[Media Studies & Communication: Week 3, 4th Period]

[behindeyesonly.livejournal.com]

As the class trailed in, the screen was the sort of black that indicated it was on, but receiving no image. Logan was still involved in conversation, the voices somewhat muted but definitely coming in through the speakers.

"--Are you sure?" The woman, whoever she was, sounded concerned.

"I'm positive. It'll be fine." Logan looked from the blank screens to the students and motioned for them to take a handout and a seat before turning back. "I promise, even. It'll go great."

	"C'mon, mom," broke in another - male - voice, clearly amused. "You heard the professor. Let him have his moment."
	An irritated, long-suffering sigh. "A'ight," she relented. "Should be up in a couple minutes. Dix is working on it."

"Thanks," Logan replied, and then turned back to the class proper, smiling. "Hi guys. Today, we've got something kind of special. The handouts you got, obviously, are about color. Color is another way you can convey information - often a feeling or an emotion - in advertisements, the way you dress, and some people even believe you can heal with color."

He motioned to their desks, where at each sat a small easel, a set of paints, and several brushes. "Today you're going to get a demonstration of someone who primarily uses color in their work, the symbolism and emotion they can bring out using it. Then you're going to try your hand at it, using either your gut feelings, or what you find in the handout."

"Logan? Signal's up."

"Thanks." Logan smiled at the class. "Just keep in mind, our guest has been kind of on his own for a long time, but he's a good guy. Treat him with respect," he said, with the insinuation that anything else would result in a swift detention. "Feel free to ask him questions, but have fun with the assignment, as always."

The screen turned on then, and a large, almost canine face loomed, taking it up almost entirely. "Logan? Logan, it's Joshua for painting with kids?" He blinked at the class. "Ooh. Big kids." When Logan nodded for him to go on, Joshua pulled back from the screen a little, somewhat wide-eyed. "Big kids learning how to paint, Joshua-style? Not hard - you gotta use color, lots of it. Right?" He shuffled back from the screen, ducking his head as if not used to being on the spot, and pulled into view a couple large canvases. "Paint from your heart, yeah? Lots of color, and, and..." He paused, looking at the class over the top of one painting. "Big paint strokes! And colors say what you mean. Like... anger. Confusion." He pointed to the dark painting. "Red and black, see?" Joshua looked over the class, grinning. "You try. Do a- a painting of a friend. Or something you like, how it makes you feel. And show me what you got, when you finished, okay?"

Logan stood up from where he'd sat on his desk, nodding to the class. "Go ahead and paint. Joshua will be available to show them to when you're done.

[OOC: WAIT FOR OCD! I'll be going to bed shortly, but start your paintings whenever. The online program lets you link your picture using the "Save and send" option, then just link it to a comment under Joshua's thread and he'll respond when I get up. Slowplay as needed, for those of you with problem schedules. :)]

[OOC: Roster/Syllabus]

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Show Joshua your finished product!

[behindeyesonly.livejournal.com]

He's eager to see what you all have done. No, he really really is. You'd think he didn't get out much.

Re: Show Joshua your finished product!

[the-right-ray.livejournal.com]

Ray finished...whatever the hell he'd just painted.

Painting. (http://artpad.art.com/?j5sa6k1gtsqk)

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[behindeyesonly.livejournal.com]

"Hi," Joshua began, somewhat hesitantly. "I'm Joshua. You?"

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[the-right-ray.livejournal.com]

"Ray," he answered, still staring at his painting. "Hey, man."

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[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Kawalsky was creative. Yep.

Aerial View (http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?j5si4bgme7g)

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[behindeyesonly.livejournal.com]

Joshua sounded out the words carefully and looked at Kawalsky when he was done. "I like the green. It's very bright and a good color," he said. "Is 'here' where you are?"

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[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Uh, I used to spend a lot of time in the forest. Lots of different greens. The 'You are here' kinda mocks the whole idea that when you're in the forest when everything's just all different greens, you don't have an easy map to tell you where you are."

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[fates_jaye]

Jaye painted her weekend. See?

She still has a headache.

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[behindeyesonly.livejournal.com]

"Drinking is bad," Joshua said, seeing the bottle and apparently being familiar with such things. He then lowered his voice to a whisper, ducking his head like it would help. "You okay? Hurting?"

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[fates_jaye]

"Teensy bit," she says, holding up her fingers to indicate 'teensy bit'.

She has no idea when lion men became something she doesn't even question anymore, but he's better than the lion thing in her purse.

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[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory did what he said, and painted what she felt (http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?j5smbm31bf0).

[And then her player apologized for her perfectionism and how long that thing's going to take to play back, yo.]

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[behindeyesonly.livejournal.com]

"I like blue," Joshua offered, looking at the painting. "But it's a sad blue."

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[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory nodded. "Blue's my favorite color," she replied. "But yeah, it's sad."

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[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

Judging by his finished painting (http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?j5sr1rx0kno), Dean figured he wasn't exactly the next da Vinci or anything, but he figured it at least got the point across.

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[behindeyesonly.livejournal.com]

Joshua blinked very slowly at Dean. "...Little Alec." He looked at the painting and nodded, as if it confirmed something for him. "Little Alec. He's sad too."

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[likethegun]

Sam put some final touches on it, and then showed off his painting.

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[behindeyesonly.livejournal.com]

Joshua looked at the picture a long moment, then at Sam. "The family has no home?"

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[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth was definitely not an artist. But she tried (http://artpad.art.com/?j5tauachsz8) and painted her weekend.

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[behindeyesonly.livejournal.com]

Joshua oohed at the painting. "City, right? New York? I've seen pictures."

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[dbiers.livejournal.com]

When she was finished, D pushed her hair back from her face with the back of one of her paint covered hands and turned her easel toward the screen with her other to show their guest her canvas (http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?j5taqq3cfkk).

[ooc: zomg, just skip to the end. trust me]

Re: Show Joshua your finished product!

[behindeyesonly.livejournal.com]

"Color!" Joshua looked excited, peering through the screen at the picture. "Good. Very good. Your name?"

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[carter-i-am.livejournal.com]

Sam finished her painting (http://artpad.art.com/?j5taw5skvl0), but wasn't sure what it said about her. "Hmmmm."

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[behindeyesonly.livejournal.com]

"Bright and good," Joshua said, pleased. "Is it something?"

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[peter--parker.livejournal.com]

Peter painted the one thing he missed most about New York (http://artpad.art.com/?j5tdz12anjg).

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[behindeyesonly.livejournal.com]

Joshua had to look close to see everything, especially the little man between the buildings. "Climbing?"