Well, as of about 20 minutes ago, my pre-course art coursework is finished! 11 pictures and 2 pieces of writing, that is:
- A copy of two pictures by "famous" artists which depict something a bit natural. (I chose "The flamingos" by Henri Rousseau, and a photo by Andy Goldsworthy which didn't appear to have a title. Thank you to
gmh and hypatia for helping me out, and to anyone else who helped.)
- Notes on each of these pictures explaining what they were about and how they made me feel - waffle basically.
- 4 up-close-and-personal pictures of the inside of a fruit (I chose a yellow pepper), one in pencil, one in coloured pencil, one in watercolour and one in whatever medium you want (I chose to paint it with acrylics on calico, then quilt it - thanks mrscosmopilite for the idea).
- Another 4 pictures of the inside of a different fruit (I chose a kiwi this time. Not the bird you buch of pedants, the fruit), again in pencil, coloured pencil, watercolour and whichever medium you feel like doing (this time I chose
fruit pastels).
- A detail close-up picture of a natural object (I did a rose - a nice pink one that was in mrscosmopilite's bunch of flowers that the bridal shop gave her - thank you Harmony Brides) on A2 paper and coloured in whatever medium you fancy (I did acrylics 'cos they dry nice and quick and you can do a bit of texture with them).
I am especially pleased with the last one, the rose, as it is a really dramatic picture, but gods, I hope I never have to paint something 'crimson' again.
And I found out yesterday that my art teacher for next year is the really good one, which I am relieved about because otherwise it would've been the really
awful one who thinks that any piece of art by someone famous is wonderful and if you don't think that then you don't know anything about art. She said to me in year 7, when I pointed out that Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' aren't actually all that incredible and they don't make me feel anything except "Oooh. Sunflowers.", "Well obviously you haven't seen any
real art. Go back to your seat."
Oh and by the way, when I have mentioned the word 'medium' throughout this post, I was not talking about a person who can talk to the dead. Nor was I talking about the size of my clothes. I was, in fact, talking about 'mediums' in a
art context.
I'm going to sort out my stuff for school now, seeing as I go back tomorrow. Oh and flutter my eyelashes at
mrscosmopilite a bit so she will take my school trousers up.
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relieved
