Avery Milton...

I can not decide whether I like his art or not. Some of it was good, but some of it looked like something I made in art class in the first grade, so I did not think of that as a positive thing, but that just may be me. The one I liked the most was the chicken one, I liked how he used scratches and marks to his painting (chicken scratch?). I don't think I will form a definite opinion anytime soon, but he certainly isn't my favorite artist.

I like The Prisoner episode today, I think it is because like Allison said, the change in scenery makes it more interesting, I think thats also why I like episodes when he 'escapes' for some short amount of time before getting thrown back to the village. Number 8 was great, another thing that convinces me that some psychos are lovable. I think the best was his face when he had the blood dripping from his lip and that insane grin.

On to the paint.

So, on tuesday I had some touch ups and lipo-suction to get to. The person in the bathtub pretty much had no neck so Margaret helped me create one. After that I touched up a bit on little things with the paper mache and I eventually got to the paint. For tuesday I only got up to the white tub, because the rest of it had more wet paper mache. Today, I stayed after and painted some more. I recoated the white tub and I started with the skin. Tomorrow I hope I can finish it up and have it donated to weetacon!

I might be getting the hang of this. Just maybe.

Once Margaret got here friday (yesterday) I got out my little containers, poured hot water, and margaret poured a little cup of... wheat paste? I forgot what it was called, but form there I got to work on my bathtub. I got to be honest, I think I  like the squishy feeling of the paper mache! Once I finished with the tub I think I started getting the hand of it, at least I think so, for I know I could be doing this all wrong! I finished about 85% during the workshop. The container I brought in had a top thankfully, so I brought some paper mache home with some paper, and I am finishing the rest this weekend. I feel like I am making a cast of a mummy!

Mushy, mushy, paper mache.

    So today I thankfully remembered to bring in my bundles of newspaper, taped up together to create what will eventually be my seven deadly sins project. Today I walked in thinking all I needed to do was tape on the legs and I would be ready to paper mache, but Margaret had a good idea of adding arms. When I finally put that together I think it looked awesome. Probably because it put a lot into it this weekend (it doesn't look like much but, because it kept messing up, or the tape lossened up a bit, it took some time). So by ninth period I got to stick my hands in the paper mache. Its very squishy! I didn't get to cover too much of it but friday I will have about 2 hours of time to work on it so I will have to get it done then!

Paper... lots and lots of paper. Workshop day 2

So today I rushed to the testing room to get my last proof done on my math test, so I wouldn't have to miss a minute of workshop today! Today in our sinful workshop we are finally starting to put are doodles to life. Sadly Margaret makes this look easy, and creating some shapes are much more complicated that I would imagine (or maybe thats just me...). I started with the bathtub (if you don't know what I talking about, my sketch of it was in my last blog) and I can make a ball of newspaper but a bathtub... is a bit more complex (for me atleast...). After getting some help from Margaret I got the bathtub shape and some legs of the bathtub. Because of me being a bit of a slowpoke, I brought the various buches of newspaper home for me to work on over the weekend. I will finish that and next time I see Margaret we will get that paper mache to cover it!

PS: I think it is kinda awesome how Margaret started a blog!: http://margaretteachingandlearning.blogspot.com/

First day of a workshop of sins.

So today we met Margaret for the first time. She is really nice and I can't wait to work with her more. We went through her work asked her questions and she explain to us what her pieces were about, what she was thinking about at the time. Then the coofebs finally found out what our project is : the seven deadly sins. I always found that interesting but I never thought I would do an art project for it. She taught us a bit more about what each sin means and showed us some pictures of them from Dutch artists Bosch and.... I forgot the other one's name... Even though out of the 7 sins I think I relate to sloth most, I am doing a paper mache for gluttony instead. I hope I can get good at paper mache because I haven't used it since kindergarten. I hope this will get me to use paper mache more in the future!

here is my rough sketch or what my piece might look like that we drew today:

Margaret DeLima and the Coofebs

Tomorrow the Coofebs will be doing an art workshop with Margaret DeLima. When I got home today and started my I wasn't sure what kind of art Margaret does, because art has such a wide variety. I went to her website to see a sculpture of some sorts. From there I read her artist statement, I learned she is a visual artist that uses clay, paper, paint, tape, mold and so on. What stood out to me was that she does physcogeography. From reading her artist statement you can get a sense of what her art means to her, it relates to her life in some sort of way, or something she thinks about. I look at some of her artwork and I notice she does a lot of self portraits, which I liked because it was almost like view of how she sees herself. I think my favorite piece was 'Feed me' which was a pink bird house with a baby inside. I really can't wait to see what we are doing tomorrow, I am sure it will be interesting!

