I know it is no longer Monday, nor exactly music (although there is some appropriate accompaniment in the Gurney one), but I thought some overviews of the weekend would be a good thing to post while I'm processing all the pictures and promo material and information I acquired whilst in Kansas City last week...
Here is James Gurney's mini-film of his adventures (in typical humorous, smart, Gurney-form):
And here is a photo from Irene Gallo (one of the few I know I'm actually in. Mostly I just took them):
(It's me, and Greg Manchess and Arkady Roytman fairly drooling over some Eric Fortune originals. Yum!)
So MUCH yummy, arty goodness! Much more to come.
It is sadly the *last* day of our workshop with the fabulous Greg...
So.Much.Stuff! The day(s) flew by.
Lecture, lecture -
work, work -
lecture, lecture -
work, work (study, reference...)-
lecture, lecture, critique, draw some *more*.
Lots attempted. Lots done. Lots learned. Lots talked about. Lots to think about and keep applying. Lots of great people to get to know and work with. SO good overall.
-so much so, we continued to talk, share and deliberate even after coming home to decompress... (Part of the fun for me was having a third of the class staying at my house for the duration. :-)
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Day #2 - and we're slaving away!
(We are few in number, and therefore get good one-on-one attention from slave-driver, Greg...)
Plus, demos!
And lectures, punctuated by many examples of many peoples' praise-worthy art,
and art techniques...
(with a slight interruption by a relatively brief power-outage. Who says workshops aren't full of surprises and excitement?)
The most exciting part however, is seeing how ones' own compositions can be pushed and strengthened even *further* by such a keen and experienced eye. Really inspiring to see!
Sadly, last day is tomorrow...
I can't recreate the awesomeness that was my week at IMC in a day-by-day way (drat that dead laptop!), but I will try to at least cover some highlights. Today, we'll take a look at the studios -
The downstairs studio - tables ringed by easels. Some digital people as well.
The upstairs studio - primarily easels and full of busy bees!
And this year, the new addition of a digital studio. All computers, all the time!
There was nearly always some faculty member or other circulating around the rooms giving input (Greg Manchess dispensing expert advise here, I'm sure..)
Scenes of creative productivity!
(We had a couple of chilly days - so much so that people were wearing their coats in the studio! or bathrobes, or whatever scarce warm-wear they had brought with them.)
Fun! I had heard about Gurney's film but hadn't seen it yet. Thanks for posting it. Ah, I wish we could rewind time and do it all over again.
Eric Fortune is great! Wasn't it amazing to see so much original work? I was in so much awe at the skill of so many different artists.