Landscape With A Stick

Here are a few shots of the location I went to draw with my ink and a stick.

Night Time Drawing

Compared to daytime drawings, it was a little harder to get started, to get adjusted to not being able to see my paper well, and determining how much pressure to put on the conte. The shapes were very definite with my light source. I went to harbor town and found a pound that literally had a spot light on the ground shining on a bench and a tree, making a reflection in the pond. So a very prominent, directional light helped.

Oh, and I think the last word I'm looking for is COLD!

Toast Just Got Cooler.

An animation done on toast..

http://www.championdontstop.com/site3/animations/okgo.html

Animations

Jason Mitcham is traditionally an oil painter, but has created animations using one frame, with 2600 different paintings in one, making slight changes and photographing it step by step. The finished video and making of are below:

Contrast in Motion

The first video by Kentridge, has a lot of architecture and interiors (like we just worked with).

The second is from Michael Jackson's 'This is It', showing footage from what his last concert series would be like. The video starts with altered footage from an old movie and is entirely in black and white. And even in the later footage of their dance practice, they use lighting to transform their bodies into silhouettes and play with shadows.

On the subject of sketchbooks..

OBEY

A contemporary and now popular artist who uses positive and negative space and high contrast graphically is Shepard Fairey from OBEY.

Here's to you Jason Cole

I came to MCA from Illinois, because of a great scholarship and an opportunity to be completely swallowed alive in my art. I wanted nothing less than art school, and Memphis seemed connected enough in the world of art to get me somewhere after a degree. I want to get an undergraduate degree in Design Arts, concentrating in Illustration. But. Ultimately, I want to get my masters in Education. I want to use my art in some sort of service. I want to teach in a unconventional manner, where there is need. I want to teach over seas, working with Orphans, or people in third world countries, where I can use art to create opportunity and give them meaning. All the while, investing my own art in different cultures and people, and creating to raise awareness and create opportunity for Americans to help. It seems a little lofty, but I hold onto a lot of hope in it.