wHoLe

So I learned the difference between whole wheat and bleached all-purpose flour this week... I had been using bleached all-purpose flour for my projects, but I ran out and I had a bunch of whole-wheat flour in my house. The problem is that whole-wheat flour is more dense so it holds water longer and one of my fish didn't drive soon enough so it molded. Pretty frustrating... but I guess I learned something...

And congrats to Collin's work in the Review, even if they can't seem to get one single name right :)

iNsTiLlAtIoN?

So, thanks to Whitney, I am considering using my fish in an installation. They aren't weather proof, so it would probably be indoors. I am considering finding a way to incorporate light into the process. Anyone have a good place to do it?

 

The concept of an installation was hard to figure out. "In principal, it means taking a large interior (the exterior can be part of an installation, too) and loading it with disparate items that evoke complex and multiple associations and thoughts, longings, and moods. It's a huge three-dimensional painting, sculpture, poem, and prose work."

Read more: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/understanding-installation-art.html#ixzz1Cs2Y0312

 

 

 

Sweet instillation by Lebanese artist Nada Sehnaoui

 

QuEsTiOnS

So the projects are going well... I can't believe that first semester is basically over! It has been pretty crazy lately with the shows and stuff lately, but I know it will all work out well. I do have a couple questions:

1. Are we supposed to be in the room when the OCAC judges are there?
2. /is anybody doing the art competition with Clackamas Regional Skills Competition?
3. My dad told me about this place on Lovejoy in Ptwon that shows you all about 3D imaging. It is interactive and apparently pretty cool. Anyone want to go on a field trip?

DeAr AmY,

You are the most supercalifragilisticexpialidocious art teacher! I am so happy that I have had the opportunity to spend the last four years with you. Your patience and guidance have really helped me figure out where I want art to take me. Thank you for going above and beyond what you had to over the years so all of us at Lakeridge could get some awesome opportunities in the world of art. You make me happy!!

Hugs and smiles, Kenzi

P.S. Good luck with Blake!!

tEeTh

Projects are all going really swell, but I am stressed about getting the ones I want to done by Scholastic's deadline. It is getting tricky to find time to paint them. I am excited about added the teeth to the fish soon. I am gonna use real shark teeth. They were actually pretty easy to get a hold of. Minus the whole smuggling them in from a foreign country thing.

And, Amy, if you read this: Good luck with your baby! Don't let my disgusted looks get you down, it is really great you get a new addition to the Burnham fam. :)

CoLoRs Of tHe RaInBoW

I am going to spend Winter Break painting all of my fishies with acrylics, which I have never done before. I am excited to learn some new painting techniques. This concentration (whatever it is) is breaking me out of my comfort zone and teaching me to let loose. It has been a very strange experience. I am still having a lot of doubts about the quality of my work, but it is fun to do and that is the point, right?

WINTER BREAK STARTS IN JUST A COUPLE HOURS!!

pInK mOnStEr

Concentration work is going really pretty swell. I have three paper mache sculptures almost all the way ready to be painted, which is the part I am most excited to do over winter break. I thought I was just gonna make fish, but people keep saying I should do some dinosaurs or lizards or something. So, here is a picture of a dinosaur but I think I want my stuff to be a little bit scarier than this. It is pink cause I've been home all day with stupid pink eye. Sorry I missed the birthday party, hope y'all had fun! HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY.

Well, that's all folks :)