2 MCs

it doesn't get much cuter than this. lets be honest.

spittin' rhymes.

"is this thing on?"

new mix.

tons of new great rock 'n' roll lately. 

if you want a copy, let me know.

new logo.

friday wisdom.

pinterest

are you on pinterest? well, if you're not... you should be.

pinterest is a great new site that allows you to make virtual 'pinboards' that allow you to categorize and save any image that you find on the internet... your favorite things, stuff you want to remember, or whatever else you choose.

you can follow me here.

i love pinterest because it allows me to save all the great art images that i find on the web. it then allows me to not only immediately share those images with my friends and students, but they can share their inspiration with me.

here are a few of the many images that i have pinned.

new mix cd!

curious what you're hearing in the artroom recently?
here is the new mix that we've been listening to. if you want a copy, let me know.

murals!

thanks to thomas' own mrs. rosenbury for writing this great piece about art club for the democrat and chronicle.
check it out here!

below you can see the awesome mural painted around ms. geary's door, by beth peterson.

friday wisdom.

creation!

another day in AP art full of concentration and focus.
love this crew.

new work by audrey kawasaki

audrey kawasaki is one of my favorite contemporary artists. her soft attention to color & form juxtaposed with heavy black outlines, use of the wood painting surface, and creative figurative elements make her work visually arresting to me.

here are some of her new works. these are interesting because they show a definite van gogh inspiration.

you can find out more here.

artist of the week :: irina & silviu szekely

surrealism!

collage!

scale confusion!

change of space!

more!

friday wisdom.

friday wisdom.

i needed something profound with which to send off my semester students.

visit from sari

local portrait artist and all-around awesome lady sari gaby came to do a workshop for my drawing 1 class yesterday. as always, it was informative, fun, and inspiring for my students and myself. if you are interested in finding out more about sari or her workshops, contact me or check out her website.

here are some pictures of the workshop, as well as the most recent works of my junior student hannah as well as the display board with work on it from all my current classes. 

great stuff happening in the art room right now.

2011-12 rochester-finger lakes student art show

this year's poster for the annual rochester-finger lakes student art exhibition held at RIT features the work of one of my students - lainey chippero. pretty awesome stuff.

if you are interested in seeing more great high school work from the region, join us for the opening reception or any time during the run of the show.

friday wisdom

ap art reunion wisdom.

friday wisdom

artist of the week :: guy denning

check out the painting of british artist guy denning.

i think he describes his work (and the process of painting) the best:
I think that painting is a focusing; a process of exaggeration and editing of a suggestion of reality. I can start with a skeleton, like a foundation illustration, perhaps taken from a life study or a photograph and then I start to manipulate that framework. All the time I am hoping for accidents with the paint as the accidents are usually the source of greatest productivity. Perhaps the accidents of paint give me a similar perspective as the viewer to the finished painting: the surprise at something fresh or something that is not immediately understood in its construction. This aspect of painting is like, perhaps, finding the uncontrolled intention. 
I know when it’s right or, at least, tending towards right but I don’t know how to do it. If I knew how to do it, that there was a predetermined and guaranteed method, then it wouldn’t be the challenge that forces me to paint continually. 

check out his: 
website
drawing-a-day blog
writing blog

thanks to amy bonner for the heads up on this great artist

artist of the week :: carne griffiths

carne griffiths' paintings and illustrations are energetic and controlled all at once.

he drips and controls ink washes and applies marks with pen and pencil - all creating atmospheric portraits full of emotion - specifically strength and poise. the women he paints are typically juxtaposed with natural elements (leaves, feathers, tree branches, etc), showing woman's communion and connection with nature.

check out more about him and his art here.

(thanks to brienna wirley for the heads up on this great artist)