tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80450798660756641832024-03-13T07:38:51.791-07:00Images and IdeasDrawing our own conclusions.brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-57042012325278986782011-06-22T06:06:00.000-07:002011-06-22T07:55:37.359-07:00Series Spectacular!<div>The series projects were unveiled over the past two days during two critiques. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Even though</span> we've had glimpses of each one in-progress, the finished groups are pretty amazing for the most part. Unlike the past times when I posted examples from each series, I am posting each entire group of images. I do apologize for some minor cropping and color changes, but for the most part it's a pretty good representation of the works. If you want to see a closer view of the work, just click on the drawing.</div><div><br /></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X82kMRoxvtU/TgHp1ItOQGI/AAAAAAAABYQ/r9GvAhUu0Q0/s1600/veronicag.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 184px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X82kMRoxvtU/TgHp1ItOQGI/AAAAAAAABYQ/r9GvAhUu0Q0/s400/veronicag.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621030909014589538" /></a><br /><div>Veronica <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Greenwell's</span> series explored the connections and relationships between art and science. Using the brain as motif, Veronica utilized string, wire, encyclopedia and thesaurus pages to create intimate and complex representations of left brain/right brain influences on our needs for linear reasoning and creative expression. </div><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R8DLHn5HP-0/TgHp0t8WxsI/AAAAAAAABYI/CzYJUwG_Brc/s1600/toddb.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-R8DLHn5HP-0/TgHp0t8WxsI/AAAAAAAABYI/CzYJUwG_Brc/s400/toddb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621030901830305474" /></a><br /></div><div>Todd Brewer's group explored the landscape from his back porch. He originally planned to create drawings of different times of day or seasons of the same place, but later changed to the same time of day but interpreted through a variety of media. Each drawing is roughly 18"x24", and utilizes oil pastel, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Prisma</span> Color Art <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Stiks</span>, soft pastel, and graphite.</div><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yJXf96cLohs/TgHpp6aRQkI/AAAAAAAABYA/dNZwKCARxxk/s1600/stepanies.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 112px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yJXf96cLohs/TgHpp6aRQkI/AAAAAAAABYA/dNZwKCARxxk/s400/stepanies.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621030716198437442" /></a><br /></div><div>Stephanie Smith's three drawings are created on layered vellum with imagery drawn on all sides. She wanted to bring to her images the effects of being deaf in her right ear, hence the more faded part of the image represented on her right side. She was attracted to a run down, dilapidated building that served as the space for both the calmness and the chaos of hearing from only one side.</div><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Hi0X-PYNeU0/TgHppujqlQI/AAAAAAAABX4/r27smQeQpxE/s1600/shawnm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 129px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Hi0X-PYNeU0/TgHppujqlQI/AAAAAAAABX4/r27smQeQpxE/s400/shawnm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621030713016620290" /></a><br /></div><div>Shawn <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">McPheron's</span> 4' x 12' panoramic view of the Ohio River is a very ambitious set of panels executed with oil pastels. This site is one of his favorite places to draw and he would often haul one panel at a time there to catch a detail that slipped by his on previous trips. It is a remarkable piece in that the space is so vast and so well observed.</div><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ehkss9s88WM/TgHpo_YB3AI/AAAAAAAABXw/3a6H5xfXDLI/s1600/phill.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 146px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ehkss9s88WM/TgHpo_YB3AI/AAAAAAAABXw/3a6H5xfXDLI/s400/phill.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621030700351347714" /></a><br /></div><div>Phil Lawrence's three drawings in charcoal and graphite examined the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">juxtaposition</span> of environment and emotion and the idea that we are, or are not, products of our environments. The influence of place and how we acquiesce or contest its impact on the individual. Each panel is roughly 22" x 30".</div><div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JDAjBH1FcLU/TgHpomEoI9I/AAAAAAAABXo/uRW1YnFada0/s1600/philipc.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JDAjBH1FcLU/TgHpomEoI9I/AAAAAAAABXo/uRW1YnFada0/s400/philipc.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621030693559083986" /></a>Philip Carlton's four graphite drawings, each 23" x30", are deftly drawn episodes of the mundane experiences that can often be defining experiences in our lives. He used a teddy bear as the star of each episode, adjusting its scale to fit the space and activity. The sense of humanity in each image is very compelling, as they are rife with the wit, compassion, melancholy, and introspection. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-atZJo18_7A4/TgHpoRIJcbI/AAAAAAAABXg/qZrKM4oxYZU/s1600/miri.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 174px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-atZJo18_7A4/TgHpoRIJcbI/AAAAAAAABXg/qZrKM4oxYZU/s400/miri.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621030687936704946" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Miri</span> Phelps created this three-panel installation as a sequential examination of time, moments in and a continuum of, by utilizing photographic sources of water being poured over the heads of her friends. Executed with charcoal and acrylic paint, each panel measures 26" x 20".</div><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tO_v1wAC6X8/TgHpRDwLzNI/AAAAAAAABXY/qwRSE1zeEqA/s1600/lorir.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 196px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tO_v1wAC6X8/TgHpRDwLzNI/AAAAAAAABXY/qwRSE1zeEqA/s400/lorir.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621030289209543890" /></a><br /></div><div>Lori Richie, often attracted to creating images of nature, instead explored nature's effect on her physically as manifested in her severe allergies. Each image is drawn on paper with soft pastels, then framed, and then the drawing is continued on the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">plexiglass</span> glazing with markers, setting up an interesting contrast in color and line quality. The top image has light reflecting off the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">plexi</span> (sorry about that). Each panel is 24" x 36" </div><div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bcndIkvc3P4/TgHpQk5YRMI/AAAAAAAABXQ/4DdbwtHmy0U/s1600/joyw.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 158px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bcndIkvc3P4/TgHpQk5YRMI/AAAAAAAABXQ/4DdbwtHmy0U/s400/joyw.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621030280926610626" /></a><br /></div><div>Joy Wilson utilized graphite in these three panels that explored gender issues and perceptions. Using the same female model for each image, she morphed from the more "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">girly</span>" to the androgynous, finally to the masculine.</div><div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FFPodV4fn6w/TgHpQa0poSI/AAAAAAAABXI/NKd7_TTgpPo/s1600/danim.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 112px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FFPodV4fn6w/TgHpQa0poSI/AAAAAAAABXI/NKd7_TTgpPo/s400/danim.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621030278222422306" /></a><br /></div><div>Dani <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Maudlin's</span> five panels used the skeleton and its <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">posings</span> as a metaphor for the various physical and emotional pains she has endured over the past few months. Each panel is 29" x 41", and started with a black and white <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">monotype</span> on which she pulled the skeleton out of the visually textured surface using oil pastels. </div><div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RfnrYYSzejw/TgHpQMcRIhI/AAAAAAAABXA/ytjXiIEG_Cs/s1600/alexs.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 158px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RfnrYYSzejw/TgHpQMcRIhI/AAAAAAAABXA/ytjXiIEG_Cs/s400/alexs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621030274362057234" /></a><br /></div><div>Alex <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Strach</span> began this series by asking "old" people on the street if she could take their pictures, and then she asked them about their aging process. Some of those responses are included in the negative areas of the images. She combined charcoal and graphite in each 22" x 30" panel.</div><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eIYq3HtB7II/TgHpP5yUKNI/AAAAAAAABW4/o31uUdvLF5U/s1600/aberlynm.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 152px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eIYq3HtB7II/TgHpP5yUKNI/AAAAAAAABW4/o31uUdvLF5U/s400/aberlynm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621030269354256594" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Aberlyn</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Sweetland</span> May created these four compelling images by drawing, painting, tearing, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">collaging</span>, sanding, scoring, and screaming at these 21" x 30" photographs that originally served her as sources for her paintings. The process that unfolded over the past six weeks is an exciting one to see in her work, and once she let go of the photo-reality to create one less pretty, the new reality became very beautiful.</div><div><br /></div><div>It has been a very fast and compressed six weeks summer session, and one unlike any session I've ever experienced. We had four very engaging visiting artists in who discussed their work and taught us something new about the drawing process. One of those visiting artists, Emily <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Sheehan</span>, will be joining the faculty starting the fall semester. She will be bringing new ideas and approaches to our drawing <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">curriculum, and we're very excited to have her.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"></span>Also unlike any previous summer session, we didn't have even one day of landscape drawing and only one week of the figure. Changes happened almost daily with our schedule. However, everyone endured and made the best of the situation, for which I'm both thankful and grateful. </div><div><br /></div><div>Our critiques and discussions about the work that was developing during the session took many different directions, especially toward the end as the intent and purpose of the series projects were more fully embraced. The discussions that last few days were often enlightening, entertaining, challenging, and rewarding. Nicely done, all.</div><div><br /></div><div>Have a great summer.