Student works

We had our final critique on Friday. The grades are turned in. Here are some highlights from the finished drawings

Charli Terry, Brooklyn Bridge

Bailey Arnold, Midtown

Angelina Mazzanti, Brooklyn Bridge

Sarah Crites, 10th Ave from the Highline

last night

The girls and dinner at Boca Chica in the East Village

The view from the roof at the Pod

See ya for now NYC! I'll be back!

I can't believe it's almost time to go back to Mississippi! This have been such an awesome trip and it has gone by entirely too fast for me. I have had so much fun and made some great friends! It has been such a great experience and I have gotten to do things and see things that I never have before. Visiting all of the museums was so cool and I learned what I like and what I don't like in artwork. I love huge paintings with lots of color and I like really small sculptures because I feel like I can hold it and its more intimate. Although I have really enjoyed it here and want to come back soon, I am ready to be at home in my own bed and my car! We have all for sure gotten workouts this week from walking everywhere! (I'm really not as lazy as I sound..) Haha! I do feel that I have grown as an artist and I am pleased with a lot of the drawings I got done while in New York. Mrs. Haney was a fantastic instructor! She knows a lot about the city and how to get around here, which has been very helpful. I actually feel like I can somewhat get around the city on my own now and I thought that would be impossible! Maybe I will get to put that knowledge to use the next time I am here. It has been awesome and am already ready to come back!

Bye bye big city!

Well the NYC trip is coming to a fast end. Ive had so much fun, but Im totally ready to go home and sit under a big tree! I know for a fact Im not a city girl. I like sitting in my hammock and walking in the grass! I really enjoyed seeing all the museums. I GOT to see some really awesome art work and got to take some fabulous photos. I have taken 2 black and white rolls of film and 1 color roll. I can not wait to develop them when I get back home! Im glad I got the chance to come on this trip. I have made some great friends and had way to many laughs! The Pod hotel has been great but I have to say the rooms are really small! Working in the room with sarah has been a whole lot of fun and super messy! Thank goodness our art is due at 4:00 and our room is somewhat clean...! When I'm sitting in our room I feel like I'm in Crosby hall. We always leave our door wide open and all the foreign people laugh and talk as they walk by our room. We laugh too cause we know our room looks just like a college dorm! Sorry House cleaning! You are going to have to work extra hard! Overall the trip has been great. I would do it again! Thanks Mrs. Haney for putting up with us!!

Bye bye NY!

Well I hate to say it but we are leaving tomorrow... Time has flown! I have really gotten a lot out of this trip though, I have acquired a more worldly concept by coming here. I have grown to appreciate the slow steady pace of the south even more, but that's not to say I don't like it here either. I love the rush of all the people and all the different languages, the art, the constant energy is exciting- and anyone who knows me, knows I love excitement! This place has taught me there is a lot more out there to go do and see. I have gotten to see so many different, and world famous kinds of art. I got to eat all kinds of great food too, made some great relationships, and got to sit back and watch the craziness as I sketched it all onto my paper. It has been a great experience coming here and doing this, I would definitely do it again. I'll miss ya until next time New York!... Barcelona anyone??

Aug 11 Blog

I can't believe it is my last day in New York. I had such an amazing time- but it literally feels like I got here yesterday. I would love to come back and vacation and draw some more. I am amazed at how much we did in so little time- going to who knows how many museums and galleries. I was fortunate enough to get a long with the other girls in the class- I made new friends which is a total bonus. We have definitely gotten closer and made a lot of great memories. Our fun literally never stops... well if it does it is for a VERY brief moment. We have gone to amazing restaurants and stores and most definitely bought our share of stuff... Ms. Haney included :) haha.

I really think my sketches gradually got better. I definitely practiced. I can tell I improved a lot- my lines got straighter, my shading was better, and I really challenged myself. New York is such an amazing place to learn how to draw or to practice drawing. All of the different kinds of people and different buildings- it's amazing. I don't think anyone could ever get bored of drawing in NYC- there will always be something new.

