Art 4 the Heart

2010-09-07T18:04:00.000-07:00

You are The Star

Hope, expectation, Bright promises.

The Star is one of the great cards of faith, dreams realised

The Star is a card that looks to the future. It does not predict any immediate or powerful change, but it does predict hope and healing. This card suggests clarity of vision, spiritual insight. And, most importantly, that unexpected help will be coming, with water to quench your thirst, with a guiding light to the future. They might say you're a dreamer, but you're not the only one.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

VAR12 / PROJECT 8

2010-09-02T20:43:00.000-07:00

I am Woman Exhibition - Kerang

2010-06-30T08:48:00.000-07:00

Getting ready for the exhibition in Kerang has been fun....

Sculpture Art

2010-01-13T19:49:00.001-08:00

Sculpture Art on You Tube

Starting to Draw...

2010-01-10T20:36:00.000-08:00

starting to draw in charcoal...

having a break from study.....with a pencil in my hand

2009-11-16T05:04:00.000-08:00

2009-11-16T05:03:00.000-08:00

Susi Baumgartner wished Susi Baumgartner a Happy Birthday!

2009-09-14T06:57:00.001-07:00

Global Art Project

2009-06-30T18:23:00.001-07:00

"The Planet In Our Eyes" (The colour of our skin is different but we all see the same WORLD: united through PEACE!) created by Andra-Alida Baban of Baia Mare, Maramures, Romania for the 2004 Global Art Project exchange.
"What is my opinion about Global Art Project? Well it's the most wonderfull thing I ever did. You can't imagine how exciting is to finally know your match and share your own vision about global peace with that person.About my work, the painting represents a child, the simbol of the purity, which hopes for a united world and for a better one. He is the embodiment of all childrens of the world with all kinds of skin colour and colour of their eyes and hair.
I am one of those children and, like them I wish people would all be united through love and peace. This is the first time I participate in GAP but I'll make sure that it will not be the last time. Thank you for giving me this opportunity!!! With love and peace Andra (from Romania)

more painting....

2009-03-06T19:20:00.000-08:00

I haven't enrolled in Painting, but I am painting anyway, just experimenting with the paints I've got and different papers, and methods.....just playing around really!

my sleeping beauties.......

Hello and Welcome to Art 4 the Heart!

2009-02-07T00:33:00.000-08:00

As you can see, I haven't been around for a while, due to having a break from study this last SP, and also due to having a few other things on the go, like setting up blogs and selling webpage designs! among other things....

I'm still trying to decide whether to enrol again for SP1 to do Painting...I'll keep you posted as enrolments close in a few days!

Ciao for Now!

Starting to Paint

2008-12-28T21:41:00.000-08:00

Project 7 - Spaces in Between

2008-11-11T05:01:00.000-08:00

Subject
Depicting in a visual way the spaces in between objects.
Looking at the spaces that exist between buildings and walls as much as possible without using the actual objects or buildings as a focus in the drawing.

A1 - Pastels

Setting Up
You will need to find a space where there is a large presence of negative space.
In the city there are large areas of negative space along streets between buildings. Open cut mines are great spaces or spaces in a large shed. Spend some time looking at areas around where you live such as driveways or laneways, to find a negative space that intrigues you.

Project 6 - Movement - Ideas

2008-11-11T04:54:00.000-08:00

Setting Up
Although the subject for this project is movement, the actual focus will depend on individual situations. For some students it might be appropriate to set up a workplace overlooking a freeway focusing on the moving traffic. Others may have access to rehearsals at a ballet studio or sporting facility. In this sense it is not important what the actual subject is, as long as there is movement present.

These were just ideas I had....this is when I was sick, I was so ill that I couldn't even get out of bed, it was really a difficult time....so I didn't get it finished .... and apparently I didn't represent movement enough.......funny that, as I couldn't hardly move a muscle and being confined to bed was hard!

Project 5 - Speed & Observation

2008-10-17T02:45:00.001-07:00

1 hour 29 mins on the subject, 1 minute on the background

1 hour 29 mins on the background, 1 minute on the subject

Proj. 4 - Still Life 2

2008-10-15T22:33:00.000-07:00

Rendering of a still life, over a three hour period where the artist moves to different distances away from the still life during the production of the image.

