South High School- David Olsen- Residency 4 1/4hrs
MCTC- Gregory Rose- Residency 4 1/4hrs
At MCTC this week the students focused on linear perspective. I came in early to help David set up and prepare for lecture. We compiled a list of images that explained and used linear perspective. This week that task was made a lot harder by googles new update, we spent fifteen minutes trying to find the best way to put our images together, eventually just leaving them individually open in their own tabs. I brought up some contemporary artists that use linear perspective with startling results like Cinta Vidal. She is an amazing painter who makes these gravity and space defying pieces that show viewers and their dwellings formed into the sides of buildings, upside down, and right side up, creating absolutely stunning compositions. I was very excited to show this work to the students and during the lecture most of their questions pertained to her work. After critique Gregory and I led the class around the school looking at different compositions and talking about their strengths and weaknesses. Afterwards Gregory worked on one on one meetings with the students while I ran around the school checking on all the students and helping them start their drawings. It was a lot of fun running around the school and helping the student’s draw. I filled five pages of my own sketchbook showing students how to find their horizon lines and dealing with odd grid breaking structures. The students seemed to be enjoying themselves as well a few even stayed in their spots to keep drawing after class. At South High School I began to participate in the mask assignment. I made a mask that looked like a fruit bat, I chose them because of their odd flappy nose. I was really happy with how it was turning out and surprised that I managed to keep the nose in one piece.