A couple of weeks ago I finished the Rhode Island School of Design Pre-College program. It was a 6 week fully immersive program in which you lived on campus, went to class, and were given assignments, pretty much as you would in actual art school.
It was a great experience. Of course, the thing had it's good and bad moments. People in high school sometimes don't have a notion of the amount of work that art school actually entails, and I include myself in that sweeping generalization. It was a lot of friggin work. It was also a lot of fun. I met a lot of incredibly interesting people, and learned a ton of things.
I wouldn't be able to do a post detailing everything I learned. I might put it in here in snmaller bite size pieces. For now, I'll post pieces one by one.
This first one was for my design class, taught by Lauren Minco (I dunno why I linked that. Maybe someday when people read this it'll be my first piece of networking). The idea was to make a picture depicting one of the 7 deadly sins. Mine was lust.
The first thing I did was a collage. I figured I might as well try something new, something outside the box. So I spent a whole Saturday, from morning to night, working on a dada-looking collage.
It was all good and fine, but it just wasn't working 100%. So, in two days, I re-did my concept.
Somewhere in here there was a lesson about trying new things and stepping outside your comfort zone. Just look at that lusty chicken!
More to come!
It was a great experience. Of course, the thing had it's good and bad moments. People in high school sometimes don't have a notion of the amount of work that art school actually entails, and I include myself in that sweeping generalization. It was a lot of friggin work. It was also a lot of fun. I met a lot of incredibly interesting people, and learned a ton of things.
I wouldn't be able to do a post detailing everything I learned. I might put it in here in snmaller bite size pieces. For now, I'll post pieces one by one.
This first one was for my design class, taught by Lauren Minco (I dunno why I linked that. Maybe someday when people read this it'll be my first piece of networking). The idea was to make a picture depicting one of the 7 deadly sins. Mine was lust.
The first thing I did was a collage. I figured I might as well try something new, something outside the box. So I spent a whole Saturday, from morning to night, working on a dada-looking collage.
It was all good and fine, but it just wasn't working 100%. So, in two days, I re-did my concept.
Somewhere in here there was a lesson about trying new things and stepping outside your comfort zone. Just look at that lusty chicken!
More to come!
