More Pictures!

The top picture is an oil painting and the bottom is a pan pastel and charcoal drawing.

Pictures!

Happy Friday everyone!  I am finally posting pictures that I have done from the past year or so.  These are pictures from my Thunderstorm/Tornado series that I mentioned months ago.  Constructive criticism is greatly appreciated!

Back on Track

I feel as if I got a bit off topic last time.  But basically I want to learn more about the Catholic faith.  You might be asking yourself why the heck would I want to learn about that. Well I think that the Catholic faith is awesome. I never get tired with learning new things.  Did you know that there is a Catechism of the Catholic Church app? Yeah, there is an app for that and it is intensely awesome.  And there are other Catholic applications too.

Anyways, to get back on track all I have been able to do has been reading a lot about the election of a new Pope and the Conclave in general.  But considering that the Conclave hasn't started there is not much to talk about as far as election of a new Pope, and the fact that the Cardinals are sworn into secrecy, meaning they are not allowed to talk about what goes on in the Vatican.  But the main concerns that will most likely be talked about will be along the lines of Catholic Church Teachings like; Morality, Traditional Marriage, Pro-Life Movement, and other Conservative views like that.  Hopefully within a few weeks we will have a new Pope.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.
God Bless!

Questions and Curiosities

The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) has many different ways of teaching you how to teach Catholicism and, hopefully, your students will benefit from it. On paragraph 2038 of the CCC it talks about morality (this can also pertain to any other subjects too) that the teacher must be very dedicated to what you are teaching. Paragraph 598 talks about how to teach the Catholic Faith properly, with love and prayer. If you want to learn about teaching people as a whole you can find it on 2688.

For those of you curious about the roles of men and women in the Roman Catholic Church here is a basic overview.
Laypeople are the ordinary people, they evangelize and the proclamation of Christ (CCC 905). Laypeople can be just about anybody, from families to the people who live the Single Life. The Single life, also known as the Celibate Life, are for those who deliberately stay single and celibate for life. They do this as a dedication to God (CCC 914), and "for the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven" (CCC 1579). Then there are the Sisters and Nuns. Sisters are women who are dedicated to helping others and praying for others too. Nuns unlike sisters to not go outside of their convent, they spend their days praying. Then there are the Deacons, Priests, Bishops, Cardinals, and the Pope. All in all they are in charge of teaching the Lay people about the Catholic Faith (CCC 1701, 174-177). Specifically the Deacons and Priests are in charge of churches and parishes. The Bishops is in charge of the Diocese and the Cathedrals in those Diocese. Cardinals is basically a Bishop but with more responsibilities. And the Pope is in charge of everyone, the Universal Church (CCC 882).

Have anymore questions? Leave a comment! I would gladly answer!

Have a blessed weekend!

Art 450

Just to start off, I cannot for the life of me remember what questions we were supposed to answer, embarrassing right? So I will talk about what I am wanting to research and how I am going about to research it.

I enjoy learning the History and/or Theology (Theology: the study of religious faith, practice, and experience; especially : the study of God and of God's relation to the world) of the Catholic Church.  At the moment I do not specifically have any questions regarding the History part of my Faith, but I do have an important question about the learning aspect.  How can a person teach Catholic Theology better?

I went to Catholic school from Kindergarten to Senior year of high school and not one teacher taught it the same.  Some were very boring to be honest, and we didn't get much out of class, which is unfortunate.  Some were really mean, like telling us that we are horrible people if we do certain things, which is not good because we are supposed to forgive each other and love leach other despite our human flaws.  My favorite two teachers related to the students a lot better.  They did their best to try to understand where we were coming from and how they can teach us properly so that we could use what we learn from a day to day basis.  I came out of the class feeling like I could live a better Catholic life just because they put what we were learning, like Catholic Moral life, into everyday situations.

I want to know what it takes to become a legitimate Theology teacher.  I know you can get a Bachelor's Degree and a Master's Degree in Theology if you go to Catholic College.  But what if, lets say I, want to teach high schoolers CYO (Catholic Youth Organization) and can not afford to go to a SUPER expensive Catholic College?  Or enter the Convent (since I am a girl and can't enter the Seminary), which will mean that I become a Sister or a Nun in order to teach?  Do I still have to get a degree or is there a short cut way of being able to teach or do I have to go to College?  This is the first set of questions that I want to answer and I hope to have more questions that will follow when I get the answers.

I will research these questions in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, also known as CCC, and if I can not find them there I will ask my Priest Father Adam over at the Newman Center on campus.  And if he can't answer my question I know he will be able to direct me somewhere.

If anyone has any questions, go ahead and comment!

*Entering a convent is not something that I want to do, but the women who enter are Amazing.

Back to Basics..

I am going in a totally different direction this time around.  Instead of doing people and faces, I am bringing in drawings of still lifes.  Personally I think they look really boring compared, but I will admit that they look a lot better than my faces.  I have learned a lot from drawing from a still life and I think they look pretty good.

I think for now I am going to stick to doing mostly still lifes and start doing research on body proportions and just go from there.

On an unfortunate note my camera got left at my parents and most of my pictures are on there but I do have a couple from earlier in the semester.  I will have the other pictures up after this weekend if you guys want to check them out.

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Spring Fever

To me, I think that this session's drawings are really good and I am happy with them.  I hope you guys feel the same way too.  I also kind of know what I want to be when I grow up and enter the big world as an artist: drawing realistic things.  Right now I want to stick to people, and particularly faces in hopes of being able to capture the beauty in them.

I know I have a lot to learn still and that I am somewhat limited to the things I have learned way back in high school, which is why I am super excited for next year when I take Life Drawing.

I do have some questions, that will probably be answered during the critique but I am going to ask anyways.   Right now I am using newspaper print because it is what I already have and I like using it but in the long run is it worth it?  Also, what should I work on more in my drawings, and should I be worrying about the background?