5 drawings -- Jamilya Ramos-Chapman

1. Copied Picture

2. Trip to RISD

3. Self-Portrait

4. Portrait of a Friend

5. Figure-Drawing

*A little difficult to transfer from paper to computer. Some of the figure-drawing was cut off during that transfer.

1.) Figure drawing in charcoaol
2.) Sketch with pencil, I'm not sure how clear it came out but it's some sketches of my fish
3.) Baby me, acrylic
4.) Self Portrait, oil pastel
5.) Figure drawing, charcoal
6.) A friend, charcoal
I'm not sure about the quality of the pictures, my scanner was being stupid so a lot of them I had to take pictures of with a digital camera and transfer and some might have come out blurry.

Ryan Kaplan - 10 - 5 drawings

1. From-life figure-drawing (charcoal)
2. "Copy" of an old painting (pencil)
3. Sculpture at the RISD museum (charcoal)
4. From life figure drawing (charcoal)
5. Drawing from photo of Bill Evans (charcoal)

11-Kia Mosenthal-5 Drawings

12 - Emily Lau - 5 Pieces

11 - charles frohman - drawings

1) Dali Reproduction
2) Rapid Pen sketch of Thames River
3) Sketch of Buddhist figurine from RISD Museuem
4) Detailed drawing of my room (from bed)
5) Cartoon used for Tshirt design

11- Shannon: drawings

Sara Coomes - 5 drawings

12-Nicole Noronha-5 art work

Here are my five art pieces(the big ones were harder to scan so some of it is chopped off-and included in nextpost)

Jamilya Ramos-Chapman -- Bottle Caps into Pot

This is a pot done by an artist named Elizabeth Lundberg Morisette. This collects bottle caps, and recycled them making them into this pot. Her art was exhibited during Artomatic. An event held in DC, annually.

11 - ylan: tibetan sand mandalas

These pieces of art are made my Tibetan monks by pouring colored sand in circular patterns. They are often very intricate, complex, and take weeks or months to complete, but are always destroyed after they are finished. It is fascinating to me that this art is all about the creation of the art. The materials are minimal, but the monks meditate intently while they work not thinking about the final product and just about what they are doing. Furthermore, because the sand is loose, the artwork cannot be preserved and is usually either scattered into the wind or the patterns are defaced and scrambled, mixing the colors and symbolizing the buddhist principles of interbeing, impermanence, and non-attachment.

10 - ylan: one thousand paper cranes

I realize someone already posted about a thousand paper cranes, but i just wanted to share my family's own experience folding a thousand paper cranes. During the last week of my dad's life while he was in the hospice home, my mom asked us to fold one thousand paper cranes during the time that we spent there. The ancient Japanese legend goes that whoever folds a thousand cranes will get their wish granted, and following the story of the girl who died of radiation after the hiroshima bombings, it has become a symbol for a wish for world peace. As this was one of my dad's dying wishes, my family diligently folded the cranes in his honor and as a sort of quiet meditation practice to help us keep calm during the many days that we spent at the hospice home. The cranes were then hung around the room and given as an offering/gift for all the visitors who came to see my dad.
Traditionally, the cranes are hung outdoors so that the wind and weather can slowly disintegrate them, thereby releasing the wish. In the same spirit of impermanance, most of our cranes were cremated with my dad's body... more on impermanence in another post :)