Day 9
Hey,
Today was great.... but hot. War horse was great! The
puppets were amazing! The acting was ok.. and Albert was really whiny
but the rest was awesome! The play made me really want to see the movie.
I checked on netflix but they didn't have it. They did have a
documentary about the making of the play that was awesome. After we got
back me and Sharon ate dinner and watched some of the documentary. Then
we ran to see Pina, which is a documentary film they were showing in the
Bijou. A word of advice.... don't ever see it. It's a trip man, the
dancing is crazy and none of it is explained. It's a sundance film and
it is WEIRD. We stayed because we thought it might get better but it
didn't. It ate up an hour and a half of my life and there was still
thirty minutes left when I just couldn't take it anymore. I'm back in my
room now and I am gonna relax for a while.
Love you,
<3 Hannah
Day 10 Double Digits!
Hey,
Things are good here. I'm a bit tired but other than that
things are going good. Except in sculpture my stupid head is too big and
too thin and it is not working!!! UGHHHH!!! .... Anyways other than
that things have been normal we had A and C today with some painter lady
who does abstract and hates Bush. Our foam sculpture gallery just
opened and this week we are making lamps, which is exciting. I'm stuck
between dragons and silhouette boxes. We took our department photos
today and I think it turned out well. I'm excited for this week and what
it might bring.
Love you,
<3 Hannah
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Days 6, 7 & 8
Oops - mom dropped the ball on getting these posts up! Here are days 6, 7 & 8 and some pictures of one of the projects she has been talking about and working on - the foam sculpture.
Hey,I know I just talked to you guys on the phone but I thought I''d email anyways. It seems like I've been gone so long already even though I still have three weeks to go. I miss you all so much and I can't wait to see you again. I miss home food and Pepper ... oh and I miss you guys too. (jk jk) I think I am seriously allergic to something or just am getting sick but I am so congested. I am really tired so I am going to go to sleep. I fowarded mum some pictures of my projects. Hope you Like em.
Love you.
<3 Hannah
Day 7?
Hey,
How's everything going at home? Things here are great today I started my ceramics and photo class. Ceramics was ok, but the teacher talked to us like we were second graders. In fact I think second graders would be offended. For our project we are making heads hopefully mine turns out ok. I finished my project for sculpture. During open studio time I had to run to three different classes to work on projects, each of them on a different floor. Needless to say my feet HURT!! Photo was great. We are using actual film cameras and I totally felt like Peter Parker while I was taking pictures. Tomorrow we start developing the film. I hope they turn out ok. I am really tired so I'm gonna turn in.
Love you guys,
<3 Hannah
Hey,
Tired...Headache, here's my day. Went to sculpture worked on head, went to lunch ate curly fries, went to photo...developed photos, slept, did laundry and went to dance.... danced and looked like an idiot.
Love you ... bye
<3 Hannah
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Day 5...I Think
Hey,
Look at that, I'm here less than a week and I have already lost track of the days. Today was good. I woke up earlier than normal this morning and got breakfast and then I made an amazing discovery..... They have hot chocolate!!! It was amazing! I am super congested and I am worried I'm getting sick. But hey they invented hot chocolate for a reason right? And that reason is to soothe the throat of a young congested girl at art school. Hmm mmm true story. Anyways I am working on my sculpture and I need some serious help. I decided to do it comic book themed but now I have to draw panels and I am drawing a blank here (literally). If you could send some examples and stuff by tomorrow I would be eternally grateful. I started design class today its fun but the problem is I only have two days for this project and one of them was today. I had to put in some open studio hours today and my feet are killing me. I'm starting to get in the swing of things here. It's a nice school and the weather is moderate some of the time in fact we even got three minutes of rain today! I am really tired so I am gonna go.
I love you all, good night.
<3 Hannah
Look at that, I'm here less than a week and I have already lost track of the days. Today was good. I woke up earlier than normal this morning and got breakfast and then I made an amazing discovery..... They have hot chocolate!!! It was amazing! I am super congested and I am worried I'm getting sick. But hey they invented hot chocolate for a reason right? And that reason is to soothe the throat of a young congested girl at art school. Hmm mmm true story. Anyways I am working on my sculpture and I need some serious help. I decided to do it comic book themed but now I have to draw panels and I am drawing a blank here (literally). If you could send some examples and stuff by tomorrow I would be eternally grateful. I started design class today its fun but the problem is I only have two days for this project and one of them was today. I had to put in some open studio hours today and my feet are killing me. I'm starting to get in the swing of things here. It's a nice school and the weather is moderate some of the time in fact we even got three minutes of rain today! I am really tired so I am gonna go.
I love you all, good night.
<3 Hannah
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Day 4 and A Happy Birthday to Hunter
Heya Guys!
