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Art 101 - Wednesday, Period Four - 9/09

Today, class was meeting in a small cave. At the back, there seemed to be a running stream and near the 'door', sunlight streamed in. That would be a constant in Professor Chevalier's class: sunlight, always, when it came to the Danger Shop.

Also assembled were various, somewhat rustic-looking paintbrushes and pots of paint.

"Today," he announced as they walked in, "we'll be covering prehistoric art."

The 'prehistoric' cave also, apparently, came with a slide projector.

"Items such as the Venus of Willendorf, the Lascaux cave paintings and this pot, found in Korea, were produced in the Neolithic age. There are examples of a aesthetic from earlier times, even before there were homo sapiens, but the first true 'art' is considered to be" he flicked back to the statue "her. The Venus of Willendorf, over 40,000 years old."

He let that sink in a little before continuing.

"Pictographs and petroglyphs are some of the best known, but as you can see from the Venus and the pot, art served many purposes even then. From bowing to the aesthetic to historical record to possible mystical or religious significance, art from it's very beginnings was a complex and multi-faceted subject."

He spread his hands to the supplies and gestured behind him to where the water flowed behind him.

"Today, I'd ask you to give these modes of expression a try, get your hands dirty. Paint on the wall and form pictographs, or use the picks to make petroglyphs. Behind me, there's some soft clay for molding as well as a few limestone rocks if anyone would like to try their hand at sculpture in that fashion. Tell your story, make something meaningful to you... or perhaps just make something pretty to put in your room and use to hold your keys. Work together or alone as you like. It's up to you.

"And, as always, feel free to ask me or our new teaching assistant, Shilo, for assistance."

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Jack Priest ~~and his messy hair~~

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Nick's pretty cool about people chatting in class as long as you don't disrespect him or get in the way of someone else trying to pay attention.

Griff wasn't trying to talk during class, but he was checking out the art Nick was showcasing.

Shilo figured that she ought to pay attention, now that she was a TA and all.

Solo or in groups.

Of course Savannah was going to be playing with the clay in an attempt to sculpt something meaningful.

"What are you making, big sister?" Jack asked teasingly, as he took a piece of clay and a seat near the girl.

She grinned at him. "I have no idea yet, little brother. I'm hoping playing with it will inspire me."

Not dirty.

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Raven decided to try her hand (so to speak) with the clay as well. She was attempting to make a raven (of course), and was having some moderate success.

Clay seemed a lot easier than trying to draw something meaningful on the walls, so Cordelia chose that route.

And really, Venus wasn't all that detailed, so she couldn't do much worse in making her own 'Venus'.

Getting his hands dirty sounded like a good plan, even with another class after this. Griff coated his fingers and started smearing them on one of the walls in his own take on cave painting.

Shilo had also thought that cave painting had sounded interesting, so she joined him at the wall. "Hi," she said, while dipping her hand into a dark red.

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Shilo was actually excited about this.

And she'll talk to you if she ever stops humming "Welcome Home" by Coheed and Cambria.

Was there after class, of course, and in his office all day.

[just let me know if you want him for office hours since I don't want to spam ^_^;]

Right. So Tyler had procrastinated on tracking Nick down after his conversation with Tony, but he had free time today and he knew Nick was teaching.

So there he was at the back of class once most of the students had gone, trying to figure out the polite way to ask your teaching buddy if he was planning on going all ax murderer.

"Hey," he said, hands in his pockets so he didn't make any dumb nervous moves. "How'd teaching go?"

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Nick had some mud on him, and some paint, and his hands were absolutely brown with whatever he'd been working on during the class. There were little smudges of the stuff on his face and he looked more like an overgrown eight year old than an ax murderer.

"Tyler, hello," he said cheerfully, "I think it's going well. And yourself? How are you?"

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