tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9849761649975604512024-03-12T22:37:40.545-05:00Ms. Art LadyA spot for art, art education, illustrations, musings, and all the things that spark my imagination.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984976164997560451.post-47163112042363139942013-12-08T19:00:00.003-06:002013-12-08T19:00:53.519-06:00Illustration Friday - Pattern<br />
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A playful canvas for this week's word. Sharpie on white canvas sneakers.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984976164997560451.post-261645724296690872012-08-18T08:51:00.003-05:002012-08-18T13:27:59.047-05:00Great Book Find - Michael Freeman's "Photographer's" Series<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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An event earlier this week got me to thinking about my experiences with photography in the classroom; how I have approached it in the past, and how I would like to approach it in the future. In my previous classrooms I have always had groups of students who were devoted to photography as a media, and also those who saw photography as an easy way out of what they viewed as more difficult art assignments. After all, it is easy enough to push a shutter button on a camera. I always explained to those who thought photography was an easy option, that good photography is nothing like easy. Though I was also willing to admit to them that sometimes even a bad/mediocre photographer could get lucky and produce a compelling image. I just didn't want them to base their grade in my class on a stroke of luck. I needed to see evidence of thought, planning, problem solving, composition, content, technique.....you know, all those things we art teachers work so hard to instill in our students.<br />
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With all of this inner reflection floating around in my head, I found myself wandering into the photography section of my local Barnes and Noble Bookstore. Most of the books I picked up were the expected technique driven tomes that I have perused over and over again when I have photography on my brain. These books are interesting and useful, and often visually appealing, but they all fall short as an aide in helping to explain the difference between a technically good photograph and an exceptional work of fine art in which photography happens to be the media. That distinction is the hardest thing for most burgeoning photography/art students to grasp. <br />
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Just before giving up and wandering off to another section of the bookstore, a title caught my eye. "The Photographer's Vision - Understanding and Appreciating Great Photography" by Michael Freeman. Aha! This one sounded promising. As I started leafing through the pages I quickly realized that it was just exactly the kind of resource that I was hoping to find. Mr. Freeman's book looks at a lot of excellent imagery throughout the history of photography and goes into details about why these images are accepted as significant contributions to the world of art and photography; what the artist was thinking, what was their process, their "vision." And even better, right next to this book were two more on the shelf by the same author titled " The Photographer's Eye- Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos," and "The Photographer's Mind - Creative Thinking for Better Digital Photos." I can only say that I felt like I was in a state of photography book euphoria. :) All of these beautiful image filled books, while touching on technique, focused more specifically on the intent and creativity of the artists within the art form; just exactly the concepts I feel are most important to convey in an art classroom. Technique is very learn-able and can be developed with time and practice, but the development of technique requires lower order thinking skills. Developing a mental construct for creating content, meaning, composition, and artistry requires a student to not only use but to stretch their higher order thinking skills.<br />
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Needless to say, I purchased all three of these books for my personal library, and I have been blissfully pouring over them since they arrived. I admittedly wrote down the author, titles, and publisher (Focal Press) and ordered them from Amazon where they cost me nearly half what I would have paid at Barnes and Noble. I highly recommend these books to any art teacher or artist whether you teach/practice photography or not. The visual concepts contained in them can be applied to any media.<br />
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Thank you Michael Freeman for filling an important void in the book market. I love your books!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984976164997560451.post-12315207598505495502012-06-19T14:07:00.000-05:002012-06-21T06:26:01.928-05:00Exit Through the Gift Shop - Movie Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I rarely spend more than about $10 on additions to my DVD collection, but when I happened upon this Banksy film while perusing the movie section of BestBuy, I quickly plunked down the $25 that it cost. My high school students have always been fascinated by the illusive street artist Banksy, and the risk taking associated with his particular art form. I like him because he is such an excellent example of the power of art as a means of communicating complex ideas and personal/political/cultural statements. <br />