</div><div><br /></div>brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-29733581126390863642011-06-20T07:32:00.000-07:002011-06-20T07:42:35.033-07:00Critique TimeWe're going to spend the next two days critiquing the series projects, 200 level today and 300/400 levels tomorrow. I've already seen three of the upper level projects-in-progress and feel very confident that the individual explorations and expressions from those groups will inspire some very engaging discussions. The 200 level group has been more candid about their projects and only during the progress critiques have we seen glimpses of their directions in-progress. Today's critique with them will be exciting, not only to see the entire groups of finished drawings, but to also participate in those discussions. Check back in a few days to see the results of their labors.brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-70548623535265808122011-06-16T06:52:00.001-07:002011-06-16T07:17:57.174-07:00Last Drawing Session<div>This summer session seems to have flown by amazingly fast. Today will be our last actual drawing session, the end of our figure studies. In spite of only having three sessions with the model, there have been some nice improvements getting at the gesture and the dynamic of the figure in the space. I strolled through the studio to get some shots and most of the long poses from Tuesday had already been removed, but I did catch Aberlyn's and Philip's still resting on their drawing boards. I shot a few more but the amount of coffee this morning resulted in blurry shots, and only the two below were passable.</div><div><br /></div><div>Philip had a side view that allowed him to really take advantage of the space and the reclined pose. The figure almost appears to have been sculpted by the way he used his charcoal and the continuous tones between the light and the darks.</div><div><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4PT_Anm-Cec/TfoKy90j8GI/AAAAAAAABWw/sfzq0VTzp70/s1600/philip7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4PT_Anm-Cec/TfoKy90j8GI/AAAAAAAABWw/sfzq0VTzp70/s400/philip7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618815355802873954" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>Aberlyn's point of view was a pretty extreme foreshortening which starts to describe the figure in more abstract terms, stacking and abbreviating form on top of form, which affects the figure's normal symmetry and proportions. </div><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1wiq8ahYlkI/TfoKyZkCtKI/AAAAAAAABWo/Vim8LqCU8mU/s1600/aberlyn7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1wiq8ahYlkI/TfoKyZkCtKI/AAAAAAAABWo/Vim8LqCU8mU/s400/aberlyn7.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618815346069910690" /></a><br /></div><div>Today, we'll get a bit more involved in composition and breaking up the pictorial space, maintaining our objectivity in analyzing the figure and focusing on physically observable things, such as the play of light, the structural relationships of form, and the model's spatial position and relationship to its environment. See you soon.</div>brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-62388958432844910032011-06-09T08:22:00.001-07:002011-06-09T08:29:19.084-07:00One more time!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OCvg9bQEyHM/TfDmwoXWwWI/AAAAAAAABWg/JXeDHoFfrpg/s1600/drapery3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 207px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OCvg9bQEyHM/TfDmwoXWwWI/AAAAAAAABWg/JXeDHoFfrpg/s400/drapery3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616242458474496354" /></a><br />With the current heat and humidity, it looks as though we'll not have an outdoor outing this session, and there aren't enough windows for everyone to find a good 'window-scape' to draw, so we're going to spend one more day with light and dark values, color, gravity, shape, texture, line, and composition. Although as a prelude to our work next week with the figure, this might be a good place to start putting a little more emphasis on gesture. I can see this subject developing quickly with both line and mass gesture. We'll experiment and see what happens.brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-76473549427084727712011-06-08T10:09:00.000-07:002011-06-08T11:12:43.726-07:00The FigureWe'll be spending our final week of the summer session with the figure, so next Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday make sure you have plenty of newsprint. Given the short amount of time we have with the figure, our time will be spent exploring some of the basic vocabulary and concepts necessary to begin drawing the human form and then progress to more analytical study of proportions. Line and mass gesture will get us started.<div><br /></div><div>Life drawing provides an essential foundation for all other forms of creative expression, and has been a part of our art program for a really long time. However, a course devoted to Life drawing would be the ideal, but for now we'll at least have some experience drawing the figure as a discipline and for further honing our visual skills. </div>brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-5379795380794828692011-05-31T07:11:00.000-07:002011-05-31T07:21:52.117-07:00The Series ThreadConnie has asked several times for a series arena in which to discuss what's happening with everyone's work, so here it is, start discussing. Remember that our next series crit/discussion is now on June 6, when we will get to see actual work from everyone. Aberlyn and Dani were the only two that had images to sink our teeth into last time, so this next go-around will be a much more chewy discussion with works-in-progress from everyone. Also, don't forget how the series will be assessed: the average of the two highest progress reports. I'm, of course, assuming those will be the last two. OK, Connie, you're on....brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-45096858952974645892011-05-27T10:22:00.000-07:002011-05-27T10:55:23.161-07:00New Drawings Feast<div>Here are the rainy day drawings in lieu of the landscapes we had hope to get started on last week. Theses are pretty sweet though. It would have been good to see some get a bit more focused time, but it wasn't in the cards for us this week. And it probably won't next week either with the visiting artists coming into the studio. </div><div><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Rya3ozhLxTk/Td_eWZbgN9I/AAAAAAAABWU/-2EncOtfbFk/s1600/veronica3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Rya3ozhLxTk/Td_eWZbgN9I/AAAAAAAABWU/-2EncOtfbFk/s400/veronica3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611448137091659730" /></a><br /><div>Veronica's juxtaposition of the broken pot and the deep and dark red drapery is pretty dramatic. Including that cooler space creates an almost surreal quality to the image.</div><div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w2KuqQwuB4g/Td_eWDmoU4I/AAAAAAAABWM/Jcw_5fjg68M/s1600/todd3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-w2KuqQwuB4g/Td_eWDmoU4I/AAAAAAAABWM/Jcw_5fjg68M/s400/todd3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611448131232748418" /></a><br /></div><div>Todd only had about a day to work on this due to the weather standing him at home for the first day, but the start is a good one, and we're going to work on those ellipses, make them go all the way around.</div><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--TImuFXiKvQ/Td_eO0dO6nI/AAAAAAAABWE/RUSJe3WV-Dw/s1600/stephanie3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--TImuFXiKvQ/Td_eO0dO6nI/AAAAAAAABWE/RUSJe3WV-Dw/s400/stephanie3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611448006907718258" /></a><br /></div><div>Stephanie's drawing has a stage presence, and her mark-making seems to be getting stronger with the oil pastels. That might be worth more exploration.</div><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BOHgz-2o19w/Td_eOnxH_VI/AAAAAAAABV8/QC2Z7jjzZ7k/s1600/shawn3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BOHgz-2o19w/Td_eOnxH_VI/AAAAAAAABV8/QC2Z7jjzZ7k/s400/shawn3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611448003501489490" /></a><br /></div><div>Shawn explored one the the hidden worlds of the still life and the mysteriousness of the space starts to suggest an interesting narrative. </div><div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zP0Xmx13nZU/Td_eOJHMqGI/AAAAAAAABV0/ngcvPFIPTlA/s1600/philip3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zP0Xmx13nZU/Td_eOJHMqGI/AAAAAAAABV0/ngcvPFIPTlA/s400/philip3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611447995272570978" /></a><br /></div><div>Philip's intuitive use of color is very strong in this image, and the layering of space and light pulls into the image nicely.</div><div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RvKQLu-I-sE/Td_eNxKdOkI/AAAAAAAABVs/i01NrBOGqgs/s1600/phil3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RvKQLu-I-sE/Td_eNxKdOkI/AAAAAAAABVs/i01NrBOGqgs/s400/phil3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611447988843788866" /></a><br /></div><div>Phil moved with more confidence in this image, perhaps due to the faster sketching medium. The transparency of the large vessel works very well. </div><div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J9cmw3gIScg/Td_eNwRggXI/AAAAAAAABVk/LRTdUSkRYvs/s1600/miri3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J9cmw3gIScg/Td_eNwRggXI/AAAAAAAABVk/LRTdUSkRYvs/s400/miri3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611447988604928370" /></a><br /></div><div>Miri's painterly approach to drawing is pretty remarkable and she maintains a sense of energy throughout the entire process and resulting image.</div><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7d9jfI1qGR8/Td_d-rbDxxI/AAAAAAAABVc/Ndir-pAyKlQ/s1600/lori3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7d9jfI1qGR8/Td_d-rbDxxI/AAAAAAAABVc/Ndir-pAyKlQ/s400/lori3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611447729604773650" /></a><br /></div><div>Lori made a positive step with this drawing. She may start getting into activating her surface with marks instead of pushing her pastels into the paper. The drapery has a good sense of volume to it.</div><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AJea3hakee4/Td_d-ZBhS3I/AAAAAAAABVU/gxad_QaKXjU/s1600/joy3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AJea3hakee4/Td_d-ZBhS3I/AAAAAAAABVU/gxad_QaKXjU/s400/joy3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611447724665817970" /></a><br /></div><div>Joy took this drawing on an interesting journey with oil pastels, mineral spirits, and then finishing with soft pastels. It also feels very painterly.</div><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-73bsP0ZNXD8/Td_d90UeVeI/AAAAAAAABVM/fLatWd-gVmU/s1600/dani3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-73bsP0ZNXD8/Td_d90UeVeI/AAAAAAAABVM/fLatWd-gVmU/s400/dani3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611447714813203938" /></a><br /></div><div>Dani also captured the mystery of two hidden spaces, the broken vase and the cool recesses of the underneath. She did this with colored pencil, so the surface markings are very much involved with cross contours and subtle textures.</div><div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dgEUWVSEDF4/Td_d9mkuriI/AAAAAAAABVE/8wSGMhFIs_4/s1600/connie3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dgEUWVSEDF4/Td_d9mkuriI/AAAAAAAABVE/8wSGMhFIs_4/s400/connie3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611447711123287586" /></a>Connie also had a shorted drawing session on this and started to get the forms positioned the way she wanted them. A little more time defining details would have worked well</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f7DKLJX8mvQ/Td_d9gQMp9I/AAAAAAAABU8/VcjBAhRsno8/s1600/alex3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f7DKLJX8mvQ/Td_d9gQMp9I/AAAAAAAABU8/VcjBAhRsno8/s400/alex3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611447709426558930" /></a><br /></div><div>Alex did some pretty interesting things with the grapes and the light on the small vessel. However, the vessel itself could use a bit more focus on proportion. The light on that corner almost pushes it out of the picture plane.</div><div><br /></div>brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-66178929596627746862011-05-24T07:53:00.000-07:002011-05-24T08:18:48.926-07:003rd Still Life<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The weath</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">er is being v</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">ery uncooperative and we're stuck inside extending our two week still life exploration into a third week. It's a good thing, though, since a</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> still life drawing can function on may levels and have many purposes. Working in color on the current one will help us understand how color acts in real life, how light moves around the space an forms, lending and barrowing colors throughout. Still lifes can teach us how an arrangement of colors and values can bring a special mood to the drawing. In the case of black and white drawings, used by the majority of us in the last still life, the purpose is different. A still life pencil or charcoal drawing can help us study shapes more closely and see how they interact on our eyes, we learn how to measure correct proportions, and we pay more attention to the details because we're not making the same kinds of decisions as we do with color. In either case, though, how we see the subject and respond to our media can make the difference between a good drawing and a remarkable drawing.