WEEK SOMETHING

This past week was nice because we all finally got break for Thanksgiving. To spend our one day in class we got to go take a field trip to the Walker and the Bell Museum. 


Things got off to a rough start with some minor miscommunication with the busses. Nonetheless we finally got rolling and went to the Walker first. I found it to be very inspiring for another class actually. I signed up for Sculpture II for next semester and some of the pieces there were just what I needed to see to help get my thoughts moving. Yves Klein's work were there and it was really beautiful to see in person! I had no idea that they were there, but he was an artist that really stuck out to me. 


Now, going to the Bell Museum was something that sounded really interesting to me. "Going to a museum to draw dead animals" is how I explained the field trip to my parents the night before. Once I got there it was really not as weird as it sounds. It was one of my favorite things I've done on a field trip here. It bummed me out I didnt live closer to go back and work on other subjects. I ended up drawing a pelvic bone of a cow. I personally think it is one of my better works, and reflects what I've learn, or maybe I should say it reflects my practice well. 

Drawing 

The Cow Pelvis bone

Me. Being so artsy.. 

He was posing. I didn't mind the turtles so much as the snakes.

Amy taking roll for the ride home! 

After the field trip I came home and packed like the world was ending to get home for break. It was such a busy day of Menom-to-cities. Cities-to-Menom....Menom-to-Eagan. 

But I did get a good drawing out of the day, I was inspired at the walker and I knew that my day wasn't wasted my any means. 

Wow, I can not forget that the final ink wash shell drawing is due. I think I might go grab stuff for that tomorrow at Penco and start. Hopefully for all of us the we can keep our heads a float, and enjoy the time we have to create a beautiful final shell drawing. 

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows!!

I thought that Amy would like to see me getting ready to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows! She always seems to appreciate my side comments about it the boy who lived during class! 


"I HAVE SEEN YOUR HEART HARRY AND IT IS MINE!" 

INDIA INK

Hello to all! 
I would like to say that this week with life drawing has been a good one. It didn't hurt that class was canceled on Tuesday. I was prepared for class, because Annie, Julia and I worked on the muscles together again. I think that out of all the clay muscles assignments, this one was one of the better ones, I liked the way things turned out with lower leg muscles. I'll have to take pictures of that, but I left the mannequin in the locker in APPA. 




Announcement: I AM IN LOVE WITH INDIA INK! I went out and decided to go buy more because I have fallen in love. I can not wait to play around with the shell that is due on the 2nd, and see how my final picture will look. I have always loved painting and drawing it was was just a breath of fresh-artistic-inspiring air to be able to do both in the same project. I found myself doing mini studies of the shell on my own time later that evening, and playing around with ink and water. 


I forgot to bring my Shell to class so the pictures I post are of a leg bone with a socket I suspect.  I chose to buy brick red, and it is a very beautiful ink wash, however, drawing a bone.. made it look like I just ripped it out of someones leg. very morbid and  graphic..  haha 

Here is my close up cross contour study of the bone I found in class. 

my bloody bone! creepy but fun!

Annie Julia and I sprinting to the Terrace for a fast lunch break! 

My lovely art supporters working hard! 

WEEK 9 part. 2

I have no idea what post this is, but I do know it's Sunday, and one needs to get up here so the TA can read it. I hope she noticed that I added a few things, and commented on other peoples works. All I found myself saying to others was "good job!" and "thats beautiful!" I find myself being critical in class, and interested in browsing around my peers and complimenting them on works that I like. I know it's not exactly 'constructive', but I do know that a compliment is a good thing to throw out there every now and then. Sometimes you just need to know about one so you have a little motivation to keep doing what you're doing. 

Tuesday was interesting, getting to learn about the feet, and when I did look at peoples feet that they posted, and they were really fun to look at. I found myself intimidated when Amy said that that was the next thing that would be studying. Ive always been ashamed of my hands because they are still drawn like how they were when I was a child. I was actually kind of not too embarrassed about my feet drawing of the model. I did a whole bunch of different versions of them also. I did some gesture drawings, and some longer drawing. I found myself doing my own little study in class. It was fun, and I like that we are finally starting to get lengthened time where we can also try to figure it out ourselves. 

On Thursday was my MPR and of course, it was the most aggressive critique of my life. From seeing my grade that I got in this class for the midterm and going through a tough panel, I allowed myself to marinate in some self pity for about a day, and then I finally got a burt of "what doesnt kill you makes your stronger." Im going to try to make sure these posts are up to par. 

Like I stated in my post of WEEK 9... part. 1, I am at home, and my current stuff (the feet drawing) are in my locker in APPA. Im driving back to my home in Menom in about two hours and plan to pick up that stuff. I am looking forward to posting my drawings from Tuesday up along with my one long drawing of the model on Thursday, when she was sitting above us in a chair, like the drawing model queen! =) 

Heres one of my better drawings of the model's foot.

