Capitals @ Capital City

WJLA covered the Washington Capitals workshop at Capital City!

Here are links to the article and to the video:

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2013/01/capitals-host-clinic-for-middle-school-students-84073.html

http://www.wjla.com/video/2013/01/capitals-host-clinic-for-middle-school-students.html

Please note the close up of one of art club's posters featured in the video!

Cincinnati Art Museum Renovation

During break, my dad and his coworker took me on a tour of one of emersion design's latest projects- a renovation of the art academy wing at the Cincinnati Art Museum!  I volunteered at CAM for about 5 or 6 years during high school and college and it is the main reason I went into the art field.  It was great to see the new office spaces and the library.  I am most excited for the library which is located in the addition added to the top of the building which you can see in the photo.  It looks both spacious and welcoming and the terrace off the front has a beautiful view especially in the winter.  I can't wait to see the final result.  For my readers in Cincinnati, go check it out in a month or so when it is open!

Work in progress- painted canvases

Works in progress by my great 8th graders. I think they are stunning.  More updates once they are finished.

Painting Present

One year when I was a poor graduate student, I gave my dad a painting lesson as a Christmas gift.  This painting was the result of exactly 1 lesson.  What do you think?  I think he shows great potential!

Painting of French Countryside, 2005

Happy New Year!

While in Cincinnati for new years, I photographed some of my favorite artworks I made from 2005-2011.  I'm feeling sculpture in 2013...

Trees, 2011

Still life, 2005

Palette Knife Still Life, 2005

 

MASSIVE color chart, 2005

Poorly photographed drawing of Kenyan boy, 2007

Trees, 2005

Just to give you an idea of how LARGE I like to paint!

 

Working hard!

I love my 8th grade. Here are some shots of what it is like when the studio is buzzing with students working hard.

6th grade progress

6th grade "drafts" of their sculptures (which will be done with aluminum wire).  As you can see on the agenda, we first brainstorm interesting and specific actions, next we choose an action to sketch using pencil and paper, then we redraw that same sketch but only use one line (since wire is like one long line), finally we do a "3D Sketch" using pipecleaners to realize our one line sketch in 3 dimensions.  Next class, we will use wire to make our final drafts.