</span></span></span></div><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;line-height:15.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Still lifes are the most available subjects in the world, and while some people may consider still life drawing boring, the fact is they teach us a lot. When you have no idea of what to draw in your journals, just make an arrangement of things you have at home and start drawing. If you keep practicing on drawing still life subjects you will find out that you have a much better understanding on how light works, and how objects relate to each other within a particular space and within a composition.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:13.0pt;line-height:15.0pt;mso-pagination: none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Below are a few points of view of our current creative problem.</span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> <div><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D7T7vKnWUEE/TdvGoVlup-I/AAAAAAAABU0/tNiuZ3QVi7s/s1600/2ndstll%2Blife1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 324px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D7T7vKnWUEE/TdvGoVlup-I/AAAAAAAABU0/tNiuZ3QVi7s/s400/2ndstll%2Blife1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610296157112543202" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nK90MWQNZQQ/TdvGoBv0muI/AAAAAAAABUs/kZeClDPVXi8/s1600/2nd%2Bstill%2Blife%2B3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nK90MWQNZQQ/TdvGoBv0muI/AAAAAAAABUs/kZeClDPVXi8/s400/2nd%2Bstill%2Blife%2B3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610296151786167010" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Uu-5nxJaGU4/TdvGn1C-ZYI/AAAAAAAABUk/HfnOK3mQu5M/s1600/2nd%2Bstill%2Blife%2B2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 358px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Uu-5nxJaGU4/TdvGn1C-ZYI/AAAAAAAABUk/HfnOK3mQu5M/s400/2nd%2Bstill%2Blife%2B2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610296148376839554" /></a>brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-16284327378999520752011-05-20T08:38:00.000-07:002011-05-20T09:12:01.563-07:00<div>Here are the images from our two day, a little into the third day, anti-gravity, tension, wrapped boxes, missiles, cones, and spheres still life. There are some pretty cool drawings here and I think everyone very much enjoyed this process. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v4G0oDHCn9w/TdaLw2EBAAI/AAAAAAAABUc/71-we4rOOho/s1600/veronica1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v4G0oDHCn9w/TdaLw2EBAAI/AAAAAAAABUc/71-we4rOOho/s400/veronica1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608824057198870530" /></a><br /><div>Veronica has a very delicate touch with her pencil and built the image with a pretty unique marking system. It may present more challenge to crop into a composition that allows a closer observation.</div><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Av1flDnmq9s/TdaLwr6dtNI/AAAAAAAABUU/71sDUL4Uz8o/s1600/todd1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 289px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Av1flDnmq9s/TdaLwr6dtNI/AAAAAAAABUU/71sDUL4Uz8o/s400/todd1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608824054474454226" /></a><br /></div><div>Todd got very involved in pushing the graphite around and then erasing into the image. In fact, he may have gotten too caught up in that and never made it to the white forms. Let's try charcoal and see if things move a little faster, or crop into the subject a little tighter.</div><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tAbeG7VsKdE/TdaLwX4FP6I/AAAAAAAABUM/RDcpGLxRqyM/s1600/stepanie1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tAbeG7VsKdE/TdaLwX4FP6I/AAAAAAAABUM/RDcpGLxRqyM/s400/stepanie1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608824049095753634" /></a><br /></div><div>Stephanie got into charcoal with her drawing and did some abbreviating on some of the folds in the fabric. It's a pretty good range of values on the white forms, let's push to see an equal range on things that are not white.</div><div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RUoPHCbIL-k/TdaLmrTSPII/AAAAAAAABUE/LjC-77HV7Nk/s1600/shawn1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RUoPHCbIL-k/TdaLmrTSPII/AAAAAAAABUE/LjC-77HV7Nk/s400/shawn1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608823882511432834" /></a><br /></div><div>Shawn used the prisma color stiks and got some pretty nice color layers to move the space around, nicely composed as well.</div><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xYDbCLleMg8/TdaLmNIW1aI/AAAAAAAABT8/udz8_Rw5SSk/s1600/philip1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 281px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xYDbCLleMg8/TdaLmNIW1aI/AAAAAAAABT8/udz8_Rw5SSk/s400/philip1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608823874412533154" /></a>Philip used graphite here and really did some nice spatial things with the negative area by bringing in the skeleton. That drapery looks great.</div><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NIT8bstZ-CQ/TdaLmApbzzI/AAAAAAAABT0/eBuWTjtLA8Y/s1600/phil.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NIT8bstZ-CQ/TdaLmApbzzI/AAAAAAAABT0/eBuWTjtLA8Y/s400/phil.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608823871061610290" /></a><br /></div><div>Phil moved along slowly with his initial process, but once he found where he was going, the image almost appeared in one afternoon. It would be good to see the detail focus on all of the areas.</div><div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OWIfkij3cN0/TdaLlwziYZI/AAAAAAAABTs/RwFsOvuKJAM/s1600/miri1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OWIfkij3cN0/TdaLlwziYZI/AAAAAAAABTs/RwFsOvuKJAM/s400/miri1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608823866809016722" /></a>Miri painted with charcoal and created a really strong image of contrasts and movement. Beautifully composed.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XaugrhAb9tM/TdaLkfXTWXI/AAAAAAAABTk/NolhIO7HXCY/s1600/lori1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XaugrhAb9tM/TdaLkfXTWXI/AAAAAAAABTk/NolhIO7HXCY/s400/lori1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608823844947319154" /></a><br /></div><div>Lori got into her pastels, and got the local colors of the form down and started to work in the other color shifts before the session ended. It would be good to see more of the details and the effects of colors lending to one another.</div><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sJsJyFXGreE/TdaLTbK1bUI/AAAAAAAABTc/ILBQi4M66fs/s1600/joy1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 295px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sJsJyFXGreE/TdaLTbK1bUI/AAAAAAAABTc/ILBQi4M66fs/s400/joy1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608823551763508546" /></a>Joy used charcoal, pushing it around and then pulling it back out until the abstract elements started to take hold. Keep pushing to see the in-between value range.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ePukFsM1DIA/TdaLTRsJWwI/AAAAAAAABTU/s0Flqo57grs/s1600/dani1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ePukFsM1DIA/TdaLTRsJWwI/AAAAAAAABTU/s0Flqo57grs/s400/dani1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608823549218872066" /></a>Dani built her image one piece at a time. It would be good to see how the negative area might be built so that top plane could have some more drama. Nicely drawn.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1QgQy0UUum0/TdaLTLus-GI/AAAAAAAABTM/Tv5ekJI7Eqw/s1600/connie1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1QgQy0UUum0/TdaLTLus-GI/AAAAAAAABTM/Tv5ekJI7Eqw/s400/connie1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608823547618981986" /></a>Connie confessed that she never uses black...hmmmm...maybe this is the image to give it another chance. Very painterly oil pastels, but needs some darker areas. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QCdrfKJJAIk/TdaLS0iJBUI/AAAAAAAABTE/8XFf7c6HfzI/s1600/alex1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QCdrfKJJAIk/TdaLS0iJBUI/AAAAAAAABTE/8XFf7c6HfzI/s400/alex1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608823541392278850" /></a><br /></div><div>Alex's perspective sort of denied the gravity issue creating a fabric encased totem pole. Let's see if some of the finer nuances of the subject can make it into some subsequent works.</div><div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-poAvmMakUXQ/TdaLSj7b2wI/AAAAAAAABS8/P8nFWk3YAkI/s1600/aberlyn1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-poAvmMakUXQ/TdaLSj7b2wI/AAAAAAAABS8/P8nFWk3YAkI/s400/aberlyn1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608823536934968066" /></a><br /></div><div>Aberlyn move around the form in a one-step-at-a-time approach that created a very strong composition. Very Stephen Posen-esque.</div><div><br /></div>brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-59313473846342978812011-05-16T09:27:00.000-07:002011-05-16T09:39:43.770-07:00Two-Day Still life<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SlgCiBR7y-Q/TdFQpWuS_DI/AAAAAAAABS0/m3CYoIXl4_4/s1600/still2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SlgCiBR7y-Q/TdFQpWuS_DI/AAAAAAAABS0/m3CYoIXl4_4/s400/still2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607351682457599026" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MXCPj4hSZEw/TdFQpfMqUjI/AAAAAAAABSs/j195avBbnwg/s1600/stll1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MXCPj4hSZEw/TdFQpfMqUjI/AAAAAAAABSs/j195avBbnwg/s400/stll1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607351684732441138" /></a>We'll explore the above still life for two sessions which should result in some pretty amazing work. I think the elements of gravity and tension will provide for some pretty unique interpretations. Check back in a few days to see some of the creations.brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-40242379517871515522011-05-13T10:23:00.000-07:002011-05-13T10:57:13.655-07:00Stripes and Stuff<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kLcpzyrQNVs/Tc1pLHgOoyI/AAAAAAAABSk/JKBKvrlu_mM/s1600/still%2Blife.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kLcpzyrQNVs/Tc1pLHgOoyI/AAAAAAAABSk/JKBKvrlu_mM/s400/still%2Blife.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606252750859838242" /></a><br /><div>I though the still life for yesterday's drawing session was pretty inspiring based on the drawings we saw at the end. The 200 level line exploration I thought went fairly well, although I hope there will be additional efforts in your sketchbooks. Such a deliberate approach is one of the most expedient ways of training the eye to observe accurately, which is a huge benefit to anyone who wants to represent perceived reality. Drawing from close observation eventually prepares us to visualize things that exist only in our imaginations, such as the cloud drawing series I passed out the first day of class. You can clearly see that Brace had a strong visual vocabulary to draw from in her work, she has spent a lot of time looking and drawing.</div><div><br /></div><div>The value work of the 300 and 400 levels also went well. In our brief discussion, there was a point made about perhaps reducing the scale of the format to insure a more resolved, or finished work by the end of the session. In those cases, it may also be a good plan to try to bring up the composition as a whole rather than piece by piece.