One more thing...

Let's see if we can get this calligraphic line assignment done by Thursday as well. Bring your 100 or so signatures to class on Tuesday and read chapter 3, "Line." If it is well done and posted on your blog by Thursday, it will earn extra credit points for your midterm grade.
For more info on blogging try this link to PC World.

Midterm Review

It is hard to believe but Thursday, October 27 will be midterm for us here in 2-D. What I will need to see from each of you on that day is the following:
1.The thumbnail drawing exercise
2. The five geometric word interpretations w/thumbnails
3. The figure/ground project w/thumbnails
4. The Form and Variety assignment
5. Your own personal Blog with the following postings:

a. Defense of your blog design
b. The best photo you have ever taken and why
c. Your figure ground assignment with comment
d. Your answers to chapter 2 questions w/image of your favorite 2-D artist
e. A brief, 2 or 3 paragraph review explaining your understanding of the photo exhibit we saw.
f. Comments on at least three of your classmate's blogs
g. Links to all of your classmate's blogs

Wild?

Unattainable Dreams?

So... What do you all think of this photo exhibition? What message(s) does it send? Is it art? Is it successful art? Is it to your taste? How (and through what means) does it convey its meaning and content?

Columbus Day update

I am pleased that everyone in the class has done so well in getting to this point with their blogs. Now that everyone has their Blog up and running I suggest we spend the next couple of weeks testing it out by looking in on each other's blogs, posting comments and exploring ways to post our own images. You might also want to try searching the net for other interesting blogs. As this experience of integrating both the notebook and the blog into the 2D class is a new and experimental one, I encourage you all to look for new ways to do it that would enhance our classroom experience and continue to share what you learn with the rest of us.

Your next assignment

By now I hope you have all had the chance to create your own blog. For the sake of uniformity you should have made the address bsc2dyourname.blogspot.com. For your first posting you should have written a paragraph or more describing why you chose the blog design that you did. What I would like for you to do next is to figure out the best way to post images of your work using either a digital camera or a scanner.