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Post by toonMom on Jun 22, 2004 16:26:44 GMT -5
I thought I would bring this topic up since I know stoontoons is going to attend art school in the fall and I myself am also starting in the fall. My degree will be in Art Education though, not sure what stoons will be in, Fine Art maybe?
Anyone else here go to art school?
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Post by tooned on Jun 22, 2004 19:04:06 GMT -5
not going to art school,but really excited about you two going.well done to you both,and good luck ;D
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Post by corky on Jun 23, 2004 13:08:32 GMT -5
that's great, toonmom! i'm excited for you. my degree will be in visual communications, which covers advertising, concept art, magazine illustration, etc...basically anything commercial. so i will sign my name with a B.comm after!
maybe we should post a thread for students, who want to get ideas, share study plans, or even just complain about how much paperwork is involved in being a student!
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Post by toonMom on Jun 23, 2004 13:45:08 GMT -5
Sounds good! Let's just continue it right here.
BTW stoons, what is your fall schedule like?
I am taking:
beginning algebra
english comp I
child welfare
sociology
watercolor painting I
I wanted drawing I, but the class was already full.
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Post by corky on Jun 24, 2004 13:44:55 GMT -5
first semester, i am taking these classes:
drawing (four hours three x weekly! yippee!)
2D design fundamentals (composition, colour theory, layout)
English Literature (18th and 19th C authors)
typography (developing fonts)
second semester i will have to take a computer fundamentals class, another drawing class, 2D design fundamentals, and another English Lit.
and i will have to learn to program a VCR, as one of my classes is Thursday evening, and i am not missing Survivor!
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Post by toonMom on Jun 24, 2004 14:22:34 GMT -5
Yep, same here. I have a Thursday evening class. Hubby was sure to point out that I would be missing Survivor. I am a step ahead of you though, I already know how to program my VCR.
I hope to get into drawing I my 2nd semester. I also have to take the 2D design class, but I will be taking that at a different school.
Good luck!
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Post by corky on Jun 26, 2004 14:16:43 GMT -5
one recommendation i can make; get involved in a study group! i've been in contact with a few of the faculty, and the student liaison, and both have recommended it. since i haven't actually ever studied anything in my life (not even in school...didn't like school, didn't really care about academics), i knew i was gonna need some skills. at my school, there's a group specifically for mature, special needs, the nurses, and so on. so i will find a group that are taking similar classes to mine, and try to learn some skills.
i am envious that you know how to program your vcr...hubby always does that for me. but eight months without survivor...i won't make it!
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Post by toonMom on Jun 27, 2004 7:34:26 GMT -5
I am going to take a workshop that is offered at the school. It is for first time students and it teaches you time management skills, learning tools, how to study and more. It's free, so I figured I should take the time to go to it.
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Post by corky on Jul 8, 2004 21:36:14 GMT -5
at least you don't have to find another place to live...sigh...being away from family is going to be hard...i found a great little apartment, very reasonable price, but i will still be all alone...except for my computer...
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Post by toonMom on Jul 9, 2004 9:31:20 GMT -5
You'll still have us ;D
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Post by corky on Jul 9, 2004 20:31:42 GMT -5
yes that's good to know. without contact with my friends here, and fellow cartoonists, and my family, i would be so lost! hubby doesn't know it yet, but i'm taking the scanner with me. so i can continue to post.
my co-workers at the gallery bought me a nice parting gift...a huge hardbound sketchbook and a journal with positive affirmations that are perfect for me "i am always right" and "you look terrific in anything you wear" and one other i like, "you are the most interesting person you know!" now that's a positive affirmation! ;D
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Post by corky on Aug 5, 2004 11:17:55 GMT -5
22 days to go, till i leave for Medicine Hat and begin school. i need to buy some new notebooks and a pencil case, just like i did when i went to grade school, for the first day! (and by the end of the first week, i had covered it with messy doodles of superheroes and monsters! wonder why i never won a neat handwriting award?).
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Post by corky on Aug 29, 2004 11:39:06 GMT -5
Just wanted to let everyone know that I will be offline for at least 3 days. I am leaving for Medicine Hat Art College early tomorrow morning. I begin classes on Wednesday. I got a great deal on a computer, so dear hubby won't be without one! But it will take a few days to get everything set up. Look for pix of my apartment on my blog angrymonkey01.blogspot.comsee ya there! |
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Post by Courtius on Sept 4, 2004 12:45:20 GMT -5
I thought I would mention my school, since the topic was brought up here. I went to a University of California school for four years and got a degree in Visual Art, but did not learn anything at all about how to draw or paint. It wasn't that kind of art program. They were all avant garde there and put no emphasis on procedure or skills. The message of your art was ALL that mattered. A word to the wise...Research your schools. They are not all created equal. Luckily, three years ago I found an atelier school here in San Diego (Encinitas actually) called the Watts Atelier. It is a small privately run non-accredited school that is modeled after the teaching system of the nineteenth century ateliers in France and Italy. And it is absolutely the best thing I have done for myself and my art. You take only the classes you want, and you can take them as many times as you want. There are 75 to 100 different classes that are offered over the four semesters in a year. From traditional figure/head painting/drawing, landscape, color theory, composition, and anatomy classes to name a few. And lots of specialty classes that focus very heavily on a specific area like character design for entertainment, digital painting, zoo drawing, (and my caricature class;D ). And there are constant instructor demonstrations and hands-on critiques of students works. It's the real deal. You go to a place like this if you are serious about bringing up your skills I could go on forever about it, but I won't. Here is the school's weblink: www.wattsatelier.com/home.htmlThe Watts Atelier is listed on the ARC's website as an approved atelier, by the way. The ARC (Art Renewal Center) is a great website that has the largest collection of high res images of old masters paintings, from Velasquez to Rockwell! The ARC site lists about 50 ateliers around the world that they approve of and recommend for teaching traditional skills in the area of representational art. To find an atelier in your area, check them out: www.artrenewal.com/ and go to the "Mission" link to find an alphabetical list of schools. This organization actually offers scholarships to these ateliers. Good luck to all of you who are just getting started on their formal art education! |
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Post by toonMom on Sept 4, 2004 14:38:17 GMT -5
There's some really great stuff in those links! Thanks for sharing!!
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