Da station

Well I'm so glad I'm smart! I decide to tell the girls that we were going to eat dinner in Grand Central Station. We all brought our sketch book and got some food in and drawing too. We stayed there until our section we sat in closed. Then we headed upstairs and sat on the side of the wall. We stayed there for a good while drawing all the people going by until 10:30 or so. We got to experience the fire alarm getting pulled and got to see the police officers at all the doors. There were A LOT of them! I overheard a man talking who said a police officer had bomb dogs there, but nothing was wrong... just some dumb kid that pulled the alarm. I had so much fun seeing so many people in such a short time and I think I probably saw over 15,000 people just today! maybe more...

favorite day in nyc

Well, today started out at 10:00 when we headed to the Guggenheim museum. This museum was nor like any other. The outside of the building looks like a tornado with a rectangle beside it, the whole building is made out of cement. The Guggenheim museum was my favorite because it had a lot of photography. I got to see my favorite new artist, Christian MarcLay. MarcLay's work was of three huge cyanotypes. The cyanotype was of old caset tapes. This image was perfect for cyanotypes. It allowed for light to come through the film of the tapes. MarcLay layered many tape film over a huge paper. The rich color blue is beautiful. It was my all time favorite. After going down the tornado museum ( Guggenheim). We left and went to the Smithsonian, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. This museum was super cool and it told you why they made everything. It had a reason for everything in the museum. There was so much to look at. There was a google design room designed by children to be put on the web. This was downstairs with all of the winners from all sorts of ages.

The museum of Design had the neatest stuff, and everything had a purpose, which I thought to be the coolest part. They were all about eco friendly things and recycling and reusing. I really enjoyed both museums today. They were both totally different from the Met and the Moma. They are less traditional than the other museums was got to see. The Guggenheim was the best museum in New York! (I thought) It was my style and I also enjoyed looking at Pablo Picasso. He had a small chunk in the rectangle part of the building. Today was my most favorite day in New York!!

8/10 guggen and hewitt

Today we went to the Guggenheim and I have to say, it was one of the most original museums out of all of the ones we have seen. I loved how when walking up on it you immediately notice how the architecture is more rounded and not so square like all of the other buildings that surround it. Even when you walk into it you see how there is a spiral that winds around for six stories. I think the Guggen was one of my favorite museums because it had a lot of modern art in it and also a little bit of extremely famous artists such as picasso(one of my favorites). I enjoyed seeing everything it had to offer, especially since it was a great combination of old and new masterpieces!

After leaving there, we went to eat lunch on lexington and then headed to the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. This museum took me by surprise because I wasn't really informed on it too much before coming. Thankfully, it was a nice surprise because everything in it was focused on technology, and designer labels that mainly focused on recycling, and organic material use. I drew a few pieces of clothing, one that had a shirt made of "wild silk" which means silk worms were not killed in the process of making the shirt, and no harmful chemicals were used in the process as well. It was a very stylish looking outfit and I was impressed to learn that even the way things are made are important in the art/designer world. New York and all of these unique museums have been great for me to see because I feel my art perspective has expanded tremendously. Thanks NYC!!!

Jammin' in the subway!

So far I have really loved the subway because it is cheap, easy and quick. Normally we have been taking the E train and the 6 but as of yesterday those two trains have not been running everywhere we have needed to go. This gave us major problems last night when Bailey, Angelina, Sarah and I decided to go to Chinatown. The subway stations are already pretty chaotic but I felt that it was even more chaotic when we were not exactly sure what train to get on. Once we finally figured out where we needed to be we ran through the subway station to get to our platform. As we were running through the crowds of people we heard music playing and saw a crowd of people gathering around these two men. The two men were dressed in solid black with white masks over their faces. They were hip-hop dancing to Usher's "OMG"! They were amazing! We found ourselves not so worried about finding our platform anymore. When they finished dancing we continued on to our platform where we found another man playing music on metal garbage cans and buckets. He was extremely talented, as were the other two guy that we saw dancing earlier. This is one reason I love the culture in New York and one way that it is so different from the culture at home. There would never be people dancing or making music just on the side of the street. These are also some ways that I have been able to see different forms of art outside of the museums. From the two men dancing and the man playing awesome beats on a garbage can to the beautiful mosaics along the walls, art is everywhere in the subway stations!