Finished!

getting there....'above and below'

in the centre....

2008-10-14T02:14:00.000-07:00

Project 4 - Still Life 1

2008-10-13T03:52:00.000-07:00

1st Still Life - close/far

Project 3 - Exercise 2: Portrait Appropriation

2008-10-05T17:35:00.000-07:00

My interpretation of Martin Ball's Neil Finn Portrait

Farniss
Finn
Grabowsky
Finn & Grabowsky

PROJECT THREE - ABSTRACTION - DIFFERING VIEWS

2008-10-03T01:25:00.000-07:00

Subject

Observing the head or face from different points of views.

Project 2 - Warped Grid Portraits

2008-09-28T08:19:00.000-07:00

1st Distortion of Grid Portrait

2nd Distortion of Grid Portrait

Comparison of 1st & 2nd Distortions

Project 2 Ex.1 Grid Portrait Exercise

2008-09-26T03:09:00.000-07:00

Extension Project 1 - Reflections in Water

2008-09-25T19:59:00.000-07:00

This activity is similar to Project One, in that it involves drawing reflections of yourself as well as a great deal of other very complex modes of depiction.
Your site for this project may be the bathroom where you will find reflections in water from a sink or bath. It may be your pool, a lake or a river nearby that provides you with an adequate, recognisable reflection of your face....

- trying to get a decent photo of this drawing is harder than it was to actually draw.....frustrating, because I know it is not such a great drawing,
but it DOES look a little better in reality than it does here!!!

Work in Progress - Susi & Franz

2008-09-24T06:44:00.000-07:00

Reflection in Water - Visual Diary Sketch

2008-09-23T01:23:00.000-07:00

PROJ.1 eX.1 PREP. VISUAL DIARY

2008-09-23T01:10:00.000-07:00

VAR12 - Project 1, Exercise 1 - Reflections of Self

2008-09-21T02:22:00.001-07:00

Portrait distortion from looking into a shiny object - ie metal bucket, spoon, stainless steel bowl, etc.

VAR12 - WELCOME to my HomeWork....

2008-09-18T07:36:00.001-07:00

let yourself shine....B)

VAR12 - Project 1 - Reflections

2008-09-14T09:38:00.000-07:00

PROJECT ONE - REFLECTIONS OF SELF
- working on Project 1
Time Allowed 3 Hours
Subject:
Looking at your reflection in something round and shiny like a stainless steel soup ladle, colander, bowl, steel kettle, sink, hubcap, or a reflective sphere of any description.
Materials:
· one A1 piece of paper
· one drawing board
· masking tape
· a rounded shiny object
· a series of black felt pens/ thick textas

Mark Making

2008-09-13T06:32:00.000-07:00

More work for the final Submission VAR!!

2008-09-01T05:55:00.000-07:00

Project 9 - Response to a Word

2008-08-30T00:14:00.000-07:00

Exercise 2 - Develop my work in relation to another artist....

Exercise 4 - Text within a work of Art

now for some colour!!! well, a little bit at least....
- this is my 'everyday'

Project 9 - Response to a Word

2008-08-26T05:47:00.000-07:00

Haven't posted much lately - been busy getting work finished for Submission 2 ..... still going!

Exercise 1: Response to Text

Exercise 1 Response to a word - 'SKY' and what it represents to me is Freedom

logos

2008-08-20T07:07:00.000-07:00

just a couple of quick ideas for a logo for open arts....

Open Uni Artists Network

2008-08-20T05:09:00.001-07:00

Click here to sign up & Keep in touch!

View my page on Open Arts

Project 6 - Multiples, Pattern & Repetition

2008-08-19T07:51:00.000-07:00

Exercise 2 - Still Life Collage

Module 4: BODY

2008-08-11T07:59:00.000-07:00

PROJECT 8 - MICRO MACRO

Exercise 1

asmallpartofthebodymademacro

PROJECT 7 - LINE & PROPORTION

Exercise 2

Structural Line: Focus on Body, Space, Depth and Foreshortening.

