Children's picture book

Since I was the child, I like to read the children's picture book. I have enjoyed to read and see illustrates even if I have read the book more than ten times. It never makes me boring. And last year, one of my favorite children's picture book, "Where the wild things are" became the film. I have not seen it, but I will. So, this week, I introdure its writer/illustrator, Maurice Sendak.

Ichie Kawasumi

Myths and Art

Myths are stories that explain why the world is the way it is. All cultures have them. Throughout history, artists have been inspired by myths and legends and have given them visual form. Sometimes these works of art are the only surviving record of what particular cultures believed and valued. But even where written records or oral traditions exist, art adds to our understanding of myths and legends.

--Victor Villanueva--

Collagraph Takes Time

Am now in the neighborhood of 18 extra hours on the process and halfway there.
Margaret :)

Back to Reality

It is time for Susie to buckle down!! Starting tomorrow and after I set up my art for sophomore review on Monday, I will be living in the screen printing room.... Being sick this week really screwed me over. I'm trying to look on the bright side of things. I pretty much know what I want to do for each print. I think this assignment may be my favorite so far. I'm looking forward to doing some art tomorrow. If any of my fellow students want to join me I will be there from 1:30-5.

Can't wait to get back to reality

-Susie McHugh

catching up

Hi, everyone. Still being stuck in bed, I have caught up on my blog reading. The comments are all so interesting, particularly the ones about the ideal critique. After reading them, I have a few more thoughts to add. First, it is ok to make mistakes, both in our comments and art making because that is one way to learn a lot in a short time frame. We are in this together and we are empathetic and understanding. Keep talking! It is hard not to a take comments personally when our art is so personal, but comments when made with good intentions are meant in a positive way to help us grow and improve. Comments can keep us from repeating blunders or help us problem solve in future projects. And, it is also ok, important, to point out the positives. We need to hear both. Lastly, I really liked Todd's comments about having us all come up with a question about everyone's work for critique. That is also very helpful and illuminating for both the artist and audience. Does anyone want to consider what the most entertaining critique would be? For me, it would be Monika delivering her comments in Polish. ann

In the Intro to Printmaking class I'm taking we are working on collagraphs so I looked at some work by one of our reference artists, Peter Marcus. This is my first time doing a collagraph print so it is helpful to look at the work of a talented and experienced artist in that medium. In works by Peter Marcus that I viewed I noticed that most of them combined collagraph printing with some other media like digital photography. It is interesting to see a process like collagraph which seems somewhat uncontrolled and loose in combination with digital photography which is sharp and precise. I like the way the images of houses that Peter Marcus does in digital photography look like they are under the effects of some weather that the collagraph is bringing upon them. The two techniques were combined to look like they are a unified image. It was interesting and informative to watch the video on the Peter Marcus website and see how he makes his prints. The large scale of the prints was also noticeable when watching the video which made me appreciate the work more.
Brenna Russell Intro to Printmaking

My ideal critique

The ideal critique of my artwork would involve someone telling me what I did that worked in my piece and what may not have worked in the piece. I would be interested to know if the person critiquing my piece liked it personally and if they find it interesting. If someone likes my work I want to know what things specifically they find pleasing, if it's subject or color or whatever it is. I want to know what the person looking at my work thinks it means and compare that to what I was trying to communicate; I would want to know if they thought the piece was successful at communicating my ideas. I want the person critiquing my artwork to tell me if they found it interesting or exciting and what elements made it so. If the person critiquing my my work didn't care for it then I would want to know what it was that they didn't enjoy. I would want them to offer me ideas about how my work could be more successful and suggest different techniques that could be employed. The ideal critique of my artwork would be objective and insightful with positive intentions.
Brenna Russell Intro to Printmaking