AP: Today was the first time I got to see the Perpich students in a while, as I was out sick last week. It was really great to see them and see how much work all of them had gotten done within the last week or so. A lot of them are in progress of making pieces, but they’ve really gotten a lot farther in their concepts. I spent the day checking in with students both individually and with Kathryn. It has been really exciting to hear them think out loud about their work and be able to recommend artists that could help to further their interests. I’ve started getting to know more of their work over the last few weeks and I find it incredibly engaging.
Drawing and Painting 2: Part of the class has moved on from their charcoal portraits and is now starting to work with paint. They’re working on studies of objects they either brought in or borrowed from the studio. Part of this exercise is working with a monochromatic color scheme, but using complementary colors to create a wider range of color. The other part is currently working on recreating portraits of POC and LGBTQ artists in oil paint. They’re working more with the idea of accurately translating color and shape from a picture to painting. Its been really exciting to talk to both groups about how they’re approaching the assignments. Additionally, as with every Thursday, sketchbooks are due. Kathryn touched base with the students about the work they’d done for sketchbooks while I visited with students about the current work.