Oh I know I'm getting behind in my blog posts. So much work and so little time (and the addition of my garden plot just adds to the busy-ness). I've been fighting off a cold this week as well.
Last week (since I skipped it in blog form) I was waiting for the frightfully late shuttle bus (the idea of a school run shuttle is fantastic, but the execution is poor - apparently they have added too many runs/stops and don't have enough drivers), I was speaking with a guy who was waiting as well. I was talking about
R2 and my hopes to teach kids 3D modeling skills and expose them to 3D printing. I then mentioned that kids should have no problems adapting because of their tech savvy nature these days. The guy thought about it for a moment and said "well, I guess that's true here in San Francisco. Kids don't get iPads in Texas, where I'm from." That led me to say "well, there were no iPads or iPods when I was growing up. Kids learn quickly." You could see the wheels turning as he tried to figure out the before time.... Before i devices.
I actually remembered to take my camera to school last week to photograph my geometric model before breaking him down and the start of working from a live model. I have to say that this is the first class EVER that I have really enjoyed completely. It's still early (we're on week 5), and this class does make my arm VERY tired, but I'm doing so much better than I had expected (especially stamina wise). I am glad I didn't enroll in Form Dev for IDS at the same time though. I don't think my arm could have handled both.
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| Geometric based model |
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| Geometric based model |
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| Time to tear him down - so sad to do |
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| Time to tear him down - so sad to do |
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| Back to the armature and time to start all over again. |
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| Working from live model |
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| Working from live model |
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| Working from live model |
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| Working from live model |
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| Working from live model |
I've worked from this model before and I have a tendency to make him look to willowy. I think I did a great job this week of bulking up the figure. I'll post pictures in another blog post for the current weeks work (and I'll try NOT to do it a week late).
I had an interesting, albeit one sided, discussion in my Art Education class about the legitimacy of digital art and the value of digital tools in the classroom. I feel that digital tools can be a great asset, especially when schools do not have the budget for consumable materials. In no way do I think that all art should become digital, but if you are trying to scrap to keep art in schools, take ANY tool you can to keep it there.
It seemed as though most of my classmates deem digital art as less valuable and less artistic than "traditional" art forms, even going as far as to say that the computer does the work for the "artist". When I asked my classmates to define what they consider art, it was the usual "art is in the eye of the beholder and creator" drivel. They seem to have definite opinions on what does NOT constitute art, but no real definitive opinion on what DOES constitute art.
Where do you weigh in? I'd be interested to hear what you consider art.
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