Ambiguity/Tracy Institute question

What role does ambiguity play in my own work? A starring role! No--really.

My answer

Sandy, heres my answer for the Tracey drawing website.

ta-da!

Awesome places

Heres a list of amazing websites to check out.

Book By Its Cover
-this website is a collection of books, comics, sketchbooks from guest artists, and just lovely things from illustrator Julia Rothman.

20x200
-started by Jen Bekman in order to create a place with affordable art. Prints from featured artists run $20-$2000. I have a few prints around my apartment.

NotCot
-a fun website that shows thumbnails that users upload that showcase the latest in the art, design world.

Design*Sponge "Design By the Book"
-design*sponge is my favorite design/art related blog, and recently started a video series. Design by the Book follows several artists who use different mediums (glass,jewelry/porcelain,illustration,zines) as they use the resources at the New York Public Library. Scroll all the way down to see the videos in sequence. I think using the library as a means to create something is really special (why havent I thought of this before?!) , and there is probably a TON of cool stuff to find at any public library in Portland. Old photographs, maps, fabrics, who knows what. The finished works are really cool.

Enjoy!

"Text in drawing" or "I woke up sick this morning"

Here are some images of the drawing that I made dealing with text. I think I'm going to use this piece in the series for my final project. My idea was that collage can be a really powerful and successful way to incorporate text effectively into a piece. Even though I would consider this more of a mixed media drawing, it still fulfills the criteria for a drawing with text. If anyone has any suggestions or comments let me know!

language drawing

I've been into the drawing with photography concept. The freedom to see drawing this way has opened up the playing field for me in this class. I have this red ribbon I keep around and I've had this blue ribbon forever. I think I like ribbons because of the movement they make, it's like the movement of writing. I drew with the ribbons the language of the ribbons. There's an opened sugar package next to it and a sparkly ball above it. The opened sugar packet is spilling out the language. The sparkly ball reminds me of sugar, it's crystalline structure and the way it makes you feel. It's also like the dot over an I. The ribbons, sparkly ball and sugar packet are connected through my own language and their own individual languages.

Drawing With Language

Here is my contribution to the drawing-with-language project. The figures I rendered are meant to mimic letters of the alphabet. If you look at the upside-down photo I posted, you can see in the shadows the word "Play" written backwards.

Final Project show opportunity

Hey all, check this out, we will discuss on Tuesday. We have the opportunity to piggy back our show with the one at the MK. This will entail you getting your final projects done early, but will also give you a line on your resume and some experience with professional installation, it is up to you.

Think about it! Sandy

Dear Sandy Sampson.

The MK is booked through next December.

April-June is the MFA Studio Graduates exhibitions in the MK and the Autzen.

I love the hallways in the MK.

I am big fan of American socialistic construction.

I mean that.

If you want to coordinate your opening with the MK opening I will kick in for refreshments out of the MK budget and will assist in your installation in the hallway.

The opening in the MK and Autzen is Saturday, March 7, 2009 from 6-8 p.m.

We could draw a big PSU and outside art world crowd as Alicia McDaid is showing in the MK who has been in TBA and is hot on the streets as a musician | performer.

All the best to you.

Sincerely,

Patrick J. Rock

"Drawing as Document"

This is My Drawing as a Document. I chose to do a still life that I set up on my bed. On the page above the still life, is just some flower pattern that was added in. Sorry this is late : (

my temporal drawing

abstraction and reality

HERE'S MY TEMPORAL DRAWING

Here's the drawing I did. It's a dog. HOpefully it wont disappear again

this what i did

HI everyone I showed up and thought you might have gone on a trip to the art museum. I went there and got my 10$ student membership and first i looked at the modern and contemporary art. I decided to practice figure drawing when I spotted a cozy bench about six feet from this Wilhelm Lehmbruek sculpture in bronze called Standing Woman (1910) located in the impressionist painting room. It was a pleasant experience aside from one over zealous observer in the room spouting out knowledge to his relatively disinterested companion and circling around my subject until his phone took them out of the room. I was struck by a sculture of a deer bending over to touch the outstreched nose of her foul, their bodies were made of michine parts, but the gesture was so sweet and perfect. It made me feel sad that hunters are seemingly unsympathetic to the sanctity of the lives of their sport, as if they were machines.
I had to leave early to see an advisor who was incredibly obnoxious and loud like red paint on a black canvase smashed repeatedly into my face. Thanks alot obnoxious advisor number two...i swear the one I've seen before must have the heart rate of a humming bird!
kelly

Here are my documentation photos of the drawing I did this weekend. If anyone else who missed class today would like to partner up, that would be great!

camilla's drawing (photo) document

I did a "drawing" loosely based on my figurative work from last week with wires and cords and this is my document of it. (the snow and my bike wouldn't cooperate today so am not in class.)

my shoe: drawing as a document

I drew my shoe with sidewalk chalk. To add more contrast I used water.

Digital Painting

I found this link on reddit...its a whole bunch of digital paintings. Its mostly sci-fi (ain't my scene) and some are NSFW , but they're still quite interesting to look at-it would be cool to see a digital painter at work from conception to finished product.

Digital Paintings...

Christopher's representational, and abstract drawings

Christopher's love of music, abstract above, representational below.

Walk Shop Rose and Tess!

basquiat

This kind of drawing feels so intuitive to me. I think it's beautiful that he could make such interesting and lovely compositions with this sort of sloppy mind map. I find it sinscere, comforting, and real. for me this style addresses current issues with candor and energy which relieves my desire for something or someone to scream out.

Walk Shop

More images of Maude and Jeremy's Walk Shop can be found here.

bla bla

Inauguration Mind Maps

Speech on top, benediction on bottom.

picture test

makdlsfuo
text

Realistic and Abstract Drawings

Witnessing Obama's Inaugration will be something I'll never forget...

Walk Shop Katie and Perry!