#WelcomeBack from #SpringBreak! Good #vacation? I hope so.

Get out your handbooks!

“Decisions are made by those who show up.” Aaron Sorkin

1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.

With all the new glass now in the cabinet, it is time to really look at the deadlines. This second panel deadline will be WEDNESDAY and we group critique on Thursday. Panels will be cleaned, photographed, installed in the gallery, and grades uploaded on Friday.
Today we are doing a “close to final” group critique. Your final self assessment rubric will be filled out later this week. Your written comments on the rubric will be actionable items. Not… “I like x,y, or z in your work.” But rather “there are issues with the gaps in the frames and you could fix that by doing this…”

BY THE WAY: everything-stained-glass.com is a good site for your own personal research.

2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
2.2Ac: Demonstrate awareness of ethical implications of making and distributing creative work.

This week is YOU WORKING and we have a MIDCRIT coming up FAST. Be prepared to talk and explain your plans to a small group of NON NEIGHBOR Studiomates. This is YOUR time to shine and get feedback and GIVE feedback. Our Midcrit is TUESDAY – so let’s get some GOOD solid design done / worked on MONDAY and be ready to roll TUESDAY for conversation.

7.2Ac: Evaluate the effectiveness of an image or images to influence ideas, feelings, and behaviors of specific audiences.
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.

STILL LIFE in FRONT of you… well… the beginnings of a still life that is. Today we SIMPLY sit and sketch the nests in front of us. Take your time and LOOK CAREFULLY at the lines, the marks, the ways in which you can draw. From the first two days of drawing we will begin the still life based on these natural works of engineering.
What challenged you with the still life ideas today? What ELEMENTS did you focus on? What Principles (movement? balance? repetition?) did you use? Are you thinking COMPOSITIONALLY?

1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork
9.1Ad: Construct evaluations of a work of art or collection of works based on differing sets of criteria.

Artwork out and in front of us all. We are CRITIQUING TODAY. If you are not done – it is a ZERO and you fail the final 3 works in the concentration. Fair? Yes. Empty threat? I hope not.
This is coming up next:
- Jim Dine and Plants slide show – HERE.
- Previous Artworks – HERE.

2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
2.2Ad: Demonstrate understanding of the importance of balancing freedom and responsibility in the use of images, materials, tools, and equipment in the creation and circulation of creative work.
2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
Skeleton Drawings coming up soon: http://portfolio.newschool.edu/tessardenfinkelstein/files/2015/11/Skeleton-1gz4w3x.jpg

What is the longest bone in the body? How can you use your understanding of the figure to HELP you figure out proportions AS you are drawing? N: Skeleton Drawings – Studying the INDIVIDUAL parts / sections of the skeleton.