March 27, 2012 – Tuesday (Committee Day)

Art FoundationsCityscape, Sphere and Chiaroscuro

  1. 1.2 Create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the process and materials you use.
  2. 5.3 describe meanings of art by analyzing how it relates to YOUR culture (interests).

What areas of the drawing are you concerned about being “off,” not quite right? How are you going to use chiaroscuro and color to enhance, emphasize part of your work?

Requirements for Cityscape Drawing:

What is the THEME to your city? Who are you and how do we read about your interests by looking at the city?

  1. 5 Buildings: 1 skyscraper, 1 Frank Gehry inspired
  2. Doors and windows showing the inside of them on at LEAST 2 buildings.
  3. Sidewalk with squares that recede properly
  4. Stairs – at least 3 steps if not more.
  5. Pitched roof on 1 of the buildings – MUST have an overhang.
  6. Street Signs (Stop, Yield, Kangaroo Crossing… things like that).
  7. Signs on the Buildings (what kind of stores do you have?)
  8. Light posts, telephone posts, things like that.
  9. Means of transportation (does it HAVE to be a car?)
  10. Inhabitants (do they have to be PEOPLE?)
  11. Ellipses
  12. Cantilevers

AP Studio Art – Today in Art

  1. 4.2 Describe the purposes and meanings of objects within different cultures (yours).
  2. 5.5 Evaluate responses to works of art for communicating rationale and ideas.

What is the current state of your concentration? What images have you made photographs of? What have you uploaded?

DrawingWork of Art

  1. 5.2 stand behind your criticism of art
  2. 5.3 describe meanings of artworks by analyzing 5.3.1 techniques

What did you take away from today’s critique? What did you contribute? What did you hear that you didn’t think about as you were making your work?

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