Saturday, November 3, 2012

Challenging Yourself

No shave November or No school November?  This month is going to cruise by, so you should always come to class prepared to take advantage of every second.  Seniors, I need to touch base with you this week about creating or putting together portfolios for the Scholastic Art Awards.  The deadline is January 16th but I want to make sure each of you has an idea and a direction.

For all of you this is the time to challenge yourself.  If you aren't spending at least 3 - 4 hours a week working on your concentration, outside of class time, ask yourself......am I playing it safe or am I challenging myself?

Check out this site, it's amazing.  http://www.thisiscolossal.com/category/art/ There are several tabs at the top that take you to various types of art.  These people are definitely challenging themselves. The images below are embroidered portraits.  The first is the front, the second is what the back looks like.  I like the back better!  What do you think?  Find some art, design or photography on Colossal and tell me what you think of the persons work.



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12 comments:

  1. tori zinkNovember 4, 2012 at 12:16 PM

    this website is awesome! this was one of my favorite things that I came across http://www.flickr.com/photos/eddie_ded_hed/6399570523

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  2. UnknownNovember 4, 2012 at 1:28 PM

    I really like the photography about life in Indonesia! The cutest three little boys ever! I think its a cool idea and I really like the photo! Very nifty website. Go art.

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  3. LizzieNovember 4, 2012 at 2:45 PM

    I love the glittering metallic ink cloud photographs they are so cool in design and have the best compositions/textures! swell. http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/10/glittering-metallic-ink-clouds-photographed-by-albert-seveso/

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  4. Stacey StrovinkNovember 4, 2012 at 3:53 PM

    My favorites are the water color pieces done by Dima Rubus and the leaf cutouts Lorenzo Duran. Both are stunning and I'd love to try working with both medias more some point this year!

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  5. UnknownNovember 4, 2012 at 5:21 PM

    http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/03/remarkable-animals-painted-in-ink-by-george-boorujy/

    These ridiculously detailed drawings of animals are pretty epic. The animals look like martyrs or something. They're all worn and rugged looking, but are in these elegant positions on a white background.

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  6. Laura SuzukiNovember 4, 2012 at 5:27 PM

    Ahh I really love the tea, vodka, whiskey and ink portraits by Carne Griffiths! Who would have known you could create beautiful art with drinks?

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  7. Allison TNovember 4, 2012 at 6:24 PM

    The street art was the best to me, reminds me of Banksy!! They should definitely do something like those in downtown LO... but I highly doubt it would happen :'(

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  8. MaddieNovember 4, 2012 at 9:12 PM

    The cake icing/graffiti photos were really cool. It reminded me of cake boss ;) hehe

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  9. Noelle F-VNovember 4, 2012 at 9:25 PM

    I think that the backside of the boy's portrait is better! It's almost demonic. But it is also really interesting to look at.

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  10. UnknownNovember 4, 2012 at 9:47 PM

    I couldn't pick which one I liked the best -___-

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  11. UnknownNovember 4, 2012 at 11:48 PM

    I liked a lot of the anatomy drawings and saw a lot of good ideas for my concentration! I especially liked Angala Palmer's work

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  12. SophiaNovember 5, 2012 at 12:12 AM

    I really liked the collages!! http://www.thisiscolossal.com/tags/collage/
    especially the ones with just itsy bitsy scraps that made really cool representational portraits/images.

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