Drawing in Grand Central

Today was our last day to visit museums and draw in New York. This morning we visited the Guggenheim museum and in the afternoon we went to Cooper-Hewitt. Both of these museum were awesome and i would love to go back because the exhibits are always changing. I wrote a little about each of them in my last blog post. Bailey, Angelina, Sarah and I all had more drawing that we needed to work on before we turn in our sketchbooks tomorrow evening so we went to Grand Central Station tonight to get in some last minute sketches. I have never been to Grand Central. It was absolutely beautiful! I have seen it in television shows and thought it was so awesome to be there. We found a great spot to sit and sketch as we ate dinner in the dining hall. I love to draw figures and I was able to do some great figure sketches! People are constantly moving in Grand Central so I had to sketch pretty quick. Once the dining hall closed we walked into the main hall and sat down in the middle of the floor to draw. We got some pretty strange looks but, hey we are in New York, I'm sure there is nothing these New Yorkers haven't seen! Aside from the strange looks, there were others that stopped to watch us draw and complimented us on our work. Although everyone around me was running to catch there train, I felt so relaxed sitting there in the middle of all the chaos. I feel like everywhere I sit down to draw here has been pretty chaotic! Tomorrow will be the end of that though because it is our last day here. I'm ready to be home but I will miss New York for sure!!

Museum, Museum and Museums!

Almost everyday since we have been in New York we have gone to a different museum. So far we have been to the MoMA, the Metropolitan, the Guggenheim, the Frick, the museum of Natural History, Cloisters and the Cooper-Hewitt. I have really enjoyed each of them because they each have totally different types of art work. The MoMA had so many pieces that I recognized and had studied before. MoMA had such a variety of art work. There is something there for everyone! Modern art is what I usually like the most so the MoMA has been one of my top favorite museums that I have been to. The Metropolitan museum was completely different from MoMA. There was only one room that had modern art on display. Seeing all of the Greek statues that I have studied in art history was pretty awesome. I also loved all of the Egyptian sculptures and Asian sculptures. We took the summer interns tour, which was great! I liked having a tour guide because I get pretty lazy and don't want to read about each piece I look at so It was kind of nice having someone just tell me what each piece was! Haha! Bailey, Sarah, Angelina and I had to pick two museums to go to on our own without Mrs. Haney. One of the museums we chose to visit was the Frick. The Frick have a lot of older paintings that were breath taking but honestly, it is probably my least favorite museum. I saw a couple of pieces that I was interested in and drew them in my sketch book. I think this was my least favorite because there were not as many pieces that i recognized. By far the most interesting place we have visited has been Cloisters! The Cloisters is a museum that is a part of the Metropolitan museum and everything that is inside was donated by the Rockefellers. There is room after room filled with gorgeous medieval art and furniture. I have never seen such beautiful architecture. Another museum we went to was the Museum of Natural History. When I first stepped foot in this museum all I could think about was the movie "Night at The Museum"! I felt like a kid because I love museum that dinosaurs and large animals! I think I took fifty pictures of the elephants that were in there because I LOVE elephants and they were life size!! This museum would be number two on my favorites list, under MoMA. Today we went to the Guggenheim and the Cooper-Hewtitt, which is the National Design Museum. I have always wanted to go to the Guggenheim because I have seen pictures of it and the actual building itself is so amazing! It is one huge spiral and from each floor on the inside you can see every level of the museum. The architecture was really fun and somewhat challenging to draw. They had so many cool exhibits that used projectors that flashed different videos and pictures on the wall. After we left the Guggenheim we walked a couple of blocks over and went to the Cooper-Hewitt. This was the second museum that we chose to visit on our own. It was definately the smallest museum but had really cool, modern designs from clothing, furniture and fabrics to new inventions. Some of the designs were wild! It was crazy to think that someone had thought some of those things up! My favorite design was a dress made completely our of shoelaces. I have enjoyed all of the museum and I would like to visit some of them again if I get to come back to New York!

