3rd Quarter Review
Posted: August 24th, 2010 | Author: The Tutor | Filed under: 3rd Quarter Review | 50 Comments »Hello, students. As our still lifes near completion, our class is also reaching its homestretch. There’s only one month of lessons left to go, but before we embark on this last leg of our journey together, let’s pause for a 3rd quarter review.
As a refresher, The Tutor has prepared a recap of the creation phase of our ongoing project… so grab a study buddy, put on your thinking caps, and watch this overview of Lessons VII-XI:
Now that you’ve freshly acclimated yourself with the phases of still life painting, are you ready to put your knowledge to the test? Are you ready to surrender… to a pop quiz?
Excellent. When I give the word, answer the multiple-choice questions below. When you are finished, please answer the following essay question in the “Comments” section above: in 100-words-or-less, let The Tutor know which of your homework assignments you are most pleased with, and why. Please include a link to the assignment with your answer.
As always, The Tutor will not tolerate flimflam during test time… so no cheating! If you finish early, please remain in your seat, put your head down, and try not to dwell on impure thoughts.
Okay, students, you may begin the exam. Good luck!
There are a total of 15 multiple-choice questions in your exam, plus 1 essay question. Please ensure that you submit an answer to each question. Results will be posted in next week’s lesson plan.
Best of luck, students!
I think the one im most pleased with so far is the details, even though for mine thats just the boarder. Im most pleased with it because it shows another one of the things i most love and am slightly obsessed with.
http://babygoth666.deviantart.com/#/d2wnzml
Of my completed assignments, I am most proud of my work in Lesson 3. I’m clearly far more adept as an organizer than I am as a painter. Since there’s no way I can win the Tutor over with my artistic talents (or considerable lack thereof, really), perhaps my work will have impressed upon him that I am both neat and resourceful. I could never dream of being his equal – which is, perhaps, why I’ve been so afraid to turn in any further work that deals with the drawing/painting – but maybe I can prove myself a worthy assistant.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq1XAysiA5o
Hiya Tutor! *waves*
The lesson i have been most pleased with so far has been lesson VI.
I’d never thought about having an artistic ‘voice’ before, and while i found it hard to come up with something, i really enjoyed my end result. I’m only recently learning about photoshop, and i was really pleased with the result i got from this one
From now on, in most of my artworks, i’ll be trying to give myself a succinct ‘voice’ through a developing style.
This is my Lesson VI Link:
http://perfectcolourchaos.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2u18kd
Thanks Tutor
I am most pleased with assignment 11 ( http://jackiephoto.deviantart.com/art/The-Tutor-Lesson-XI-Highlight-175940497?q=gallery%3AJackiePhoto%2F1834816&qo=0 ) and assignment 9 ( http://jackiephoto.deviantart.com/art/The-Tutor-Lesson-IX-To-Light-173811218?q=gallery%3AJackiePhoto%2F1834816&qo=2 ). Both of these assignments challenged me to really work my medium (words) as if they were paint; to take a simple idea and create a living, breathing world out of them. Both of these poems are my favorites because they both get very strong reactions for different reasons, understandably. These lessons have been invaluable to me to learn how to craft my poetry more effectively and to more of a purpose.
I had fallen away slightly from drawing and painting in favour of creating music. It is through completing lessons like my selected favourite that I have once again grown passionate about creating an image.
My favourite lesson/submission is Lesson Seven. I had tried my best to create an image that was fun, horrific and surreal and it was at this point, by first putting this image onto paper, that the possibilities were endless. It’s going to be very interesting comparing my work at this point to the finished article.
http://ithinkimchris.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2uuweg
Well… I have done no homework yet. So, I am unworthy of the Tutor’s vast wealth of knowledge and I ask only for the Tutor to be gentle with his disciplining since I have been an exceedingly naughty pupil.
Of my completed projects, I suppose that I prefer lesson two. It was early enough that I wasn’t able to plan any underlying plot for my responses, so I was forced to scramble weekly. Once I started building my still life, things slowed significantly. The hunt for required items was slow and daunting in places, not to mention the arduous assembly process. Despite still having little that I can show, I’ve enjoyed the amount of time, and of myself that I’ve been forced to pour into my homework. I would however, like to apologize for going slightly over my word limit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOXKynaCWzg
Of all the assignments I’ve been working on, I am most pleased with Lesson IX: Dark to Light. I was surprised at how well the painting turned out. I’ve never used that method before, and I admit that I was a little skeptical. However it worked beautifully and I really feel like I’m learning a lot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHCFMtttvqE
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The previous two assignments have been late because I’m a very bad, bad girl… and have been starting Uni and trying to direct this play to teach Freshmen how to not get drunk and molest their roommates. I know that Class should take priority over real life, but I promise that I haven’t been slacking in the work, only the video editing. They should all be up by thursday at the latest.