....not a good look!

final attempt, standing

Project 7 - Exercise 2

1st attempt standing

1st attempt legs in sitting position

1st attempt at drawing feet (not mine!!!)

Project 5 - Mark making - Cats!

2008-08-04T02:01:00.001-07:00

my model and helper.....!

cotton make-up pads

Polka dots with Green 'Texta' (Schneider Permanent Marker)

black acrylic - cotton bud dots!

large paintbrush - acrylic paint

hair dye brush - black acrylic paint

Project 5 - Mark making - Teddies

2008-07-31T18:32:00.000-07:00

Rocky Racoon

medium brush - black acrylic on white/grey primed paper (A4)

Project 5 - Exercise 2

small paintbrush - black on white

mark-making with smaller paint brush

white paint on black paper(yogi-bear)

Project 5 - Exercise 1

Visual diary exploration of mark making

paint brush & hair dye brush
cotton buds & pads
smaller paint brush
teddy - stumping with smaller paint brush & ink

Project 4: Tone & Atmospheric Perspective

2008-07-17T20:35:00.000-07:00

Project 4/Exercise 2 - Tone & Scale: Monumentality

Charcoal Drawing on A1

Tonal Landscape

2008-07-13T05:08:00.000-07:00

Tonal Landscape - Project 4 Exercise 1

nearly finished..... !!!

Project 4: Tone & Atmospheric Perspective

2008-07-12T20:50:00.000-07:00

Project 4 - Exercise 1 [still in progress...] Tonal Landscape

Project 3: Tonal Collage

2008-07-12T01:36:00.000-07:00

Exercise 3 - White Still Life Collage

Project 3: Tonal Collage

Exercise 2 - Black Still Life

work in progress...

Project 3: Tonal Collage

Exercise 1 - Grey Collage

work in progress.....
Collage with grey paper - A1

Project 2: Tone

2008-07-11T21:53:00.000-07:00

final Scrunch....

Exercise 1

Project 2: Tone

2008-07-11T21:12:00.000-07:00

Exercise 1 - Scrunched Paper

1st Scrunch attempt...

Project 2 - Exercise 1 - Scrunched Paper

pRoJeCt 1 - LiNe

2008-07-11T04:58:00.000-07:00

Project 1 - Exercise 3
A3 - Charcoal

Project 1 - Exercise 3 - Architectural Space

A3 - Ink

Project 1 - Exercise 1

Drawing Chairs using a variety of Lines

well, as you can see, I am still LEARNING TO DRAW!!!

it was much harder than I thought, but once you get into it, it is rather enjoyable!

sCRUNCH sKETCHES

2008-07-11T04:52:00.000-07:00

Meeting Jack

2008-07-10T06:38:00.000-07:00

Jack Absalom - Artist - Broken Hill
http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/from-camp-fire-to-canvas/2006/05/25/1148524815176.html

Susi with Jack Absalom @ 'Brushmen of the Bush' exhibition Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery
(in front of one of Jack's superb landscapes)

Welcome to my new ART Blog!

Drawing (Introduction to)VAR11

I am studying Visual Arts Online (how hard is that!)through OUA (Open Universities Australia www.open.edu.au)@ Curtin UNI. Drawing is my second Unit @ Curtin, the first was VSW11 -Printmaking. The Projects are 'full-on' but I am learning a lot, and although it is stressful at times, I am really enjoying the process. Studying and learning about Art, is what I have wanted to do for so long........hope you enjoy the ride and feel free to make comments along the way!

'The important thing is to create. Nothing else matters; creation is all...' Picasso

Welcome to the new Art Blog

2008-07-10T06:33:00.000-07:00

Drawing (Introduction to)

I am studying Visual Arts Online (how hard is that!)through OUA (Open Universities Australia www.open.edu.au)@ Curtin UNI.
Drawing is my second Unit @ Curtin, the first was Printmaking. The Projects are 'full-on' but I am learning a lot, and although it is stressful at times, I am really enjoying the process. Studying and learning about Art, is what I have wanted to do for so long........hope you enjoy the ride and feel free to make comments along the way!

'The important thing is to create. Nothing else matters; creation is all...' Picasso