Oil Painting (School, day 2)
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pasitheaBack from oil-painting class tonight. Not quite as jazzed up as I was with Digital Video Production but still excited. DeAnza seems to have a lot of old-school instructors. They prefer to be called Mr So-and-so, and stuff like that. I really sort of like it. I was brought up with southern manners and I always feel weird calling an instructor by their first name. Also, none of the 'lets all be big boys and girls' that I felt at Cabrillo.
This instructor is very much into the classic forms of painting and we're expected to produce highly-polished pieces of work. Also, this class is 3 oil painting classes combined. The first, second, and third year students. So I'll be working with people who are considerably more experienced than I am. I consider this a HUGE plus, and am really looking forward to it. The downsides are 1) We start painting on Thursday, so I have to figure out a means of getting my canvas to class on my motorbike, and we'll be using odorless thinner (turpenoid) instead of turpentine for in-class painting. Turpenoid gives me bad migraines the second I take the cap off, turpentine doesn't. So I'll need to get in early and take a place near the door. I may even have to break down and wear a gas mask for class. That'd be so freaky it might actually be sort of cool. It'd make a very interesting image at the very least.
Last night in DV class, we talked about how next week, we were going to do a brief introduction on using cameras, then be turned loose on the campus to collect a couple hours of footage as if we were making a short film. So tonight I got one of the free maps that the campus information people are handing out and went around marking locations that had interesting scenery and some usable amount of lighting. Lotsa little pieces to work with. I'll post a list later. Now I need to come up with a good idea for what I want to do with the options I have available. My best idea so far is about someone trying to make a film but can't because of people interruptions and other people making films. (Filming some of the other students covertly while they work) It's got some amusing potential and should really be quite workable on a busy college campus. Anyhow. I needta head off to bed! Night!
This instructor is very much into the classic forms of painting and we're expected to produce highly-polished pieces of work. Also, this class is 3 oil painting classes combined. The first, second, and third year students. So I'll be working with people who are considerably more experienced than I am. I consider this a HUGE plus, and am really looking forward to it. The downsides are 1) We start painting on Thursday, so I have to figure out a means of getting my canvas to class on my motorbike, and we'll be using odorless thinner (turpenoid) instead of turpentine for in-class painting. Turpenoid gives me bad migraines the second I take the cap off, turpentine doesn't. So I'll need to get in early and take a place near the door. I may even have to break down and wear a gas mask for class. That'd be so freaky it might actually be sort of cool. It'd make a very interesting image at the very least.
Last night in DV class, we talked about how next week, we were going to do a brief introduction on using cameras, then be turned loose on the campus to collect a couple hours of footage as if we were making a short film. So tonight I got one of the free maps that the campus information people are handing out and went around marking locations that had interesting scenery and some usable amount of lighting. Lotsa little pieces to work with. I'll post a list later. Now I need to come up with a good idea for what I want to do with the options I have available. My best idea so far is about someone trying to make a film but can't because of people interruptions and other people making films. (Filming some of the other students covertly while they work) It's got some amusing potential and should really be quite workable on a busy college campus. Anyhow. I needta head off to bed! Night!
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Date: 2002-09-25 01:43 am (UTC)Don't feel funny about the mask -- one of my favorite photographers (she's on LJ, too) had some sort of horrible accident in the darkroom and it really screwed her lungs and body up. She recently shelled out the big bucks for a gas mask, because she's really sensitive now to all the chemicals. There may be something less bulky than a gas mask, there are all sorts of lightweight respirators. Hope it doesn't have to come to that, though.
I like the idea for your video -- very creative and unique! And it sounds like you'll be using scripted and unscripted stuff which could make for some very interesting end results. You're right about what you mentioned about taking photography before, and having learned about lighting. It's something you considered right away, and something I bet others won't consider as much. Details like that will make a difference.