Author Archives: rjvanl

Even if you look beyond the clouds… Not a star in the sky. I chose to do a piece on light pollution because i think the sky, especially stargazing and similar activities are fantastic and inspiring experiences, yet as cities and suburbs grew, light pollution made it so you have to go farther out toContinue reading “Wk6-Art Experience-Art can be Shocking!”

This week we were to tell a story through photography: This is Lincoln, my two year old basset hound, currently ignoring me. Lincoln does not like pictures, and gives me a side eye glare as I take this one. As a hound dog, Lincoln loves smelling everything he can. Taking walks with him often takesContinue reading “Wk5-Art Experience-Cameras Tell Stories”

This week’s activities consisted of sketching, trees, drinks, and a contour of my hand holding my drink. Below are my sketches:     The activity was fun once I got into it, but at the beginning, it was frustrating. Having to draw things that I wasn’t interested in drawing made me not enjoy the  start ofContinue reading “Wk4-Art Experience-Drawing is Language”

Exhibition Information Artist: Kyunghee Valdez Exhibition: Metal Art Guild Group Show Media: Metal and Jewelry Gallery: CSULB School of Art, Gatov Gallery West About the Artist Kyunghee Valdez is a student in the School of Art’s Sculpture Program. She enjoys working with mixed media, and used ceramics and metalwork in her art piece. Kyunghee hasContinue reading “Wk4-Artist Conversation-Kyunghee Valdez”

For our third week we were asked to find art. To do this we used masking tape to create a “frame” in which we could encapsulate our art. Some groups got creative and used 3D spaces to give there art meaning, and my group did something similar: Our art used the pillars to create anContinue reading “Wk3-Art Experience-You can Find Art Anywhere”

For our second week, we were asked to do some abstract art, via finger painting. Above is my attempt to create something interesting. The experience was different than I expected. At first I didn’t understand the point of this assignment, but it was entertaining to let myself just paint, instead of following a specific setContinue reading “Wk2-Art Experience-Abstraction is Freedom”

On Wednesday we performed a maintenance art activity at Piotr Kowalski’s 1965 sculpture NOW, where we cleaned the sculpture and some students picked up trash from the surrounding area. Below are some pictures from the event: The activity of performing maintenance art at this sculpture was interesting. I’m not a very extroverted person, so doingContinue reading “Wk1-Art Experience #1-“Women’s Work” is also Art”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”