Updating the mission_April & May
I am now, happily & entertainingly, half way done with both of these Books and Movies tasks :)
Task 16_Project_50 BOOKS
In order to complete this task, I will need to read about five books per month which, frankly, is daunting but I managed last year so...maybe. And it is a task I completed forboth April & May
April
16_Bookclub recommendation_Mountain to Mountain by Shannon Galpin
17_ALA's Most Challenged Books List for 2015_Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
18_ALA's Most Challenged Books List for 2015_Looking for Alaska by John Green
19_The Hare With the Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal
20_Tending the Epicurean Garden by Hiram Crespo
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May
21_Book recommendation by librarian/ bookseller or President Obama_Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
22_Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman
23_ALA's Most Challenged Books List for 2014_The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
24_Book that can be finished in a day_Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell
25_ART_The Complete Colored Pencil Book by Bernard Poulin
Task 17_Project_100 MOVIES (To include completed series)
In order to complete this task, I will need to watch about 10 movies per month, a task I completed for both April & May
April
31_Abstract: The Art f Design_2017_Netflix Original 8-part documentary covering all aspects of design
32_The Incredible Hulk_2008_Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt
33_The Secret of Drawing_2005_BBC 4-part documentary covering all aspects of the continuing importance of drawing in modern society
34_Tim's Vermeer_2013_Art documentary_Tim Jenison, Penn & Teller, David Hockney
35_Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict_2015_Art Documentary_Peggy Guggenheim
36_Great Artists in Their Own Words: But is it Art_2013_BBC Documentary_Damien Hirst, artist Louise bourgeois, Robert Mapplethorpe, Lucien Freud
37_Great Artists in Their Own Words: Out of Darkness_2013_BBC Documentary of art from 1939 to 1966_Robert Rauschenberg, Francis Bacon, Andy Warhol, Richard Hamilton
38_What Do Artists Do All Day_2013_BBC Art Documentary_1/2 hour on Polly Morgan, 1/2 hour on Cornelia Parker, 1/2 hour Edmund de Waal
39_Hidden Figures_2016_Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Jim Parsons
40_Iron Man 3_2013_Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Ben Kingsley
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May
41_Moonlight_2016_Alex R. Hibbert (Little), Ashton Sanders, (Chiron), Trevante Rhodes (Black), Jaden Piner (young Kevin), André Holland (older Kevin)
42_Thor: The Dark World_2013_Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman,
43_Magritte: An Attempt at the Impossible_2007_Art Documentary
44_Beauty is Embarrassing_2012_Art Documentary_Wayne White
45_The Great Courses's The American Mind by Professor Allen C Guelzo
46_Guardians of the Galaxy_2014_Chris Pratt, James Gunn, Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel
47_The Avengers: Age of Ultron_2015_Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth
48_Sully_2016_Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney
49_Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2_2017_Chris Pratt, James Gunn, Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel
50_Udemy Course_Dan Rather on Journalism & Finding the Truth in the News
Dribs & Drabs
Tasks 51 through 56 plus Task 98 on my list deal with improving my doing-art routine. In order to improve my routine though, I needed to understand what it is I want from my art and realizing that I didn't really know I, in part, set-up tasks dealing with just that, defining what I want. So, Task 51: Define how to take my drawings to the next level is complete!
They say artists need community but having none here in the burbs, I decided to find my inspiration in other ways, through Task 52: Watch 25 Art-related documentaries AND Task 53 & 54: Read 5 Art-related books. Neither of these tasks is completed although I have watched 10 documentaries and read 1 book.
Task 55: Establish a 3-minimum-simultaneously worked-on drawing routine I added because in watching the documentaries, I noticed that's how many painters especially work, several pieces simultaneous worked on. Makes sense. If you get stuck on one, move to another. Learn something new, apply that to another. And so on. This is a task that probably won't 'Get Completed' until my mission does because it needs to become routine but, working on it I am.
Task 56: Develop a Tool Kit and this I have done so, while I will undoubtedly add to it as I learn, I'm considering it complete.
And finally they also say artists should have mentors. Again, no mentors locally hence Task 98: Take 6 Online Art Courses of which I have taken but 1.
Consequently, I imagine, because of all of this focus, I completed two drawings, Tasks 21: Two Month Drawing & 22: Two Month Drawing which makes me pretty darn happy.and feeling like I am moving in the proper direction.
I also completed Task 74: Udemy Course_Dan Rather on Journalism & Finding the Truth in the News which was excellent.