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This movie is rated R. It has a documentary format and the "F word" pops up sporadically. I would have no problem showing this movie to an upper level high school art class after sending home parental permission forms. The best advice I can give here is to know your principle well and run it by him or her before showing it in any class. That said, it is a very watchable and fascinating film. Though Banksy is ultimately responsible for the existence of the film in its final version, the documentary is not about Banksey and his work per-se. Instead, it is about a French film/video photographer who becomes obsessive about documenting street artists at work and ultimately becomes a participating street/pop artist himself. Banksy and well known American street artist Shepard Fairey play pivotal roles in the development of the storyline. The film addresses the bizarre conditions at play when street art becomes commercially valuable. It questions the nature of art, artists, and the art market. It can lead to some solid reality based questions for your students to consider. What is it that we value about art? What is illegal about graffiti? What makes something "good art" or "bad art?" How important is originality in making art? Can someone become an artist overnight? How does marketing impact the value of art?<br />
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Speaking of marketing, the DVD comes packed with a few fun extras: the star-shaped paper glasses that you see in the photo above, a couple of grafitti art postcards, and a couple of grafitti art stickers are included.<br />
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I really enjoyed this film and give it a solid A.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984976164997560451.post-51875596841260268142012-06-19T13:01:00.000-05:002012-06-19T13:03:04.022-05:00Artist Spotlight - Jay Shinn<br />
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Jay Shinn is
an artists working and living in both Texas and New York. Along with the other artists I have recently
spotlighted, Shinn contributed to the “Silent Transmissions” exhibit that hung
at the Cole Art Center in Nacogdoches Texas from Jan 28<sup>th</sup> – Mar 31<sup>st</sup>
of 2012. The works included by Shinn
were 3 dimensional installations that were composed of stainless steel
sculpture, painted shadows, and the variable actual shadows that were a
function of lighting and daylight. The resulting
work is a form of tromp l’oeil that forces the viewer to really closely
consider what he/she is seeing. The
painted shadows were so convincing that I viewed several of Shinn’s pieces
before I recognized the visual trickery of Shinn’s technique. To see more of Shinn’s hard-edged geometric
art visit his website at <a href="http://www.jayshinn.com/">http://www.jayshinn.com/</a>
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John
Pomara is an artist and professor of Painting at the University of Texas Dallas. He recently exhibited part of his “Digital
Dating” series at the Cole Art Center in Nacogdoches, Texas in the group
exhibit “Silent Transmissions”. Like
the other contributing artists to this exhibit, Pomara’s work has a distinct
connection to technology and the impact that technology has on human perception
and experience. On viewing Pomara’s art
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/11238472">Art This Week Interviews-John
Pomara</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user934482">Richard Serrano</a> on
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James Marshall is a ceramic artist and college instructor
from Santa Fe, NM.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He recently exhibited a group of large ceramic
works at the Cole Art Center in Nacogdoches, Texas that he calls “Liminal
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“If subliminal means that which is
below the threshold of ordinary consciousness and perception, then the liminal
is the point of emergence, the threshold itself, the turning point between one
realm and another. The liminal state is characterized by ambiguity, openness,
and indeterminacy. Liminality is a period of transition, during which usual
boundaries of thought, self-understanding, and behavior shift, opening the way
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Marshall creates bold monolithic ceramic sculptures coated in
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closer inspection divides into subtle shifts of texture and hue creating added
interest to the simple but massive forms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Vincent Falsetta is a professor of Drawing and Painting at
the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas.
