Alexa Meade - Cheating or Creative Genius - you decide

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/alexa-meade-photos-imitate-paintings-1319236464-slideshow/1-photo-1319231555.html

This just in from a former student via Facebook. I'm going to let you take a look and tell me what you think. Is she a cheater or creative genius?

Kelsey Ramsey - The Truth

Kelsey is one of the students doing her concentration using the media of photography. She is focusing on transcendentalism. What's that? Look it up. Okay, here is how Kelsey describes it... it's about the philosophy of communing with nature to find your divine soul. Odd fact about Kelsey....she loves Eggo waffles. Not the wheat ones, just homestyle or buttermilk.

What do you think about her work so far? Which of the Amelia photos do you think are more successful and why?

Local Artist Jesse Reno

http://www.jessereno.com/

Jesse is a great guy and a fascinating artist. He paints mostly with his hands and fingers. Take a stroll through his work. What do you think? What makes his work a 'body' of work? How does he tie it all together?

Games for the Brain

Because mindless activities can be good for you.

http://bomomo.com/

http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/

http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/zone.htm

Anything else out there?

I made this using Sea-Saws on the last link. I know, it's pretty spectacular.

What did you do today?

Do you know why there wasn't school on Friday? It's a statewide teacher inservice day. Which means that teachers get the opportunity to go to conferences and learn new things! I was in Eugene on the U of O campus. I graduated from U of O in 1990, so it was great to go back to my old stomping grounds. I joined 150 other art teachers for the OAEA art educators conference. I participated in several great workshops, my two favorite were sewing and glass blowing. In the sewing class I learned about a new tool that allows you to 'draw' with the sewing machine. It was super fun and I've already got my eye on buying a new sewing machine for the classroom.

Today I was in the U of O craft center learning how to blow glass. I have to admit I was terrified of all the hot molten glass and blow torches, I thought my hair was going to go up in smoke. Once I got over my fears I managed to crank out two glass ornaments. Here are some pictures of me in the hot shop.

So what did you do today? What did you learn? How did you challenge yourself?

It's worth watching

How do people do stuff like this? Does anyone know how?

500 years of Women in Art

http://wimp.com/womenart/

Josh Keyes

Yet another fabulous artist. Acrylic paintings, you have to see to believe! This guy has something to say.

http://www.joshkeyes.net

365

Are you up for a challenge? I stumbled on this little gem the other day. It's called the 365 project. It's for photographers!

http://365project.org/

You sign up, it's fre,e and start posting your images. You get people to follow you and they make comments about your work. You wouldn't have to post every day for 365 days but it might be kinda fun!

It's important to get feedback from others if you want to improve as an artist. This seems to be a supportive community of photographers. Let me know if you try.

I am Unicorn

“I think that you are the biggest unicorn. When a pony does a good deed, he gets a horn and he becomes a unicorn and then he poops out cotton candy until he forgets he’s magical and then his horn falls off. And black unicorns, they become zebras.” Brittney from Glee

Yes it was a whole episode around Unicorns. Crazy. Don't just look at this first blog post. Look at the other three. Lots of good information. Unicorn love.

Pattie Lee Becker

I'm always on the look out for interesting artists. This work reminds me of the idea that Stacey has for her concentration. It's good to spend some time on the Internet looking around, see what's out there. Inspiration comes from many places. Just because you have your idea doesn't mean you should stop looking for ways to be inspired. Try it you might like it. I dare you...try it.

http://www.pattieleebecker.com/