Tuesday, April 06, 2004
The selection of English courses for next semester blows, man.
No, really -- it does. And this is just first impression -- I haven't limited my choices yet by time of day or conflicts. Registration's not even open, and already I'm struggling to find something that sparks my interests. I'm crossing my fingers for a good senior seminar selection, at least.
On a brighter note, Dan Sutherland is teaching advanced painting M-W mornings. Rock. He'll let me paint models to my heart's content.
Have I mentioned that I have decided what I want to do in advanced painting? I want to paint people. And maybe some still life. But mostly people (possibly with still life). It is with people that I find the greatest challenge, but also the most enjoyment, and, in my opinion, the most success. Also, if I have a model coming in strictly for me, I'll have to go to class.
Speaking of painting, I uploaded a couple more (new! recent! actually from this semester!) paintings to the DevArt gallery:
Teapots and Daffodils
Head Study
I've been painting for just a bit over a year now. To compare, this is what I thought was pretty awesome last year, and this is what I think is pretty awesome this year. Neither is without flaws, but I must say, I am impressed with how far my brushing skills have come.
I got another story back from my professor today. It was by far my most complex story, in which I tried to tackle a lot of different characters and themes. I failed miserably.
What my prof wrote:
"Tumbleweed" is good, easy to read. The title doesn't to much for me, but that's only my opinion. (It doesn't do much for me, either -- that's why I plan on scrapping it.) As I always say, it's your story, not mine.
Also, your work is at a higher level than others' in the class, so while I still have issues to write about (it's a whole typed, single-spaced page full of issues, in fact) the story is an A. My comments are of less importance in some ways, less big issues than smaller tinkering and tightening. The writing is good; the dialogue is especially good.
And then he followed it up with all the picking apart.
I am so glad that my prof completely deconstructs my work, because a majority of the time, he points out the exact things that I too was dissatisfied with. I really must learn to trust my instincts. As it is, I'm happy with approximately half a page of the story, if that -- but I feel it has some promise. For one thing, it has a few lines of dialogue that I love so much, it would be a shame not to rewrite the rest of the story just to show them off.
In other news, my shift supervisor training appears to be going through even sooner than I expected -- it should start this Saturday. Which means my payraise also starts this Saturday. Joy! A whole dollar added to my hourly wage!
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