I’m a bad student! I haven’t been able to post my work but I did it!
I have disliked most of my homework. Painting is not my forte. I only do it because teacher makes me. And I really dislike tests. I never surrender….to pop quizzes. Except this time. And the time before this. Crap. I feel dirty.
I suppose if one must be chosen it is Lesson II: Sharpening a Pencil, because we had not yet started painting and in my imagination I got to use an axe and sword.
http://youtu.be/kJs0guSHm0s
Imaginative retreat is my only refuge.
Out of our lessons from 7 to 11, I am most pleased with Lesson IX.
http://www.themoltingcomic.com/blog/lesson-nine/
Even though it was so very long ago when I took Art in school, I have never been exploded to this method. By painting the dark areas as shapes and working up from there to the lighter colors, it added so much depth to my work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2FaPHwaCWA
This was the heart of our paintings, without this step our paintings would be flat and lifeless. It was also during this lesson my plot to rid myself of an annoyance which had come to plague me began.
*evil grin*
Dark to Light was the lesson I found the most intimidating, but ended up being the one I was most pleased with. Putting big expanses of dark paint all over my sketch was scary. I thought I’d ruin my painting. So I was pleased that by following the Tutor’s instructions not only was my painting not ruined, but it turned out better than I thought it would. This bolstered my confidence in painting, which was at zero when I began. And the surprising result of this is that a few days ago I started a second large still life. Amazing!
I’m ashamed… I didn’t paint a thing. I’m a sculptor, and the only painting I partake in is of 3 dimensional objects.. I did, however, watch each of the tutor’s lessons, totally transfixed. Was it his spine-(and other parts)-tingling voice? His to-die-for apron? That riveting gaze? The way he gently posed his subject? One can only imagine (and fantasize about) how he acquired those scratches…….
Admitedly, I’m a big fan of Madagascar Hissing Roaches as well…..
Lesson XI, without a doubt. I finally had the balls to add black and didn’t ruin it through nerves, sudden child and/or cat invasion or freak act of god.
http://elizabethunseelie.deviantart.com/#/d2x3sbs
I was disobedient and didn’t include the link to my favorite assignment, as the Tutor asked…so here it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=As5qGaO7gGg
I would have to say that my favorite lesson was lesson 11: the highlights. Adding the highlights really made my painting stand out. I’m actually quite surprised I have gotten this far. I didn’t think I had it in me to paint much less draw. These lessons have boosted my confidence in my artistic abilities. Even after these lessons I think I will make drawing and painting another hobby of mine. You’ve coaxed me out of my shell thanks Tutor.
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll26/rk_nalani/The%20Tutor/DSC01319.jpg
I am most pleased with Lesson 10, because I’m a very detail-orientated person and so it was annoying me to not have everything just right. Also, it was nice to be able to have a little fun with my still life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY2F_LsFUJI
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On another note, I thought this week’s session was going to be Lesson 12. As it is not, Lesson 12 is most likely going to be late, in addition to Lessons 13 & 14.
Well Tutor,
I enjoyed lesson IX the most. I too often don’t make time for my art, ’cause life does intrude. I’m very satisfied with the result, despite my issue with edges. Also, when I don’t exercise my creative muscles, I get really frickin’ rusty with my technique. I hate that. The two objects I chose have some serious personal meaning for me. Meaning that would definitely take more than 100 words. And probably put all y’all to sleep as well, so I’ll leave it at the fact that they are both very old and treasured. Which is a little bizarre for a weapon, I know, but that’s me. Maybe Dad is right;)
I also neglected to include the link. Here ’tis -
http://mzlaveau.deviantart.com/#/d2x1l6m
I’m going to say Lesson 10: The Details, for pretty much the same reason I chose Lesson 6: Selecting a Subject as my favourite in the last test. This homework gave me a bit more of a chance to do my own thing artistically, which was fun. Apart from enjoying the homework, I am also pleased with how the painting itself is turning out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dhw11JQicE
My favorite assignment so far is lesson 3, I went out into the wilds with random stuff and took pictures, which was a blast. I now have a better camera, so a new photo shoot may soon be on the horizon, once I finish actually painting my still life that is….
Photos from Lesson Three:
http://s922.photobucket.com/albums/ad67/sarahincolorado/Lesson%20Three%20with%20The%20Tutor/
AND I have caught up with my assignments, and have the pics here:
http://s922.photobucket.com/albums/ad67/sarahincolorado/Lesson%207-12%20with%20The%20Tutor/
There is no good excuse for being so late turning this all in, but I think I might blame it on pro tools…. on that note I have a special creation in the works that I really look forward to sharing! I may actually be able to pull off a video as well….
