AP Art Showcase...

... was amazing! It was so cool to see everybody's concentrations displayed together. The work was fantastic! I am so blown away by the talent in the Lakeridge art department! And I was also so impressed by the student/teacher turnout! It was really nice to get the support of so many pacers.

I can honestly say that by the very end, I was so sick of my concentration but it was completely worth it. I am happy with how it turned out and I'm looking forward to next year!  But I will definitely miss all the graduating seniors (99% of the class?) so much next year! Hopefully we have a good incoming class :)

So much to dooooo!

Ahhhh! I have so much to do from now until summer! Final concentration check, AP art showcase, AP testing, horse shows, trip to New York for the scholastic awards, brother's graduation, and finals! So overwhelming!

But on the bright side, the last district equestrian team meet was this weekend and I qualified for state in two events! Woohoo! I got the bronze medal/state qualifier in dressage and was a state qualifier in working pairs, too! I'm pretty sure 99% of the people reading this blog have no idea what that means but oh well! That adds another busy weekend to my already crazy schedule but I am excited nonetheless.


I hope everyone had a great weekend! Good luck finishing (starting?) your last concentration pieces. And here is a picture of me and my pretty pony at the equestrian team meet this weekend just for fun :)

Only Three More Weeks

Can you believe it? Only three more weeks until the AP Art Showcase! Wow, that came up fast! Needless to say, I am far from ready. But somehow I will make it work. I think it will be so much fun to see everyone's concentrations on display. But I can't decide if I want to sell my work or not... any words of wisdom?

On another note, I was on StumbleUpon this afternoon (if you don't know what that is, you should probably get your head out from under a rock), and this guy's website came up. He does art installations all over the place: in the city, in nature, and in random buildings. There is really no way to describe his work, so you will just have to see for yourself:

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/7LdvYO/www.xmarkjenkinsx.com/outside.html

Struggle

So I am currently in my hotel room in Grinnell, Iowa, home of Grinnell college. It is possibly the smallest town ever and is located right in the middle of miles and miles of cornfields. Unfortunately the college is on spring break so all the buildings are locked and there are only about ten students on campus. Not to mention the fact that the wifi at this hotel is super questionable. So writing this blog post is a struggle to say the least. I hope everyone enjoys it. Can't wait to be back in art!! See you in a few days!

National Scholastic Art Awards

Yesterday the National Scholastic Art Awards were announced. I got a gold key for my "Layers of Pain" piece on domestic violence. It's a painting I did in Art 3/4 for the social commentary project. I am pretty proud of it but I'm still shocked that it did so well! And, it turns out, that all the national award recipients are invited to a ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I will be able to go to that! I've never been to New York and I would love to spend a few days there. Metropolitan Museum of Art, anyone?

 

 

Life Update

Last week was the Oregon Scholastic Art Awards. Despite the threat of a snowstorm, I braved the weather and made it to the Newmark Theater. It was a fun night! The awards were long but it was great to see everyone's work and get a change to honor everyone's success. Thanks to Mrs. Mcbride for putting on an excellent event :)

Also, there are two concentration pieces due this week. They were supposed to be due on Tuesay, but because of the snow day, the schedule is switched. Does this mean the February pieces are due Monday or Wednesday? I'm going to assume they're due Wednesday, but someone please let me know if I'm wrong! Otherwise, this month has been pretty good, I'm looking forward to critique next week!

Charcoal

This week I'm starting my first February concentration piece. Instead of doing another acrylic painting, I've decided to switch to charcoal. I'm a little worried that its going to look out of place with my other work, but at the same time, I think it will be good to show a little more diversity within my concentration. I definitely forgot how difficult charcoal was, though. So many fingerprints all over the paper! But anyways, I hope it will turn out well!

Part Two...

Okay! I basically spent my whole sick day painting and I finished January concentration piece number two! Only12 hours late! Just a reminder, my concentration is the abstract representation of movement:

January Concentration

To be completely honest, January was an awful month. And, to make it worse, I only finished one concentration piece. I am still working on the second piece because I decided it would be better to turn in something I was happy with, even if it was a few days late. So I am sorry, Mrs. Mcbride and AP Art classmates, but I promise it will be done ASAP. For now, here is my first January concentration piece (my concentration is the abstract representation of movement):

Photography

So lately, I've gotten really into photography. It's so much fun! And it's interesting that my best photos are usually the ones I get by mistake. Maybe I'll do a photography concentration next year? Who knows...

Some of the greatest photos I've ever seen are from National Geographic magazine. These photos are amazing, and were probably not taken by mistake like most of mine are. How fantastic would it be to be a photographer for National Geographic? You would get to travel to the most amazing places in the world and take pictures all day! Yes, please! Here's a link to the National Geographic Photo of the Day site and a few of my favorite National Geographic photos...

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/

Winter Break

Winter Break is not over for another 21 hours, people. Stop saying it's over. I still have lots to do and I plan to fully appreciate these final hours of freedom. I have been doing a lot of art of break (mainly because there is A LOT of art due tomorrow). I'm excited to see everyones art because I know they have all been working very hard for the past two weeks, or for some people, maybe the past two days. Here is a preview of some of my favorite photos from break: