Can I please jump back and kiss myself? My students came through and brought the love. The birds are flying. The people are rising. The past is no longer the future. The sun and moon are one…and the tree rises. We are told no trespassing…but we rise regardless of the everyday stress. In todays age…I’m [...]
So here is an between pic of what was done about 2 weeks ago. Good formation. The main idea is starting to manifest.And this is from last week. Look at the rendering starting to take shape. The ground has been painted over but there is going to be painting on top of that. Next week [...]
In this weeks episode; the kids started rendering the shadows in the background. They understand the process of layering and are not in any hurry to see the end result. I do wish that I had more space to paint. The surface area is too small for 5 or more kids. I find it a [...]
I had to delegate responsibility to my kids. This is Bob and he’s the paint mixer. He took a crash course in color theory and found out real quick what a warm and cold color was. He was mixing color for the tree trunks and for an hour he took the job seriously. Most of [...]
We got it started!!!! We will start painting tomorrow which was a surprise to me. We finished the sketching yesterday and that means tomorrow is for painting. I hope the kids bring extra paint clothes. I was surprised at a couple of my students who really got into this first phase. I say that because [...]
I’m stil trying to figure out what this means. It feels that one forgets the present and finds escape in the state of forgetfulness. This sounds like a debate that I have with myself everyday. When I want to forget; when I don’t want to choose; When I want everything to go my way; I [...]
This is it. After the past couple of weeks, something has come from the minds of these kids. The power is in the sun and the moon is not complete unless there is light. The people shall rise from the earth. The people shall rise from the concrete jungle. There are obstacles. They are there [...]
After 2 weeks of thinking about what we were going to do we finally came up with a concept. I tell you… It’s hard to pull ideas from these kids. I’ve have taken the roll of visual maestro. When they would tell me their thoughts I would relay them back in visual form. I would [...]
Okay. Progress has been made last week. The kids have finally warmed up to me and I think I owe it all to Judy Baca. I showed the kids the “Los Angeles Mural” and they nearly flipped their lid. Out of all the artwork that i have shown to them; they were able to relate [...]
Where should I start? There’s a lot going on here guys. I’ve got kids that come in one week and then I don’t see them again. And then there are the new ones that I don’t know where to start with. First order of business: The students do not want to learn art history. It’s [...]
