Wednesday, September 09, 2009 ♥
I got sick of the countless people who think that being a student in an art college is really that laid-back and easy and quick, so I'm writing this journal as a response. Might contain a lot of sarcasm.So, you're a high-school student who thinks that being a student in an art college is really that easy, or maybe you're a fellow college student who, instead of art, is majoring in business, or finance, or anything but art. Or maybe, you're a high-school student who's gonna graduate soon, or this academic year, and are planning to take art as your major, on enroll into an art college because you think it's the easiest subject ever.
Mmhmm. Try mentioning to any of us art college students and you'd probably:
a.) Get kicked straight on your gut
b.) Get punched square in the jaw
c.) Get an exasperated sigh
d.) Get a 2-hour (give or take a few) length lecture
e.) A blog entry like this
f.) The link to this entry
Now, let me state beforehand: I don't hate art. I don't dislike it, either. Rather, I love it. And that's why I'm in an art college. But let me make some things clear, as a student in an art college.
Of course, being a high-school student who's got no part-time job (unless you do--that's an entirely different story) and has around 7 hours of leisure time and 8 hours of sleep is the busiest life ever. I mean, DUH! Your school starts at 8, dammit, and you haven't finish that game from last night! Of course, it
does be the busiest life ever. Right? Riiight.
I mean, duh, drawing a hanging towel and getting all the details, shadows, shades, curves, crevices and all that is easy! Like, damn easy. Right? And painting?! DUH, all you need is to dip some brush into some paint and water and paint on the canvas. Yes, yes, of course, blind drawing
(drawing something in a continuous, unbroken line without looking at the paper you're drawing on and instead only looking at the object you are drawing) is easy.
What about fashion designs? Oh, of course, staying in the sewing room, sewing for 7 hours almost non-stop is easy. And designing clothes that no one will ever thought of, and so fabulous that almost everyone will buy it is easy. And getting an astounding piece of dress in a night is easy. RIGHT?! The same thing with fashion management!
Your foundation years will perhaps be the easiest year ever. I mean, duh, creating a sculpture of your face out of an A3/A2 sized card is nothing. Let alone creating a structure out of plastic straws and stapler and put an egg inside it and drop the whole thing from the 3rd floor without getting the egg break nor cracked.
Oh no, not at all. Try doing all those.
Okay, now, who's the idiot who said that it's so easy and laid back that you can actually sleep in every single class or even not attending at all and still pass with flying colours? Let me show you a list of the assignments I need to do by the time I'm writing this:
- 2D: A3-sized portrait of our own face, containing at least three out of five elements (line, shape, motion, space, texture)
- 2D: Colour grid (Chromatic Greys)
- 2D: A4-sized study of a famous painting of an artist
- 3D: fragmentation of face
- 3D: presentation board for the previous egg project
- 3D: Paper sculpture of your own face.
- Modeling: sculpture of self
- Photoshop: final sketches and gather all materials needed
- Photoshop: photo-editing
- Photoshop: researches
- 2D: researches
- 2D: Fruit painting
Yeap, those all need to be done by next week and/or this week.
Now, the next time, the NEXT DAMN TIME I HEARD SOMEONE SAY "HOW EASY IT IS TO BE A STUDENT IN AN ART COLLEGE", I'm gonna hunt you down. I'm SO going to hunt
you down. Or at least, someone who knows how difficult it could be will hunt you down. Trust me on that.
Now people, this is what we all call "Review / Assessment week" could do to people.
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