This summer I am taking 2 courses at MassArt and 2 classes at the Student Art Association at MIT. I used to love art camp as a kid, and while this is different, it’s still a refreshing and relaxing change from MIT!
@MassArt
Drawing for Designers – We learn how to communicate our ideas via drawing techniques. I’ve always liked to draw but never had any sort of formal training. At first I wasn’t very good relative to the other students, but I am definitely improving! I can draw objects in 1 point and 2 point perspective, know how to use line weights to make an object look 3D, and learning more everyday! I feel like I use my hand muscles to write or draw a lot less nowadays since everything in my life seems to be computerized which is a shame.
Intro to Industrial Design – Come up with a pressure or vacuum-formed plastic container. Sketch it, render it, and then create it.
We also got to play with this amazing tablets where you draw on the screen and you can apply all these amazing techniques. I want one of these someday: Cintiq 21UX. http://www.wacom.com/cintiq/cintiq-21ux.php
@SAA at MIT
Watercolor – Just had first class, went over some basic stroke techniques. This painting wasn’t supposed to be anything but ended up looking like trees with birds on the vines.
Chinese Brush Painting –This class requires a lot of patience and fine stroke technique. I wish I had a better Chinese background to understand the characters meaning beyond a series of elegant strokes.
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