THINK ART ...
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| jessie james, self-portrait |
...well, it seemed worthy of a post especially as the year comes to a close and you will be out of the art room (not necessarily the art brain) for the summer!
here is a little art brain workout session to get you in the mood for making:
1. beautify ...try to seek the beauty in things that seem anything but beautiful
2. deconstruct ...break down your surroundings into only values, then shapes, then colors, then forms
3. translate ...when you feel ANYTHING think about how you could turn emotion into creation
4. cultivate awareness ...be present, try to discover who you are, what you are, how you are, and put intention into your actions
i went to an artist's studio once and he had a huge sculpture of a hand. he had us stop and look at it before moving on and when we were in the next room he asked if anyone had noticed anything unusual about the hand. none of us had noticed that this huge sculpture had an extra finger!
...think about how much slips by us when we just go through the motions
p.s. all
the art work out there in school looks great! save the date for art
studio night, friday, june 14th from 5-7 in the art hall celebrating all
the great work you've done throughout the year! ...i can't wait to check
everything out!
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