I am planning on attending the Gallery viewing in Oct…. need to get out of the mountains for a little while and get some culture!!! This is the perfect reason to head west!
Tutor,
Just an observation about the pop quiz. I had just about scrubbed the mental image of emerging guinea worm from my brain, and you had to mention it again in the quiz. The past 24 hours, I’ve gone about business as usual, and then, out of nowhere…
Cue the strings from “Psycho” screee-screee-screee. And there it is AGAIN! Subtle, sneaky Tutor. So I try and think happy thoughts. Think happy thoughts, – kittens, Halloween candy, a supple new sap…
Drawing from big to small is the homework assignment that I am most pleased with. For one, I was confident in my drawing abilities, because I drew my arm the year before, and it came out looking like my arm! (WOW) So, when I did fairly well with my subjects, I was happy. (I think I did better with drawing the lighthouse and flowers, than with painting it.)
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I’m also happy with Stockholm Syndrome, which was the piece of writing I put into the video through annotations to fill the silence. (However, I’ve done much better work than that before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtTLVdP2sMw
I’m off to paint my highlights!
I’m usually not “that kid” in the class, you know, the one who says “Teacher, teacher, you forgot to give us homework!” But nevertheless I did a little extra credit this week. A whole new still life in fact.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjoBzoxB9KM
Homework sucks, but I love the multiple choice tests!
Really, Tutor, for shame. I have never been so tempted to get answers on a multiple choice quiz wrong, for the sheer humor of the statements. A true lady never DOES let her NRA membership lapse. That said, the essay portion of this assignment:
I am still proudest of my homework for lesson two. I think it has been the most exciting to watch, and the most fun to do. As far as the progress made, I am proudest of Lesson nine. I enjoy feeling accomplished at the end of an assignment, even if it involves drying periods between spurts of progress. I am aware that one of my shortcomings as an artist is my lack of patience and short attention span in reference to my projects. This class has helped with that, though, through its (at times) irritatingly slow pace.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvO5VkBD7H4
I have to say that the lessons Dark to Light and highlights are my favorite because Im a big fan of contrast and thats predominant in my work.
Essay: My recent, favorite lesson is-Lesson X-reason being, I finally finished Lesson IX which was horrible for me and I was so glad to move on.
Really, Lessons 2, 3, 4, 6 are my favorites. I love to create scenes. At the end of this class, I will leave the drawing and painting to the Artists.
I am most pleased with Lesson 9 and 11. I couldn’t decide between them. Lesson 9 was good to me because I never believed I could draw/paint so this was a real discovery for me. I had no confidence in art and well I have a little now. I like the fact I actually shaded something instead of just avoiding it. Lesson 11 because I am proud of my different idea towards highlights and am quite happy with my video editing. Although I wish I could have taken some of the video myself. I like all lessons with the Tutor.
Lesson 9 –> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiQ7cvBnpvw
Lesson 11 –> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzC0MvNSySo
and here is the video of it i made for you
Your Loyal Student
The Masked Artist Jennifer
link to video –> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS0gTSz3REM
I am most pleased with my work on Lessons IX and XI, the former because I expected to ruin my painting at that point. Working from dark to light was completely new for me, but it was much more effective than the \”technique\” I learned in my college painting class. http://mystpixi.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2w130p
I am pleased with the latter primarily because the perfume vials look (in my opinion) much more three-dimensional. http://mystpixi.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2x51dx
Of course, I also really enjoyed the other lessons, X in particular.
Hi again Tutor, and class. Some of you have done some extra credit, so I thought I’d go ahead and give it a go.
A few words about me, and the choice of a second still life subject.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ezpODQacM0
You know in “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, when Indy says “Why’d it have to be snakes?” Well, I have a similar situation with cockroaches, due to childhood trauma.
So here is some sketching, and a tale about that. Watching may be little dull, as I am just drawing, but you can just listen to it if you like, fellow students and Tutor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihPqPKHlC0A
And finally the finished sketch and a word to all of you that are in the class, and don’t worry, it’s all good, what I have to say:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agNI5muV1JQ
Thanks guys!
The lesson I am most pleased with would have to be Lesson 9:Dark to Light. I felt it put everything I had learned to the test and I feel that I passed it. I was able to take an actual object and make a decent copy on my canvas.
Also I will be turning in lessons 10 and 11 this week. I apologize again for having them be so late.
