Today's TLA is MFS
My First Show
Last Sunday I invited friends and family over to my apartment and to my teacher's studio to view my art pieces at my teacher's art show/gallery. I displayed the Cesar Chavez and Malcom X portraits in the show. I am so happy that everyone enjoyed themselves. I had positive responses from everyone. I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who came.
As for the pieces in the show, everyone liked the blue Cesar Chavez painting. I titled it "C. Chavez Kind of Blue". And for the Malcom X portrait, I titled it "X-stacy" . Anyways, back to the Chavez portrait. I have to say it was one of the fastest paintings I have ever painted. The picture I was working with had a sense of concern in his eyes and I just wanted to capture his moment of concern. The painting conveys the most emotion from people. I don't know if I have said this before or not, but the worst thing an artist can do is create a boring/apathetic piece. You gotta make people either hate it or just love it, you can't make them feel apathetic about a piece.
I did not really know God gave me the artistic talent to create paintings which can convey such emotion in people. But I want to thank God for giving me an opportunity to find this studio. I found this studio out of the blue. I made a wrong turn onto a street and to my left I saw the words "Art School." I was shocked that there could be such a cool studio in the city of Sunnyvale. I went in and told Sagi (my teacher), if I can try out a couple of her classes. I told her I don't really draw or paint that well, but I would love to take a couple of classes to ignite my learning to make art. I told her the last time I painted anything was in my art class in high school (10 years ago).
I was second guessing myself when I started these art classes. Basically, I didn't know if my work was any good. But my teacher was very encouraging and she told me in my first few classes that I already had my own style. And I should not compare myself with the really talented young artists in her class. I am finding out that I love learning how to paint and how to capture someone's essence. My teacher Sagi has been great. She knows when to encourage, when to critique, when to correct, when to not think and just paint, when to be creative, and when to motivate. I think that's a sign of a good teacher is to know when to do those things.
Anyways, thanks to my sister, Jed, Ted, Brittany, Howard, Liz, Gilbert, Cindy, Young, Jeremy, Joanelle and Jobe for coming and enjoying the food, the wine, the Popeyes, the Italian cheeses, the Prosecco, the Orangina, confruti (dessert dish from my sis) and the grapes for dessert. I had a blast and I am glad all of you had a blast. I will definitely invite more people for the next show. I already have a couple of ideas with regards to my next pieces I will be working on. If anyone want to see the online pics from my first show, email me and I will gladly forward you my ofoto/kodak gallery link to them.
Enjoy,
Jonathan
My First Show
Last Sunday I invited friends and family over to my apartment and to my teacher's studio to view my art pieces at my teacher's art show/gallery. I displayed the Cesar Chavez and Malcom X portraits in the show. I am so happy that everyone enjoyed themselves. I had positive responses from everyone. I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who came.
As for the pieces in the show, everyone liked the blue Cesar Chavez painting. I titled it "C. Chavez Kind of Blue"
I did not really know God gave me the artistic talent to create paintings which can convey such emotion in people. But I want to thank God for giving me an opportunity to find this studio. I found this studio out of the blue. I made a wrong turn onto a street and to my left I saw the words "Art School." I was shocked that there could be such a cool studio in the city of Sunnyvale. I went in and told Sagi (my teacher), if I can try out a couple of her classes. I told her I don't really draw or paint that well, but I would love to take a couple of classes to ignite my learning to make art. I told her the last time I painted anything was in my art class in high school (10 years ago).
I was second guessing myself when I started these art classes. Basically, I didn't know if my work was any good. But my teacher was very encouraging and she told me in my first few classes that I already had my own style. And I should not compare myself with the really talented young artists in her class. I am finding out that I love learning how to paint and how to capture someone's essence. My teacher Sagi has been great. She knows when to encourage, when to critique, when to correct, when to not think and just paint, when to be creative, and when to motivate. I think that's a sign of a good teacher is to know when to do those things.
Anyways, thanks to my sister, Jed, Ted, Brittany, Howard, Liz, Gilbert, Cindy, Young, Jeremy, Joanelle and Jobe for coming and enjoying the food, the wine, the Popeyes, the Italian cheeses, the Prosecco, the Orangina, confruti (dessert dish from my sis) and the grapes for dessert. I had a blast and I am glad all of you had a blast. I will definitely invite more people for the next show. I already have a couple of ideas with regards to my next pieces I will be working on. If anyone want to see the online pics from my first show, email me and I will gladly forward you my ofoto/kodak gallery link to them.
Enjoy,
Jonathan
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