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:

AP Art Poster

Givin' the AP Art poster to the bro.
Stellar Davis fam pic right here.

Moby Dick

Over this past summer, our Honors Enlgish assignment was to read Moby Dick. If you don't know this book, it's 552 pages about a crazy sea captain and his crew who go on an adventure to find the most powerful whale in the ocean. But intertwined with the story are pages and pages of mind-numbing details about whaling history and techniques. For this reason, it has become a somewhat dreaded novel. And I have to agree. It was definitely a difficult read. But just after I finished it, my sister sent me this link. This man decided to draw an illustration for every page of Moby Dick. That's 552 illustrations! I love the idea of turning such a arduous book into a beautiful work of art. Here is the link and some of my favorite illustrations:

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WOAAAA

So our latest Work of Art Project was due last week. It was definitely an open-ended prompt. Unfortunately I procrastinated a LITTLE too much. Looking back, I really like the idea I came up with, but it was not executed very well-- definitely not one of my best pieces. But I thought I would put it up here anyways. The prompt was simply "to use text and numbers". Since I rarely use either in my art, I chose to really emphasize them. I picked a quote that I love (yay Beatles!!) and this is what I came up with....