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Awareness Post - Ming Ying
Ming Ying is a 28 year old surrealist artist born in China and based in London. Through vibrant paintings that combine abstraction and...
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Apr 27, 20231 min read
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Process Post - Home Project #2
I painted another watercolor painting of a view of my room.
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Mar 5, 20231 min read
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Awareness Post - Shoichi Okumura
Shoichi Okumura was born in Beijing in 1989 and raised in Japan, and is now based in Tokyo. He creates silk paintings influenced by the...
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Mar 2, 20232 min read
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Process Post - Home Project #2
I completed another watercolor painting for my portfolio piece. This painting was from a view of the inside of my house. I plan on...
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Feb 26, 20231 min read
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Process Post - Project #6
I've started the linework for my project, and after finishing, I will add different materials.
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Feb 26, 20231 min read
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Process Post - Home Project #2
For my second home project, I'm doing another portfolio piece. I don't have many landscapes in my portfolio, as well as very few painted...
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Feb 15, 20231 min read
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Lunchtime Lecture - Karen Getty
Karen Getty is the coordinator of the African galleries at the VMFA. She has a deep understanding of African history and diversity, and...
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Feb 8, 20231 min read
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Process Post - Project #5
I'm almost done with this project, I just need to add a few finishing touches. I don't really like how this project came out, so I'm...
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Jan 31, 20231 min read
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Process Post - Project #4
I'm pretty much finished with the figures and I'm just going to add a little bit more linework. Next, I'm going to work on the background...
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Dec 14, 20221 min read
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Careers - Fashion Designer
Fashion designers design and manage fashion item production, while also often being involved in creating the clothes. They are expected...
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Nov 21, 20221 min read
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Process Post - Project #2
This was while I was in the process of cutting out the different pieces for my subway car. I cut and folded the four sides of the actual...
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Oct 21, 20221 min read
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Careers - Children's Book Illustrator
A children's book illustrator is responsible for creating the artwork for a book. They must communicate with the author, publisher, and...
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Oct 14, 20221 min read
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Awareness Post - He Jiaying
He Jiaying is a contemporary artist born in 1957 in Tianjin, China. His distinctive works of women are usually made on paper or...
luciefbouton
Oct 9, 20222 min read
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Process Post - Home Project #1
For my home project, I'm doing an acrylic painting of the VMFA. I don't have much experience with paint or landscapes, so I'm struggling...
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Oct 5, 20221 min read
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Lunchtime Lecture - Stanley Rayfield
I really enjoyed this lecture; hearing talks from former Maggie Walker students are always so interesting. I liked learning about his...
luciefbouton
Sep 20, 20221 min read
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Figure Drawings from 9/9/22
1 minute figure study drawings from a live model using charcoal. 45 minute (unfinished) figure study drawing from a live model using...
luciefbouton
Sep 18, 20221 min read
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Reflection Essay
This year was spent expanding on a lot of the skills we learned last year. I learned about figure drawing, wood carving, still life...
luciefbouton
Jun 15, 20223 min read
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Lunchtime Lecture - Tsherin Sherpa
This week's lunchtime lecture was about the Tibetan artist Tsherin Sherpa, who currently has an exhibition at the VMFA. I thought the...
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Jun 10, 20221 min read
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Planning
Head: I would like to further explore themes of both fashion and diversity in my art. Some of the materials I would like to further...
luciefbouton
Apr 17, 20221 min read
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Reflection
My subject was people, and I did both portraits and full-body drawings. Some reoccurring themes in my play pages were masks/the pandemic,...
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Apr 17, 20221 min read
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