Monday, January 13, 2014

Blog 1: Self Introduction

For those of you who don't know,  I plan on being an art teacher and for one of my classes I am required to do blog posts.  I will be using this blog for that purpose.  For my first blog I get to introduce myself.

Well I'm in my senior year of college here at USU this year and my emphasis is drawing and painting.  I'm fun loving and art is perfect for my personality.  I'm a little ADHD and love adventure, which only helps me as an artist.

I'm an avid volleyball player.  Indoor, outdoor grass, outdoor sand, 2's, 4's, 6's, coed, women's, I love it all.  My favorite type of volleyball is outdoor 4's.  It's a little too crowded with 6's and hard to cover the whole court with 2's, but 4's is amazing.  Little do most people know, outdoor volleyball is much different than indoor- everything from the environment to the rules.  You're never going to have to deal with wind in indoor, but outdoor, knowing how to deal with these environmental changes can make or break the game.

As I said earlier, I love a good adventure.  I went on two week-long trips to Cali and other adventures on most weekends.  I explored caves, fished, hiked the narrows in Zion, Yosemite in Cali, the grand canyon, goblin valley the "Y", and many others which I can not remember the name of.  It all helps me to be a better artist.

Art is not a thing, it's a lifestyle
Angel's Landing in Zion National Park
(these kind of experiences are my biggest artistic inspirations)

I'm sure some would argue that art has little to do with literacy, but I think it does.  Literacy is someone's interpretation and understanding of something.  It takes practice to be able to look at a painting and tell what the artist did and try to interpret why they did it.  I would go as far as saying that many people are irliterate when it comes to the subject.

-Jenny Seeley


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  1. Amy AlexandraJanuary 18, 2014 at 4:49 PM

    Hi Jenny, I just scrolled down and saw some of your artwork below. I agree...your style in some of those paintings reminds me of Gauguin. I think it is a GREAT idea for an art teacher to have a blog, whether you use this one or start another one just for your students. Later, we will talk about the importance of teachers who actually write with their students. I think, in an art class, this principle extends to teachers who actually paint with your students. I think your students will show so much more respect and appreciation for you if they can see that you are doing the same things that you ask them to you, and you are also going through a lot of the same struggles that they do when they put brush to canvas. Thanks for sharing, and I look forward to reading more of your blogs in the future!

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  2. Jennifer SeeleyJanuary 22, 2014 at 6:50 PM

    Amy,

    Thanks for your feedback! I've always thought it's really sad when I hear of artists who stop doing art when they become art teachers. I don't want that to be me. The passion I have for art and my desire to teach comes from me being an artist myself.

    Jenny

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