First of all I'll say Happy Birthday to Hunter. Some 14th birthday advice: don't worry about dances or high school I am there for you bro, plaid and camo do not match and they never will, don't ever loan people a pencil because they often don't give it back, if you can't tell what kind of meat it is DON' EAT IT and most importantly if some kid comes up to you and starts talking about the gnome he saw while playing baseball just nod your head until he goes away. Follow that advice and you should be fine. Today was great. In the morning I usually get up around 6:40 and head to breakfast at 7 to avoid the morning rush. This morning I woke up, looked at the clock and it said seven. I started freaking out and got dressed, while trying not to wake up my roommates and I was about to head out when I decided to look and the clock again this time with my glasses.... it read 6:20. Other than that the morning was normal. I went to sculpture and I am making and art piece based on comic books. This piece is as if panels and other random crap are coming out of the comic book. So far so good but now I have to write and draw a comic book with "Personal meaning" so that should be interesting. The thing I've learned about working with artists as teachers is that they see their own image and when you try to describe what it is that the piece means to you they don't see it and they most likely never will. After class I had lunch and went to figure drawing. It was good our teacher "Bob" or "Ross" as he likes to be known is an old eccentric man. He's very funny but like I said eccentric. When he talks, which he does the whole time whilst we're drawing, you can hear the faintest hippy accent and he says "man" a lot. But he's lots of fun even though no one ever understands his instructions. After that we had to wait for dinner and then wait for a late Art and Culture session. After dinner to pass the time we went to an animation and film presentation of the teachers in the Bijou. It's where they introduce the teachers and show examples of their work. We then went to Art and Culture with the costume designer Ann Closs-Farley. She was super funny and super talented. She mostly does plays but she knows a lot of different actors. The Art and Culture was so good that it ran late.(It's the reason I'm writing so late) Anyways I can't wait for tomorrow because I am gong to start my design class.
Good Night I love you all and Happy Birthday Hunter,
<3 Hannah
First of all I'll say Happy Birthday to Hunter. Some 14th birthday advice: don't worry about dances or high school I am there for you bro, plaid and camo do not match and they never will, don't ever loan people a pencil because they often don't give it back, if you can't tell what kind of meat it is DON' EAT IT and most importantly if some kid comes up to you and starts talking about the gnome he saw while playing baseball just nod your head until he goes away. Follow that advice and you should be fine. Today was great. In the morning I usually get up around 6:40 and head to breakfast at 7 to avoid the morning rush. This morning I woke up, looked at the clock and it said seven. I started freaking out and got dressed, while trying not to wake up my roommates and I was about to head out when I decided to look and the clock again this time with my glasses.... it read 6:20. Other than that the morning was normal. I went to sculpture and I am making and art piece based on comic books. This piece is as if panels and other random crap are coming out of the comic book. So far so good but now I have to write and draw a comic book with "Personal meaning" so that should be interesting. The thing I've learned about working with artists as teachers is that they see their own image and when you try to describe what it is that the piece means to you they don't see it and they most likely never will. After class I had lunch and went to figure drawing. It was good our teacher "Bob" or "Ross" as he likes to be known is an old eccentric man. He's very funny but like I said eccentric. When he talks, which he does the whole time whilst we're drawing, you can hear the faintest hippy accent and he says "man" a lot. But he's lots of fun even though no one ever understands his instructions. After that we had to wait for dinner and then wait for a late Art and Culture session. After dinner to pass the time we went to an animation and film presentation of the teachers in the Bijou. It's where they introduce the teachers and show examples of their work. We then went to Art and Culture with the costume designer Ann Closs-Farley. She was super funny and super talented. She mostly does plays but she knows a lot of different actors. The Art and Culture was so good that it ran late.(It's the reason I'm writing so late) Anyways I can't wait for tomorrow because I am gong to start my design class.
Good Night I love you all and Happy Birthday Hunter,
<3 Hannah
Day 3 and Still Going Strong
Hey Everyone
I know I'm writing a little earlier than normal but
classes finished and dinner is finished and there's nothing else to do
so here I write. Classes are great! Today I had sculpture and figure
drawing class. Sculpture was great we are doing pieces based of and
certain sculpture's style, we are making them out of foam and can only
use black and white coloring. I came up with several designs but
apparently I am supposed to find some deeper meaning than " It looks
cool" so I am kind of stuck on that.
Figure drawing was cool, we had a
live model luckily he was not nude but speedos are still gross. The
teacher is very old and very knowledgeable but not to good and telling
what he wants. He's trying to get us to draw without using outlines and
shading, just use random strokes to make a picture and that was great
until my many lines started to make something resembling a picture and
he made me start over, but hey you can't win everything.
