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.

D

Week 4

Friday was a good day and it was good to see you all getting your videos filmed and starting to resolve the model assignment.

Most of you are starting to get the idea with the blogs. Have a look a Jame's 'Faith' video.. Great guitar work James! After trying to learn guitar and not doing so well, I'm impressed.

Also check out SAB blog..relevant info. about upcomng events.

AND check out the interesting video L is for love has posted.

Please DON'T check out Pete's photo of the drawings with teacher.

Next Thursday we will meet at 1.30pm at Thomas Street Car park, Thomas street , Dandenong.
Bring cameras and your ideas.


D

Week 3

Welcome to the new students: Kristy, Lionel and Pradnya. Please make them feel welcome.

Those of you who haven't started your Blogs you need to start today!

Remember to pay deposit for Sydney trip this week..URGENT.

Week two

Well today was a long, hard and hot day!

You all worked well today and made progress. The process of making art has it's ups and downs
and I guess there are often more downs than ups. One can perhaps take comfort
in knowing that in Florence, Italy there is a museum of all of Michelangelo's many 'flops'
and abandoned, unfinished works. For most artists, there is a LOT of work behind the masterpieces. Was it Picasso who said art is 1% genius, 99% perspiration?

The pay off, is when something does work (and it will!) the feeling or high is amazing.

You will all improve relatively quickly, so please don't judge your work too harshly. Keep your first drawing and look back at it in a few weeks time, just as a reminder of where you began.

Next week:

Tuesday: More drawing, resolving painting and printing on Canvas!
Thursday: Public art and photographing bottles - photoshop
Friday: Video ..lets get your ideas resolved. spend some time this weekend thinking it through. Put down some notes /thumbnails on paper.

Sydney Payment of $100 deposit due by Thursday-- cheap tickets depends on you doing this.


Those people not here today, please remember to excuse yourselves and catch up the work.
Also several of you need to start your blogs.

I'm expecting 3 new students to join us next week.

Have a good weekend.

D

New Blogs

" Nothing is a waste of time, if you use the experience wisely" Auguste Rodin

It's good to see some of you have started to write in the blogs. As a form of communication for the class, it already allows for ideas to flow, whether it's about copyright issues or just dealing with the concept of 'being' an artist. Good to see too, that there is an avenue of communication starting between recent graduate digital artists with the new group.

I understand some of the concerns, however, we are here to learn and develop skills as digital artists and using the technology is for most part a good thing. Ideas , creativity, insight are all part of this. These Blogs are about sharing within the Chisholm and immediate digital art community. There are always ways of protecting one's work and I think one has to find a balance. As an artist, being overly protective can also become a negative.

Embracing the concept of being an artist, is for most part a singular journey. Focus on the journey.

'Art is not what you see, but what you make others see'. Degas

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EXHIBITION NOTICE:

Check out the website below.

Sandra is part of an exhibition by CAS "Contemporary by Nature"

opening on Herring Island on the 20 Feb.

home.vicnet.net.au/~hisaf/

TRANSFORMATION EXHIBITION