Here is a cross contour study I did during our long period of drawing. I did this one first then the one that was shown above, 

Now here is my beter drawing of her legs. The farther leg looks kind of funny in the picture. but I used my mark making on her knee. 

WEEK 9

I am sitting at my home in Eagan, in my dining room with a glass of cheap wine. I am trying to play catch up with these journal entries, because I was disappointed in my mid-term grade. A quick fix is to put more thought and length into these BLOGGER entries. So that is exactly what I am going to try to do. 
Last week was probably one of the worst weeks out of my whole academic career. I had a lot of stress and build up. Like others lots of school demands and it was starting to take a toll mentally on myself. my grades were coming back from all my midterms and even thought i studied and engaged myself into my work, my grades sadly didnt reflect my efforts. It was like slaps in the face, day after day, and with MPR around the corner it made matters worse. 


but you know, what doesnt kill you (which i thought i was almost dead) makes you stronger, so after a day of marinating in some minor self pity I rose above it and I'm going to try to do my best to change, and make corrections to whatever needs fixing before the end of the semester. 


Life drawing is one of my favorite classes, and one that challenges me the most. I really was not used to standing and drawing, but on the other hand now i do like it because it allows me to get my whole arm into the drawing.


Amy is so mesmerizing to watch when shes drawing. She makes it seem so effortless. I hope that I can achieve at least one faction of her talent and knowledge that she has gained over her years of studying. 
I'm coming to show that i am picking up on proportions and  and when amy does come around and check i am only a few marks off. 


I am learning this year that Professors are there to help, not judge. I've lost sight of this and I am taking more of a stand for myself, my education and my ability to improve and really stalk amy down, and ask her how im doing. Talk to her when she isn't doing a demo. I usually find myself hiding and ducking down, and hoping that she doesnt see mor or forgets to come talk to me. This needs to change. Instead i need to be communicating with her and flagging her down.  I'm looking forward to seeing how my drawing improve and then it will be a win-win because I will be more motivated to post them up, and be available to get feed back from my peers! 

Looking back on some of my first things, this is one of my first shell drawings that i did in class. I am actually kind of  pleased with it. 

Heres probably my better figure drawing. I think compared to the shell I have come a long way!

WEEK 8

This week in Life Drawing I feel was one of the more successful weeks for me. Both days I left class feeling confident and happy about the work that I completed in class. Both days I noticed that for once, my proportions are finally starting to get closer and closer to accuracy. 


I've been enjoying the long 2 hour drawings we've been doing in class. Today I feel like I had the most fun, and may have produced my best figure drawing. Of course it was dark but it was proportionate for the most part. Ever since I've started to work on the Drawing horses, I find my patience not running out like it usually does when I stand. 


I need to take a picture of that and have Amy give me back my shell drawing so I can present it for MPR. Because of this I am a little cranky with the demands of school. I'm trying to keep my head above water and stay productive. Instead of blogging about what has been going on in class, and my improvements; I find myself prioritizing what needs to get done. Blogging usually takes a back seat. I'm sure this week I will be unfocused, and more concentrated about getting things done on time.. i.e the 2nd contour drawing. Once thursday is over, I'll be able to breathe a little bet more, and maybe focus my attention on the muscles. 

A fast gesture drawing. As you can see, I love to elongate the torso. I didnt bring back any of my recent drawings to show my improvement but I plan to photograph my improvements. 

WEEK 6/7 (?)

I know that since we had no class one week, Amy told our class that we didn't have to do a post that week. I still ended up taking pictures of my cross contour shell drawing, but what I'm trying to get at is I don't know if I'm behind with my Blogs. 


School is picking up, and I have mid-program review coming up, other classes are getting more crazy, and sadly, last week Life Drawing took a place on "the back burner" for me.


I have constructed my thigh muscles, which was a lot of work but like I keep blogging, about how working with the clay muscles gets easier. But, it is and it isn't. I find when I am working and focused it's not that bad. When I'm finished I find myself just being mentally strained and annoyed with the clay. It's a lot of strange emotions. 


I feel like I was able to catch up with the expectations for class tomorrow. I got flickr set up. I'm kind of nervous to talk about my art. I feel like I am improving, yet I know there's more I am hoping to make proportional figures by the end of the semester. 

I uploaded this sketch onto my flickr. Although the proportions are not correct, I like that I'm starting to develop my own stylized figures. 

Here is another longer gesture drawing. It's kind of mixed up but I'll find my way. 

FLICKR ACCOUNT

Alisha Peterson's Flickr Account!


Here is my newly made Flickr account. I have never made one before, but it is fun to see my art uploaded to share with my peers. 


The works contains long and short time periods of gesture drawings, clay manikin muscles, and a cross contour study of a shell.