Vivian and I then met up with Momo, Gabbi and Sharon to go to Art and Culture. We talked with this guy that is doing this " Trailer Trash project". Its about providing art and stuff to the less fortunate or something but I'm not really sure and I don't think he is either. I was with him until he started to talk about supporting Occupy Wallstreet. Then we had dinner and ... here I am. Everything's going great except I am super sore and my legs are about to give in. I went exploring a bit this morning and took some pictures of this door I found, the sculpture classroom and a couple of my dorm. I am going to try to send them to you.
Love you guys
<3 Hannah
Figure drawing was cool, we had a
live model luckily he was not nude but speedos are still gross. The
teacher is very old and very knowledgeable but not to good and telling
what he wants. He's trying to get us to draw without using outlines and
shading, just use random strokes to make a picture and that was great
until my many lines started to make something resembling a picture and
he made me start over, but hey you can't win everything.
Vivian and I then met up with Momo, Gabbi and Sharon to go to Art and Culture. We talked with this guy that is doing this " Trailer Trash project". Its about providing art and stuff to the less fortunate or something but I'm not really sure and I don't think he is either. I was with him until he started to talk about supporting Occupy Wallstreet. Then we had dinner and ... here I am. Everything's going great except I am super sore and my legs are about to give in. I went exploring a bit this morning and took some pictures of this door I found, the sculpture classroom and a couple of my dorm. I am going to try to send them to you.
Love you guys
<3 Hannah
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Day Dos
Hi Everyone!!
Today has been great so far. I am not quite used to the bed yet and I woke up early but hey early is better than late right? This morning I got up and got breakfast (btw the food here rocks!) I met a kid named Ali or Ollie, I'm not sure how he spells it. I hung out until 9 and then dropped of my art piece for the gallery on Tuesday. I hung out with my friends and we went to orientation and then on a tour of the school. I'm going to take some pictures to send to you guys. My legs are so sore from climbing all of those stairs -.- . We went to lunch and I got this bomb vegetarian pizza that tasted amazing. All the things I love about combination but without the meat :P . We met a girl named Gabbi and she hung out with us for awhile and we went to the MOD for a slideshow of the teachers art. Unfortunately for me it seems many of them enjoy "modern art" and there is one guy who only paints these poorly drawn naked people. Anyways after the slideshow we all went to our dorms and rested for a while then Momo (my roommate) suggested we go to the film departments "musical comedy on film" it was kind of a presentation on Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. It was really interesting and it reminded me how much I want to go into film. After that we had dinner and went to a presentation of animated shorts and Daddy me and you combined could make a kick butt short film. I'm back in my dorm and I'm going to go to sleep now.
I love all of you
<3 Hannah
Today has been great so far. I am not quite used to the bed yet and I woke up early but hey early is better than late right? This morning I got up and got breakfast (btw the food here rocks!) I met a kid named Ali or Ollie, I'm not sure how he spells it. I hung out until 9 and then dropped of my art piece for the gallery on Tuesday. I hung out with my friends and we went to orientation and then on a tour of the school. I'm going to take some pictures to send to you guys. My legs are so sore from climbing all of those stairs -.- . We went to lunch and I got this bomb vegetarian pizza that tasted amazing. All the things I love about combination but without the meat :P . We met a girl named Gabbi and she hung out with us for awhile and we went to the MOD for a slideshow of the teachers art. Unfortunately for me it seems many of them enjoy "modern art" and there is one guy who only paints these poorly drawn naked people. Anyways after the slideshow we all went to our dorms and rested for a while then Momo (my roommate) suggested we go to the film departments "musical comedy on film" it was kind of a presentation on Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. It was really interesting and it reminded me how much I want to go into film. After that we had dinner and went to a presentation of animated shorts and Daddy me and you combined could make a kick butt short film. I'm back in my dorm and I'm going to go to sleep now.
I love all of you
<3 Hannah
My First Day at CSSSA
My first day at CSSSA has been a great one. The people are nice and the air is practically buzzing with creativity. I can not wait for orientation tomorrow.Cal Arts is great,the campus is beautiful and the dorms are comfy. There are a few things that are inconvenient . One being that the halls all look the same and there are about a million staircases everywhere!!! I am convinced that Cal Arts is made up of 20 percent staircases, but on the plus side by the end of the summer I should be really physically fit. As for the program so far everything is great the rules are simple to follow if you have any sense of morals the only problem may be tardiness (mainly do to the many flights of stairs I must climb). I have made two friends so far Sharon and Vivian we have several classes together and we plan on hanging out more. My dorm room is great and so far I like my room mates. Tomorrow should be fun!
Love ya'll miss you tons!!
<3 Hannah
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I was going to think of something witty to write down here but my mind went blank so.... yeah
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