Author: fjkorb

Husband, Dad, Artist and Educator. I love making art, talking art, seeing art, and running.
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#Taliesin in #SpringGreen #WI – #NoRain!

Rained Out at Plein Air Art Studio Today - Sad Faces for Sure.

HOMEWORK is BELOW… Scroll Down Please…

Vicente at Taliesin in 2016. Plein Air field trip!
Vicente at Taliesin in 2016. Plein Air field trip!

Understand (Arts) Community: Learning to interact as an artist with other artists (i.e., in classrooms, in local arts organizations, and across the art field) and within the broader society. Arts is in parenthesis here as it can easily be switched with other disciplines, like science or history.

Taliesin Media Kit - Frank Lloyd Wright 2017 Taliesin Preservation Inc.
Taliesin Media Kit – Frank Lloyd Wright 2017 Taliesin Preservation Inc.

Today we’re headed to Taliesin in Spring Green WI. We are touring the home and the school with lunch in the middle. This is going to be a day of whatever materials that you are feeling comfortable with – bring everything that you feel you will be wanting to use. N: Field trip and day of tour and painting. This is all new and exciting for the kids – I hope. It is wonderful for me! I hope for them too.

Field Trip – Travel, Tour, make Art, travel, sleep.

As we drive home, what are your thoughts of the experience? What are your takeaways from the home, school, and environment? This was a GREAT trip!

Homework Due Monday, July 10, 2017 – Get started soon. Do Not push this off. A Lot of time to work on it if you start now. – ASSIGNMENT is HERE.

Helen McNicoll: http://www.biographi.ca/bioimages/original.6905.jpg
Reginald Marsh: http://www.donbaresefineart.com/images/marsh-reginald-new-york-bridge.jpg

Plein Air at the State Fair! Info Here.

Plein Air at the Fair - Wisconsin State Fair. http://wistatefair.com/fair/plein-air-at-the-fair/
Plein Air at the Fair – Wisconsin State Fair. http://wistatefair.com/fair/plein-air-at-the-fair/
Rained Out at Plein Air Art Studio Today - Sad Faces for Sure.
Rained Out at Plein Air Art Studio Today – Sad Faces for Sure.
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#WaffleWednesday – Ok – BAcon and Eggs.

Marty's Bacon and Eggs. https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u_ivg773dtc/V3MXPs7xUjI/AAAAAAAALh4/XB3jSfO5_a8V_yUKFLBkmDIOSOJ5pPv_ACKgB/s640/Bacon-and-Eggs_IMG_0822.JPG

8:00AM at Marty’s – I’ll be there – I invite you too! Yum!

Marty's Bacon and Eggs. https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u_ivg773dtc/V3MXPs7xUjI/AAAAAAAALh4/XB3jSfO5_a8V_yUKFLBkmDIOSOJ5pPv_ACKgB/s640/Bacon-and-Eggs_IMG_0822.JPG
Marty’s Bacon and Eggs. https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u_ivg773dtc/V3MXPs7xUjI/AAAAAAAALh4/XB3jSfO5_a8V_yUKFLBkmDIOSOJ5pPv_ACKgB/s640/Bacon-and-Eggs_IMG_0822.JPG

Plein Air at the State Fair Information – HERE

Plein Air at the Fair - Wisconsin State Fair. http://wistatefair.com/fair/plein-air-at-the-fair/
Plein Air at the Fair – Wisconsin State Fair. http://wistatefair.com/fair/plein-air-at-the-fair/

Art Out of Doors – Plein Air in the Woods today.

Develop Craft: Learning to use tools, materials, artistic conventions; and learning to care for tools, materials, and space.

What are you going to be looking at and dealing with as we look at foreground, middleground, and background? How have you improved / learned your skills in the 1) creating of art with supplies and 2) coming up with new and innovative compositions as we work outside?

What are you using as a material? Acrylics? Pastels? Charcoal? Watercolor? http://www.pleinairfl.com/image/art/1864.jpg
What are you using as a material? Acrylics? Pastels? Charcoal? Watercolor? http://www.pleinairfl.com/image/art/1864.jpg

Quick reflection at the end of the hours and then look forward to pastels and painting with DRY materials next week. Build and layers will be coming.

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#Acrylics Day 2! #PleinAir in #Waterford

Shelby Keefe and the development of the painting up from the underpainting. http://blog.thepfisterhotel.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Rainy-Reflections-by-Shelby-Keefe.jpg

Field Trip Monies are DUE TODAY – FOR SURE! Thanks.

Vicente at Taliesin in 2016. Plein Air field trip!
Vicente at Taliesin in 2016. Plein Air field trip!

G: Develop Craft: Learning to use tools, materials, artistic conventions; and learning to care for tools, materials, and space.

What do you see in the two paintings you created yesterday that can be / should be / will be worked up today and resolved? This is a good time to see HOW the process of making art takes time and requires more work than one day / work session might allow.

