TSO is coming to you!!

On  Dec. 07, 4:00 PM and Dec. 07, 8:30 PM they will be here to put on a great show for you.

   a little bit about them: Trans-Siberian Orchestra was formed in 1996 by Paul O'Neill who immediately approached long time friends and collaborators Robert Kinkel and Jon Oliva to form a core writing team. Paul O'Neill is a rare talent; a prolific writer and producer with a tremendously varied career in the music industry.
   "When Paul O'Neill first conceived Trans-Siberian Orchestra, his goal was as straightforward as it was ambitious. "The whole idea," he explains, "was to create a progressive rock band that would push the boundaries further than any group before, following in the footsteps of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Pink Floyd, the Who...but take it way, way further."" explained TSO's official website.  with more than 7 million albums sold, they have become one of the worlds top acts.

Love You Hate You Miss You

I just finished this book a few days ago and it was pretty good. I wouldn't call this book amazing but it kept me engaged. It's about a girl who's best friend dies and she blames herself. She also has a very strong alcohol problem and parents that act like shes invisible. I think the only reason I didn't like this book as well as others is because in the middle of the book I could guess how it would end. It was very predictible and when I read I like books that keep me wondering whats going to happen next. I like books that have me unable to stop reading. This book I was just reading to make sure I was right about the ending, which I was.

Different Types Of Art.

1. Pastels-  used in drawings and paintings. They are available in three varieties: hard, soft and pastel pencils. artist use them by smudging them into a rough type paper. (smooth paper doesnt really work for this type of art.) benefits of using pastels is the blending ability. they can smudge/blend by using their finger or even a blending stick. Soft pastels are for covering large surface areas with color, whereas hard pastels and pastel pencils are for fine detailing. It is possible to blend all three pastel variations together seamlessly.
2. Ink- the most cheapest, and low-maintenance way for art. (other the pencils.) this is used in comic book printings, drawings, and black and white sketches.
3. clay- used in making projects ranging from sculpting to fine-art ceramics. clay art started in approximately 25,000 BCE. there is a four-step process for working with clay is forming, firing (baking in a pottery kiln), glazing and then re-firing to complete the process by hardening the glaze.
4. mixed media- contains oil paints, ink and pastels. many people choose to create their designs with basic art materials, such as paints, pencils and more unconventional items, such as painted gears, origami (Japanese folded paper), old vinyl records and more.

Upcoming Art Fairs In Michigan.

Do you wanna go see some art near you? Well i have pulled together some art fairs for you.

Upcoming events.

December 1
Lowell
30th Annual Rogue River Artisans Fine Art and Craft Holiday Sale
Lowell High School, 11700 Vergennes Road
9 am to 4 pm
120 Artists
Admission: $1

Battle Creek - Art Center of Battle Creek - Holly Mart, 265 E. Emmett St., November 1 to December 23*

Detroit - "Art for the Holidays" at the Detroit Artists' Market, 4719 Woodward - November 9 to December 22*

 

 

 

 

sources (http://www.artfaircalendar.com/art_fair/michigan-art-fairs.html )

Books Into Movies

It seems that the new trend is turning books into movies. Some that have gotten a lot of attention include The Twilight Saga and The Hunger Games. I have a small list of books that I want to read or have read that will be turned into films.

Catching Fire

Mocking Jay

Beautiful Creatures

The Host

13 Reasons Why

Warm Bodies

World War Z

The Mortal Instruments : City of Bones

Life of Pi

The Great Gatsby

Any of these intrest you as well?

 

Nepali artists transform Everest litter into art

 15 of these nepali artist were stuck for a month in a moutain of 1.5 tons of trash picked up from mount everest, they had to make it into art.

   "The trash used in the art works was picked up from the mountain by Sherpa climbers in 2011 and earlier this year and carried down by porters and trains of long-haired yaks." said msn's news article. by wall painter Krishna Bahadur Thing, is a Tibetan mandala painting showing the location of Mount Everest in the universe -- made by sticking yellow, blue and white pieces of discarded beer, food cans and other metals on a round board

  people were amazed by the trash that were put into these pieces of artwork and how awesome it looked. the sale on the art is $15 to $2,300 a part of the money goes to the artist and the rest goes to Everest Summiteers' Association, which sponsored the collection of garbage from the mountain.

   "Garbage on Everest is shameful. We are trying to turn it into gold here," association chief Wangchu Sherpa told Reuters.

source-(http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/26/uk-nepal-everest-trash-idUSLNE8AP00S20121126)

Its Auguste Rodin's 172th birthday!

  Auguste Rodin was always very interested in art, and took up drawing when he was ten years old. then when he was 14 he enrolled himself into Petite École, a school that specialised in art and mathematics where he studied drawing and painting for three years.

  his first statue was "a man with a broke nose." The scultpure featured a head that was "broken off" at the neck, the nose flattened and crooked, and the back of the head was completely absent. Needless to say, it was not very well received by the critics.

  his greatest statue was The Thinker. The Thinker is a marble and bronze sculpture, which is now on display at the Musee Rodin in Paris. And now sits at his grave in replace of his headstone.



 In honnor of Auguste Rodin's 172th birthday google has made their homepage his most popular sculpture. Be sure to check it out.

source's ( google homepage and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Rodin )

Ellen Hopkins

Ellen Hopkins is my favorite author. I enjoy her books so much because she writes about teens who are struggling with real life issues such as drug addiction, pregnancy, eating disorders, diseases and molestation. I have read the following Ellen Hopkins books:

• Crank
• Glass
• Fallout
• Burned
• Perfect
• Identical
• Tilt

If anyone was looking for a good book to read I would highly suggest any of those. I think I love her books because once I start reading I can't stop. The hard copies may seem sort of intimidating because they're all around 600 pages but they're really not overwhelming. She writes her books in a poetic way, so with her spacing there isn't too many words on each page. Her books are very easy to read and very easy to relate to. The longest it took me to read one of Ellen Hopkins books was 2 days. My personal favorite is Identical. It's my favorite because it's the most twisted. It has a lot of things that I wasn't expecting and it left me feeling different after I put the book down.

Graffiti: is it art or vandalism?

   In Toronto people are questioning the spray painted work on the grounds and walls of buildings all around their city. "Even if your Picasso, you’re not allowed to paint on other people’s walls,” said Elyse Parker, a city official who is heading Toronto’s crackdown on graffiti.
  But lately some people have been opening their eyes to these acts of urban design. although others still continue to say that its "Graffiti" and "vandalism" and that they despise it.
  i belive Graffiti art is a form of self-expression. It’s another way artists can show their talent and opinions to the public. It’s the ones who run around town with a thick marker, scribbling their “crew name” on anything they see who give graffiti artists’ a bad reputation.
  Every new wave of art starts somewhere. Our generation’s art just happens to start on a wall.
  what do you think? is it art or vandalism?

here are some examples:

 

sources: (http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Graffiti:-is-it-art-or-vandalism?/28040 )

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