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Task 16_Project_50 BOOKS
In order to complete this task, I will need to read about five books per month which, frankly, is daunting but I managed last year so...maybe. And it is a task I completed forboth April & May
April
16_Bookclub recommendation_Mountain to Mountain by Shannon Galpin
17_ALA's Most Challenged Books List for 2015_Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
18_ALA's Most Challenged Books List for 2015_Looking for Alaska by John Green
19_The Hare With the Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance by Edmund de Waal
20_Tending the Epicurean Garden by Hiram Crespo
_____________
May
21_Book recommendation by librarian/ bookseller or President Obama_Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
22_Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders by Neil Gaiman
23_ALA's Most Challenged Books List for 2014_The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
24_Book that can be finished in a day_Animal Farm: A Fairy Story by George Orwell
25_ART_The Complete Colored Pencil Book by Bernard Poulin
Task 17_Project_100 MOVIES (To include completed series)
In order to complete this task, I will need to watch about 10 movies per month, a task I completed for both April & May
April
31_Abstract: The Art f Design_2017_Netflix Original 8-part documentary covering all aspects of design
32_The Incredible Hulk_2008_Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt
33_The Secret of Drawing_2005_BBC 4-part documentary covering all aspects of the continuing importance of drawing in modern society
34_Tim's Vermeer_2013_Art documentary_Tim Jenison, Penn & Teller, David Hockney
35_Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict_2015_Art Documentary_Peggy Guggenheim
36_Great Artists in Their Own Words: But is it Art_2013_BBC Documentary_Damien Hirst, artist Louise bourgeois, Robert Mapplethorpe, Lucien Freud
37_Great Artists in Their Own Words: Out of Darkness_2013_BBC Documentary of art from 1939 to 1966_Robert Rauschenberg, Francis Bacon, Andy Warhol, Richard Hamilton
38_What Do Artists Do All Day_2013_BBC Art Documentary_1/2 hour on Polly Morgan, 1/2 hour on Cornelia Parker, 1/2 hour Edmund de Waal
39_Hidden Figures_2016_Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Jim Parsons
40_Iron Man 3_2013_Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Ben Kingsley
___________________________________
May
41_Moonlight_2016_Alex R. Hibbert (Little), Ashton Sanders, (Chiron), Trevante Rhodes (Black), Jaden Piner (young Kevin), André Holland (older Kevin)
42_Thor: The Dark World_2013_Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman,
43_Magritte: An Attempt at the Impossible_2007_Art Documentary
44_Beauty is Embarrassing_2012_Art Documentary_Wayne White
45_The Great Courses's The American Mind by Professor Allen C Guelzo
46_Guardians of the Galaxy_2014_Chris Pratt, James Gunn, Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel
47_The Avengers: Age of Ultron_2015_Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth
48_Sully_2016_Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney
49_Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2_2017_Chris Pratt, James Gunn, Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel
50_Udemy Course_Dan Rather on Journalism & Finding the Truth in the News
Dribs & Drabs
Tasks 51 through 56 plus Task 98 on my list deal with improving my doing-art routine. In order to improve my routine though, I needed to understand what it is I want from my art and realizing that I didn't really know I, in part, set-up tasks dealing with just that, defining what I want. So, Task 51: Define how to take my drawings to the next level is complete!
They say artists need community but having none here in the burbs, I decided to find my inspiration in other ways, through Task 52: Watch 25 Art-related documentaries AND Task 53 & 54: Read 5 Art-related books. Neither of these tasks is completed although I have watched 10 documentaries and read 1 book.
Task 55: Establish a 3-minimum-simultaneously worked-on drawing routine I added because in watching the documentaries, I noticed that's how many painters especially work, several pieces simultaneous worked on. Makes sense. If you get stuck on one, move to another. Learn something new, apply that to another. And so on. This is a task that probably won't 'Get Completed' until my mission does because it needs to become routine but, working on it I am.
Task 56: Develop a Tool Kit and this I have done so, while I will undoubtedly add to it as I learn, I'm considering it complete.
And finally they also say artists should have mentors. Again, no mentors locally hence Task 98: Take 6 Online Art Courses of which I have taken but 1.
Consequently, I imagine, because of all of this focus, I completed two drawings, Tasks 21: Two Month Drawing & 22: Two Month Drawing which makes me pretty darn happy.and feeling like I am moving in the proper direction.
I also completed Task 74: Udemy Course_Dan Rather on Journalism & Finding the Truth in the News which was excellent.
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