Painting with Watercolors

We went to the Brooklyn Promenade to paint with watercolors. We walked over the bridge to get there and it was beautiful. We saw the whole city from both sides. The building, water,and bridge looked so nice, and the view was wonderful. I am not a drawer but I wanted to draw everything because it was so nice. I never saw the city from that view and now I know how beautiful my city is. Fara taught us how to us the watercolors and not to use alot of paint because it wasn't needed. She told us how to use the brush, the paint, and the water to make our picture. She taught us how to use the brush to make different patterns on the paper to show water, the sky, and grass. I painted the sky, the water, a boat, and the land in the distance. I thought mine came out alright but when Fara showed everyone my picture from far it really looked like something. I enjoyed it and wanted to do more, it was a really nice experience.

The Ferry Ride

When we went on the Ferry it was a nice experience the weather was great and we all had a nice time. We took pictures every two minutes of the sky line to show us getting further and further from it. We than got off the Ferry in Staten Island and got back on going to to New York.

My Cardboard Built Building

This is a picture of the building I did in cardboard it is way different from the Bryce model and also from how I pictured it in my head. I did it this way because it was easier and thing's came to me while I was creating it. My building is an apartment building that has a in-door pool and playground inside. It has two pools inside and alot of grass outside and trees. It is very nice and affordable and in a nice area.

My building from another angle

This is my bryce building from a second angle. That is located near ground zero and would be a good tourist attraction because of the design.

First Angle of My Building

This is a picture of my building on Bryce, in the middle of North End Ave, Murray st, and Joe Dimaggio hwy. It is an apartment building and has a in-door pool and playground inside. It also has two pools outside and alot of grass and trees. This building is very nice and affordable.

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Frank Gehry has many monumental works. One of which is the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. This is an extraordinary titanium covered building. He has also done the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, which was completed in 1990. The Walt Disney Concert Hall was another major accomplishment. The space is designed to have an orchestra and a gallery.

Frank has also created the Dancing House, which is an office building in downtown Prague, Czech Republic. This building was built from 1994-1996. The style was a non-traditional design and was controversial but stood out. There is a French restaurant on the roof, which gives beautiful views of the city.

Frank Gehry is a distinguished Professor of Architecture at Columbia University in NYC and also teaches at Yale University. He is considered a modern architect icon and celebrity. He has many works in progress, like the Atlantic Yards in NYC, Performing Arts Complex at the World Trade Center, Beekman Tower in NYC, and The Grand Avenue Project in Los Angeles, California, just to name a few.

Frank Gehry now in his mid seventies and has made a difference across the seas and is still planning to make a change. Frank Gehry’s post modernist architectural style is very unique and personal and has changed how we look at architectural design.

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Some more of Frank’s early works are the Guggenheim Museum in Balboa. It is built on a former container and storage site and is built of sheet titanium. This piece of artwork has three main floors and it’s scale like titanium-sheathing gives it is fishlike look. Frank also designed the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California; it has a gallery and an orchestra deck. Its billowing wood ceiling gives it an acoustic sound.

The architectural style Frank Gehry has is based on his childhood and the times he was bullied and called “fish”. He does a lot of art with a scale like design and incorporates steel and titanium. He has worked with many people throughout his life, such as Skidmore Owings and Merrill but he made friends with Kenny Price, Ed Moses, and Ron Davis. Frank didn’t feel accepted by his peers because he chose not to follow their rules. When Frank began to receive awards from them, he then felt accepted. His mentor, Frank Shreir was the one that helped him create his first work.

Gaining more and more fame, Frank received many jobs where he has built museums, restaurants, houses, institutes, and office buildings. Each project was a new experience for him, “ I approach each building as a sculptural object, a spatial container, a space with light and air, a response to context and appropriateness of feeling and spirit.”