Nothing new today. Continue working the images from yesterday. Plan on the field trip for tomorrow or Thursday. That’s it.

rainy-reflections-by-shelby-keefe
Shelby Keefe and the development of the painting up from the underpainting. http://blog.thepfisterhotel.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Rainy-Reflections-by-Shelby-Keefe.jpg

How did you resolve the ideas and the images from the past two days (6 hours) of work. Did you get to make another painting in the process? A third painting?

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#Week2 #ArtWithKorb and #PleinAir #Talisin on #Thursday

The TALIESIN Field Trip is THURSDAY. We leave at 7:30AM. I hope you all get your monies and permission slips TODAY. ALSO – I need to know if a parent / guardian would like to go and DRIVE. If I can’t get a second driver, we take a bus. They need a final count and so do I. Forms are below:

  • Information Sheet HERE
  • Taliesin Hold Harmless Agreement HERE

I NEED A FINAL COUNT TODAY. Now or by 3pm via my phone. I NEED to know TODAY if you are coming to Taliesin on Thursday. I need the money NOW or FIRST THING tomorrow.

G: Develop Craft: Learning to use tools, materials, artistic conventions; and learning to care for tools, materials, and space.

Today we are going to talk about the ideas of ACRYLICS specifically. We’re going to see how to build up the underlying colors of an acrylic painting by looking at the ideas of Milwaukee artist Shelby Keefe. What does a contrasting color do to help support a color laid above – laid on top of another color?

Shelby Keefe and the beginning of the plein air painting. Use of underpaintings of Complimentary Colors. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/21/e1/66/21e166036c15f133263a72427a55997e.jpg
Shelby Keefe and the beginning of the plein air painting. Use of underpaintings of Complimentary Colors. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/21/e1/66/21e166036c15f133263a72427a55997e.jpg

Use of Acrylic paints in the outdoors. Dries fast. Set of Brushes and Set of Paints. (May have to share.) Cups of water and rags (RAGS are really important!) Start with the underpainting – THIN and transparent – lots of water – thin washes. After dried – pencil in the ideas and then work the paints over the top. This is a building up and building up of the images. Layers and layers of color and working. PLEASE take your time. This may be ONE painting or two paintings per day and then the same two paintings the next day.

Let’s look at what you got done today. What are the thoughts overall?

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Hello @WaterfordCC102 – We’ve Got a Day Off – Sort of… Time to Reflect.

What a wonderful first week in (out of) studio. You artists did a wonderful job. Here are some images to reflect back on the week with. Take it easy (no… go out and make more art). Thank you to all the parents and guardians who have supported and encouraged our artists to make art over the summer!

The TALIESIN Field Trip is THURSDAY. We leave at 7:30AM. I hope you all get your monies and permission slips in MONDAY. They need a final count and so do I. Forms are below:

  • Information Sheet HERE
  • Taliesin Hold Harmless Agreement HERE

 

Ok… Now the pictures.

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#It’sTheEndOfTheWeekAsIKnowItAndIFeelFine #Thursday is here! #EdwardHopper Joins Us Today.

Marty's Bacon and Eggs. https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u_ivg773dtc/V3MXPs7xUjI/AAAAAAAALh4/XB3jSfO5_a8V_yUKFLBkmDIOSOJ5pPv_ACKgB/s640/Bacon-and-Eggs_IMG_0822.JPG

“Everything in nature is harmony; a little too much, or else too little, disturbs the scale and makes a false note. One must reach the point of singing true with the pencil or with brush quite as much as with the voice; rightness of forms is like rightness of sounds.” – Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Breakfast at MARTY’s this morning at 8:00 – Who is joining me?

Marty's Breakfast Today! https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/03b6f-bacon-and-eggs_img_0822.jpg
Marty’s Breakfast Today! https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/03b6f-bacon-and-eggs_img_0822.jpg

Field Trip Information to TALIESIN – NEXT WEEK THURSDAY – Final Numbers Monday to Taliesin. Forms Below.

  • Information Sheet HERE
  • Taliesin Hold Harmless Agreement HERE

Develop Craft: Learning to use tools, materials, artistic conventions; and learning to care for tools, materials, and space.

From neighborhoods to nature and now cityscape – downtown – what kinds of challenges have you had in the making of art on the scale, speed, effort that you have in this experience?

Edward Hopper Drug Store: https://i0.wp.com/www.edwardhopper.net/images/paintings/drugstore.jpg
Edward Hopper Drug Store: http://www.edwardhopper.net/images/paintings/drugstore.jpg

Looking at Edward Hopper and the ideas of the architecture in the area – how are you able to (without a ruler) use the ideas of the buildings and space around it to create successful images? Watercolors. 1 – 2 (maybe 3) paintings. Out and about in the downtown area. From Uncle Harry’s to the Bridge and Waterford Dental and then down to the Bill Czaja Insurance Agency – how can you work and take in the space that is in front of you. We will be back again soon. Watercolor paintings.

We’ve got a lot of artwork made this week… what kinds of thoughts have you had about the skills developed, learned, pushed, challenged?

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#Midweek #Humpday #Wednesday and #PleinAir #Art is here! #PaulCezanne too.

Paul Cezanne: Post-Impressionism: http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/paintings-by-paul-cezanne-5.jpg

This Summer is all about: Develop Craft: Learning to use tools, materials, artistic conventions; and learning to care for tools, materials, and space.

