2/21

On Saturday this weekend I went with my Art History class to the Met!  We looked at many nice works of art from early on all the way to current day works.  We had to take notes on one work to write a paper on.  I decided on a Monet painting that I found to be really well done.  The use of colour to suggest lights and darks was very nice and it was really atmospheric.  I also had a good pretzel from a stand in front of the museum and a hot chocolate.  If the day hadn't been so windy it would've been nicer.  I just wish it didn't take all day to go on the trip because I lost a lot of homework time.

Lecture 2/15

Today's freshman lecture was about the painting and then photography majors.  The painting presentation was not very informative because all he talked about was paint and not really any career options within that field so it doesn't seem like a good one because of that.  The photography presentation was a little clearer because she talked about more specifically what you would be doing if you just take some courses in it and the usefulness of those courses.  Then about how professionals come in and do lectures or something like that.  Overall it wasn't the best lecture for information I think but it was okay.

2/13

I forgot to blog about the lecture last Tuesday until now so I think it will be about the work I'm doing right now.  As always, there is way too much homework for 2D class.  There's the game project due Tuesday, then the sketchbook and colour chart thing due Thursday.  Sure, she gave us 2 weeks for the sketchbook and all but with other classes work and the multiple projects we're doing in 2D it's nearly impossible to get it all done and still have time to eat and sleep.  I have a couple pages left on the sketchbook which I'll try to finish after I write this and I have to finish the game.  I have to put the title on it, the rules/the key, make the game pieces and finish the deck of cards.  Today was spent mostly on my drawing homework though so now tonight and tomorrow are going to be just for 2D homework and studying art history and reading/writing a paper for mosaics.  It doesn't help I've been feeling sick 2 weeks now.

Text Drawings

This is my first pattern test drawing, using the letter K.

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This is one of the open ones, a pattern with B and O on top.

The next open one I did another pattern with I, O, and x.

This one is the keyboard drawing which was really hard to figure out what to do.  It's a bird.

This is the phrase one, i used a phrase from catcher in the rye because I read an article in TIME over the weekend on jd salinger and it's one of my favourite books.

Weekend

This weekend I got to go home.  I was mostly able to relax but I did have drawing homework that I had to do because it's due Monday.  I got to go to Allegheny Art store in town.  I got the paper I needed for the drawing there and got some other supplies too.  They had the white artist tape I needed for just $6!  It was awesome.  Then I did my drawing, I picked green because it had to be just one colour.  I still have not done the other four text drawings due on Tuesday because I don't have the program here.  I plan on doing them today and tomorrow though. 

Tuesday Lecture 2/1

Today the freshmen lecture was about art education department and art history minor. The first part about art education was really boring because I do not intend to get a teaching certification with my BFA here.  The second part, my art history professor was the speaker and he talked about how to minor in art history along with the required art history courses to graduate as a BFA student.  I think I will definitely get a minor in art history because it only requires 2 more upper level art history courses.  I also really like art history so it will be nice to learn more.  Plus we got out 15 minutes early from lecture so I actually had enough time for lunch.  It was awesome. I wish it always ended just a little bit early so I don't have to rush so much.

Pairings Homework

For this assignment I had to put images next to each other that relate.  The first pairing I picked was a chicken parm flat bread sammich  and a drawing of some tums.  I think they go together because unhealthy food can upset my tummy and other people's as well so tums are very useful for eating food like this. 

I chose the potato chips to pair with dental floss and oral pain relief gel scan because my teeth are highly sensitive so when I eat something like potato chips I need pain relief gel because it's very painful. Also they relate because unhealthy food like chips can rot teeth so you need to floss after eating it. 

The next pairing is a swifer cleaner and a hair comb.  I think they relate because both are used for a similar purpose.  A swifer is used to clean floors and make them look nice while a comb is used to make hair look nice.

The last pair I picked was a picture of my psp in it's case and a scan of a stuffed animal Marie kitty wrapped in a scarf.  These two relate because they are both an object inside another object.  Also they contrast nicely because a psp and case are both plastic and hard while the scarf and kitty are both fabric and soft.