Profesional Development . . .

I am thinking of doing my masters sometime in the near future and Savana College of Art and Design, SCAD for short offers a wicked cool ONLINE masters in Art Teaching.  Check it out here:

http://www.scad.edu/teaching/mat.cfm#programButtons

I may even be able to get a half tuition scholarship just because I am teaching right now.  The one year intensive program that I could do on a matriculating basis, taking one or two courses a quarter, would cost a whopping $30,000, but if half were paid and I could find some grant money to help with the remainder, it could be reasonable.  Let me know what you think.

B

Holiday commissions . . .

I will have the opportunity to do a series of Vienna for a commission this Christmas season.  I’m looking forward to seeing how it turns out!:)

Update:  I have 3 of the works completed . . . you can check them out on my facebook gallery page.  Please, if you would like a print, let me know . . . right clicking and printing out your own copy is stealing!!  Have a great day everyone!:)

B

Artwork with Crayola washable marker???

So, for my class in elementary I have found a cleaner method for getting painterly-like works done by my students and I decided to start playing with the media myself to see what I could do with it.  I have found that it is an excellent media because it is so unpredictable . . . I love experimenting with it.  Here is what I came up with (You can see more in the art gallery on facebook):

Forest, Rougly 8" x 10", Crayola Washable MArkers & Water on white paper. 10/2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer works . . .

Surprisingly despite the traveling to the States and traveling around while there this summer I was still able to produce some artwork.  I will post pictures in the art gallery as soon as I have them.  I am currently stuck on working with water-soluble media, watercolor paints, graphite, and pens to name a few.  I am also quite addicted to the contrast that working with permanent marker affords to my watercolor paintings.  Hopefully I’ll have them up soon for you to enjoy!:)

“Professional Life”?

I have been thinking alot lately about what I could be considered a professional at.  I mean, I have a degree in art education so, technically, that means I am a professional teacher even though I have never really felt like one.  I have a dream that I could be a professional artist, but on bad days I really feel that I lack the ability to succeed in that too.  What is it that I can do really well then?  This is a thought that has plagued me for a while now.   . . . more thoughts later.

Watercolor postcards . . .

I am thinking of getting a notebook of postcard sized watercolor paper and then I can send them out when I finish one . . . what are your thoughts?

New developments . . .

I have found that I really enjoy watercolor painting.  My interest was sparked by the work of Mat Barber Kennedy.  You can check out his work here His work with mixed media and watercolor really fascinates me.  Hopefully I’ll get a chance to drop in to his studio on Halsted Street in Chi-town when we are back this summer.

On another note, I have found that having this blog is a real help when describing what it is I do.  I hope to add some shots of more recent work very soon.

We currently have another awesome artist staying with us.  Marissa Voytenko and her husband Vitaliy are staying with us for a couple weeks and are expecting their 1st child on or around May 2nd.  Marissa is an Encaustic/mixed media artist that has very similar artistic interests as me.  I have never met a professional artist that understood the present stage of seeming stagnation that I am in.  It has been refreshing and super encouraging to me to keep on doing my own work regardless of how I feel it is going.