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SAMANTHA SCHAPPERT


Q3 Home Project Progress (#1)
I'm currently in the very first and most confusing stages of working on my home project. So far, I have this planning page and a lot of...

samanthaschappert
Mar 51 min read
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Awareness Post (#6)
For this quarter's awareness post, I'm focusing on Genieve Figgis. I first encountered her work in the Great Women Artists podcast last...

samanthaschappert
Feb 142 min read
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Q3 In-Class Project Progress (#2)
This week I've continued to go in with some detail work on this project. I repainted the middle section and did the two blue sections on...

samanthaschappert
Feb 121 min read
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Experience Post (#5)
Today I went to see Matthew Bond's art talk about his senior show! One thing that I found really interesting about his talk was his...

samanthaschappert
Feb 51 min read
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Q3 In-Class Project Progress (#1)
I've gotten a decent start on this project, I think. I have an underpainting down already, and now it's just a matter of getting down...

samanthaschappert
Feb 31 min read
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Awareness Post (#5)
For my awareness post this quarter, I'm focusing on Mickalene Thomas. Her work caught my eye because it uses rhinestones, and I've...

samanthaschappert
Dec 11, 20243 min read
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Q2 Second In-Class Project Progress (#1)
I think I'm approaching the end of this project, and I still don't really know how I feel about it. I like a lot of what I've done so far...

samanthaschappert
Dec 8, 20241 min read
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Q1 Home Project Progress (#1)
My goal for this project is to have some kind of self portrait to put in my supplemental portfolio for colleges! Right now I have a...

samanthaschappert
Sep 26, 20241 min read
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Q1 In-Class Project Progress (#1)
I think my in-class project is going pretty well! I've already painted, sanded, spraypainted, and have started laying down some drywall...

samanthaschappert
Sep 23, 20241 min read
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Figure Drawing Reflection
We just finished our figure drawing unit, and it's left me with a lot to think about. I think that the presence of a guest artist really...

samanthaschappert
Sep 18, 20241 min read
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Q4 Second In-Class Project Progress (#2)
I'm starting to finish up my in-class project. I went back in and adjusted some of the line weight, added some contour lines, and am now...

samanthaschappert
May 7, 20241 min read
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Q4 Second In-Class Project Progress (#1)
This project started kind of slow for me, but I think it's starting to kick off now! At the very beginning of the week, I had some...

samanthaschappert
May 2, 20242 min read
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Career Post (#3)
For this quarter's career post I'm focusing on forensic artists. Forensic artists use their artistic abilities to do a variety of things...

samanthaschappert
Apr 30, 20242 min read
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Awareness Post (#4)
My awareness post for this quarter is focused on Jadé Fadojutimi. I first encountered her work when I was listening to the episode of the...

samanthaschappert
Apr 23, 20242 min read
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Experience Post (#4)
Yesterday I went to see this quarter's lunchtime lecture, which was led by guest lecturer Summer Balcom. One thing that I found very...

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Apr 18, 20241 min read
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Q4 First In-Class Project Progress (#1)
My process for this project is going reasonably well. Right now I'm working on wood in drywall compound, which is a significant change...

samanthaschappert
Apr 10, 20241 min read
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Awareness Post (#3)
For this quarter's awareness post I'm focusing on Howardena Pindell, because I remember seeing an exhibit of her work at the VMFA and...

samanthaschappert
Feb 29, 20242 min read
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Experience Post (#3)
This week I went to see the Scholastic Art Award winners. One thing that I noticed was that the Gold Key winners were usually larger in...

samanthaschappert
Feb 15, 20241 min read
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Q3 Home Project Progress (#1)
I got a pretty good start on my home project this week! This time around, I'm trying to do multiple smaller images of the same scene in...

samanthaschappert
Feb 15, 20241 min read
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Q3 First In-Class Project Progress (#1)
My process for this project had a lot of ups and downs. My major crisis was Crayola marker. On my smaller pieces, I like to sketch out...

samanthaschappert
Jan 31, 20242 min read
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