August 10 Blog

I went to an art museum last month in Arkansas and saw my first Picasso in real life. It literally felt like I was meeting a celebrity. I didn't know how to approach it and I kind of felt nervous around it. My heart was racing all because of a famous painting... Then I saw a Monet painting... And I got to the point I was worried I may have a heart attack. When we went to MoMA in NYC I saw all these amazing, gorgeous and FAMOUS paintings by all these miraculous artists and I really could not believe my eyes. Starry Night was right in front of my face. I might of well have just met the Pope. It's funny how some paintings are that amazing. I really could compare them to celebrities. Kind of like you want to meet the star of the show because they are so good for what they do and famous- whereas the side parts aren't as exciting and you may even just walk right past them. Either way art is art and someone will appreciate it- whether I believe it is good or bad... Kind of like acting or singing. Someone will always love someones' work.

I have had such a great experience in New York and seeing ALL the different pieces of art. I'd love to come back here.

Guggenheim

We are almost done... I can't believe it. The Guggenheim was the last museum we visited as a group. They had a great contemporary photography show that looked great.

bloggin' it

Today was one of my favorite days because we got to see where the last draw new york group stayed last year in Brooklyn. I really like Brooklyn because it is a lot calmer and not so hectic like mid town manhattan. We started the day in Brooklyn by walking the Brooklyn bridge and it was so beautiful, I couldn't get over how pretty the architecture was. Mrs. Haney's mother started telling me a lot of great history on the bridge, and how a lot of sweat and blood (literally) went into building it, mostly from Irish people that came over because of the potato famine. I couldn't help but remember the "you learn something new everyday" saying when she was telling me about it. On top of learning new things, the site was absolutely beautiful and a good start to the day.

After our walk over the bridge, we worked up quite an appetite, and Mrs. Haney took us to Gremaldi's pizzaria. IT WAS AWESOME! After that we went between the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridge to draw and I truly had a great time sketching both bridges down beside the water. There was a nice breeze and it was peaceful to draw in such a calming atmosphere and just to attempt to sketch such great works of architecture. After that we went to Promenade in Brooklyn Heights and drew a bit more. I really enjoyed seeing the homes and different view of the city and water because it was yet again, gorgeous! When it was finally time to head home we hopped onto the subway and got an exciting show from some little boys that could dance like no other. They had their boom box booming and were breakin' it down on the subway! It was a great pick me up for the end of the day... It was nice to get a little bit of true new york culture and flavor before heading back to the pod!

P.S. Here are a few pics from the week, Enjoy!!

Brooklyn!

The girls and the Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge

more bridge

Brooklyn Bridge Park with Lower Manhattan in the background

Bailey drawing on the Brooklyn Promenade

Brooklyn was great (and hot). It is much more laidback than Midtown Manhattan. I love the old, elegant houses of Brooklyn Heights.

The Met

Yesterday, we met at the Met. We took the summer intern highlights tour with Jason. I think he did a great job and we learned a lot about non-western and ancient art.

On the roof is the Mike and Doug Starn's piece, "Big Bambu". The sculpture/installation/performance is always evolving and you can take a tour through it.

Charli and Angelina and the Big Bambu

We are off to Brooklyn!

Bailey August 8 Blog

August 8

It is really interesting to me how different peoples’ minds are. This thought was triggered by all the different pieces I’ve seen at the Met and MoMa and The Frick, and between the different galleries. I had a conversation the other day with Ms. Haney about what art is and compared it to craft. The defined line between them. If there was one. I think it is truly hard to tell, although I’m sure scholars have already succeeded, but I think it is all a matter of opinion. Is molding hot wax into something art or a craft? Scrapbooking? I know I use a lot of my scrapbooking techniques when creating artwork. I use my stamps(- like polka dot ones), and I’ll ink around the edges for a distressed look. Sometimes I even add some of my photography. But where is the line between scrapbooking and art? Because it is painted on a canvas instead of paper? I saw one piece and was like- how is that in a gallery? I’ve seen much better work than that- but Ms. Haney explained to me the probable thought behind it- simplification.

