Don't miss videos

TED is a website/organization that brings together great thinkers.  (www.ted.com)

Two artists who work with interesting materials are:
Vik Muniz, who uses sugar, wire, chocolate, etc...

another is Chris Jordan, who expresses startling statistics visually using the perfect materials to do so...trash, Barbies, prison uniforms, etc.  About half way through, the images end and he rambles....but if you are interested in sustainability, you'll also like Edward Burtynsky

Some lazy shapes

Some amorphous shapes

Some large scale shapes

line, shape, value video

Cool video as a sketchbook for a 2-D Design class.

Click here.

Critique is Monday!

Remember the shape crit is Monday, October 25th!

Please have your stuff up on the wall by 1:10 and be ready to go!

After the critique I will talk a little about value and then you will have time to get some work done.

Please remember you need your white and black acrylics and your pad of paper.

At the end of class, please leave everything in your drawer, labeled as to the top on the back, to be graded.

Acrylic Workshop (and free stuff!)

Texas Art Supply will host Peter Andrews from Liquitex for a free demo and workshop at the Montrose store on Friday, December 3rd, from 3-5.  the store is at 2001 Montrose Blvd.

Also at the Baybrook store on Sat., Dec. 4  from 10:30 to 12:30 and the Voss store on from 3-5.

You can visit his website at www.peterandrew.net

HCC-Central's Midtown Journal needs ART!

If you would like to submit your artwork for HCC-Central's Midtown Journal, you can send it to Daniel at:

b.shanks@rocketmail.com.

Please only send high-resolution files!

Here's the link.

VALUE

This image contains 120 pieces of toast, each browned to a different value of brown (relative lightness or darkness).  It is a perfect combination of form and subject and content.  It also contains a full range of values....black and white are present, as well as all the values of brown in between.  The piece is unified in materials and color, and has variety in value and texture.  It almost reads like a mosaic of tiles.

Looking for shapes

Remember to pay attention outside for inspiration from both natural and manmade shapes:

Melissa's shapes

Melissa's shapes

The Lazy Line

Sandra's lazy line

Texas Artists using SHAPE

Jane Eifler

David Aylsworth

Ludwig Schwartz's studio (click on the photo and then see gallery photos...)


Robert Kelly

Harvey Bott

and more later...

Field Trip on Wednesday, Oct 13

Please meet in the classroom on time on Wednesday and we will walk to Inman Gallery, CTRL, and Art Palace on Main Street (one block south of Alabama)Inman Gallery Art Palace.  We will only be gone about 70 minutes...then back to the room for work.  Please have large sheets of paper to start the large shapes.

If you are late, come over to Inman Gallery first.  If you are very late, go to Art Palace.
Here are the links to their websites....
Inman Gallery
Art Palace
CTRL Gallery

SHAPE Assignment

All 3 parts of the SHAPE assignment are due on Wednesday, October 20 at 2:00.

The three shapes from part 2 and the 2 large amorphous shapes will go up on the wall.