</div><div><br /></div><div>Another point in the discussion had to do with abbreviating. Not saying it's bad, but when the focus is to communicate what you see, there might be too much essential information being filtered out. </div><div><br /></div><div>So, we'll move on with a new still life next week. Maybe extending it over two classes and using paper worthy of a six hour drawing, I'll see what I have on hand. We'll also take a look at more drawing candidate portfolios, and discuss some series ideas.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hope the sketchbooks are cooking. Hope your ideas are cooking. See you Monday.</div>brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-10224750223448614882011-05-11T07:32:00.001-07:002011-05-11T08:36:22.048-07:00Drawing Visual Pretest<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0TVFSdnlo2w/TcqeB61IQXI/AAAAAAAABSc/5A8dO0ptqe4/s1600/drawing%2Bpretest.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 377px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0TVFSdnlo2w/TcqeB61IQXI/AAAAAAAABSc/5A8dO0ptqe4/s400/drawing%2Bpretest.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605466442025156978" /></a><br /><div>After going over the syllabus and skimming along through other materials, an hour was devoted to our first drawing exercise. Everyone was given a 10" x 11" piece of 2-ply bristol and a No. 2 pencil. A clear glass lantern was place on a draped cube. The instructions were to draw exactly what was seen with no erasing. Moving from top left to right, and each is numbered (you may click on the image for a more detailed view):</div><div><br /></div><div>1.Well done utilizing the space with a pretty delicate but wide range of values. Seeing more of that textural surface would add more interest to the image and perhaps redirect some of the attention away from the lantern wick housing.</div><div><br /></div><div>2. Unified and detailed, although chopping off the top puts a lot of emphasis on the bottom third of the image where the drawing process seems to have lost some interest. No.2 pencils are limiting, but pushing for a wider range of value would be good.</div><div><br /></div><div>3. Good range of value, but perhaps a bit too generalized, especially given the amount of texture and pattern that was on the lower part of the lantern. Where the lantern wick resides is the best observed, other parts become too abstract for direct observation.</div><div><br /></div><div>4. Same as 3. above, perhaps too generalized, but well drawn and the scale holds the space well. Abstract qualities are stronger than the observed qualities. The challenge was to draw exactly what you see.</div><div><br /></div><div>5. Interesting how the values on the right negate the space between the lantern and the back wall. Other details are well handled, but try not to get too smudgy with your values. Keep them clean and crisp on subject where they need to be clean and crisp.</div><div><br /></div><div>6. Careful with placement, proportions handled pretty well, but the line work is a bit hesitant and fuzzy, making the image feel nervous. Practice in your sketchbook drawing forms from observation, start simple then work to more complex to develop a confident line.</div><div><br /></div><div>7. Although a No.2 pencil is not very versatile, a wider range of value would be good here, also try to expand seeing from the general to the specific. You suggest the textures, now try to represent them.</div><div><br /></div><div>8. The lantern is well drawn, but so tiny that the drapery dominates, try to expand the scale and move visually into the space. Watch the surfaces that are perpendicular to you, their shapes will hint at the perspective.</div><div><br /></div><div>9. Like 9. above, the lantern is tiny, even tinier, so tiny it would be hard to say its a drawing of a lantern. Look harder, expand your space, avoid the unnecessary. There's almost more emphasis on everything but the lantern.</div><div><br /></div><div>10. This one moved in pretty tight so one would expect to really see the detail. Try to see all of the essentials. Those dark areas on the edges become something other than passages of value, maybe there should be more transition in them to relate to the space. </div><div><br /></div><div>11. Shape, proportion, and detail need some closer observation, but a good range of value. Careful with composition as well. Back ground marks aren't saying too much other than space fill. Be sensitive to your mark making.</div><div><br /></div><div>12. Try not to get too smudgy with values and watch your proportion and scale, also be aware of how your composing. Practice in your sketchbook drawing symmetrical forms.</div><div><br /></div><div>13. General shapes are close, but detail is too generalized, values in lantern suggest colored class rather than clear. What makes the class dark..would that be background? The darer side panels adds an interesting element to the composition.</div><div><br /></div><div>14. Consider your composition, why run it off the bottom? The use of texture adds an interesting element to the image, but the back ground marks aren't saying too much other than space filler. Be sensitive to your mark making. </div><div><br /></div><div>For an hour long drawing on a small scale, there are some pretty good responses. My responses above are not biased by the expectations of the various levels of drawing, but rather how the image works relative to direct observation - draw exactly what you see - and the formal considerations of line, value, texture, shape, and composition. Of course the 200 level is reinvestigating those elements, while the 300 and 400 levels should be well versed in those areas by now, and maybe only need some 'getting back on the bike' practice. In all of these drawings, if I were to see such images in sketchbooks, I would consider them substantive.</div><div><br /></div><div>Later.</div>brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-77209541645832114832011-05-10T06:01:00.000-07:002011-05-10T06:25:24.951-07:00Summer Session 1<div>Another summer drawing session begins today. It'll be fun to see everyone eager to spend the next six weeks immersed in the creative process of looking, drawing, thinking, seeing, experimenting, sketching, talking, considering, empathizing. As in past semesters, we will explore the process of creating a series of images. There's lots of reference to that process in past posts on this blog, and examples of some series highlights, such as the ones below.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-em58F9iZRb8/Tck4CdgHEzI/AAAAAAAABRE/47xpXTL4XNM/s1600/alexk.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-em58F9iZRb8/Tck4CdgHEzI/AAAAAAAABRE/47xpXTL4XNM/s400/alexk.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605072826169496370" /></a><br /><div>Alex Kennedy's Madonna and Child image that led to the beautiful exhibition that is currently in the Barr Gallery. If you haven't checked our the current graduating BFA senior exhibition, do so before it closes.</div><div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jZwoTzx1Ivg/Tck4BzQ-eeI/AAAAAAAABQ8/Ksq654seKR0/s1600/danny.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jZwoTzx1Ivg/Tck4BzQ-eeI/AAAAAAAABQ8/Ksq654seKR0/s400/danny.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605072814831729122" /></a><br /></div><div>Danny Palafox's magnifications of nuts and bolts were beautifully done drawings, rich in texture and color.</div><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U_Ig2bfWLBU/Tck4B_vgNpI/AAAAAAAABQ0/YTXWomKuu5c/s1600/louise.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U_Ig2bfWLBU/Tck4B_vgNpI/AAAAAAAABQ0/YTXWomKuu5c/s400/louise.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605072818180994706" /></a><br /></div><div>Louise Clausen's figures in water was a two semester exploration that eventually led her to new ways of considering the drawing process where she combined liquid and dry media.</div><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MSuwvxeiN6Q/Tck4BiJeOoI/AAAAAAAABQs/h661QNldSJs/s1600/greg.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MSuwvxeiN6Q/Tck4BiJeOoI/AAAAAAAABQs/h661QNldSJs/s400/greg.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605072810236852866" /></a><br /></div><div>Greg Truesdel's series was close-up examinations of bugs. Greg's is also currently exhibiting a series of 'Circus Posters' he created for his BFA thesis, complete with a circus tent he constructed for the installation. Very dramatic. Go check it out.</div><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cbUA9X4NgM4/Tck4BsA1lYI/AAAAAAAABQk/hdfJVpO93gc/s1600/aberlyn.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cbUA9X4NgM4/Tck4BsA1lYI/AAAAAAAABQk/hdfJVpO93gc/s400/aberlyn.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605072812884989314" /></a><br /></div><div>Aberlyn May's series of three portraits were connected into an alteresque type triptych that explored familial connections and identity.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's exciting anticipating the new work that will be created during this first summer session. Several new series, all allowing us to see things a little differently, to think differently about what we see, and to find out something new about the artists and their process. </div><div><br /></div><div>See you soon.</div><div><br /></div>brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-54203048789263356272010-12-10T07:57:00.000-08:002010-12-10T10:22:08.165-08:00End of the 2010 Semester<div><br /></div><div><div>My last post on Images and Ideas was back in October. I had gotten to a place where I felt like I was blogging to myself - or is that flogging? In any case, it would have been good to have had on-going dialogue, discussion, interaction, debate...hello, is there anyone there?</div><div><div><br /></div><div>I thought that I'd finish this semester with a few drawing highlights from the final portfolios. Maybe even throw in some commentary to see if I get any bites. Here goes:</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJuNQjkycI/AAAAAAAABK8/o1Q1GvA7xkI/s1600/david.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJuNQjkycI/AAAAAAAABK8/o1Q1GvA7xkI/s400/david.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549118864935406018" /></a><br /><div>David Jones has a passion for basketball, and he extended that passion into his series of drawings. Various athletic poses n the way to the basket.</div><div> </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJuNBCE3gI/AAAAAAAABK0/z6ZFJziBuMI/s1600/danielm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJuNBCE3gI/AAAAAAAABK0/z6ZFJziBuMI/s400/danielm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549118860768370178" /></a><br /></div><div>Daniel Marshall's passion is music. Here is one of the drawings he created that was inspired by his musical instruments and equipment.</div><div> </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJuM6VKuEI/AAAAAAAABKs/TTwxhnSQqxI/s1600/alexs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 167px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJuM6VKuEI/AAAAAAAABKs/TTwxhnSQqxI/s400/alexs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549118858969397314" /></a><br /></div><div>Alex <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Stotts</span> did a series of drawn hands depicting the drawing of hands, cut from their context and placed into shadow boxes. Two are represented above.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJdauxrbEI/AAAAAAAABKk/Gjl4n0u5m_E/s1600/sam.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJdauxrbEI/AAAAAAAABKk/Gjl4n0u5m_E/s400/sam.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549100404688251970" /></a><br /><div>This is a digital image of a digital image, so I apologize for the reflections. This was Sam <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Chumley's</span> series project, creating a 'graffiti'-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">esque</span> image on the basement wall of a friend's home. It was documented via photos and video. The video, some fifty hours worth, went through a collaborative editing and refining process between Sam and Chris Little. The result was a little more than two minutes of fast-forwarding of the process from beginning to end. Maybe Sam will get this posted on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Youtube</span>.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJcOhGR10I/AAAAAAAABKc/J5Ta9DxbeNs/s1600/frank.