Just for Fun: Air Swimmers

So fun! For a video, click here.

The Man Who Draws in His Sleep

Take a look at Lee Hadwin, who only makes art while he's asleep! Click here.

Final Exam Times

Hey everyone,
This is our official final exam time:

ART-100-009 1:00-2:50 pm: Exam time is Thursday December 8, 12:30-2:30 pm
ART-100-011 3:00-5:05: Exam time is Thursday December 8, 2:45-4:45 pm

Exercise 2: Materials Needed

For our next exercise, Black Square Problem, you will need:

-Sketchbook
-Bristol Board
-Glue
-Scissors/cutting utensil
-Pencils and eraser
-Black construction paper
-Ruler

We will begin this exercise next week in class--please be prepared!

Booooooom!

Booooooom! is a great art/music/design/film blog created and run by an artist in Vancouver. Here's his mission statement:

Hello friends! My name is Jeff Hamada, I am an artist from Vancouver. I created Booooooom in hopes of fostering a community of people excited to go out and be creative!
We have quickly become one of the largest blogs on the internet, with over 3.2 million pageviews each month, and readers from all over the world. Incredibly, this is mainly the result of good old fashion word-of-mouth! So if you’ve told even one person about Booooooom hold your hand up to the monitor and accept this high-five! Did you feel that? That was no regular high-five, that was the highest-five in the history of highs and fives.
You may subscribe to this site via RSS or EMAIL, and if you choose the latter, you will also have the ability to indicate which sections interest you. This way you only receive notifications when there are new posts related to your interests!

Take some time to really explore what Booooooom! has to offer! He updates almost daily so add the site to your bookmarks.

Earthquake!!

Be safe everyone! See you Thursday!

Timothy App

Top: Timothy App, Meninas, 2006, acrylic on canvas
Bottom: Diego Velazquez, Las Meninas, 1656, oil on canvas


Our first project will be based on the work of Baltimore-based painter, Timothy App. Here's a link to Timothy's work on his gallery's website, Goya Contemporary.

We'll be talking about his work in class, but please read more about him and his work--it will help you understand the assignment.

Just For Fun: Incredible Optical Illusion

Has anyone seen this? How does it work?

Shade Illusion

Useful Links for Exercise 1

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Museum of Modern Art

The Walters Art Museum

The National Gallery of Art

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