Beg Painting I: Guerilla Plein Air

Painting I students set up downtown yesterday to do some retinal Plein Air exercises before the Minnesota winter drops.

-John

The Theatre Prepares for 1st 2012-2013 Show

Preparations have begun in the M State Theatre for the first production of the year, All Shook Up.  Paper suits and paint for life!

-John

Choirs Conquer Coronation

Homecoming is tomorrow, and there must be a King and Queen.  Therefore, a coronation must take place...and Bohemian Rhapsody must be sung.

-John

Beg Drawing I: Nonobjective/Nonrepresentational Drawing

Photos by Sarah Langbehn, M State Beg Drawing I Student

The Sketchbook Project 2013 comes to M State-Fergus Falls!

Students and Instructors from the Visual Art, Music, and Theatre Departments of M State-Fergus Falls will be participating in the Sketchbook Project 2013 through the Brooklyn Art Library.  We will be adding individual scans as they become available.  Stay tuned!

-John

Beg Painting I: Fuzzy Slide Exercise

Photos by M State Beg Painting I Student

Beg Drawing I: Cross Contour Introduction

Yesterday, the 12th, the class started practicing the techniques of cross contour, hatching, and line qualities. I took a few pictures of some drawings and one of the still life itself. We were practicing giving various objects character and definition through the line quality. When looking at the pieces done after the taken photos and class being over, they really reminded me of a sort of comic book drawing. Every object being drawn was unique in its own way. The whole point in doing this new kind of drawing was to combine this style with other techniques of the previous week. In the future, the class is going to use everything previously learned and apply it all to a new assignment.

Brandon Carlson, M State Beg Drawing I Student

2-D, 9/11/2012

2-D, 9/11/2012
Polaroid Photograph on Impossible Film.
2012.
J. Charles Cox

Geometric and Organic/Biomorphic Shape Exercises, Foundations of Art, 2-D Design

In this week’s exercise we were forced to think "outside the box."  We formed one composition of geometric shapes and another of organic shapes both without the use of defining lines. Instead, we formed these shapes with patterns, shading, and/or stacked parallel lines. This sounds easy enough but, I thought it was pretty tricky. When I sit down to draw, the first thing I do is sketch out my contours and fill things in as I go. This exercise was like working backwards for me, filling in the spaces to form the contours. It was effective in making me step out of my comfort zone which is crucial in learning and in art. It was kinda fun, you should try it.

Amanda Callahan, M State Foundations of Art—2-D Design Student

 

Photos by Amanda Callahan, M State Foundations of Art, 2-D Design Student

Painting I, retinal studies.

Photos by Samantha Roberts, M State Painting I Student

Hooray for still-life: the first 'real' day of class in Drawing I.

Photos by Jessica Emerfoll, M State Drawing I Student