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJcOhGR10I/AAAAAAAABKc/J5Ta9DxbeNs/s400/frank.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549099095346501442" /></a><br /></div><div>Daniel Frank is a skater, and this drawing was one of six he created this semester that explored the dynamic poses of skaters without their boards. He had explored some the Robert <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Longo</span> images of <i>Men in the Cities</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJbkJF_pvI/AAAAAAAABKU/Bvqr52Ci5bg/s1600/wende.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJbkJF_pvI/AAAAAAAABKU/Bvqr52Ci5bg/s400/wende.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549098367348352754" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Wende</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Cudmore</span> has been experimenting and exploring the production of vegetable papyrus. She's not only creating hand-made papers from the pulps of the vegetables, but she's also pressing the vegetables into thin sheets. In the bottom piece above, the center panel is actually parsnip cut and pressed into a thin, almost transparent sheet, stitched and mounted between <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">plexiglass</span>.</div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJbkKFuJyI/AAAAAAAABKM/aB-oubHC2qs/s1600/shane.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJbkKFuJyI/AAAAAAAABKM/aB-oubHC2qs/s400/shane.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549098367615641378" /></a><br /></div><div>Shane <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Doebler</span> created a fifteen foot tableaux of psychological narrative that hinted at so many <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">possibilities</span> that it was a little frightening. The image above was conceptually part of that bigger image, but it was on a single panel.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJbjoLsuGI/AAAAAAAABKE/plq5lYVVj98/s1600/patrick.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJbjoLsuGI/AAAAAAAABKE/plq5lYVVj98/s400/patrick.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549098358513907810" /></a><br /></div><div>Patrick Berry created a series of images exploring the effects of a mirror in landscapes. In some the reflected image was part of the environment, and in others the reflection pulled information that was out beyond the subjects of his drawings.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJbjSIJFxI/AAAAAAAABJ8/VZb3qjLQmy4/s1600/marie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJbjSIJFxI/AAAAAAAABJ8/VZb3qjLQmy4/s400/marie.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549098352593409810" /></a><br /></div><div>Marie <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Tingle's</span> series was about a pair of dragons. She explored them through four drawings that eventually focused on the textures and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">colorations</span>. That focus was, in part, inspired by a shift in her medium, from soft pastels to pastel pencils.</div><div> </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJbjHbjpqI/AAAAAAAABJ0/ygPKbau7l18/s1600/louise.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJbjHbjpqI/AAAAAAAABJ0/ygPKbau7l18/s400/louise.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549098349722052258" /></a><br /></div><div>Louise <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Clausen</span> started her series as she left off this summer (check back there to see those images), with figures in water. Only this time an intense experience she had moved her priority and process into a new direction, where gravity and expression took over the representation.</div><div> </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJbTlKerAI/AAAAAAAABJs/cJu97jINKgE/s1600/lori.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 361px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJbTlKerAI/AAAAAAAABJs/cJu97jINKgE/s400/lori.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549098082825579522" /></a><br /></div><div>Lori Ritchie did a series of flowers, mostly <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">focusing</span> on the blossoms, except in this one where she got more involved with the space as much as the flowers.</div><div> </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJbTCmonoI/AAAAAAAABJk/FJAs9mSdBfo/s1600/kristin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 323px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJbTCmonoI/AAAAAAAABJk/FJAs9mSdBfo/s400/kristin.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549098073548430978" /></a><br /></div><div>Kristin Thompson created four large-scaled (30" x 40") drawings of a brick in different settings with oil pastels. The surfaces are energetic and the lights and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">darks</span> very compelling. The scale of each also adds a great deal to the images. Kristin's process is very aggressive, so she needed that much space to be able to move around with her response.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJbSxNI3LI/AAAAAAAABJc/fKM15BGdATw/s1600/kim.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 157px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJbSxNI3LI/AAAAAAAABJc/fKM15BGdATw/s400/kim.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549098068878089394" /></a><br /></div><div>Kim <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Salaices</span> also created four large scaled images that were more psychologically charged, based on porno addictions. She chose to represent this idea by creating images of bound women with accompanying text, some of which is legible, and other parts not.</div><div> </div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJbSE3OmkI/AAAAAAAABJU/AXgw-lFmjZA/s1600/jessica.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJbSE3OmkI/AAAAAAAABJU/AXgw-lFmjZA/s400/jessica.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549098056975030850" /></a><br /></div><div>Jessica Elam responded to the ephemeral and hypnotic qualities of smoke. She started using pastels and eventually switched to bleach on black Arches that allowed the illusory layering transparencies of smoke to move across the surface.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJbR0CwJII/AAAAAAAABJM/LSSN6wLVBp0/s1600/fran.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJbR0CwJII/AAAAAAAABJM/LSSN6wLVBp0/s400/fran.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549098052459963522" /></a><br /></div><div>Fran <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Dietl's</span> series allowed her to continue investigating fantasy via computer illustration. Although the image above does not do justice to this particular piece, it is clearly an other worldly character that she made hints of in a series she created last summer.</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJbAiGB26I/AAAAAAAABI8/4GIFgH_mz4s/s1600/danny.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJbAiGB26I/AAAAAAAABI8/4GIFgH_mz4s/s400/danny.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549097755584093090" /></a><br /></div><div>Danny <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Palafox</span> found some inspiration in some Jim Dine tool images. Here is an example of the three drawings of 'still-life' nuts and bolts, created with pastels and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">prisma</span> color pencils.</div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></u></span></div></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJa_3yXEUI/AAAAAAAABIk/YD5-xL0BlNs/s1600/alexk.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TQJa_3yXEUI/AAAAAAAABIk/YD5-xL0BlNs/s400/alexk.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549097744227307842" /></a>Alex Kennedy's appropriated Madonna and Child images, this one with gold leafing, are intriguing responses to religious representation in the history of art and his own Catholic upbringing.<br /><br /></div></div>brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-63274967287729012232010-10-09T11:41:00.000-07:002010-10-09T11:48:11.380-07:00TUESDAY'S CRITIQUE/DISCUSSION<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(128, 255, 0); font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="margin-top: 0.25em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4em; font-size:18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;"><br /></span></h3><div class="post-header"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.6em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;">On Tuesday, October 11, we will have a mid-semester critique over the series in-progress. A group critique for the series will be different than ones for other kinds of projects, because of the individual work on unique ideas and that each person will be presenting his or her work to the rest of the group. It's a good idea to be prepared to talk about your ideas, how the series has progressed or changed, and what you think the next step might be. The following are some things to think about in preparation for discussion of your work.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;"><br /></span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;">Are enough time and commitment being put into the work?</span></li></ul><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;">Remember, at least six hours per week should be devoted to this.</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;"><br /></span><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;">Is a clear direction emerging, or do you sense several different possible directions?</span></li></ul><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;">If several, what are they? Which one makes the most sense to you and why</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;">?<br /></span><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;">Does the size of the work and the media being used seem to be working with the ideas?</span></li></ul><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;">The scale of the works should speak volumes about your idea.</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;"><br /></span><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;">Are there signs of a breakthrough or are surprising new directions emerging?</span></li></ul><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;">Are these good surprises (possible potential for development) or bad surprises (unforeseen problems or contradictions)?</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;"><br /></span><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;">Is the work invigorating, that is, dos it excite you?</span></li></ul><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFF99;">Do you feel fully engaged with it? Would you rather be working on your series than just about anything else? Does the work interest other people (your audience)?</span></i></div></div></span>brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-64267529043558461852010-09-21T11:38:00.000-07:002010-09-21T12:02:27.562-07:00State of the Series<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Last week we had a long discussion about the many ideas that were being considered for the semester-long series project. The ideas were, for the most part, the result of thinking, "What am I going to draw for my series?" Perhaps a better approach would be to start drawing, anything, from anywhere...from observation, from imagination, from experimentation. Also beneficial would be defining the problem in your own vernacular, "What is a series?" Perhaps </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">a collection of related images created in succession. Maybe they relate conceptually, maybe by process, maybe by subject. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Look at the examples that were distributed at the beginning of the semester, look at the examples from our blog, research artists who work in series (that's probably going to be almost all of the ones you find).