This week in painting, we started a painting from a new model and did things a little differently. Instead of doing a full body painting of the model nude, we focused on just the model’s head. (so he kept his clothes on!) Audrey got some really big old pieces of doors to paint on so a few of us are using those, and painting something on such a different scale is really refreshing. I haven’t been able to focus on one aspect of a painting this semester, so I feel like the structure of my painting is already better than others. We started in on Monday, kept working on it on Wednesday, and have more session to work on it this Monday. After that, we’ll have the model back from our last painting, so we can work on that one more or start a new one. Then, the semester will be done, yeesh.
In seminar, we got a new project, since we just wrapped up our last one, called Zoom. The prompt has to do with taking a piece that we’ve worked on this semester, either in class or otherwise, and alter the scale of it. We can alter more than the scale, like the material and concept, but we have to change the original scale of the piece. For example, my friend Taylor is taking a painting that she did for the last project, which is huge, and making tiny watercolor sketches to experiment with different colors. I like her idea a lot, since not only will it make a nice piece on its own, but it will help her make decisions about color for her larger painting. I’m not too sure of an idea so far, but I’m leaning toward working with photographs. I take a lot of photographs, and I love working with them, but I haven’t had the chance to do a piece with any this semester.
As I type at NESAD, the gallery is full of people enjoying our current show, From Paper to Pixels!
Suffolk University Gallery is pleased to present the exhibit From Paper to Pixels, and to be collaborating with Infrared5 CEO Rebecca Smith Allen, who first organized the exhibit. This exhibition creates the opportunity for collaboration between traditional and new media artists.
From Paper to Pixels pairs creative people together, to be inspired and invent new masterpieces. The results of these pairings are smart, funny, delightful. The exhibit invites the viewer to participate – to play with art, dance with characters, touch paintings to make music, interact with sculptures and make the art come alive.
The opening is tonight until 7pm and the show is up until January 17th. It is a combination of physical art pieces with technology driven additions, and each piece is interactive. It’s such a fun show to see and experience, and I think it’s perfect for an art school, where everyone is curious and wants to touch everything anyways!