….. just signed up for a 7 week course in art
Like I’m not busy enough as it is, I signed up for an intense course yesterday that involves reading, taking quizzes and painting. I’ve already done all the reading for last week and taken the quiz but I haven’t started the painting. It’s due tomorrow night. I still have to run a 5k tomorrow morning and I have to finish my report cards.
One of the problems is that the course started last week so I’m already a week behind. When I get this first painting assignment done I’ll be caught up. I’m actually very excited about doing this. The program is called Coursera and it offers hundreds of free courses that are taught by certified professors from dozens of universities, worldwide. Check out the courses here.
What did I learn this week? Well the program is designed for beginning artists so the basics taught this last week were a good refresher lesson for me. This week the focus is on Fantasy art and I learned a lot about Independent Fantasists, such as Rousseau and Chagall, Dadaism, Automatism and Abstract Expressionism. I was also introduced to some Fantasists that I was not familiar with, such as Giorgio de Chirico, Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray.
Marcel Duchamp http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Marcel_Duchamp_01.jpg/128px-Marcel_Duchamp_01.jpg
Giorgio de Chirico http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Giorgio_de_Chirico_%28portrait%29.jpg
My assignment this week is to come up with my own Fantasy painting using any medium and technique I’m comfortable with. I also have to create an artist statement. Wish me luck. Well I’d better get to those report cards. It’s going to be a busy day tomorrow.
Cheers!
Mama Cormier 
Sounds a really stimulating and exciting course.
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The course was fun but I was way over my head, not in ability but time wise. In the second week they changed the time when things were due and many people like me were unaware (I’d gone away for the weekend) of the changes and couldn’t submit their work. Trying to do this in June when I’m so busy with school was unrealistic. I’ll try again when a similar course comes along.
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and good luck for your 5k races!
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Thanks Frizz, the race went well. I was a little slower than I hoped for but I finished and I felt much better at the end of the run than I did last year.
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I love DuChamp and Man Ray. Very interesting people.
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