Free blog of your choice - but it needs to be academically based. i.e. - share about an art article you read, a gallery you visited, and new process, technique or artist you are researching etc. Make sure to put in your own words and include your own thoughts and observations. :)
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Kayla Ford
3/7/2016 10:45:43 am
Now that I am working with film, I decided to look up some artists who use it regularly. If you google 'film photography artists' most of the images that comes up are done by Boogie (Vladimir Milivojevich). His pieces are very appealing to the eye. I really enjoy black and white photography and the feelings behind it. Looking at Boogie's work, he has worked with many different types of subjects. Boogie has also done a lot with Nike, and they look very interesting. I also like that he uses the focus of his camera to help viewers visualize better. He's an artist that travels and shows the different lives of people through his photos. He is definitely someone I will look back to if I need inspiration. I think doing his type of photo would be really cool to do.
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Aaron Frey
3/7/2016 10:54:25 am
I looked at his art and its really intriguing. I'm not good at photography so your ability to shoot is really cool to me. I looked at his project in Istanbul and saw some things that look really similar to what you're working on
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Banzhoff
3/14/2016 03:17:24 pm
I hadn't heard of him before - I like his work - thanks for sharing Kayla!
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Aaron Frey
3/7/2016 10:48:40 am
In looking at the requirements I freaked out a little bit. Who has time to research an artist, or go to an art show? I certainly do not have the time for that, so in light of that statement I decided to look into my dads art. I didn't just pick my dad because he was convenient, but also he has really impacted me as an artist from a very early age. I remember one day my family was at my grandparents house and my grandma brought up some old boxes from the basement. In the boxes were some of my dads old stuff, the coolest thing I found was his sketch book. It has his sketches from when he was illistrating a children's book. Being in 4th grade at the time seeing my dads sketches blew my mind. Due to the fact that this was for a children's book a lot of sketches were very simple, but were still very detailed. I spent the next few weeks drawing what I saw in the sketchbook. I was intrigued because I was able to replicate his work very well. In the weeks following i spent more time looking through our own basement because we still had boxes laying around from when we moved. I eagerly opened any box on the top (because I was to little to move boxes off each other) to my astonishment I found my dads comic book collection. My mind was blown away, I spent the next days having my dad draw super heroes. To my shame now I spent all of my time tracing his art and eventually able to perfectly draw what he would draw without tracing. one time I had him draw me spiderman and as he was drawing I grabbed a piece of paper and drew right next to him. When he was done he looked and saw what I was doing he was shocked. I was able to replicate his style almost exactly. I was really impressed with myself for being able to draw like my dad, even though I know now he is able to draw a lot better than the quick minute sketches he did for me back then. I guess the reason I'm writing about my dad because he is the reason I even got into art. I guess we never really know how much we can impact someone in the future by our actions today. I was gonna write about another experience of finding my dads art but I think I'll wait for now
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3/7/2016 11:18:19 am
That's pretty neat, I like to hear stories about how people gain their creative passions. It's especially interesting, because you can often see what inspires an artist in the work they do.
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Kayla Ford
3/10/2016 10:45:00 am
I think this is really cool. Growing up I remember trying to draw like my mom and grandma because they were so good and I was just doing simple stick figures. It's amazing that you could pick up on his style at such a young age and recreate it yourself.
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Chloe White
3/11/2016 09:48:26 am
That is a really heart-warming tale about you and your dad! It sounds like you two have a very strong bond. So does your artwork in AP right now look like your dad's style then?
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Aaron
3/11/2016 10:08:08 am
My dad was more of an ilustrator so i don't think he ever tried water color but our sketches are kind of similar 3/11/2016 10:35:51 am
To an extent, I can relate to this. My mother was pretty artistically talented, and from a young age encouraged me to try drawing. It was something that I enjoyed when I was little, and while she didn't pursue a career with that skill, she helped to show me how it would be possible for me to.
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Banzhoff
3/14/2016 03:16:07 pm
Would love to see some of his work - can you bring some in ? or at least pictures? :)
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3/7/2016 11:01:06 am
Lately, I've been researching some really odd stuff. It's been branching off between Architecture and Astrology.
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Kayla Ford
3/10/2016 10:50:07 am
Reading this, I was intrigued. Walking into a building I had no idea there were so many symbols that you encounter every day. I also didn't know that stars and plants and stones were all incorporated together. This is very interesting to think about. I can't wait to see how your works turn out.
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Chloe White
3/11/2016 09:51:54 am
Drawing architecture always seems horribly daunting, it requires so much precision and technical skills. Will any of the churches and stained glass windows you draw play a significant role in your art portfolio work other than being background? For example, will a church you draw be part of some elite organization that the rebel peasants overthrow? Just wondering what these churches and castles will mean to you.
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Aaron Frey
3/11/2016 10:13:06 am
i love drawing buildings and architechre and stain glass windows have always amazed me. i can't wait to see some of your finished pieces
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3/11/2016 10:29:24 am
The structures will have historical importance, yes.
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3/11/2016 10:41:40 am
Something you might want to research are 19th century cathedrals from the gothic revival in architecture. They're much like 16th century cathedrals, but more structurally sound.
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Banzhoff
3/14/2016 03:20:13 pm
Research is always helpful - would love to see how you could incorporate this into your concept art and the world you are creating.
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Chloe White
3/11/2016 10:02:01 am
So almost every time somebody evaluates my work they ask me if I am a Salvador Dali enthusiast, or have I studied him. The only time I had ever learned about him was maybe a little bit in art 1, I admit I don't study art history as much as I should.
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Surrealism can be really neat, sometimes. I like to see the kind that has lots of symbolism and dreamlike scenarios rather than strange things just for the sake of them looking strange and nothing else.
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Banzhoff
3/14/2016 03:22:15 pm
you should check out Freud to as his thought process and Dali's work often go hand in hand.
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3/11/2016 10:32:43 am
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3/11/2016 11:05:24 am
I suppose that when sketching, what you sketch isn't important as long as you're exploring something new- Either a technique, a style, or an idea.
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Banzhoff
3/14/2016 03:25:13 pm
hmm.. my first question for you is why landscapes? As in what about them are you connected to ? What draws you in? There are so many directions that you can go with this that maybe figuring out the connection will give you more direction.
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