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visual journaling
tuesday night was the first “art of grounding with visual journaling” class at Integrative Therapies! it was fun and relaxed, people sipped wine and glued (and re-glued and re-glued) the blank pages of their journals together in a drum leaf … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, art journaling, grounding, healing, inspiration, journaling, visual journaling, wellness, wellness art
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Sunshine Award
Wow! I was away from my blog for over a month during the holidays and the first time signing back on I am greeted with a Sunshine Award from KBT!!! Best welcome back ever! Now it’s my turn to follow … Continue reading
mandala masterpieces
after several days in the lab meticulously cutting and manipulating images in Photoshop the digital imaging students of Jones College Prep have completed their wonderous mandalas!
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Tagged Art, art education, artists, arts, collage, high school art, inspiration, mandala, photoshop, technology, technology and art
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character self portraits
now that you understand color theory better you can use it as a tool for adding meaning. you will be creating a self-portrait that depicts you as a character in a fairy tale, fable, myth, or folk tale that you … Continue reading
photographic reproductions
HOW DOES MEANING CHANGE WHEN THE..MEDIUM CHANGES? CONTEXT CHANGES? AUDIENCE CHANGES? WHAT HAPPENS TO THE MEANING WHEN YOU CHANGE THE SUBJECT OF A PORTRAIT? Peter Lindberghand Julianne Moore Francesco Vezzoli and Nicki Minaj Patrick Demarchelier Tania Brassesco and Lazlo Passi … Continue reading
portrait research
Find 2 portraits: a contemporary work (within the last 20 years) and a non-contemporary work Answer the following questions about EACH portrait you find (two sets of answers) 1. Who is the artist? 2. What is the title? What year … Continue reading
artist and color research
Color is ALWAYS a conscience choice that the artist has to confront when making a new piece. sculptors, painters, costume designers, graphic artists, photographers, etc. all deal with color and make color choices based on what they intend the viewer … Continue reading
Posted in art education, high school art, paper and collage, quotes and inspirations
Tagged Art, art education, art history, art lesson, artists, arts, color, color harmonies, color relationships, color schemes, color theory, color wheel, contemporary art, drawing, high school art, inspiration, lesson plan, mixed media
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Architecture Project
For the architecture project you will choose one architect to research. Choose a building or any architectural work and research the architect who created it. Chicago buildings: Great Buildings, Chicago Chicago Magazine Top-40-Buildings in Chicago If you have a building … Continue reading
Color Project, Part 1: Paste Paper
Paste paper is a decorated or textured paper that is made by mixing pigment and a paste mixture called wheat paste together. After applying the pigment paste mixture, patterns are created with several tools that move the pigment around the … Continue reading
the mistaken mistake
“Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them.” ― Salvador Dalí
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Tagged Art, arts, drawing, inspiration, paper making, quotes, salvador dali
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the wandering apprentice 