1st Day of Classes

Today was my first day of classes!! i am so exausted. i have alot of work so this isnt gonna be crazy long... as i suspect most of my posts from now on will be. i will just explain what the classes were like and my teachers

3d was first. my teacher is new to the new school. his name is Charles and he is a sculptor. he is really cool and layed back about everything. we basically just went over the syllibus and what our projects are going to be. the cool thing about the class is you are not alowed to use glue so we have to find ways around glue to make our structures stay together. Im excited because in my sculpture class in high school we were very limited matereal and tool wise. here we get to use metal and wood and saws and all these crazy tools in this 'shop' as they call it. i get trained in it next class which is friday. im soo excited to use a saw you have no idea! our first project we have to take pictures of the constructed enviorment around us. basically boring everyday things but we have to make them not boring. and then we make abstract drawings and paintings of them and then turn them into abstract sculptures. its supose to represent how we as artist turn everyday things into art. he also incorages us to used reycled matereals to create our sculpture with which i think is really cool and it add alot to the whole concept. i have to take those pictures for my drawings on friday. i will post the pictures and all the art work as i do it so you guys can se all my work!



Perpectives of World Art and Design was next. im just gonna call it Art History now because thats really what it is. I love my teacher. she is just this really funny sarcastic lady who really knows what she is talking about. i forgot how much i loved art history. just analizing art and discovering the story and true meaning behind it is amazing. the cool thing is that i am in new york so our teacher is incorperating all of the New York museums into our lessons so we can analize the art in person... she even said we could maybe take a field trip to galaries in chelsea which would be wayy fun. i already bought my text book (a little over 100 dollars by the way... the most expensive book i have ever owned haha) so there is going to be alot of papers and reading but it is all about something im really intrested in so i think it will be fun. plus there really isnt much of a right or wrong kinda thing with art history. its not like a memorizing dates and names kinda class its more like what does this meen to you and what did you think the artist was trying to portray with the information you know about the artist and the time period it was painted in. i find it soo intresting and really inspiring in a way. it will be a great parallel to all my other classes.

Drawing studio was last. its gonna be a hard one. the teacher is very strict. she wants everything to be turned in profesional and extreamly neat and to the exact exact specifications she gave us or else she wont accept it. we have to be completely on time to class or else we have to wait in the hall for 30 mins even if we are only 30 seconds late. she even said that we couldnt wear ripped jeans and low cut shirts to class because we needed to be profesional. I know its going to be hard but like she said it is how we would be treated in the profesional world. if we hand in mediocre work we will be fired so she is preparing us for the future which i think will be very valuable. as hard as it is going to be i know i am going to learn so much. with one class it was amazing. we did a test in the begining, she had us draw and what not and i was so rusty and bad but then whe was like id rather you not know that much then if you were cocky and thought you knew everything. im just gonna try to learn as much as i can and give my 100% that is what she expects from us and that is really what i want to be able to produce. its gonna be really hard but i know i will improve amazingly by the end of the semester! im kind of excited/ scared about it.

well i have some work to go through and tommorow i have critical reading and writing and 2D studio so that will be fun plus alot easier that three classes in a row! tuesdays the worst... i can already tell but the classes seem so rewarding and better than any i have ever taken and i am going to learn so much and be really prepared for next year! sorry if i start to neglect this blog but i hope you all understand. i will defenetly still post pictures of stuff expecially all my projects. wish me luck!!