</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The summer classes that responded to the same project, albeit compressed, generally had 3-6 drawings by the end of the summer session. Six weeks as opposed to sixteen weeks. Makes me curious to see what a ten week difference makes to the evolution of such an ambitious project.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As each series begins to develop, there will likely be changes made, media explored, ideas adjusted. You may end up with ten drawings, with four of them constituting a resolved series. Be open to that possibility. In the end, it will be far better to show and discuss the four that are related in succession, than the ten that jump from one idea to another, or one media to another. Not that the entire exploration of ten drawings couldn't be included in final portfolios, but for the presentation of the final series, the four may be the cream of the crop and worthy of saying "this is the culmination of my creative investigations." </span></span></div>brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-24078266042092955212010-09-12T10:21:00.000-07:002010-09-12T10:52:12.848-07:00New Drawings<div>Again, one of benefits of having a dedicated studio for drawing students is being able to work on still-life arrangements for longer than just a few hours during one session. The following drawings were the result, for the most part, of two sessions, although a couple were finished in one. The still-life was composed of several unifying white geometric forms, illuminated with colored lights, and the contrasted with a black chord woven through the forms.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TI0MvVAzwgI/AAAAAAAABIc/NlWqzmVxgiE/s1600/shaned.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TI0MvVAzwgI/AAAAAAAABIc/NlWqzmVxgiE/s400/shaned.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516079125832647170" /></a><br /><div>Shane's response focused in tightly on the forms and he improvised on the wire to create what almost appears to be tomb stones and ivy. <div> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TI0MqWpyRCI/AAAAAAAABIU/_di72CkWjmY/s1600/patrickb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 313px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TI0MqWpyRCI/AAAAAAAABIU/_di72CkWjmY/s400/patrickb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516079040373605410" /></a><br /></div><div>Patrick's approach was a tighter and more carefully blended range of values and colors with a stronger sense of external rather than internal light.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TI0Mp8MOjsI/AAAAAAAABIM/GOjUJA1BL-w/s1600/mariet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TI0Mp8MOjsI/AAAAAAAABIM/GOjUJA1BL-w/s400/mariet.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516079033270308546" /></a><br /></div><div>Marie's handling of the pastels feels very painterly and adds another unifying element to the image.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TI0MpT5Q7lI/AAAAAAAABIE/zKp8hXQzKJY/s1600/kristint.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TI0MpT5Q7lI/AAAAAAAABIE/zKp8hXQzKJY/s400/kristint.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516079022453354066" /></a><br /></div><div>Kristin's process demonstrates a lot of spontaneity, giving the white plaster forms a strong sense of energy.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TI0MoTLd-oI/AAAAAAAABH8/-eqKZgWGHvw/s1600/alexs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TI0MoTLd-oI/AAAAAAAABH8/-eqKZgWGHvw/s400/alexs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516079005081401986" /></a><br /></div><div>AlexS barely opens the composition which gives the space a very compact feel. His use of pastels and layering of color also creates a very painterly surface.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TI0Mn6tbM3I/AAAAAAAABH0/yUJZvegwI2A/s1600/alexk.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TI0Mn6tbM3I/AAAAAAAABH0/yUJZvegwI2A/s400/alexk.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516078998512939890" /></a><br /></div></div><div>AlexK captured a strong sense of space through the dramatic use of light and dark. He also has a spontaneous approach to his work that imbues the image with a lot of energy.</div>brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-65373769534329676762010-09-02T13:46:00.001-07:002010-09-02T19:07:18.756-07:00Where we are....<div>Having the drawing studio designated for the S200, S301, S401, and S405 classes is proving to be very positive change for that part of the program for students in those upper level classes. Today we were able to look at all the work that each person created so far this semester, all hung on the walls at the same time. And although we are still relatively early in the semester, seeing three in-class images from each one in the class was enlightening, and inspiring. It allowed us all to see with a better perspective the approaches to balancing process, media, and idea. It allowed us to see how ideas are formed and how ideas come from the drawing process.</div><div><br /></div><div>This was one of Shane Doebler's drawings that was created during an off-campus visit to the Falls of the Ohio State Park. He took advantage of the rock formations and the spatial distancing, one of the beautiful qualities of the Falls, to push his process from soft and atmospheric, almost abstract, to distinct and informed. (Click on any of the images to see a larger version)</div><div><br /></div><div> </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TIANhASeEyI/AAAAAAAABHs/9UIWtO2FeEM/s1600/shane1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 311px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TIANhASeEyI/AAAAAAAABHs/9UIWtO2FeEM/s400/shane1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512420804565799714" /></a><br /><div>Sam Chumley's response to the project, "create a drawing based on the element of wind", utilized a heavy rag paper and fine tipped markers to suggest the energy of wind on the landscape. The combination of the marker-marks and the paper texture resulted in a line quality that in some places lacked visibility, but in concept felt windy.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TIANg8Y1CoI/AAAAAAAABHk/qmQCmdPPOV0/s1600/sam1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 231px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TIANg8Y1CoI/AAAAAAAABHk/qmQCmdPPOV0/s400/sam1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512420803518728834" /></a><br /></div><div>Louise Clausen found a great tree to draw, a mighty Sycamore sensuously rooted into the rocks at its feet. The patches of white under the shedding bark almost appeared fleshy, and Louise capitalized on that characteristic.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TIANYWM_H7I/AAAAAAAABHc/h-LQtl6zSDQ/s1600/louise1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TIANYWM_H7I/AAAAAAAABHc/h-LQtl6zSDQ/s400/louise1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512420655829557170" /></a><br /></div><div>Kristin Thompson has an aggressive mark-making approach to her work that is clearly identifiable in any subject she approaches. In this response to "wind", the butterflies almost appear animated by the balance between her subject and her process.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TIANX_qfaMI/AAAAAAAABHU/ilWqxRVqY0k/s1600/kristin1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TIANX_qfaMI/AAAAAAAABHU/ilWqxRVqY0k/s400/kristin1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512420649779292354" /></a><br /></div><div>Jessica Elam sat on the edge of a rock slab at the Falls of the Ohio and took in an expanse of the environment, pushing color into color and value into value, until she found this response to that situation. The pastels were initially aggressive, but eventually found a quietness to the execution.</div><div> </div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TIANXs2-9gI/AAAAAAAABHM/sDEeE58D9og/s1600/jessica1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TIANXs2-9gI/AAAAAAAABHM/sDEeE58D9og/s400/jessica1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512420644731418114" /></a><br /></div><div>I found Alex Stotts sitting in a valley of rocks looking out toward the river, his hand moving as fast as he was looking, as sensitively as he was seeing. He layered colors and values and was very open to incorporating additional approaches. I can feel that space.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TIANXITE0oI/AAAAAAAABHE/MbA5_k3Xjlg/s1600/alexs1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TIANXITE0oI/AAAAAAAABHE/MbA5_k3Xjlg/s400/alexs1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512420634917130882" /></a><br /></div><div>Alex Kennedy's response to wind takes the character, tension, and gesture of line and creates wind. When I asked the class if there was a drawing that truely expressed the element of wind, one person immediately responded to this drawing. I felt that everyone had a similar response.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TIANWz78JQI/AAAAAAAABG8/iHf97y6_jhs/s1600/alex1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 207px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TIANWz78JQI/AAAAAAAABG8/iHf97y6_jhs/s400/alex1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512420629451384066" /></a><br /></div>brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-72996967402394588482010-08-28T11:17:00.000-07:002010-08-30T09:32:42.795-07:00Tuesday at the Falls of the Ohio<div>Here are a few shots from a previous trip to the Falls of the Ohio. The locks at that time were open, and now they're closed. The expanse of water in this image is now an expanse of fossil beds and rock formations.<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">(See weather information below)</span></span></b></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/THlWQjx-CXI/AAAAAAAABG0/RUzwfZekw7s/s1600/falls4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/THlWQjx-CXI/AAAAAAAABG0/RUzwfZekw7s/s400/falls4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510530461547235698" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>This is just below the railroad bridge on the dam. You can see lots of driftwood around the park along the river. In fact, if you have some time tomorrow (Sunday) to go down there to explore, you might find the very spot you'd like to draw on Tuesday.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/THlWQMmkoMI/AAAAAAAABGs/TDYyBEo7Nus/s1600/falls3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 251px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/THlWQMmkoMI/AAAAAAAABGs/TDYyBEo7Nus/s400/falls3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510530455325417666" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This is one of the more jungle-like areas with sandy paths that run along the river just before you get to the rocks and fossil beds.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/THlWP_QwRgI/AAAAAAAABGk/gIGbHYxQcR4/s1600/falls2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 255px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/THlWP_QwRgI/AAAAAAAABGk/gIGbHYxQcR4/s400/falls2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510530451744245250" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This was a group from that drawing session about to wrap things up. Again, you can see how high the water was. Now you can roam around out in that area without fearing that you'll be swept away.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/THlWPqiB1ZI/AAAAAAAABGc/X7qbMU_Q-Rg/s1600/falls1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 330px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/THlWPqiB1ZI/AAAAAAAABGc/X7qbMU_Q-Rg/s400/falls1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510530446179554706" /></a><br /><!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal">Directions from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">IUS</span>:</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Grant Line Road to 265E heading toward 65 S, exit onto 65 south, take exit 0 just before the Kennedy bridge. Exit right onto w. Market street and follow that, it will merge onto E. Riverside Dr.. Riverside drive goes to the Falls of the Ohio State Park.