He recently exhibited a number of his artworks at the Cole Art Center in
Nacogdoches, Texas in a group exhibit titled “Silent Transmissions.” Falsetta’s large non-objective paintings
vibrate with the energy of contrasting color choice and a unique manipulation
of the actual physical paint. Falsetta
references nature, technology, and energy as sources of inspiration. In his artist statement Falsetta notes “There
is a feeling of a steady electric flow, somewhat like a visual electro-magnetic
field that pulls the eye in every direction simultaneously. The paintings
evoke the natural world while acknowledging the technology that measures or
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">My first impressions on viewing Falsetta’s
paintings was that they reminded me of beautifully marbled paper; much like the
endpapers found in fine old leather bound books. You can see more of Vincent Falsetta’s work on
the REM Gallery website at <a href="http://www.remgallery.com/artists/falsetta1.html">http://www.remgallery.com/artists/falsetta1.html</a> . </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984976164997560451.post-48866085831914214862012-04-09T10:18:00.002-05:002012-04-09T10:43:29.520-05:00This concerns me.....The <a href="http://www.tolerance.org/">Teaching Tolerance</a> website is a good place to go and assess your own teaching practices and ideologies. This new article really saddened me. I invite you to sign this petition in support of this educator. No matter what your perspective is on this tragic event, teachers should not be fired for dealing with current and contemporary topics in their classrooms.<br />
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<span class="st"> Of particular interest to me is Frances Bagley's video installation titled <a href="http://www.francesbagley.com/html/witness_installation.htm">"Witness."</a> (Follow the hyperlink for an image directly from Bagley's website.) Bagley took video of a variety of different people's eyes while they were looking straight forward. She then created a display of 26 video players on metal stands that plays in a continuous loop. The only noticeable movement is the occasional random blink of the eyes. Bagley's purpose is to psychologically turn the viewer into the one who is being viewed, creating an unexpected tension. The artist is manipulating a concept known in the worlds of art and psychology as "gaze."</span><br />
<span class="st"> There are many different specific kinds of "gaze" that get talked about in the art world. One of the most common is "the male gaze." It is a hot topic in the world of art history and contemporary feminism, perhaps too hot of a topic for most public school systems. But perfectly acceptable in a high school setting are the concepts of </span><title></title><style type="text/css">
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</style><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">spectator gaze, intra-diegetic gaze, and extra-diegetic gaze. ( Intra-what!!! Don't worry I had to look it up too.) Spectator gaze is of course the gaze of the actual viewer who is looking at the subject of a painting. Intra-diegetic gaze is the gaze of a subject within work of art looking at another subject within that same work of art. Diegetic essentially means "within the story", or "within the work of art." So logically extra-diegetic means a subject in a work of art looking out to the viewer or out to the fourth wall beyond the visible illusions of the artwork. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Even though these concepts have only found their most comprehensive forms in contemporary psychology and art, artist have known about the power of a subject's gaze for hundreds of years. As human beings we are instinctively interested in what other people (or animals) are looking at. This tendency is actually a critical part of our own survival instinct. Artist use their knowledge of the power of gaze to help drive the composition and message of their artwork. In response to the Silent Transmissions exhibit I have developed a high school art lesson plan around the Francis Bagley video installation and the concept of "gaze" in art work. If you are interested in a printable copy of the lesson plan drop me an email at <a href="mailto:edenhound@tannertaylor.com">edenhound@tannertaylor.com</a>. I will be happy to forward a copy of it to you either as a pdf or a word document. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> If you are in the vicinity of Nacogdoches, Texas between now and the end of March be sure to check out all of the outstanding artwork included in the "Silent Transmissions" exhibit.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Below are a few images from art history that would be great discussion starters for the topic of "gaze". The Bosch and Velasquez paintings are both part of my lesson plan in addition to the Bagley installation. </span><br />