My favorite piece of homework, and the one I am most proud of, has been “The Details.” I took a step back from my painting and really focused on the video which ended up being the most complicated one I had made. It pushed me in writing a script, editing, and getting my dog to cooperate! I think it turned out really well and I was really excited when I posted it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBpKS0IpGXM
Painting the Details is hands down my favorite lesson. This is always my favorite part when the painting rounds a home stretch and you can see what the final product is going to look like.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=54540784&l=7f3f1a8cf5&id=10019024
The lesson I am most proud of is lesson IX because I was so afraid to paint. I like my drawing, and that is what I am best at in my opinion. I was so afraid that once I started painting it would look like crap, but it didn’t!
http://girllunar.deviantart.com/art/The-Tutor-Lesson-IX-175355555
This HAD to be done …. All the answers are here…HAHAHAHAHAHA!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsJyBmYtOUk
Seeing each lesson from the unique perspective behind the camera, I would have to say my favorite lesson has been Back to Front which begins 1 min. 25 sec into The Tutor Combo Pack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUrJ8_-okkM
I would have to say I’m most proud of Lesson VI(I thought I showed my artistic voice pretty well), Lesson X(I can’t help but love my wall of eyes), and Lesson XI(Overall I really like how my painting has turned out so far).
Lesson VI: http://sqwarrior-empress.deviantart.com/#/d2tskfz
Lesson X: http://sqwarrior-empress.deviantart.com/#/d2wkzwy
Lesson XI: http://sqwarrior-empress.deviantart.com/#/d2x5mfr
So far the lesson i’m rather pleased with is Lesson XI. Before starting lessons I have never really picked up a paint brush outside of an high school art class, so for me i’m rather proud of my still life thus far as it has turned out better than what I originally hoped.
http://s180.photobucket.com/albums/x24/idget666/?action=view¤t=132833385_photobucket_26522_.jpg&newest=1
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x24/idget666/132833385_photobucket_26522_.jpg
Out of all the lessons thus far…I am most proud of lesson V. This is because I am a little rusty in my watercolor painting, although I did enjoy it. I have never put together a amature video, it was alot of fun to kill off my friend Joel there….even if he was the subject for only one video.
Oh yeah… the linkage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-xtmeoxErk
I always have trouble with “favorite” questions because my favorites are perpetually evolving. I have spent the past week cycling through my videos and even after a week of deliberation I still could not choose a favorite. So I looked to Proust and Pivot who are known for their “favorite” questions and the expectation of their interviewee to answer with the first thing that comes to mind. My instant reaction to your question was last week’s video because it was the freshest in my mind, I stepped very far out of my comfort zone and took numerous risks with video.
Hello there,
I am most pleased with the highlights lesson I suppose, because that was when my piece started to come together for me. I had eye surgery and it affected my vision and I get frustrated with fine detail, but I am so happy to be doing this and to see everyones wonderful art.. It has been almost 2 yrs since I picked up a paintbrush. Thanks Tutor!
this is an updated photo of the highlights lesson-still a lot of work to do!
http://invertedgirl.deviantart.com/#/d2xob93
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You Tube made me cheat to put up a video of me cheating….there’s some irony for ya….NOW enjoy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ2qA-4XtCU
G-Day Tutor!!
Thank you for allowing me to do my exam a couple of days late….sorry about the delay but I was travelling.
Now for my essay:
My favorite Lesson to Date is Lesson Ten, The Details. Why, well, because, isn’t the devil in the Details??? Also, my painting has started to look like a painting, kinda. So, that’s why I like lesson Ten, so far. And Lesson Two is still a favorite, as I mentioned before, as I actually learnt something from trail and error!
So that is all for this week!
Have a good one Tutor!
Regards, Cathy
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5060548&l=f5d17bc845&id=577562016
P.S. As I am late this week, if there is anyway to make up for it, like ‘banging your duster’ or ‘cleaning your brushes’ I am happy to oblige!
I was most pleases during the Dark to light lesson because I start see my art form.
Essay question(Though it’s a bit late now):
My favorite lesson this quarter had to be dark to light. Just ’cause I actually got to paint the dang thing already. Took a while to build up to that. Almost ‘sploded.
Link to my homework for that one–
http://theif-of-zydrate.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2y6inm
This is far too much like picking ones favorite child in my humble opinion and I never win that contest. I suppose since its newer and features artwork I create in my spare time and on my own terms, I enjoy my Details video. The audio track is also a nice tie-in for The Molting since the song is featured in the comics. This video can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdc0tZDTkIU
I am sure that my Pencil Sharpening homework assignment was more amusing for others though since it was random and playful. It can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnf8gz3-C34