Landscapes and simplification of the space – far off space. Looking at the work of Paul Cezanne and the works of the Post-Impressionists – What simplification do we see in the work they have created? Be aware of the breaking up of the space and shapes into a simple fashion, but also consider the ideas of adding details and specific shapes.

Paul Cezanne: Post-Impressionism: http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/paintings-by-paul-cezanne-5.jpg
Paul Cezanne: Post-Impressionism: http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/paintings-by-paul-cezanne-5.jpg

Working out in the wilderness and taking the campground into consideration. Are you looking out at the vast expanse or are you looking close?

How do you enjoy / struggle with the new ideas that you took in today?

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Tuesday #PleinAir, #Downtown with #Mr.Roberts

Richard Diebenkorn, Ocean Park Series: http://www.ocma.net/sites/default/files//Diebenkorn_Ocean%20Park%20105_3.jpg

TALIESIN FIELD TRIP is underway – June 29 from 8:30am – 9:00pm (lunch is with Taliesin folks – Dinner is on our own – BRING SOME CASH for FOOD and GIFT SHOP!)

Vicente at Taliesin in 2016. Plein Air field trip!
Vicente at Taliesin in 2016. Plein Air field trip!

TODAY – June 20 (Happy Birthday Mr. Korb)

Develop Craft: Learning to use tools, materials, artistic conventions; and learning to care for tools, materials, and space.

Richard Diebenkorn (Ocean Park Series) is a good reference as we get things moving today. Simplification of space and shapes. Look for the larger areas first and then move into the smaller spaces. Nothing up close – BIG and HUGE spaces today. Pencil and Watercolors and then Oil Pastels (and Conté) are the mediums of the day. Consider the sense of value contrast as well as the sense of color and shape. We’re looking at a bit of abstraction – this is a challenge.

Richard Diebenkorn, Ocean Park Series: http://www.ocma.net/sites/default/files//Diebenkorn_Ocean%20Park%20105_3.jpg
Richard Diebenkorn, Ocean Park Series: http://www.ocma.net/sites/default/files//Diebenkorn_Ocean%20Park%20105_3.jpg

Sketching out ideas and SIMPLIFY the space. Today we DO NOT WORRY about any sense of ACCURACY and only look at the larger shapes and colors. Start there.

Step back and see what you’ve done – quick end of class look at the entire body of work we’re creating so far. Are you EXPERIMENTING?

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Welcome to #PleinAir #SummerStudio!

American Plein Air Watercolorist Winslow Homer: http://wwwcdn.artistdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/1641.Winslow_5F00_Homer_5F002D005F00_Artists_5F00_Sketching_5F00_in_5F00_the_5F00_White_5F00_Mountains.jpg

Week 1: Mix it Up – Let’s Try a bit of everything Pencil, Pastels (Oil and Soft), Conté, Charcoal, Watercolor, and Acrylic (for those returning).

“Everything in nature is harmony; a little too much, or else too little, disturbs the scale and makes a false note. One must reach the point of singing true with the pencil or with brush quite as much as with the voice; rightness of forms is like rightness of sounds.” – Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

I am really excited to be getting together with you all this summer to do some painting and drawing and making of art outside (plein air). Thank you for enrolling in this summer studio experience. This is all about having fun and experiencing new approaches and ideas. I am well planned for this and there are specific things I do want you to walk away with, so be patient with me and know I have plans. That said… be ABSOLUTELY FREE to try new ideas of your own. None of you are married to a style or technique yet so be ready to make new and exciting work.

G: Develop Craft: Learning to use tools, materials, artistic conventions; and learning to care for tools, materials, and space.

Today we will get out and try a few different mediums. The goal will be to get 4 or 5 works done in the short amount of time we have together. Out in the Environmental Center with pencils, watercolors, colored pencils, oil and soft pastels. Of these… which materials are you most drawn to? Which do you struggle with the most? Watch Mr. Korb for a smidge and then we’re off to the races.

Working outside with no set assignment in mind just 4 – 5 works of art and a variety of materials End with a quick conversation and outline of the rest of the summer.

American Plein Air Watercolorist Winslow Homer: http://wwwcdn.artistdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/1641.Winslow_5F00_Homer_5F002D005F00_Artists_5F00_Sketching_5F00_in_5F00_the_5F00_White_5F00_Mountains.jpg
American Plein Air Watercolorist Winslow Homer: http://wwwcdn.artistdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/1641.Winslow_5F00_Homer_5F002D005F00_Artists_5F00_Sketching_5F00_in_5F00_the_5F00_White_5F00_Mountains.jpg

Conversation around the artworks? Problems? Successes? Solutions? Challenges?

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WUHS 2017 Graduates – Congratulations!

Happy Graduation to ALL the 2017 WUHS Graduates. I was fortunate enough to be the school photographer on Sunday and these are a sampling of the fun and excitement that was had. 4 years (13 years) goes by SO fast. Enjoy each and every day. Enjoy your accomplishments, it is a beautiful day so… Go Make Some Art!

Frank