An All Around Update

I've gotten my first grades back in both drawing and painting.  And both grades were a B.  UGH.  It's just annoying because, especially in the drawing, I tried really really hard.  I mean really hard.  I'm just worried that these classes are going to really hurt my GPA.  A personal goal I set for myself is to be on the NFHCA Academic Squad and receive the CAA Commissioner's Award all four years of college.  You need a 3.3 GPA to get those awards, and I've gotten them for the past three years.  I can't screw up my last year because of these stupid art classes!

Okay, I take it back.  They aren't stupid.  But it's still frustrating.

Anyway, here's a quick little update.

Painting: First project got a B.  But we did a class critique where we drew a number that corresponded to someone's painting and we had to critique that painting on use of color, composition, craftsmanship, etc.  My professor told me after class that I had the best critique in the class.  So, apparently, I can't paint well, but I can certainly tell others what to do and how they need to fix it.  

Hmm.  Maybe I should change my major to psychiatry.

Drawing:  Our abstract assignment is done.  And I am really surprised about the outcome.  Here is how my composition turned out.

And my professor actually liked it!  His biggest critique is that I could use the white of the paper more to let some more light come through the drawing.  But, I don't know, I still just don't get it!  It's just a bunch of shapes and textures.  I don't really like it at all.  But for some odd reason he really responded well to it.  I even said in class that this sort of thing isn't the kind of aesthetic I respond to.  I think it's harder to draw a glass bottle than to make up a bunch of shading on a paper.  I just hope this is the last thing we do with this sort of topic...but I doubt it.

This is the one that I responded the most to:

Not many "textures," just the shading really.  But it was alright.  For this kind of thing, at least.

Ceramics: I'm in the process of firing my manipulated slab piece.  After it's out of the kiln, I'll glaze it.  My profile piece I just painted with slip glaze today, which will then be fired and will come out already colored.  I tried to do a blue with green on top kind of dripping and swirly, but I don't think it worked.  But this was just a test, since I'm not really fond of the profile anyway.  We also started work on the wheel on Tuesday!  It's definitely challenging and will take some getting used to, but I really like it.  I actually went back into the studio today to work some more, and I made a cute little pot.  Unfortunately with all the clay all over my hands/arms/shirt/pants/hair/face, I couldn't get my camera out to take a picture.  Maybe next week.  Seriously, the only bad part about the wheel is the clean up.  It's sooo messy.

3D Design:  Nothing.  Don't have class til Friday.

And....that's about it.  Remind me to tell you about my "trip" to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  That's a great story, for when you're having a bad day and want to feel better about your life.