</p><p class="MsoNormal">I will park as close as I can to the rail road bridge that you would have to drive under to go on to the falls, so stop there first to get paper and to turn in your 'Wind' drawings. You can also do some car pooling there so it will be more affordable to actually go into the Interpretive center parking lot. If you click on <a href="http://fallsoftheohio.org/">this</a> it will take you to the web site for the park. That will fill you in on some more of the visual features that you'll see there.</p><p class="MsoNormal">So on Tuesday, I will remain at the rail road bridge until 1:30 for those who have any problems with traffic. It's about a 15 minute drive from campus, so to be safe, if those of you who like to car pool can meet at the drawing studio between 12:30 and 12:45, that should get you to the river in time. It'll be warmer, so dress for success. You might also bring water with you, or something to drink. You can work with pastels and/or charcoal, the paper is not so great with graphite.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">In case of rain please come to campus instead.</span></span></i> </b></p><p class="MsoNormal">See you Tuesday.</p> <!--EndFragment--> </div>brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-54461857900977477502010-08-22T10:58:00.000-07:002010-08-22T11:51:30.348-07:00Fall 2010 - DRAWING<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/THFtBfUX7YI/AAAAAAAABGM/PqOygCPxb_g/s1600/images.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 236px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/THFtBfUX7YI/AAAAAAAABGM/PqOygCPxb_g/s400/images.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508303691605077378" /></a><br />Drawing is closely connected to personal ideas and expressions; creativity directly connected to our experiences. Nurturing our 'artists-within' has much to do with freeing our hands to follow our hearts and minds and freeing our eyes to respond to the world around us, and there's a lot happening in this world that warrants our responses. Each of us is immersed in this world, we're caught in the wake of stimuli that is visual, emotional, social, and cultural. That information is constant and often unrelenting. This massive accumulation of experiences and the energy and excitement of being alive While it's happening are valid as material for our art. Learning how to translate your perceptions into an art form, such as drawing, is the essence of becoming an artist. An essential aspect of this process is learning to respond sensitively and knowledgeably to artworks, those made by others and your own work during the act of creation. We'll be spending a lot of time in that arena.<div><br /></div><div>Drawing has changed in form and purpose relative to the role art and artists have played in various societies over the past several centuries. Such as that illustrated in the cave drawing above, did it represent the day's hunt or animals that were <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">revered</span>? The REnaissance was a huge changing period for drawing, as it was vital to the spirit of investigation and cultural rebirth. Look at the drawings of DaVinci or Michelangelo, their expressions are vastly different from the folks living in the caves. In the late 19th century, innovation played a big part of the drawing process with the addition of collage, layered pastel work, and monotype. Today drawing has reached a new height of independent status. Drawing can be enormous and richly textured. The format and vocabulary of drawing have been extended into room-filling environments with the addition of found objects, printed materials, and even video animations.</div><div><br /></div><div>Drawing today is about the importance of individual expression and originality, and by means of its flexibility of form and processes, it's directness of execution, drawing is ideally suited to communicate the artist's touch and thought to the viewer. Let's start drawing toward our discoveries.</div><div><br /></div>brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-75466845891706731922010-06-24T10:18:00.000-07:002010-06-25T10:41:25.013-07:00Summer Series<div>Another summer session is finished, and now the assessing of six weeks of development in the practice of drawing, seeing, interpreting, expressing, and feeling is well under way. Still a few more hours of considering the surprises, decisions, expectations, and directions that have manifested before I have to get on line and send in final grades.</div><div><br /></div><div>Again, similar to last summer, I think there were some amazing things that happened in this short period of time, and many of those amazing things came in the form of the series projects. I'm including examples from each below. In cases where it was logistically easy given the time element of when I have to have my work completed, and the work was small enough in scale to shoot the entire series, I did so. However, in many cases, I have only included one of the series to at least allow a glimpse of the varied directions everyone took in the process.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOUcguAbGI/AAAAAAAABGE/sZcGPMfJ1lI/s1600/allison.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 174px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOUcguAbGI/AAAAAAAABGE/sZcGPMfJ1lI/s400/allison.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486391988607544418" /></a><br /><div>Allison did a series of eyes, each one confronting the viewer with a gaze of confidence and subtle expressions. They were executed in graphite and colored pencil.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOUcV4MAQI/AAAAAAAABF8/_5sjebjWMX4/s1600/will.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOUcV4MAQI/AAAAAAAABF8/_5sjebjWMX4/s400/will.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486391985697456386" /></a><br /></div><div>Will's series was a four panel segmented Macaw, the head, then the torso and wings, and then the feet. Done in pastels, charcoal, and colored pencil. He called upon his experience in Florida when his family raised these beautiful birds.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOUbWD3qFI/AAAAAAAABF0/LwKDFVjXdV8/s1600/sue.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 382px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOUbWD3qFI/AAAAAAAABF0/LwKDFVjXdV8/s400/sue.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486391968566585426" /></a><br /></div><div>Sue completed three mixed media quilts, in which she drew with thread and colored markers, exploring some of the plants from her garden.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOUakJF_qI/AAAAAAAABFs/ediddanKxxw/s1600/shawn.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOUakJF_qI/AAAAAAAABFs/ediddanKxxw/s400/shawn.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486391955166723746" /></a><br /></div><div>Shawn explored a variety of ideas but then settled on landscape. This one, done from direct observation in Cave Hill, was the cream of the crop. Not only was I in that particular place, but I can imagine being back there just by looking at this drawing.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOUZiZzZFI/AAAAAAAABFk/FxUtJMnvLf8/s1600/randi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOUZiZzZFI/AAAAAAAABFk/FxUtJMnvLf8/s400/randi.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486391937520067666" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Randilyn</span> created four exquisite pastel drawings inspired from her own experience with the "sounds of silence". Each panel is loaded with color, texture, and maturity of expression.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOUG4UCYFI/AAAAAAAABFc/F4mnVshGiWs/s1600/miri.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 354px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOUG4UCYFI/AAAAAAAABFc/F4mnVshGiWs/s400/miri.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486391616983949394" /></a><br /></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Miri</span> created four large scaled graphite drawings expressing the abnormalities in the perception and expression of reality.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOUGpDPWlI/AAAAAAAABFU/kqSq13VeEMU/s1600/michelle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOUGpDPWlI/AAAAAAAABFU/kqSq13VeEMU/s400/michelle.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486391612886964818" /></a><br /></div><div>Michelle's series of five panels looked at the vegetables that are in her garden that are, in part, based on her personal experience in the food industry.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOUGQyAMrI/AAAAAAAABFM/ulGCGp7vSFI/s1600/louise.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOUGQyAMrI/AAAAAAAABFM/ulGCGp7vSFI/s400/louise.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486391606372217522" /></a><br /></div><div>Louise continued the series she began in the spring with water and how light reflects and refracts in combination with the figure, perhaps moving a little more toward the abstraction of the inspiration.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOUFfV5qzI/AAAAAAAABFE/uLSTQ45aTxU/s1600/kim.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 285px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOUFfV5qzI/AAAAAAAABFE/uLSTQ45aTxU/s400/kim.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486391593101011762" /></a><br /></div><div>Kim took a cathartic journey through a tough part of her past with three large scaled graphite drawings.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOUFG2nLVI/AAAAAAAABE8/A4FQNdkW0EU/s1600/katie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOUFG2nLVI/AAAAAAAABE8/A4FQNdkW0EU/s400/katie.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486391586527325522" /></a><br /></div><div>Katie was a bit lighter in subject with a series of four dog portraits, with each showing the unique personality of each puppy.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOTw9DLQrI/AAAAAAAABE0/OX3eyAk6xK8/s1600/greg.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOTw9DLQrI/AAAAAAAABE0/OX3eyAk6xK8/s400/greg.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486391240298283698" /></a><br /></div><div>Greg did four bugs, each in tight detail and beautifully rendered. You could feel the prickly crustiness of each one. He worked in Water color, charcoal, colored pencil.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOTwvha6PI/AAAAAAAABEs/WO03dH-86Lo/s1600/elle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 324px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOTwvha6PI/AAAAAAAABEs/WO03dH-86Lo/s400/elle.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486391236667042034" /></a>Elle took the political route with her three panels, exploring the predominance of media representation of Bush, Clinton, and Obama.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOTwHZxUSI/AAAAAAAABEk/OXP95oMQWGs/s1600/connie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOTwHZxUSI/AAAAAAAABEk/OXP95oMQWGs/s400/connie.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486391225897537826" /></a><br /></div><div>Connie was in her garden and inspired by the flowers and the element of nostalgia inherent in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">polaroid</span> photographs.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOTvM3xFtI/AAAAAAAABEc/NxHg__Fbz-Q/s1600/brittany.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOTvM3xFtI/AAAAAAAABEc/NxHg__Fbz-Q/s400/brittany.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486391210185660114" /></a><br /></div><div>Brittany captures the personalities of three friends from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Facebook</span> photos, using charcoal and pastel.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOTuhN4ezI/AAAAAAAABEU/oAVbO0OZsyo/s1600/aberlyn.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TCOTuhN4ezI/AAAAAAAABEU/oAVbO0OZsyo/s400/aberlyn.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486391198467259186" /></a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Aberlyn</span> had three panels that explored the relationship dynamic that exists between she and her parents. Functioning both as triptych and as individual pieces, they are loaded with content, expressed with a variety of media, iconography, and construction.