Author: fjkorb

Husband, Dad, Artist and Educator. I love making art, talking art, seeing art, and running.
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4 Day Week with #SPARK day on #FRIDAY – Let’s #MakeArt until then.

We have another shortened week but it is a series of FULL DAYS. I will miss two of them for a conference and then a field trip. Sorry – not really but it’ll be great to see you work without me over your shoulders. Week one was good and I am getting to know who you all are – some more than others. Think about the CHARACTER that you are putting forth and how that is affecting your work.

“Nothing in life that’s worth anything is easy.” – Barack Obama, SOTU 2014

Drawing: Still Life – Collage – Thumbnails

EXPLAIN USE OF GOALS TO ALL CLASSES and ONLINE EXPECTATION SHEET

Express: Learning to create works that convey an idea, a feeling, or a personal meaning.

Look a the thumbnails from last week and discuss with a neighbor what is working in the composition and what is not.

Stephanie Peters - Drawing on Book Pages: http://www.stephartist.com/uploads/6/9/5/4/6954622/7628016.jpg

What have you learned today about how to push / pull space with value? Perspective? What have you accomplished with pencil? What is SUCCESSFUL in your drawing?

Studio Art 360: Sol LeWitt and the LAST DAY of it.

 

2.1P: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.

What is a balance? What is a pattern? What patterns and balance are you drawn to? What were your favorite designs from last week’s work with Sol LeWitt? We are EVENTUALLY going to use one of the color studies in a painting for the next artwork.

BALANCE + 1 in a bit…

Tessalation / Pattern
Tiger Symmetry: http://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/low-poly/tiger-poly-lg.jpg
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What challenges did you have in the ideas of drawing out the Sol LeWitt ideas? How do you see us using this later? Can you?

AP Studio Art: Mid Crit and then MAKE ART

Reflect: Learning to think and talk with others about an aspect of one’s work or working process, and learning to judge one’s own work and working process and the work of others.

As you look at the middle of the 25 artworks – what are the hurdles that you see in front of you?  What are the hurdles that you have already jumped over?

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TELEPHONE: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3b/85/e0/3b85e0f54e3eb2b833c3cc0ffeb8db68.png

What did you take away from the critique?

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#Friday and we #Survived in the #ArtStudio

Thank goodness that we have gotten through week one and not lost any students. In fact, I know that we’ve GAINED a few. WELCOME. If you haven’t subscribed to this site – PLEASE DO SO NOW. If you haven’t subscribed to REMIND – get out your phones and message @artwithk to 81010. Like me on Facebook.com/ArtWithKorb and twitter me with #ArtWithKorb. Lots of ways to reach out and see what’s going on in the art studio.

Drawing: Books and THUMBNAILS are happening today

2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.

Most young artists work with their FIRST idea and that’s it. What might the benefit be to begin with MORE ideas? When you sketch in your binders / homework… where do you mostly get your ideas from?  How do you define OBSERVATION?

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Still Life Drawn on Book Pages – Jover: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a8/b3/b0/a8b3b065c6f8000662b8542978252a58–star-art-chuck-taylor.jpg

What do you hope to come up with this year in Drawing? What do you feel you will be able to improve on regarding the skills you have currently? Make sure you bring in a book for MONDAY… otherwise you are stuck with what I bring in.

Studio Art 360: Last day to Sol LeWitt our art.

2.1P: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.

What is a balance? What is a pattern? What patterns and balance are you drawn to?

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Sol LeWitt: Wall Drawing https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/sfmomamedia/media/t/collection_images/tRXtCrcdOgbv.jpg

What challenges or successes did you have in the ideas of drawing out a pattern with specific instructions? What are your REAL feelings about this kind of experience / art making?

MassMOCA: http://massmoca.org/sol-lewitt/ Wall Drawing #146A

AP Studio Art: 25 objects… YIKES! Sketches are DUE Monday too. Let me show you how to BLOG it.

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.

What materials are you NOT using yet? Make sure that in the body of work you are making (about 1 object) you try things you are not comfortable with. How are you going to PRESENT this in the end? You need to THINK about the process and the product.

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Bike from Multiple Views: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/e7/38/43/e73843637c66474df177b218cb208b45–bicycle-drawing-sketchbook-assignments.jpg

What mediums are you afraid of using. If not afraid – haven’t used because you are not used in the past?

Regarding the BLOG the View: In Chapter 1 you are going to ADD an image to the page. I will SHOW you how today so that you can do it on your own this weekend. If you DO NOT HAVE IT DONE by Monday – TALK TO ME so we can re-teach you how to upload the image. Image and a BRIEF Statement about the image… that’s it. Thanks!

