I still can't believe I was fortunate enough to wake up to this view during several of my days in Cuba. Vinales Valley is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Check out some splendid images that capture the valley and it's inhabitants at the UNESCO website.
Picturesque America is a two-volume set of illustrated books filled with information and engravings of various American scenes. The books were published between 1872-74 by D. Appleton and Company of New York. The volumes contain a total of nine hundred wood engravings and fifty steel engravings based on paintings of nineteenth century American landscape painters. The engravings were made by John J. Harley, Joseph S. Harley, W. H. Morse, William James Palmer, Frederick William Quartley, James H. Richardson, and the collection was edited by poet and journalist William Cullen Bryant. This set of books is important not just for it's [...]
Week 2: Spring 2017 JSU was closed on Monday for MLK Day so I only had class on Wednesday. I wish the holiday wasn't so early in the semester because I feel extra out of the loop with the Graphic Design II class I'm assisting in on Mondays. ART 638: Special Topics: The Book Pitch with Jamie Runnells Wednesday: Discussed high school art lesson plans Publishing options, including self-publishing Due: Present typed refined concept (2-3 sentences/elevator pitch) with retail landscape, target audience, and content outline. Patrice decided on her book idea, a craft book called Nostalg This, which sounds super [...]
Week 1: Spring 2017 I've been looking forward to this semester since I heard what classes were being taught last semester. I immediately knew what kind of book I'd like to create for the book pitch class but I enjoyed the brainstorming questions we were given as prompts and have several other ideas I'd like to work on in the future. All of my classmates have fun unique ideas and I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's work progress. Dr. Henricks is retiring after this semester so I had to have one last class with her. She's doing a class on the [...]
The holiday break is over and a new semester has begun. This semester I'm taking Special Topics in Graphic Design: The Book Pitch with Jamie Runnells and History of the Printed Image with Dr. Henricks. My GA duties still include managing the art departments social media accounts and websites, but I'm also getting to shadow Christian Dunn's Graphic Design II class. #excited I have a better idea of what to expect in my classes this semester and I'm really excited about them all. My semester at a glance: ART 638: Special Topics: The Book Pitch with Jamie Runnells ART 677: History [...]
