I’m taking an introduction to digital photography class and frankly I hate it.
Although it is an intro class, a working knowledge of Photoshop is in order (something I was unaware of). I might very well be the only person in class who has never worked with the program; my fellow students zip from one application to another. I feel like a dinosaur.
Our first two assignments have thankfully been hands on, and I have done relatively well. It is not without a bit of smugness that I have observed my fellow students’ inability to render.
The following is a silly exercise in which three pared down elements must be synthesized into a narrative. In spite of hating the class, the assignment was fun; I might do another version.
This effort was inspired by Sartre’s No Exit.
visual exercise II
The following is the assignment sheet:
My printmaking class is going very well, this is my third semester and although I have produced only a few prints I can claim to like, I am learning a lot. Thankfully my anxiety that my professor did not like me or my work has proven to be due to ridiculous insecurity. He has proven to be very helpful and supportive of my work in spite of our aesthetic differences. I look forward to afternoons spent at the press in spite of the oppressive California heat- apparently printmaking studios do not warrant air conditioning.
The following image is the final version of my first dry point exercise . Again, I see flaws but I now know how to better handle the technique , next I plan to combine drypoint with aquatint.
Temptation of St Anthony
drypoint intaglio print
Well that is it for this evening , have a lovely weekend and to my fellow Landsmen, L’Shana Tovah!
Take care,
Lg
Boondocks Babylon 