Blog Assignment #12: 11/29-12/3

Please read the story below and answer the following questions:
1. What is Picasso saying?
2. How does our society value art?
3. Give a parallel example to Picasso's story (ex: if someone asked a doctor to quickly give them stitches at a picnic and is surprised that the doctor's bill is $300.)

The Picasso Principle

The famous Pablo Picasso was at a party. A woman recognized him and approached the Master. She asked, “Will you create a sketch for me?”

Picasso agreed, and, as he pulled out his sketchpad, asked her for a subject.

“A bird in a tree will do,” she responded.

So Picasso spent about a five minutes doing what Picasso does on the sketchpad. Finished, he ripped the sketch off the pad, handed it to the woman and said, “That will be $10,000.”

The woman was floored. “Ten thousand dollars! Why, it only took you five minutes to draw that sketch!”

To which, Picasso replied, “No, madam. That sketch took me thirty years.”

due at 3:30 on Friday December 3, 2010. -Ms. Woerman

Blog Assignment #11: 11/15-11/19

"Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant." -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

1. What types of things do you like to do in your spare time?
2. What is something you would do for “work”, but wouldn’t necessarily care how much you got paid?
3. Would you consider any of the above activities your passion? If so, describe when you realized this certain thing was something you knew you couldn’t live without.  If you DON’T consider any of the above activities your passion, what do you think it is?

Answer the questions by Friday, Nov. 19.

Blog Assignment: Week of 11/8-11/12

"Considering my growth and abilities"

Regarding your current Design New Media project:

1.What should I sketch or practice to figure out how I want something to look?
2. What are the parts that are more challenging than what I usually do?
3. What skills am I practicing and learning as I create this artwork?

DUE at 3:30pm on Friday November 12, 2010. - Ms. Woerman

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*Also we are pleased to announce that the following VisComm students will be in a group photography show this Saturday: Jenilee, Alix, Kaitlin, Audrey, Jennifer, Andrea, Sofia, Theresa, Viviana, Karla, You You, Larissa, and Kylie!

Their photography will be for sale at the show! Stop by if you can.
(click photo below to make larger)

Blog Assignment: Week of 11/1-11/5

This week, you will be sketching! Research has shown that sketching is a key step in helping to nurture the creative side and generate ideas. For each day this week, you will be sketching with a specific focus. At the end of the week you will answer the following questions about your sketching experience:

1. How did you come up with ideas each day?

2. What conclusions did you derive about your artistic ability at the end of each day?

3. What big ideas did you generate through the sketching process?

Sketching Schedule: Sketch for at least 20 minutes each day.

Monday: Line

Tuesday: Shape

Wednesday: Add Color to above sketches

Thursday: Character

Friday: Scene/Landscape

You will be turning in your sketches and finishing the questions on Friday, 11/5/10.