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Cheers!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984976164997560451.post-3110034437683254672011-07-10T11:40:00.000-05:002011-07-10T11:40:19.217-05:00Illustration Friday - Stay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdjMZ6hiWpoOTf2OvjU_w1iS0jC446ThartHtHmuge78AHxK8F1CIld6UTAb0Rs0RpyZGe0hyphenhyphenuncvM829OCEAVcKICuhhOiJNkVsZIa0GIIz6ulJT9epiEpLMz1XNWDOi5EAigcLK2OfY/s1600/Stay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdjMZ6hiWpoOTf2OvjU_w1iS0jC446ThartHtHmuge78AHxK8F1CIld6UTAb0Rs0RpyZGe0hyphenhyphenuncvM829OCEAVcKICuhhOiJNkVsZIa0GIIz6ulJT9epiEpLMz1XNWDOi5EAigcLK2OfY/s400/Stay.jpg" width="218" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stay With Me</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(while I monkey around with my career) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Collage and graphite</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">9.25 x 5 inches</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Big changes have happened in my life since my last post. I did something even I couldn't have anticipated. I resigned my high school art teaching position. This was one of the hardest decisions I have made in a long time, and I know a lot of people think I must be off my rocker. Maybe I am... I absolutely love teaching. I work very hard to be good at it, and I can only hope that the effort is understood and appreciated by those who retain my services as an educator. The students always get it, maybe not at first, but eventually and reliably. I miss them already and we are only half way through the summer. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But change is good even if it is hard. As Newton tells us, a body in motion tends to stay in motion, and I am no exception to that rule. The current plan is:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. Make art full time - It is a now or never opportunity to promote myself as a professional artist. Teaching gave me freedom to make art for personal intellectual pleasure at my leisure. I have been much more productive in the last couple of years than in the past but now is the time to ramp it up to the next level.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. Finish up my Masters degree - I am five classes away from completion. With more free time I should be able to finish up by the end of next spring semester</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. Start a new blog - I will be putting up a new blog that will deal more specifically with my production of fine art and illustration. Illustration Friday submissions will be posted there as well. I have three recently completed large canvases that are the beginnings of a new body of work. As soon as I have good photos, I will inaugurate the new blog.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4. Work part time at Micheal's - As a evening/weekend "Customer Experience Manager" and hopefully fine art instructor... I still need to be able to make my car payment and tuition. :( I worked at Micheal's about six years ago as a framer and event coordinator before I started teaching. They still like me and have been kind enough to take me back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I showed my son Todd, the illustration for this week. He asked me what the word was, when I told him, he looked blankly at me and said "I don't get it." If you have read to this point I hope it now makes sense. To those who have been kind enough to follow this blog, I hope you will "stay with me" as I move on in another direction. I'll post here to let everyone know when the new blog is up and running.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Make art with all your heart, mind, and soul!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sally</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984976164997560451.post-54513772318310428962011-06-05T19:07:00.001-05:002011-06-05T20:36:02.924-05:00Illustration Friday - Shadow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLHfQy0aOIzxM4s9X3x3HvsrObyRMzjln9MNDSyeegexuqQKACyRF5r0fbUUVDdvKFnJjYxdMF9n3UYdGaTh_fIjEFZWhjNTwhj8F5Urs2ChkE0L3CWf7-8nVVPEpUwkHx2Bbap49fOg/s1600/color+gate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsLHfQy0aOIzxM4s9X3x3HvsrObyRMzjln9MNDSyeegexuqQKACyRF5r0fbUUVDdvKFnJjYxdMF9n3UYdGaTh_fIjEFZWhjNTwhj8F5Urs2ChkE0L3CWf7-8nVVPEpUwkHx2Bbap49fOg/s320/color+gate.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pasture Gate</div><div style="text-align: center;">9 x 6 inches</div><div style="text-align: center;">water soluble graphite and colored pencil </div><div style="text-align: center;">on watercolor board</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">This is just a quick color and value sketch for an image that I would like to turn into a small oil painting. I find a little pre-planning helps immensely. This gate is just up the road from my house and on this particular day, the play of light and shadow created beautiful elongated patterns. For me the most interesting times of day for shadows are early morning and late afternoon, but it is also the most fleeting. The sun seems to move more quickly when it is near the horizon. For this reason I am a strong proponent of carrying a camera in order to capture references of this magical part of the day. I also like use the computer to desaturate my studies to make sure the composition holds up based on value in addition to color. It is a good idea to do this with paintings while they are progressing as well.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Here is an example of this study in grey scale. I think it is still fairly successful. Time to get busy painting!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here is a strange thing I just had to share. (The science girl in me loves this kind of stuff.) John and I went for a walk yesterday morning and I came across this freakishly mutated black eyed susan. The stem is flattened out and twisted into a ribbon shape, and the center of the flower has grown elongated and curves into almost a complete circle. As a result, there is an increased number of petals that are growing out from the sides of the center in voluminous ruffles. I don't know if this is caused by disease or just a random mutation, but it is strange and fascinating no matter how it happened.