Deadlines are in sight...

The deadline for ALL work and sketchbook/masterwork postings will be next wee, November 7th.  I will be grading your sites, your posts and your work.  At that point you should have the following:

1.  6 Concentration pieces (3 from the summer and three so far this year).
2.  4 Breadth pieces

You might have THIS combination:

1.  7 Breadth (3 Summer pieces and 4 from this year so far).
2.  3 Concentration pieces.

I suspect this is going to be a shock to all of you even though I have been trying very hard to get you on top of the schedule.

Please be mindful that the date of the decision regarding "to AP or not to AP" is getting close.

I still believe you can do this but I need to see the work.

Period.

The look.

Keep Looking at Art - Mathilde Roussel

Installation

I see cool stuff brewing...

I look at your sites fairly often (especially around grading time) but most often I watch how all of you interact, what you do and talk about to each other - in class and off periods.  You have a bond that can't be duplicated on a site and I realize that more and more.  Here's what I see:

Anastasiya's determination and beautiful images.

Brooke's constant posting, always working but never discussing in class.

Cheyenne's amazing ability with depiction of her people - and never talking in class.

Chloe's love of art when she has an idea she's excited about.

Josh's fantastic idea of altarpieces (and love of AH!) - coming soon if I hear the rumbles correctly.

Katherine's sketchbook ideas coming to life - with thumbnails if I can persuade her...

Lily's strong sketchbook concepts - just waiting to be realized in finished pieces.

Michael's well-designed characters that seem to have come from another part of him.

Sofia's serious art side (and organizational skills) that is appealing and producing.

The deadlines seem unrealistic.  The time is short and you have very little to devote.  I ask for excellence and that will never go away - I care too much to settle or let you settle.  I know you can do this think called AP Portfolio.  I still believe in you.

Egon Schiele loved drapery, too.

Deadline Today for Concentration #5.

Please post your next piece.  It should be a Concentration.  Post the title, size, medium, and a reflection as well as your accompanying sketchbook material.

So just how much fun WAS ACL?

Carne Griffiths

Things will happen when you are ready to accept them.

A bit of my personal Kuntz philosophy:

Struggle with ideas and they will fight back.  Release the desire to control and you will overcome the obstacles that you've placed before you.  When you stop searching in panic for an idea to come, it will come of its own accord.  Life is a wonderful mystery and you are the detective.  Stop trying to be great and you will be, by default.  I believe in all of you.  Give this thing called art the time it needs to develop and you will be paid back ten-fold.

I promise.

...stop using only black and white.

Class today...

I tend to go on a bit - passion for teaching and art carry me away.  Just a few more thoughts...

1.  The real world will not be kind to you.  Be ready for it and don't miss deadlines now.

2.  Deadlines are meant to be respected.  While there may be wiggle room, treat them as if your life (and your next job/client) depended on making them.

3.  Change is scary.  Embrace the fear.

4.  Remember the shell and celebrate your knowledge of it.  You were where the Art 3 kids are now.  Look how far you've come.

5.  Scholastic is around the corner.  You're going to New York.  End of story.

You can do this, too.  It's just a grown up shell.

Where is the work?

Looking...still looking...and I need EVERYONE to have the capability of allowing comments to their sites.  Please be mindful of the deadlines.  Regardless of whether I'm in class or not, you need to have the work ready and available.  

Post your sketchbook ideas soon, please.