</div>brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-19079300713699897652010-06-18T11:23:00.000-07:002010-06-18T11:54:30.900-07:00The Final two days<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Monday will be individual critiques over your series. That group of drawings should be in pretty good shape for our discussions. Any fine tuning will be considered at that time, and then there are essentially 24 hours to make it happen before our group critique on Tuesday. Your post-test will also be after your individual sessions.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Tuesday will be final critique, the format of which will be decided after I have a sense of the number of drawings we'll be seeing. It could be a groups discussion similar to our 'midterm', or it could take on a whole new approach. We'll see what happens.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Final portfolios will come in after the final critique. Your final portfolio should include two still life drawings, two figure drawings, three landscapes, and your series. Pick your strongest of these groups. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><!--StartFragment--><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Your work should be presented in a portfolio, either bought or hand-made out of durable material, and large enough to safely contain your work. For protection of the work, no paper should extend outside the portfolio. If you have drawings that don’t fit in the commercially made portfolios, make a cardboard ‘sandwich” for the oversized pieces.</span></span></span><!--EndFragment--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><!--StartFragment--><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">All work done on spiral bound paper should be trimmed of spiral fuzz. Edges and/or borders should be cleaned to the extent possible. The back of the works should also be relatively clean. All work should be presented in approximate chronological order, with the beginning of the session (still life drawings) presented on top, the end of the session (landscapes) on the bottom; the series will be the last pieces in the portfolio after the landscapes unless they are presented in separate portfolio. Drawings done in soft graphite, charcoal, or soft pastel should be leafed (newsprint may be used for temporary purposes) and spray fixed so as to protect them from smearing and/or transferring to the back of other works. </span></span></span><!--EndFragment--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The assessment of final portfolios will be based on individual development from the beginning to the end of this summer session. I will be looking for a developing comprehension of form/composition, variety and uses of line, seeing and representing shape and space, both positive and negative, and the roles they play in your image development; functions of value and texture, and a personal approach to idea development through your in-class sessions and your series. I will be looking to see the kind of process you are developing in drawing and the confidence you’ve developed in that process during the course of the session.</span></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><!--StartFragment--><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">The degree of comprehension of these issues will be considered along with your individual and group critiques, post-test, participation, series, and sketchbook. If there are obvious weaknesses in your portfolio, I will review individual attendance records and/or attitudes toward the subject to ascertain the reasons for the weaknesses, and will report them to you in a written evaluation, with your final grade, contained in your returned portfolio. You may pick up your portfolio after noon on Friday, June 25.</span></span></span><!--EndFragment--><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">Questions?</span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div>brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-1381606315051378822010-06-17T14:42:00.000-07:002010-06-17T15:35:44.250-07:00Last Cave Hill Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TBqZwAtD21I/AAAAAAAABEM/wJcAJ1-62u4/s1600/kate+and+matt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TBqZwAtD21I/AAAAAAAABEM/wJcAJ1-62u4/s400/kate+and+matt.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483864546378767186" /></a>Our last day in Cave Hill was a bit frustrating for me since everyone relocated to new territory. I may have put 50 miles on the car searching and only found eight or nine of you, so those of you I could not find, I hope your day went well. Check back tomorrow for details about portfolios, sketchbooks, post-test, and any other details I can come up with.<div><br /></div><div>A final thought about the past few days on a more personal, yet creative level. This year, my wife Cynthia and I endowed a scholarship for Fine Arts majors at IUS, and the first recipient was Ashley Bell, a BFA ceramics major. We set up the scholarship in memory of our daughter, Kate. Who knows, one of you could be next year's recipient.</div><div><br /></div><div>Kate was an art and technical theater major at Millikin University. She was very creative and very talented, and enjoying a full ride scholarship. Of course, we enjoyed that too. Her boyfriend, Matt, was at the University of Illinois. The two campuses are fairly close to each other so Kate and Matt were able visit one another fairly often. They had finished their freshman years and were on a journey to Colorado for a much anticipated camping trip when we tragically lost them both. That was almost ten years ago, but as you can imagine, it is still a tough loss.</div><div><br /></div><div>Before they left to begin their college careers, Kate took a photograph of the two of them by setting up the camera on auto-delay, and then ran and jumped into Matt's arms right as the camera took the shot. That photo, a special one to us, was used to commission the above sculpture that marks their adjacent places in Cave Hill. The words at the base are lyrics from a Dave Matthews Band song, one of their favorites.</div><div><br /></div><div>So, while I think Cave Hill is a great resource for artists, it is also a magical place for contemplation, reflection, and ultimately appreciation. I hope it served you well on those and many other levels, especially of seeing, both physically and metaphorically, your own creative potentials.</div>brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-11329009456497345402010-06-16T20:11:00.000-07:002010-06-16T20:31:51.207-07:00Cave Hill tomorrow (or today if you're reading this tomorrow)<div>We'll be doing our last day of landscapes, again, in Cave Hill. The Falls of the Ohio is under water, which I know Connie would not like. So I'll see you at the same place at the same time.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TBmTG4Q7WMI/AAAAAAAABEE/qGJndkKjhoc/s1600/sue1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 394px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TBmTG4Q7WMI/AAAAAAAABEE/qGJndkKjhoc/s400/sue1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483575767692171458" /></a><br /><div>Sue was at the Scattering Garden drawing the lake and the constant swan. A very peaceful location, but a struggle for her to get the oil pastels to do what she wanted. As I told Connie, do a Google search of "oil pastel drawings" an then click on "videos," it will take you to many 'how to' videos that show the many creative approaches to oil pastel. Some are quite amazing.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TBmTGn0-3hI/AAAAAAAABD8/BsStlJkK-Sg/s1600/louise.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TBmTGn0-3hI/AAAAAAAABD8/BsStlJkK-Sg/s400/louise.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483575763279994386" /></a><br /></div><div>This is the tree that Louise is using for her inspiration. I'm looking forward to seeing her final expression.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TBmTGKf8D-I/AAAAAAAABD0/DBd0SxI7jbo/s1600/kim3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TBmTGKf8D-I/AAAAAAAABD0/DBd0SxI7jbo/s400/kim3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483575755407101922" /></a>Kim moved on to a shadier spot today, yet still hidden away. She was using graphite, a more challenging medium for the time and location. It was going quite well and maybe she'll be able to more fully develop it with another day.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TBmTFgniOZI/AAAAAAAABDs/RnIDnbaSI5Q/s1600/cave+hill+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TBmTFgniOZI/AAAAAAAABDs/RnIDnbaSI5Q/s400/cave+hill+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483575744164673938" /></a><br /></div><div>Final crit's coming up, make sure all your ducks (or geese) are in a row.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TBmTFPXkOFI/AAAAAAAABDk/v3GVZ_VMCpk/s1600/aberlyn+4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TBmTFPXkOFI/AAAAAAAABDk/v3GVZ_VMCpk/s400/aberlyn+4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483575739534293074" /></a>Aberlyn parked her easel out side the cemetery, just inside the entrance, and got to a very engaging place. The negative shapes were pretty interesting, and the marks worked with the form really well. </div>brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045079866075664183.post-78720192712315690542010-06-15T06:37:00.000-07:002010-06-15T06:56:49.748-07:00Cave Hill Tuesday<div>Thanks to Shawn for lending me his camera yesterday. I got a few more shots of works-in-progress. Yesterday seemed a bit more focused and the majority of the drawings I saw were going very well. Some of those were continuations of the previous day and some were new beginnings that will likely be continuations today. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TBeC5hYb4rI/AAAAAAAABDc/5410r1xWCBA/s1600/michelle.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TBeC5hYb4rI/AAAAAAAABDc/5410r1xWCBA/s400/michelle.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482994996071883442" /></a><br /><div>Michelle took on the actual "cave hill." There was a focus on the cave entrance and she began working in the landscape around it, keeping the textures active. It was a good start that might benefit from another day to build up the darker areas and to further push those textural passages.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TBeC5RB1ugI/AAAAAAAABDU/HLdc_9658_8/s1600/kim.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TBeC5RB1ugI/AAAAAAAABDU/HLdc_9658_8/s400/kim.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482994991682140674" /></a><br /></div><div>Kim was harder to find than the rest, but I finally located her in the eastern side of the cemetery. She had gravitated to a particular tree that was loaded with bright yellow tassels, and she was taking advantage of the intense contrast of her paper and those fiery colors.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TBeC5IAay6I/AAAAAAAABDM/Paa2YEQwTWs/s1600/greg.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WRO8UUK8tgo/TBeC5IAay6I/AAAAAAAABDM/Paa2YEQwTWs/s400/greg.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482994989260262306" /></a><br /></div><div>Greg found a more panoramic point-of-view down by the lake. He was using the prisma color sticks that he found a little frustrating on the black paper as the colors are not opaque enough to to bring out a lot of contrast. At the very end of the day he started working white over the colors and that seemed to give the image some punch. Maybe he'll continue with that today.</div><div><br />It looks like the weather is going to be cooperative today, but you might stay fairly close to your cars in case one of those out-of-no-where storms show up. It'll be warm again so I'm bringing some cold beverages...no, not Bud Light, water. This will be out last venture into Cave Hill so make the best of it. Two finished drawings out of the three cemetery days will be an excellent showing for having braved the heat. It mentioned int he paper this morning that the average temp for this time of year is 83, and we've been drawing in 10 degree hotter weather. Use this last day to pull your work together.</div><div><br /></div><div>See you soon.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>brian h. joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17010643686952897817noreply@blogger.com5