 

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Third Day in the #Studio and what have you got to show? LOTS!

Agnes Martin talks about the meaning of what art is, “Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.” In the first number of works ALL of our artists are completing we are working on the subtle feelings, the observation, the study of life… objects, lines, personal feelings and spaces. What are you doing to explore your own worlds? Go ahead – try our Sol LeWitt Exercise…

Drawing: How do we begin the ideas of a stack of books – with THUMBNAILS – 5 of them.

Express: Learning to create works that convey an idea, a feeling, or a personal meaning.

Look at the thumbnails from last week and discuss with a neighbor what is working in the composition and what is not.

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Books in a STACK! https://historyplaces.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/wp_000121.jpg

SIDEBAR What have you learned today about how to push / pull space with value? Perspective? What have you accomplished with pencil? What is SUCCESSFUL in your drawing?

Studio Art 360: Sol LeWitt gives us instructions and so does Mr. Korb… When you are done with the pencil… onto COLORS!

2.1P: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan. 

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What kind of balance do you find you prefer? Symmetry? Approximate Symmetry? Radial? Asymmetry?

What type of balance do you understand? We are going to be using this idea in the FIRST MAJOR ARTWORK of the year coming up NEXT WEEK. What are three reasons you chose this direction to go with?

MassMOCA Sol LeWitt: http://massmoca.org/sol-lewitt/

AP Studio Art: How is your CONCENTRATION going? Do you have a handle on the 25 objects?

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.

25 parts to this weeks project. DUE in 2 Mondays… Critique then. What are you most comfortable with? Pencil, Charcoal, Pastel, or Paint? Why?.

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Can you keep your studies SIMPLE and ELEGANT? This is STILL a lot of OBSERVATION and CONCENTRATION. https://i.pinimg.com/736x/5b/7c/03/5b7c035bbfce544ad045afe8580a2d45–drawing-lessons-drawing-techniques.jpg

What NEW materials have you used today? How are the LARGER ideas of the project coming along? What do you need to be doing tomorrow to make STRONG headway?

 

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#MidWeek in the #Studio – but it’s only #Day2!

I hope that as we move along in the ART MAKING process – you are able to understand why we are creating what we are creating and how as artists we have gotten to the point we are at in contemporary art. The ideas at times seem simple but the ideas that they are based on are deep. Line, perspective, simple objects… all have a deeper history than simply the ideas of a high school art teacher working to help you push a pencil across paper. Let’s take a look at the ideas that move us toward intriguing and thought provoking art. Have you found us on Facebook? Twitter? Subscribed via Remind? Subscribed HERE?

What is Art? Anges Martin “Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.” Art In America (p.124, 1996)

Drawing: What did we start yesterday with PERSPECTIVE? Can you remember the ideas? How about some VIDEOS on the process?

2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.

Most young artists work with their FIRST idea and that’s it. What might the benefit be to begin with MORE ideas? When you sketch in your binders / homework… where do you mostly get your ideas from?  How do you define OBSERVATION?

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An observed STACK of BOOKS – not much different than what you are going to be working at. https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/3984244810_ae2be970dd_z.jpg

What do you hope to come up with this year in Drawing? What do you feel you will be able to improve on regarding the skills you have currently?

Studio Art 360: Lines are EVERYWHERE! What artists use LINE to create the work they do? Keith Haring. Sol LeWitt. Andy Warhol. David Hockney. Alice Neel. And SO MANY MORE. We are thinking about the line as a line however.

2.1P: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.

What is a balance? What is a pattern? What kinds of LINES are we using? What patterns and balance are you drawn to?

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Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing: http://www.gwarlingo.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/sol-lewitt-wall-drawing-85.jpg

What challenges did you have in the ideas of drawing out a pattern – repeat the simple image over and over and over?

Line Drawing Website: http://www.studentartguide.com/articles/line-drawings

MassMOCA Sol LeWitt: http://massmoca.org/sol-lewitt/

AP Studio Art: One object 25 times? Yes. And the more you can be interested in it as YOUR object the more interesting it is going to be.

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.

What materials are you NOT using yet? Make sure that in the body of work you are making (about 1 object) you try things you are not comfortable with. How are you going to PRESENT this in the end? You need to THINK about the process and the product

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What is THIS object and how has the artist chosen to make it an interesting STUDY over a long period of works? If we have 25 to complete in 10 days, how many do you need to work out each day? https://i.pinimg.com/736x/38/b0/69/38b06984d5f7125c88d0c2ecf5985a73–drawing-projects-art-projects.jpg

What mediums are you afraid of using. If not afraid – haven’t used because you are not used in the past?

