Thursday, October 2, 2008

A new Project




The picture on the right is by an artist named Wassily Kandinsky, (hes russian) Its an abstract painting done in oil on carboard. Well why am i talking about a russian artist? Im in architecture right??

Well I have to use this painting (everyone got a different painting, by different artists, or the same) and make it abstract.......(but the problem is...the painting is already abstract) So basically i have to pull it apart and make it more abstract using photoshop.....But I have never used photoshop before...so it was bit of a struggle. But after talking to my prof for a long time,( probably annoying him) and everyone else in my studio ( i asked everyone else to teach me lol)


After a night of creating abstract pictures, i also had to put them into a power point, with my analyses of the painting. However no matter how i searched google, only one link with the actual picture showed up.(Other websites turned up his more famous pieces) So really no info on this painting.

So i made about only 6 slides...everyone else made more than i did, or if they did make the same amount it was certainly better than mine. I guess you can say when it comes to presenting.... i really really suck...just public speaking...


So anyway...In the end. I screwed up my presentation. Totally my fault for not researching more
but i still justify myself for being bad since i can never present well... lol
Oh yeah and i went to B&N (Barnes and Nobles) and got me Voyage of Slaves, the third book on a series called "Castaway of the Flying Dutchman" By....BRIAN JACQUES! lol the same guy who wrote Redwall. Unfortunately, in this book..theres no Hot Root Soup , Deeper n Ever pie, Candied Chestnuts or strawberry Cordial(sadly) but this book is still fun to read.
Oh yeah and there are actual recipes for making redwall foods (for those who know what im talking about) :)

3 comments:

janet said...

hm.. i read Redwall but i dont remember anything about Redwall recipes or whatnot.. i guess im not dorky enough, sry josh! lol
and btw, i know kandinsky! hes a cool artist. but NO way you've never used photoshop before?! its awesome! even tho i suck at using it lol

hey josh, its cool to hear about your art projects, but do u also have friends? i would like to know about them if you do socialize from time to time

Chihiro said...

ouch Janet!!

and Josh, I totally know about the Redwall recipes lol. We should totally make them!

and I'm sure your brilliance in architecture with make up for your presentation ;] no worries!

AJ Toribio said...

Redwall. I read every book until the 14th one and realized: They're all the same. Hahahaha. But Hot Root Soup sounded like some good shit.

Ah it's ok. Once you become an architect you'll get bitches to present for you. That's why there are board meetings.