I’ve really enjoyed looking at the different artists and techniques and really catching up on my art history. I really hope those past works continue to inspire me and I hope to find more modern artists to motivate me to really find my style and my own inspiration. I want to be able to defend my work and really go into my thought process. As far as I know I do the things I do because I want to, not because of some psychological reason or some deep thought process behind it- because it is aesthetically pleasing.

Bailey- August 7 Blog

It’s crazy to me how different New York is to Oxford. The Empire State building is the tallest building here… One of the tallest buildings in Oxford is Walmart. The stores are like mansions compared to the little shack-small boutiques Oxford has. My perception of New York stayed pretty much the same when I got here, and as I walk around it feels like I’m in one of those thousands of movies set in NYC. When I thought of New York, I would always think of skyscrapers, rude people, and it being extremely busy. Oxford can seem like it is extremely busy and Lord knows we have our share of rude people. In Midtown Manhattan all you can really see is Corporate America. I thought that coming to NYC, all I would see are white people in business suits, along with this Corporate America notion I had. No one told me that there would be SO many people from other countries and nations. It’s odd to find someone who speaks perfect English. Yesterday I went to eat over at a Taco Bell around the corner and the guy who checked me out there spoke to me in Spanish. I was like Wahhh? I feel like I’m the kind of person that looks like I don’t know how to speak Spanish… because I don’t. The man was extremely nice and after I paid for my cream sodas, he smiled and waved goodbye. That is one thing that no one told me about either- there are some really nice people in New York. I went to the Chelsea Galleries a day ago and found a friendly person- A girl that actually worked for the gallery. I was told that they weren’t nice (the people who sit behind the desk doing nothing but playing on the computer and making sure you don’t steal stuff), and yeah they weren’t too friendly. I could walk into a place and they wouldn’t even glance up…. So if I DID want to walk out with some massive sculpture or something- they would have no idea- because they probably wouldn’t have paid me any attention. But when I was in one gallery…. I was looking at the paintings (I was alone in this small gallery), and out of NO WHERE I hear a “hi”. Another moment when I was like Wahhhh? One of the gallery girls actually was nice and said Hi out of no where. So I said hello back. And then I started thinking… This girl is nice! I bet she would let me use the restroom (which are forbidden for public use) so with my ridiculously Southern accent I say ‘Pardon me, do you know where a public restroom is?” And she was like “Sure! Let me show you to it.” It was not a public restroom. How do I know? Because I tried opening the locked door earlier knowing it was probably locked because the sign on it said ‘Not for Public Use’. Turns out the gallery girl was a waitress and she told me that was basically she was nice- because she understood needing to use the bathroom. So as I walk down the streets of New York I will still try to consciously compare Oxford to NYC.

Bailey- August 3 Blog

The internet hasn't been working and still isn't, so I don't know how to post pics or links as the screen is messed up.

August 3
I got to New York City today! I never thought I’d have an opportunity like this. It is so different than Mississippi. We haven’t really done anything yet but go to Times Square. I am very excited about drawing tomorrow. I hope to work a lot with pen and hopefully some watercolor. I would really like to work on different techniques and tighten up what I already know. I think New York will be a great opportunity for me to practice and gain experience in something I would love to do: make art.
I am very inspired by artists such as Paul Signac- mostly his use of pen and watercolor. I love his style and I hope to practice it. I also want to really develop my own style while I am here and try and figure out my motivation for the drawings I do. What brings me to draw the things I do?

SUNDAY FUNDAY!

FOR BEING A SUNDAY IT WAS RATHER CRAZY! We left for the Frick around 10:25... The subway by our hotel has been closed all weekend and this has made some problems for us. We ended up taking a cab to the Frick museum. This only costed us ten dollars, not too bad. While i was in the Frick waiting for my turn to buy my ticket, the lady at the desk asked me what I wanted to pay for a ticket and I told her nothing! So I told Bailey, Charli and Sarah that we needed one dollar and we got 3 tickets for one dollar! The Frick was beautiful. There were so many oil paintings. The paintings were so big! After the Frick we unwillingly walked to the Met. This had more modern art, which is more of my style. I love modern art. I got to see Stuart Davis's work. I love his work with big colors and all different sizes. Big art is my thing! He is also an American. For some reason there are not a lot of American artist whose work is in the Met, Frick or other big famous museums. WHY IS THIS? As I was leaving the Met looking for food, I started to get grouchy and decided to be on my own in NEW YORK CITY! I was not scared but I also didnt want to get lost, so along the way I would ask every police officer where the nearest subway was just to make sure I wouldn't get lost. Getting lost while your feet are killing you is not fun... I finally found the subway and got on the uptown train. This train was the wrong one so I got off the uptown train and got on the downtown train. This was right and I had done it almost all by myself. As I walked out of the subway I saw venders in tents selling different things. This made me very happy and I shopped for about 10 minutes and my feet decided it was time to go back to the hotel!

