Poland

Good to see some of you are still updating the blogs.
I am in a town called Wroclaw in Poland. Yesterday I saw some amazingly
beautiful paintings in Dresden..an inspiration to see as the city was so badly devastitated
65 years ago at the end of WWII. It has slowly "fought' back and is now an impressive city, especially in the evening walking along the Elbe River.

Spent several days in Berlin, saw lots of contemporary art there and the wall murals..will show the pics when I return ! a lot of history there. Now on the way to Krakow.

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Next Week - Gallery Excursion

This has been an interesting week seperating the frogs from the tadpoles or the sheep from the goats or the fromage from the frottage.

Some of the results from the portrait painting, cabbage drawing intergrated with the photography, the bottles assignment, and sculpture project are beginning to resolve themselves.
And some of it is really quite impressive for five weeks into the course.

I see a range of emotions, from frustration to convidence and I guess that's part of the nature of creating. It's not easy, it's requires a lot from you and there are no guarantees. When it works there's a high, and some of us are still learning with the thinking processes and how to engage art. The positive is that I see change, growth.

I'm impressed with those who have taken on the brick challenge further.
I'm quietly confident that the public art project, despite being daunting , will yield a positive response.

Thank you to those who are making the blogs interesting. Some wonderful videos from Leah and Sab, and supportive comments and feedback from others, that is its purpose to act as a way to support communication and learning. Use the blog while there is the five week break. I hear some of you have swopped phone numbers.. that's great..shows there's cohesion in the group.
We meet back on Tuesday, 27 April.

There are a few students having some serious emotional/ medical challenges right now... just to let you know I support you where I can. Keep in contact and make use of the student support structures set in place at Chisholm.

We end this block on Wednesday.. a day of absorbing art.. enjoy.

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There are several websites with a similar BRICK project

I guess if you are finding this hard, it serves to remind us that we only use a tiny portion of our brains and that creativity is something we can develop through play and free association.

The following site has some good ideas for uses of a brick. Try to spend time 'playing' and enjoying this activity rather than seeing it as a burden. Come up with your own ideas.

Good ideas , creativity and imagination are not just the realm of the artist, it's a valuable asset with which to deal with life.


http://www.blinman.com/brick.htm

D.

Week 5

Flower art using plastic bottles

Photography: complexity

Winter Art Prjection, Annie Watkins 2009

Next week we are entering week 5, this will be the last full week, as the following week we will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday 17th March will be our excursion to the city.

We will then meet again on Tuesday 27 April come prepared for figure drawing. Our model is Marie.

There are still a few of you that are not doing the blogs. I need to remind you this is ongoing through the semester and the Creative thinking module is largely graded based on this imput. You are doing yourself a disservice not to post. It's not hard.

A reminder about the 50 original ideas for a brick due on blog by Tuesday.

I'm also noticing a few of you missing from David's OHS class and Photography. Please provide a medical certificate or speak to me if you have a reason for not coming. Just not turning up is not acceptable.

There were some good efforts with photography. In some cases you can go back and reshoot changing the context and approach. This assignment is more creative than technical, so enjoy the freedom and try to push boundaries and aesthetics.

Most of you have made a good start on the painting. The problem will come with the painting. You can start with glazing and then think of working with masking tape, then finally some of the other techniques Impasto and scumbling. Try to get a balance between being tentative and over painting the image...quite hard I know...but this is an exercise in learning techniques.

With the Public Art (Car park) brief try to be as clear and concise as possible. See it as a set of directions, step by step. Refer to the format and headings I gave you. you need to have a working document to show me for next Thursday.

www.associatedcontent.com/article/405216/how_to_create_light_graffiti.html?cat=7

www.howcast.com/videos/113111-How-To-Make-Your-Own-Glowinthedark-Art

Google Fire Art

There will be a major Critique (Crit Eat) in early May. All you work to date will be reviewed. This will take place on a Friday and will include a potluck (lunch) before the crit.

Plans for Sydney are progressing well. Flights and Accommodation are booked. There are now 20 people definitely going with the possibility of another two.

Keep an eye on the Digital Eyes Studio (Walker Street) blog. I think their opening will be on the 26 March.

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