STAC live.

What else can this title be?
So for my first STAC live, I think I can say it was pretty awesome. It went much quicker than I thought it would be. The first time doing the opera was scary, but by the time I got to message of love, that kind of went away. I don't know why, but I think the second time did not go as well as the fist, but I think that was because less people came to that one so less people reacted, I guess... However, ninth period! So many people came, I was suprised to see people having to have to sit on the floor! By then, my confidence was built up, so I think I did my best then. I almost wish I could watch it, because I don't know how the screen worked out! Did it go well? I actually heard people talking about it on facebook!

GOOD JOB EVERYBODY!
Oh, and I am getting my braces off tomorrow!

Stepping it up a notch.

 This week was full of preparation and new ideas. I love the idea of the screen, and I really hope we can pull it off. It almost scares me the thought of it not working, but then again I am a pessimist. I am sure it will amaze many but, I still wonder, if there will still be that one [or more?] person who still won't get it, and still think negatively of STAC. On commercials: some I feel people [well, in my class] like and understand, but some were not. However, people still ask me about it , even teachers [although, one of the teachers I know for a fact does not like STAC]. As for the opera, I really like the whole idea of it, the teachers [or is it specter now?], the friends [who sound ghetto so it is funny sing ghetto and opera.], the girlfriend, and the parents. The lyrics are really funny to! For message of love, it was a little tough practicing that for the first time because we didn't have drums and it was my first time sing with the band. Anyways, I am excited for STAC live and for this upcoming week!

a week and a trip.

This week a was sick for two days so I missed the prisoner and editing of commercials, however I got to editing with Viviana when I got back. I feel like after this commercial editing I learned a lot about i movie so hopefully editing in the future will get quicker and easier. On Thursday we had STAC art. I like having STAC art on the day before weekends or trips because drawing for me is relaxing ( if that makes senses). For my holiday card, I am at the point that I remember that I am really bad at coloring and I start getting scared if I will mess up. Maybe if I color my daily practice drawings I can better at that to.

The trip:
First we saw the Neue Gallery. It was small but still really interesting. I don't go to art museums often so seeing a painting or anything of an artist that you know about is amazing. Because I like drawing people a lot I really liked the self portrait Shiele drew. The Guggenheim was cool. I have never been there before so seeing a building built that was really something new to me! I remember sitting on a bench and feeling a bit of a tilt. I loved the feeling of laying down to look up at spirals of art. After the Guggenheim we looked for food for quite some time and found a little Italian restaurant. after eating we made our way to Magnolia bakery for a cupcake. When we sat outside to eat and we a saw a homeless lady with her dog. I felt bad so Allison and I gave her some change. We then went to see the tree and went into the NBC store. Then our group went to H&M and soon realized we were running late... so we ran there. A Brief Encounter was great. I thought they way they used the screen to show something that may have been hard to show on a stage was cool  and a good idea. I think the thing I liked the most about the play was how they had the cast involved or doing something on stage even if they are not in the scene. Thankfully the train ride home I got to sit down and think over talk with friends about what we did that day. When I got home and looked on facebook, I saw people expressing unhappy and negative thoughts on the trip. I was surprised to see that because my group got along quite well and that behind that people still weren't "what STAC used to be." I wouldn't know. It made me sad seeing my friends unhappy. I love everybody in STAC, not a person I hate, so seeing that what is going on is not good, I just really hope whatever is stopping us from being what STAC is supposed to be like. That probably  just sounded really corny but I don't know how to put it any other way.