p.s. dont let sarah drink milk!

The Frick and Met

Today Charli, Angelina, Bailey and I all headed out to attempt the subway system with out Mrs. Haney, and unfortunately it was a little chaotic because a lot of routes were shut down. After a lot of walking and trying to find a bus stop, we finally decided to get a taxi and made it to the Frick Museum. Once we were there I forgot about our crazy morning and sat down to draw a piece by Francesco Guardi, View of the Giudecca Canal and the Zattere, Venice. It caught my attention because it had a lot of sail boats and buildings, with a lot of people going about their daily lives as fishermen. Although it was on the water, the hustle and bustle reminded me of the busy lifestyle here in New York. I found it to be a good comparison from back then in the 1700's to our modern day life. Funny if you think about it, some things never change!

Following the Frick, we went to the Metropolitan. I really enjoyed this museum because I got to see A LOT of greek and egyptian pieces I learned about in art history. At one point, I found myself recognizing every piece displayed in the room and kind of felt like I was taking an art history exam! It was surreal getting to see the actual historic pieces I learned about. I also got a good Indian sculpture drawing in on top of seeing all that I got to, it made my day a success! I'm so glad I'm getting to apply my education from home, and putting it into action by seeing all these pieces in the museums, to actually drawing them up close in person.

nyc so far 8/6

New York has been an incredible experience so far and I'm more than glad that I decided to take this opportunity to draw here in this ENORMOUS, hectic, and diverse atmosphere they call the big apple. We arrived on Tuesday and explored our block around the pod, and wednesday we ventured to Central Park. I found a little spot beside a lake on some rocks. There I got to see a beautiful sky line beyond the tops of the trees that outline the park. I began to draw the sky line and got in a good zone for a little while until a couple arrived under the terrace near me. I got to witness them being married and did a quick sketch of the couple. It was a good, calming experience.

Thursday we went to the Moma, it was almost surreal seeing the originals like starry night and works from Matisse and Piccasso. I compared it to the same feeling I might get seeing a celebrity! Afterwards, we went on a boat tour of new york and that was a nice time to sit and relax from all the walking while we got in a few sketches.

Today we went to the high line in the meat packing district. There I had a good conversation with Mrs. Haney about some almost "too simple" things we saw in the moma (like some blinds thrown on the floor) and we came to the conclusion that sometimes in the art sphere it's not always about the actual piece itself, it's more about the artist and their statement they want to make. I think that's something that is very dominant around the new york art scene, it's hard to make it as an artist here and when you can throw some blinds on the floor and call it art.... well I would say you have made it!

-Sarah

Tip Top Manhattan

Romanesque capital

Today we headed waaaaay uptown to the Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park at the top of Manhattan. The Cloisters holds the medieval and gothic collection for the Met. Many of the architectural elements (stones, pillars, stainglass) were imported from Europe in 19th and 20th century. Here are a couple of images.

Stain glass window and the Hudson River

A cloister at the Cloisters

Merode Altarpiece by Robert Campin

The Big Apple!

