Art Class

Just last week my art class took a walk down mainstreet to a aparment building. Weird right?, well when we got upstairs I saw the most coolest thing ever! A women carving slate chinks into wonderful peices of work. She talked to us about how she first started art, she drew alot, because in her school there wasnt any scultpure classes. Anyways, she continued about how she went to Ireland to continue her study in Form. Form is  a principle in art. She focused in form very well in high school and continued in her college years. I dont really remember her name very well, but she has a studio in poultney above the pharamacy. She has carved slate since 2003, so she has many peices of work. I will ask my art teacher if I could have some of those pictures she toke and post them on here for you guys. This slate carver let us carve into some slate. She makes very beautiful peices, she did a headstone for a lady with roman lettering, a rare lettering that no one really teaches anymore. I hope this women comes along way with her work, I thought it was beauitful. Congrats!

Chuck Close

Chuck Close is a famous portait painter and photographer. He was born on July 5th 1940, in Monroe, Washington. He grew famous becuase of his huge paintings that were taller than himself, check out this video, he explains how he paints so reliztistic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgsFYXsdcp0.

 Chuck Close started painting in college where he created many paintings of his friends. Some people wpuld argue if he drew them or painted them because they looked so real. As you can in this painting he was very talented, he had a speacil gift that many artist wish they could have.
 Find your favorite Chuck Close painting, tell me what you see in his paintings, do you think he paints or photgraphs?