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Well, I got the essay done. It turned out decent I think, not great but decent. She said if we had a thesis we automatically get an A (I guess most students forget to have a thesis in their comparison papers), but I am not sure if she really meant that. I did have a thesis, it wasn't just a string of descriptions of the two paintings. So I'll cross my fingers that she gives me an A.
Yay! It feels so good to know that I am free to focus on art for the rest of the semester. No more worrying about essays! Except, that is, the one that will be on the final exam, but that is an in class one so no point in thinking about it now.
I did not get my edition done last night and I almost ditched critique today but I am glad I did go. Turns out everyone in the class had major problems doing their photo etches. The acid was eating the emulsion off the plate and ruining the image for everyone in the class. I spent five hours last night trying to find ways to fix all the problems on my plate before I gave up. The teacher thinks the the emulsion on the plates might have been damaged because the air conditioning was turned off over the summer in the art building to save money. Her class last semester didn't have all of the problems that our class was having. So she is grading us on our original film rather than our prints and she didn't mind that I hadn't done my whole edition.
I ditched painting all week, I should go work on my paintings. My 3D papermaking project is due next week and I haven't started. Bleh!
I think I am going to draw a butterfly cocoon for my final edition in Intaglio. The assignment is "reconsidering beauty". I am painting a butterfly wing in painting class and I was looking at photos of cocoons and I am fascinated with the forms. I guess it is a bit cliche, but I think it is kind of cool to use this transitory stage between ugliness and beauty for an assignment on beauty. Whatever. I would like to be deep in my art, but I feel the work I am most proud of focuses on visual information that entrances me. I don't care if butterflies and cocoons are old and maybe kitschy, I like to look at them and I like to draw them. I guess I need to keep searching for that balance between concept and engaging imagery.
Yay! It feels so good to know that I am free to focus on art for the rest of the semester. No more worrying about essays! Except, that is, the one that will be on the final exam, but that is an in class one so no point in thinking about it now.
I did not get my edition done last night and I almost ditched critique today but I am glad I did go. Turns out everyone in the class had major problems doing their photo etches. The acid was eating the emulsion off the plate and ruining the image for everyone in the class. I spent five hours last night trying to find ways to fix all the problems on my plate before I gave up. The teacher thinks the the emulsion on the plates might have been damaged because the air conditioning was turned off over the summer in the art building to save money. Her class last semester didn't have all of the problems that our class was having. So she is grading us on our original film rather than our prints and she didn't mind that I hadn't done my whole edition.
I ditched painting all week, I should go work on my paintings. My 3D papermaking project is due next week and I haven't started. Bleh!
I think I am going to draw a butterfly cocoon for my final edition in Intaglio. The assignment is "reconsidering beauty". I am painting a butterfly wing in painting class and I was looking at photos of cocoons and I am fascinated with the forms. I guess it is a bit cliche, but I think it is kind of cool to use this transitory stage between ugliness and beauty for an assignment on beauty. Whatever. I would like to be deep in my art, but I feel the work I am most proud of focuses on visual information that entrances me. I don't care if butterflies and cocoons are old and maybe kitschy, I like to look at them and I like to draw them. I guess I need to keep searching for that balance between concept and engaging imagery.