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#WELCOME BACK! #2017-18 Year is HERE!

Welcome back to the school year. I really look forward to all the classes and art that were going to experience together. I hope to use this website as a place for communicating ideas and talking about art as well as a place to help you know where we are in the studio. I hope you enjoy the year as much as I will. Make sure you follow this site to get the frequent updates and also follow ArtWithKorb on facebook and Twitter the #Artwithkorb. Now, let’s go make art.

What is Art? Anges Martin “Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.”

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HANDBOOK HERE

Drawing: Observation – It’s all about the Eyes

1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.

What is it that you think about when you think about what IS art? (SHARE WITH FRIEND) What is it you think about when you think about making art?

What are 3 challenges or successes you had with your first few thumbnail drawings about the STACK of BOOKS – START with Stack of CUBES and Perspective. Huge in the center of the room? THINK COMPOSITION.

Studio Art 360: What are the BUILDING blocks of Art? Line!

2.1P: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.

Line – Using the Drawing paper in front of you and the pencils provided – let’s work through the ideas of Sol LeWitt – Sort of.

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Sol LeWitt: http://a398.idata.over-blog.com/429×423/1/96/04/42/s-rie-F/LeWitt-S.-Four-Basic-Kinds-of-Straight-Lines-69.jpg

Handout is HERE.

STICKY NOTES… What are 3 things you hope to learn in this room? END OF CLASS – Stand up – Think about what you are hoping to learn – in ONE WORD (and you cannot repeat another person’s comment) Your name and then your word.

AP Studio Art: Alright Gals and Guy… We are into it NOW! GO!

2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.

The View… Sketchbook and Reading

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Ted Orland in the Classroom…

25 parts to this and next weeks project. What are you most comfortable with? Pencil, Charcoal, Pastel, or Paint? Why?

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Multiple Objects Drawn / Painted / Created / Studied Over and Over and Over: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/3c/aa/49/3caa49cc3d612f6885eaf15fcbd77fa6.jpg

What materials have you used today? How are the projects coming along?

Let’s Look at the SYLLABUS and the YEAR. Handouts: Handbook, Syllabus, Field Trip Info, Permission Slips.

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It’s Been A LONG Time since I’ve Posted…

Day 2 of In-Services are here and we are looking good. I’ve got all my seating charts set and ready to roll, assessment sheets are off to the printer, Interactive handbooks are waiting for interaction and the new classes are in my head. Classroom is straightening up, two HUGE garbage cans have been filled, projects of the past are (sadly) being recycled into the circular files). Coffee is being consumed and puppy is getting up and fed (WAY earlier than usual). I am looking forward to the 2017 – 18 year to get started and I am really looking forward to seeing my students and then getting down to work.

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The Waterford Seven (11) and our final days.

Thank you to Connie and all the rest of the crew for a wonderful five-week program of art making. We studied ceramics and vessel making, impressionism as we looked at Balloon Fest, and lastly we looked at Vasily Kandinsky and his abstract work. Excellent job to all of you, I am really proud of the work you created as well as your skills and efforts. Keep making art an important part of your life. You are some of my favorite artists to work with.

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Me and Russel. Nice hat!

Here is a link to the full photo album of images.

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The Waterford Seven (11) and Impressionism

What a WONDERFUL and INSPIRED group of artists. The ideas of Impressionism were taken full on – Dot Dot Dot was the idea and the works really represented the hard efforts and learning about Oil Pastels (nobody wanted to experiment with the soft pastels – too messy). Way to go Waterford Seven.

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Final Day in Plein Air. Images and information.

Yesterday was our last day of art making.  I am going to miss working with these skilled and dedicated young women.  My pride is in their hard work, showing up to make art, and sticking to it. Gallery exhibition next week on Thursday at 1PM. Thank you ladies for your efforts.

Mr. Korb

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Meet in the Gallery Today. This is our LAST DAY together. 

I am without power so not able to post much as a web page today but here I go. Today we are meeting in the gallery and we will go out from there. Based on the condition of the river I highly recommend being cautious of painting close to it. We will end our day in the gallery hanging rest of our artworks and turning in all our supplies. It was a true pleasure working with each and everyone of you and I look forward to seeing you in my classes in the future. And bring a friend or two or three.