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">School is out for the summer and I will be taking two graduate classes, and making art like crazy! Who knows, if any of this stuff sells, I may have to give up teaching. :)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984976164997560451.post-74800077301078229122011-03-28T20:58:00.000-05:002011-03-28T20:58:22.767-05:00Illustration Friday - Toy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-XX9wmDoqwvQW3vmWBMrPWRdrQrtFFfmteMGyfjlmGGVCVJ1wMB4rfn2YZGxmsqCcXH1_GvEMb8OztA9xHDkMATmfNIgVNRxgJ22TgNb12WHIX6Ji5ASXDo6uyr4ruKP844v0pZqEKYE/s1600/Top.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-XX9wmDoqwvQW3vmWBMrPWRdrQrtFFfmteMGyfjlmGGVCVJ1wMB4rfn2YZGxmsqCcXH1_GvEMb8OztA9xHDkMATmfNIgVNRxgJ22TgNb12WHIX6Ji5ASXDo6uyr4ruKP844v0pZqEKYE/s400/Top.jpg" width="397" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lucy Loves Ducky</div><div style="text-align: center;">8.5 x 8.5 inches </div><div style="text-align: center;">Watercolor and Sharpie Pen</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Playing with toys is a sign of intelligence, and all of the higher order animals do it; elephants to whales to dogs and cats. The tendency for humans and animals to continue to play well into adulthood is both a learning activity as well as a stress reliever. My border collie Lucy thinks it is just plain fun.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984976164997560451.post-91550909883173279152011-03-24T18:13:00.002-05:002011-03-25T08:44:57.847-05:00Illustration Friday - Cultivate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIKQzVYNZE9mFmvydhltsbcP7_iS7llZvinecM_K9_tYXEpEcCV7YFBj3-4Pt4zXIcx5Y7dOuUWotGljGv_mtTKW9gKRBRY9b1uupV4Nj4YlmjgmqO-gZzXxVQoZh3XKHjV0Du5-IA8CQ/s1600/Cultivate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIKQzVYNZE9mFmvydhltsbcP7_iS7llZvinecM_K9_tYXEpEcCV7YFBj3-4Pt4zXIcx5Y7dOuUWotGljGv_mtTKW9gKRBRY9b1uupV4Nj4YlmjgmqO-gZzXxVQoZh3XKHjV0Du5-IA8CQ/s400/Cultivate.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am teaching perspective drawing at school to my Art 1 students this week, and it just occurred to me today that my sample drawing could work for this weeks Illustration Friday word. The drawing is not finished, but it is far enough along that it is a good example for my students on drawing a cityscape with details in two point perspective.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In addition to cultivating young minds, I have been doing a lot of literal cultivating this week. I have built three raised vegetable and flower garden beds using the a <a href="http://www.squarefootgardening.org/">square foot gardening plan.</a> I also purchased root stock of male and female <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinidia_arguta">hardy kiwi berry plants</a> at Sam's club. I have been researching online to determine the best way to plant them. It turns out that the vines get really large, (think Kudzu) so I am going to have to find some spare fence line to plant them on, or consider building an arbor.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I almost gave up on developing an idea for this week's word. It just wasn't inspiring me and everything I could come up with seemed cliche or trite. I'm not sure if this is any different/better, but this little quatrain kept swimming around in my head, so I finally decided it was worth pursuing. Who knows maybe it will develop into a full fledged poem some day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Who would have thought that a small drawing created last year as an Illustration Friday entry would lead me to fame and fortune? OK...no real fame and only a small $200 award. But still, I am very proud to say that this small colored pencil drawing won Best in Show at last nights opening of Main Street Gallery's juried still life exhibit. What a truly fantastic surprise! <br />
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The show will be hanging from March 3rd - April 12. If you find yourself in downtown Tyler Texas, stop by to see all of the beautiful artwork created by East Texas artists!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984976164997560451.post-16038776639393873712011-02-27T08:37:00.003-06:002011-04-04T21:06:07.963-05:00Illustration Friday - Swarm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbgXsJE4QA0YvqTI68mtYuJHu-R-NWX1gMkpHCTkrYmbOKdf-FQ2lyacJ6GikZo0uPj-gK9SYV5ZRHlag6jGA1evFQfkOeZuElJ1DCuiLc4jm_BeHhh-qM90DOfy9MOiV-DhT6ud3TaQ/s1600/swarm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbgXsJE4QA0YvqTI68mtYuJHu-R-NWX1gMkpHCTkrYmbOKdf-FQ2lyacJ6GikZo0uPj-gK9SYV5ZRHlag6jGA1evFQfkOeZuElJ1DCuiLc4jm_BeHhh-qM90DOfy9MOiV-DhT6ud3TaQ/s400/swarm.