Today I am the host artist for
Artist in Blogland's challenge: Fall, Fearless and Fly. Visit the
website to add your link if you participate in the challenge and for a chance to win some great prizes!
NOVEMBER 26
Headline Prompt: Lifelong Fan: What or who have you consistently valued or looked up to in your life? What lessons have you learned from people you admire?
Color Prompt: Your favorite color now or from childhood or both!
Quote Prompt: "Among
those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator; but
among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh." W.H.Auden
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I
created a mixed media art journal page using the headline prompt of
people I looked up to. I have always looked up to my teachers and
especially my art teachers. I had a professor in college who really
encouraged me to pursue art as my major, although I had never thought I
would be able to make art as a career. I decided to major in art
education and the professors I had were amazing. The courses were
really, really thorough, rigorous and grounded in art education theory
as well as practical teaching strategies. I don't think I would have
been prepared at all for teaching without the education I received. The
art education professors I had were very professional and encouraged us
to become involved in our
own professional development. They stressed the importance of being
involved in art education associations on a state and national level.
With our art ed. classes, we traveled to many art workshops and art
educator conferences.
Several years ago, I bought a vintage art
education textbook off of Ebay. I cut out and photocopied two of the
images to play around with while doing this challenge. The first was a
poem that read, "Of children so glad they 're learning to draw, are n't
they the happiest ones you ever saw?" The other was a row of children
with the text reading "How many historical figures have we drawn? Let
us draw each other."
The shell image I chose because one of my
professors was a ceramicist who used shells in all of her work. She
would press the shells into the sides of her pots and use them as a
textural element. I think it had something to do with where she grew
up. Anyways, she came to my wedding (6 years ago) and as a wedding
gift she gave me one of her lovely pots (with shell imprints on the
sides) and it is sitting in our display cabinet in our living room.
I think I have discovered a new theme to explore in my artwork: creating art about teaching art to children!
Prizes! Everyone who joins in will be entered to win fabulous goodies! We'll randomly draw one name to win it all this week! From Marcia, we have a packet of paper ephemera (vintage imagery, text, scrapbooking papers and embellishments). You
can check out all her goodies in her Etsy shop
here.
*** If you check out my shop, I am offering a 25% off discount coupon code (just enter it at checkout): "HoHoHo" ... good until the holidays. I just added a few Cloth Paper Scissors magazines and more packages of postcards. I have some big dreams to add some prints and more original artwork to the shop, but that is going to have to wait until later! ********
Blue Moon Scrapbooking has generously provided a $25 gift certificate for this week! They have a wonderful selection of scrapbooking and mixed media supplies!
In order to participate in this challenge, you need to head over to
Artists in Blogland to add your artwork!
