Student Spotlight: Jenny Liu

I'm so pleased with the contrast of the hard edged pen lines and the ink stained ceiling in this piece that was completed for my illustration class by the talented Miss Jenny Liu who is as cute as her name suggests.  The assignment was to choose a still shot from a favorite movie and put yourself somewhere in the scene.

The Metropolitan Museum and Ji-In Jeong

We made field trip booklets while visiting the Metropolitan Museum and galleries in SoHo last Friday.  I was impressed with the off of the top of her head response from my student Ji-In Jeong to the following prompt:

Pick a Stranger in NYC and imagine what their life is like:

“George Polvich sighed.  He was leaning against the white walls of the Metropolitan Museum Painting Wing, where he worked as a security guard.  His curly brown hair lay against his cheeks.  He needed a cut.   His beard was out grown as if he didn’t care about the rash that was spreading on his chin.  He always asked himself why he had accepted such a routine job.  What had happened to his dreams of becoming an astronaut or a pilot?  He reminisced about his childhood.  His father Jimmy was a pilot.  He remembered how he had traveled across the Atlantic, flying to London from Greece.  The memories flooded his mind until a child learned in close to the Monet and began running his fingers along the surface.  George walked over to him and violently yelled “PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH THE ART!”  (His voice raspy thanks to a continuous smoking habit.)  The frightened child ran to his mother from which he received a disapproving look..."

Student Spotlight: John Murphy

John has made some great technical drawings for his application for architectural programs for next year.
I am particularly impressed with the car engine.  Nice work!