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Queen Bee </div><div style="text-align: center;">Ink, marker and watercolor on mat board<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">This is just a quick one this week, but it had me thinking about the zen of being at one with nature. Nature and I have a love hate relationship. I consider myself something of a nature girl, but become literally depressed when things don't grow and flourish in the ways I envision. We have had terrible drought conditions here in Texas for at least four of the six years that we have been back. I have had very little success at growing anything. OK, in reality I have a black thumb. My husband commented on it just yesterday when I was fondling the plants in the garden department at Lowe's. But despite my general ineptitude with growing things, I have always been happiest outside, breathing in fresh country air. And I like to think that I will eventually get better at nurturing nature, if I just keep at it. (And don't forget to water)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I remember being particularly concerned about the state of the natural world a couple of years ago when I heard that bees were disappearing. Apparently a bee virus was decimating bee colonies, but they seem to be making a comeback. I am still pretty upset about the fact that I haven't seen a firefly in several years. No one really knows what has happened there. But on the positive side, ground dwelling birds have returned to East Texas. I have been seeing road runners and killdeer again for several seasons now. Apparently the fire ants are finally finding a balance. That is the thing about nature, isn't it? It always finds balance. How Zen!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Do you know that it is virtually impossible to purchase any kind of merchandise from the movie "Despicable Me"? My husband is a five year old when it comes to Christmas. All he wanted wanted was minions for his desk at work and there are none to be found anywhere. Its not that people are snatching them up, its that none were ever made in the first place. Soooo...loving wife that I am, I produced these three out of polymer clay just in time for Christmas. I had to bar my husband from my studio and swear my son to secrecy, but they turned out to be a rather big hit. Add a bit of wintry background, a couple of snowballs, and I ended up with a IF entry to boot.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Just playing around with marshmallow fondant. I can't stand the stuff that comes in a box, but this stuff is passable. I am starting to convince myself that I could make my daughter's wedding cake. After all, it is just sculpting with flour and sugar. I love to sculpt! This is a little 6 inch cake, which would be about the size of a top wedding cake tier. Fresh flowers and real ribbon (no polka dots) would be beautiful!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984976164997560451.post-29599220809303127872010-12-12T10:29:00.002-06:002010-12-12T10:39:29.306-06:00Missed Opportunities, Baking and the Holidays!We have one more week of school before the end of the semester and Christmas break. Kids and teachers are anxious for the R and R. I have been completely remiss in participating in Illustration Friday, but I still mull over ideas every week when the email with the new word arrives. This last week I even went so far as to photograph my Schleich Mammoths for the word "prehistoric" while waiting on dinner with Todd at Dairy Queen. I had good intentions to turn them into an illustration, but alas....well, I hate excuses, especially my own. <br />
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On the tastier side, I spent much of yesterday researching wedding cakes for my daughter Bailey. This (of course) gave me a strong hankering for something tasty and sweet. Since I was awake this morning at the usual 5:00 am, I got up and made an absolutely yummy carrot cake. I had two pieces of it for breakfast and I am now in a diabetic coma. I hate to cook, but I love to bake. Other people love you when you bake, so it is a much more positive and indulgent experience. Below is the end result of my morning labors in the kitchen. Cakes are so pretty, even if you don't have the appropriate stands and plates to display them on (which I don't).<br />
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Happy Holidays everyone! The nature girl in me has decided to celebrate winter solstice on December 21st. I would love to hear from anyone who has a tradition of celebrating this celestial event. Please leave a comment about what traditions you observe and the symbolic meanings behind them.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984976164997560451.post-16763317436601307232010-11-09T05:47:00.003-06:002010-11-09T06:07:48.632-06:00How to Fold a Japanese Origami Peace Crane<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>I am presenting the <b>Put Up A Crane Peace Project</b> as a workshop at the Texas Art Education Association's annual conference on Saturday. I produced this short video so other teachers can use it in their classrooms and just as a reminder on how to fold origami cranes. For more information on this project check out my earlier blog posts:<br />
<a href="http://msartlady.blogspot.com/2009/10/illustration-friday-pattern-or-put-up.html">http://msartlady.blogspot.com/2009/10/illustration-friday-pattern-or-put-up.html</a> <br />
<a href="http://msartlady.blogspot.com/2009/11/illustration-friday-skinny-or-peace.html">http://msartlady.blogspot.com/2009/11/illustration-friday-skinny-or-peace.html</a> <br />
<a href="http://msartlady.blogspot.com/2009/12/put-up-crane-project-is-installed.html">http://msartlady.blogspot.com/2009/12/put-up-crane-project-is-installed.html</a><br />
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Below are the photographs which were included for my half of the exhibit. All of these photographs were taken in and around the town of Marshall, Texas over the course of a few weekends in September and early October.<br />
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