The city is really big....but I have not seen many apples? haha..It is also hot just not 102 like home is right now. New York is a lot different than in the south. For one there are not as many people and the people, which are here, are mean! I miss all the big trees in the south. Going around the city you see trees, just rather small trees. While we walk up and down the busy streets with taxis, bikes, busses, trucks, and people. You are almost guaranteed to get some kind of water on you while you walk up and down the streets. This water from above is not rain either... its from a bird, A/C unit, or from someone up above.... Well going to Moma's was great. This art museum was 6 stories high. All the floors had different time periods with a different mediums. Getting to see Claude Monet in person was very impressive. I knew it was big but No... it was the whole wall! I also enjoyed seeing the women's photography room! I could have stayed all day in that room. Getting to see the photos from Annette Messager in "My Vows" and Berni Searle in "On Either Side." Getting closer to the ground floor the sculpture part of the museum was interesting, even for me. I remember seeing some blinds which looked like they came from a cheap hotel. This blind was laid on the floor, and around it was yellow tape to mark the boundaries. I did not understand this work because I didn't see the art in it. I later found out that it was a way for the artist to make a statement in saying what ever I create, and say is art, IS art.

Vincent and Me at MoMA!

First of all I LOVE New York and I have really enjoyed everything we have done so far. Thursday morning we went to MoMA and it was so incredible to see famous artwork in person. Seeing pictures of them in art history books does not do them near enough justice!

Growing up, one of my favorite movies was "Vincent and ME". This movie made my love for art grow, as well as my love for Vincent van Gogh and the beautiful painting that are featured in the movie by other artists. When I walked in the room filled with works done by Van Gogh I was truly amazed! It seriously gave me chills to be able to look at "Starry Night" up close in real life, even though it was not as big as I thought it would be. Not only was the room filled with paintings done by Vincent van Gogh, there was also a painting by Henri Rousseall. The name of the painting is "The Dream", which is one of my favorite paintings featured in the movie "Vincent and Me". I was so excited and amazed at how large it was. The painting is of a man sitting on a couch in the middle of the forrest. It mixes domestic and urban with exotic. It was one of my favorite moments at MoMA by far!

Chelsea and the Meat Packing District

I can't believe we are on day 3.

Highline Park looking out to the Hudson River

Sarah drawing 10th Ave

Angelina drawing the vegetation of the High Line

Cupcakes at the Chelsea Market

Beau Chamberline at Winston Wachter Fine Arts in Chelsea. I really love this work!

Smile you are on camera!

We have walked by a couple film productions. With a little google magic, I found out what movies are being filmed in NYC this week. Here is the list.

•Premium Rush is filming around the Museum of Natural History. Signs have been spotted on 76th- 84th and Central Park West/ Columbus/Amsterdam. There are also signs on 97th and Broadway for Thursday and Friday too. (Thanks Sabler, Rina, Marek, Det Movie Buff, Vic & Nicole)

The first day

Charli and Angelina in class

Belvedere Castle overlooking Central Park

The first day was great. We head uptown to Central Park and the Museum of Natural History. Here are some photos...

Bailey taking photos

Giant Boat!

Geological display- I love the texture and the pattern.

Jerry Saltz and his favorite NYC paintings

This is a great list and we are going to see a lot of these painting. Make sure and read Jerry's commentary in the slide show. I might have to make my own list at the end of the trip!

Watch Out New York!

Hi Im Angelina Mazzanti

I am a college kids living with type one diabetes and I'm total dyslexic! and just today I busted my head open at walmart and went to the ER. I received 36 stitches... my head hurts but Im fine...i think! i love jam bands and music festivals. Tie dying is so much fun and loving doing it. I am also into photography. i love my SLR Cannon and film Cannon which are my two favorites. I can't wait to go to new york and draw! Im taking this class because I'm not sure if ill be able to get another opportunity to take a class in new york city! I'm also very interested in photography and being in new york I'm hope to take some good photos as well as some great drawing. I'm so excited!

Draw New York

Hi I'm Charli Terry from Corinth, MS.

New York is one of my favorite places. I have only been once and I can't wait to return! My goal is to further expand my artistic abilities while visiting and learning more about the cultural and art side of New York.

Introduction to Bailey

Hi I'm Bailey Arnold.

I'm originally from Jackson, TN but have been living in Hernando, MS.

I signed up for the draw New York class so I can gain experience in a place I've always dreamed about going.

I'm looking forward to seeing the culture and art, meeting new people, and learning new techniques, as well as to improve my drawing skills.