another glorious blessing from the Lord.
Anyways, totally stoked about my first straight-A semester. So no, my overall grade isn't 4.0. I wish it was. That would be sweet. Right now my overall grade is 3.82. Hm... Maybe I should retake that class... Or not.
Art History - A
Figure Drawing - A
Acrylic - A
Oil - A
Junior Review - PASS!
It was the Art History that really did it for me, because I never get perfect A's in those classes. I was so surprised and so excited. The lowest grade I've gotten was the first semester of freshman year, Intro to Western Art, with a B. But I had no idea what I was doing back then. God has blessed me with knowledge and an understanding of how to study for classes like that. And I get more sleep now than I did back then, another glorious blessing from the Lord.
Anyways, totally stoked about my first straight-A semester. So no, my overall grade isn't 4.0. I wish it was. That would be sweet. Right now my overall grade is 3.82. Hm... Maybe I should retake that class... Or not.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Today and the Other Day
It's really windy outside today. I haven't left my room yet today, but I can see from my window the trees thrashing about and birds wizzing around uncontrolablly. And I saw something random. A plastic bag rolling aroung the roof of a four story building. That's a long way up for a bagto travel, despite the wind, and considering you'd expect it to be on the ground, not a roof. Hmmm. Just a weird thing to see.
Something else I found random and strange...
The other day, I saw a guy try to light a dandelion on fire. He was walking, stopped in his tracks, and lowered his lighter to the fluffy, white flower, unsuccessfully getting it to catch. He gave up shortly and went on his way.
Today's agenda: study for art history.
Something else I found random and strange...
The other day, I saw a guy try to light a dandelion on fire. He was walking, stopped in his tracks, and lowered his lighter to the fluffy, white flower, unsuccessfully getting it to catch. He gave up shortly and went on his way.
Today's agenda: study for art history.
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Almost There...
The semester is nearing its end. One by one I've been getting things done. Tuesday night I gave my art history presentation on Audrey Flack. It went well, except that the teacher had to sort of rush me at the end because it was just about the end of class and two people still had to go. Poor planning on her part, I guess.
The first three classes of presentations were assigned eight people each, but the fourth night, my night, there were about eleven or twelve of us. And we didn't start right away because we had to do teacher evaluations. Then some of us went out to her car to help bring in snacks. Lots of snacks! (I still have left over cake in my room, as well as bags of chips and such. I also brought back a two-liter bottle of lemonade and large bottle of water.) After the entire class shuffled their way to the front of the room to get their food, which took a while, we finally started. So I was a little annoyed that I had to rush the end of my presentation after all the work I did on it, knowing that if I had presented on any of the previous nights, it would have been fine to talk longer. But whatever... I said what I need to say, and now it's over with.
Last night was my Acrylic review. I spent all day working to finish my final piece, but it didn't happen. Alan (my professor) was very understanding. He actually admitted I didn't have time to do what I set out to acomplish in that piece, as it was so new and experimental for me. He said it was an important piece in my artistic journey, even though it hadn't been successful, something I'm not normally comfortable with at all. It was a very encouraging and reassuring review. He said I'm at a good point as a junior, skill-wise, work-wise, concept-wise. So yeah, good review.
This morning, I got my figure drawing portfolio ready for tomorrow. I still have to tweek a couple things so it's ready to go, but all the main stuff is out of the way. Fred told me last class that he wanted to hang onto my work for the weekend so he could have it photographed for some catalouge the art school's putting together. I'm so glad I took Fred's class this semester. I've grown a lot. And I have been humbled very much by my experience in his class. God is good! I must have been praying in my heart for a better understanding of drawing the figure all those times I longed for it. What an amazing answer! Of course, there is more to learn, more ways to improve. In time. In God's time.
Finally, Tuesday I have my oil review and Art History final. Almost there, almost done. Just waiting for that sigh of relief.
The first three classes of presentations were assigned eight people each, but the fourth night, my night, there were about eleven or twelve of us. And we didn't start right away because we had to do teacher evaluations. Then some of us went out to her car to help bring in snacks. Lots of snacks! (I still have left over cake in my room, as well as bags of chips and such. I also brought back a two-liter bottle of lemonade and large bottle of water.) After the entire class shuffled their way to the front of the room to get their food, which took a while, we finally started. So I was a little annoyed that I had to rush the end of my presentation after all the work I did on it, knowing that if I had presented on any of the previous nights, it would have been fine to talk longer. But whatever... I said what I need to say, and now it's over with.
Last night was my Acrylic review. I spent all day working to finish my final piece, but it didn't happen. Alan (my professor) was very understanding. He actually admitted I didn't have time to do what I set out to acomplish in that piece, as it was so new and experimental for me. He said it was an important piece in my artistic journey, even though it hadn't been successful, something I'm not normally comfortable with at all. It was a very encouraging and reassuring review. He said I'm at a good point as a junior, skill-wise, work-wise, concept-wise. So yeah, good review.
This morning, I got my figure drawing portfolio ready for tomorrow. I still have to tweek a couple things so it's ready to go, but all the main stuff is out of the way. Fred told me last class that he wanted to hang onto my work for the weekend so he could have it photographed for some catalouge the art school's putting together. I'm so glad I took Fred's class this semester. I've grown a lot. And I have been humbled very much by my experience in his class. God is good! I must have been praying in my heart for a better understanding of drawing the figure all those times I longed for it. What an amazing answer! Of course, there is more to learn, more ways to improve. In time. In God's time.
Finally, Tuesday I have my oil review and Art History final. Almost there, almost done. Just waiting for that sigh of relief.
Sunday, May 04, 2008
Oh To Be A Bird!
Oh, to be a bird! Waking up early. Catching the worm. Flying to heights with a beautiful view. Defiling cars from those heights, just for fun. And not a single worry about driving in traffic to get to places on time. Just get up go. You and your buddies, who were awake just as early as you, are all on the way to wherever it is you have to be going. And when you get there, not only are you early, but there is much of the day left to do all kinds of birdly things. And you never worry about where your next meal is coming from because God feeds you, and you know it. Oh, to be a bird!
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