Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? Let’s ask Jim Dine.

“Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.” Brian Tracy, Eat that Frog

TODAY I EAT MY FROG WITH A SIDE OF TOAD!

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Advanced Drawing: Everyday Objects – How do see them and REALLY observe.

GOALS:

1. 2.6 create multiple solutions to visual challenges that show understanding in relationships between composition and meaning of artwork
2. evaluate and interpret art for relationships in (4.4.1) form.

Looking at a VERY ORDINARY OBJECT… Where do you find it a challenge to make a successful composition from such an ordinary object? What can you do to make the drawing something someone will take to time to stop in front of and recognize? Share your thoughts with your neighbors.

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Art Foundations: Chapter 4 AND Chapter 1 – Contour Line and Gesture Drawings.

Goals:

1. (1.1.1) Apply art materials (markers and pencils) being aware of your skills.
2. (1.4) Solve visual challenges using analysis (element of Line and breaking the face apart).

What is the most challenging aspect of the portrait / line? What emotions have you chosen to represent yourself? Why? What variety of lines do you hope to use in the process of creating your self-portrait?

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AP Studio Art: Welcome to the world of Jim Dine – Plants and Flowers and Observations

 GOALS:

1. 2.6 create multiple solutions to visual challenges that show understanding in relationships between composition and meaning of artwork
2. 1.2 create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the (1.2.1) materials

What materials have you used today? What were the focal points of the drawings for the day. (1, 3, 5).