This week Ivan Zhidov joins me for a discussion on teaching creativity in the classroom. Originally from the Ukraine, Ivan is a computer programmer, painter, mixed martial arts champion, a father, and an all around good guy. Â The discussion centers around whether or not it’s possible to teach creativity in a classroom.
The You Tube Link:Â http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG1ADwwRGqU
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NUDITY ALERT! Duh! I am spending 5 minutes a day practicing drawing naked ladies nude figures. This is part of my #100DaysArt process where I pick something to practice for 100 days in a row. Â Here are the 5 minute nudes for the week of January 23, 2012 through February 05, 2012.
All of the previous 5 minute nudes may be found in the Gallery under 5 minute nudes.
The lovely and talented Gina Zhidov (http://www.z-artscene.com)Â joined us in studio during Midnight at Oasis. Â If you’re not familiar, on Friday nights we gather at Oasis Studios & Gallery for an arting. Â We snack, we art, we dance, and we talk. Â We submit topics of interest and everyone, including the online audience votes on which topics interest them. Â You can vote on as many topics as you like. The person whose topic garners the most interest then joins me on camera to record the Midnight At Oasis podcast.
In this episode, Gina’s topic of “How do you fight to keep creativity in your daily life?” won the most interest.
Gina is a photographer most known locally for her published work As I See It.
Gina confesses that she struggles every day, not only for herself, but for other artists to fight to maintain levels of creativity. Â My personal experience is to try to do something creative every day. Â Go watch the interview and then answer the question, “How do you fight to keep creativity in your daily life?”
The You Tube Link:Â http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgnT41aWVNo
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NUDITY ALERT! Duh! I am spending 5 minutes a day practicing drawing naked ladies nude figures. This is part of my #100DaysArt process where I pick something to practice for 100 days in a row. Â Here are the 5 minute nudes for the week of January 16, 2012 through January 22, 2012.
All of the previous 5 minute nudes may be found in the Gallery under 5 minute nudes.
Last week in Drawing Class, we discussed direction of the class. Â I asked the audience where they would like me to go with the class and what they would like to see more often. Â I took a lot of notes while working on this quick still life.
There will be no classes this week as the day job whisks me to foreign, 3rd world  countries (Texas).  But we will be back January 31 with a new season of Drawing Class.
The class is free and online at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/oasisgalleryok
The password to get into the class is in the newsletter here: https://www.artisticbiker.com/newsletter