Yes, I am working on final projects already for my two mid-quarter classes, Critical Thinking and Math.
I just realized that means I am almost done with what has very possibly been the last math class of my life!
And so, even if I never took a math class unless it was required, I’ll go on record to say that I am comforted by its logic and predictability. I like what it reveals about God. And how creation is built upon it.
And my final project in math has been a very nice one. I spent this morning with my giant new sketchpad splayed out on my bed, listening to Adventures in Odyssey, making this:
As for Critical Thinking, the final project is two-fold. First, I’m completing a research paper on the medieval reaction to the Black Death as seen through the arts.
The second part of the assignment is a presentation. Each person has ten minutes of class time to explain their artistic background, future ambition, and logo or business name. A visual aid must be included.
I’m excited. I happen to be laying it all out – the fact that God is an inextricable part of my artwork and ambitions… I would appreciate prayer, that He’ll use my presentation however He wants. 🙂
In my next post, I’ll try to relay what I can of the presentation (and visual aid!)
And if anyone wants to read about the Black Death… just ask.
Well, when the Black Death paper is done, at least a synopsis would be interesting…and perhaps WHY you had that as a topic.
By the way, is your sketch-pad that color, or did you also put down the background…and if so, how. Speaking of that, more details on this image…how did you come up with it? What medium, etc.?
My sketch pad is white – you caught me. But I use this technique very frequently: scanned the old paper, imported it as an object, made an object from the design and placed it on top, and THEN set the object to “multiply” instead of “normal.” You know where I’m talking about? And all the white, voila, disappears. The colors appear slightly darker and reveal the texture of whatever’s underneath.
The assignment stipulated an octagon inscribed in a circle, and then, I was free to complicate things however I wished. I used only a compass and a straight edge, started adding lines in pencil, and then erasing some afterwards as the ideas kept evolving and changing. So I didn’t start out knowing how it would look. I used permanent marker, stabilo marker, and colored pencil to get my four shades (it came out poorly on the scan, but the shades of red are pretty distinct from each other.) By the way, I have the nicest compass EVER that came with my art kit. It was a darling to use. The new color pencils are extremely nice, too, which made me nervous when I was using them. 🙂
Ahhh…art supplies TOO nice to use! 😉
The Black Death, huh? Sounds interesting, and I wanna hear what you have to say. Like the colors. And that it’s for math. Never heard of a art piece for a math class before. Kinda reminds me of fractals.
Which Adventures in Odyssey?