STUDENT SURVEY is HERE – If you are NOT a student – thanks for ignoring it… unless you have some incredibly nice things to say or suggestions to make.
“Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here. Make. Good. Art.” ~ Neil Gaiman
Advanced Painting: Narrative Painting with RULES!
Last days to paint in OILS! Let’s get this painting DONE!
Amedeo Modigliani – Jeanne Hebuterne, 1919 – Copyright reserved by the Met – used under creative commons for educational use only.
PORTRAIT and STILL LIFE : These terms are STILL here because they are important to know as genres and they are still not being fully understood. You have heard about them and you have listened to the definitions and you are still falling short (in some cases) on the demonstration of understanding. This is the time to fall short. Learning is the process.
Art Foundations: METALS and COLLAGE
Collage and Metals are the LAST Artworks. Metals should be wrapped up straight away at the beginning of the week with a ONE ON ONE crit! Assessed right away.
Collage Assignment is HERE as well. This is a GOOD in between waiting project as well… or a big project in and of itself… let’s see how things play out.
Advanced Digital art and Photography: Photography and Photoshop
We have modified and simplified the assignment a bit. The time just got away from us.
STUDENT SURVEY is HERE – If you are NOT a student – thanks for ignoring it… unless you have some incredibly nice things to say or suggestions to make.
What’s the surgeon general have to say about social media and kiddos? It falls in line with my frustrations about the cell phones in class. Maybe it’s worth a read.
If people only knew how hard I work to gain my mastery. It wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all. ― Michelangelo
Advanced Painting: Narrative Painting with RULES!
What do you need to do this week to make HUGE PROGRESS in the final work of your Advanced Painting Experience? The assignment is FIGURATIVE PAINTING remember and you are making stories in the work. You have SYMBOLS and IMAGERY that stands for and represents a lot of stuff.
PORTRAIT and STILL LIFE : These terms will be here because they are important to know as genres and they are still not being fully understood. You have heard about them and you have listened to the definitions and you are still falling short (in some cases) on the demonstration of understanding. This is the time to fall short. Learning is the process.
Art Foundations: METALS and COLLAGE
Collage is a really important part of the art tradition and we do not have the time to fully do it justice. Please continue to work on the collages as you are waiting for metals supplies to free up and you can work on the jewelry project. This is your opportunity to make an artwork (again) about something important to you!
NATURE is the motif and you are all working towards an understanding of techniques. Black and white images are the final goal for the metals work and the nature will show through. Know about the techniques and LISTEN to the process so that we can have success in it all.
Collage Assignment is HERE as well. This is a GOOD in between waiting project as well… or a big project in and of itself… let’s see how things play out.
Advanced Digital art and Photography: Book Making and InDesign
We will take a look at the larger idea in the assignment and then leave it up to you to decide how you want to go about making a series of works and inserting them into a BOOK! The process is complicated and you are in need of focus and attention to the time. Studio habits are essential and I know that you have got the skills. Day 1 is an in depth dive into InDesign, the rest is on you.
Introduction to Digital Art and Photography: Animation on your own.
Animation – What are your plans for this? We have learned a little about the process in Adobe Animate and NOW is the time to really see what we can do. Look at the ideas that we have seen in the television intros from last week and see how you might consider your ideas and interests in this work. What kind of animation do you want to attempt?
CELL PHONES: I am tired of them being the source of distraction. Put them away in your backpacks or somewhere you will not reach for them. If it is the course of work time and you need to make a photograph or listen to music – FINE. No social media or other distractions though… it has really cut into the time.
Rutgers–New Brunswick conducts first-ever classroom experimental study connecting in-class cellphone use with lower test scores – click HERE to read the article. Click HERE to read the study.
Advanced Painting: Narrative Painting with RULES!
Alex Bradley Cohen and Alberto Aguilar in Collaboration at the Art Institute of Chicago
What are you doing in the final painting that is telling a story? How are you finding ways to attain all the goals and requirements that have been set up? What do you find the most challenging in this work? This is it folks – we have worked hard to learn new materials and refresh our memories on previously learned tasks… what are you doing to make the most of it?
PORTRAIT and STILL LIFE : These terms will be here because they are important to know as genres and they are still not being fully understood. You have heard about them and you have listened to the definitions and you are still falling short (in some cases) on the demonstration of understanding. This is the time to fall short. Learning is the process.
Art Foundations: METALS and COLLAGE
NATURE is the motif and you are all working towards an understanding of techniques. Black and white images are the final goal for the metals work and the nature will show through. Know about the techniques and LISTEN to the process so that we can have success in it all.
Collage Assignment is HERE as well. This is a GOOD in between waiting project as well… or a big project in and of itself… let’s see how things play out.
Advanced Digital art and Photography: Book Making and InDesign
We will take a look at the larger idea in the assignment and then leave it up to you to decide how you want to go about making a series of works and inserting them into a BOOK! The process is complicated and you are in need of focus and attention to the time. Studio habits are essential and I know that you have got the skills. Day 1 is an in depth dive into InDesign, the rest is on you.
Introduction to Digital Art and Photography: Animation on your own.
Animation – What are your plans for this? We have learned a little about the process in Adobe Animate and NOW is the time to really see what we can do. Look at the ideas that we have seen in the television intros from last week and see how you might consider your ideas and interests in this work. What kind of animation do you want to attempt?
You are doing GREAT work THUS FAR… we are going to take a moment to look at the work with everyone to discuss the ideas that we are moving forward with. This is ALSO going to be the PLANNING STAGE of our work. RUBRIC IT!
I am leaving last weeks image up below because it is 1) GREAT and 2) we didn’t talk much about it. THIS WEEK we have already begun on the canvas!
TOP: Collage for President Elect, 1960-61. Cropped poster, magazine clippings, and mixed media, 14 1/2 x 23 13/16 inches. Collection of the artist.
BOTTOM: President Elect, 1960-61/1964. Oil on Masonite, 7 feet 5 3/4 inches x 12 feet. Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne/Centre de Création Industrielle, Paris. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Motif is a new term that we are going to work with in this artwork! The idea of a common theme and idea running through the entire piece to help create a sense of unity. According to the TATE: Motif can also refer to the subject of the artwork. The phrase ‘to paint from the motif’ arose in the context of impressionism, meaning to paint on the spot.
Planning and Design are you. Make sure you are staying in the spirit of the school – inclusion and education. This is going to be PRINTED and delivered so… you hard work will be in the hands of hundreds of people! Exciting!
Introduction to Digital Art and Photography: BOOK DESIGN and Animation!
Animation – You are working on learning this as much as I am. I hope that the videos are helping out. This week is going to be using the techniques we have learned and making them your own. Scrap all we did in the last 15 minutes (or continue them with the rest of the week) and move ahead with the following instructions.
THIS WEEK – DUE FRIDAY – we are going to work on GRADIENTS and then we will spend the WEEK coming up with our OWN Animation that deals with:
a BACKGROUND, drawn or photographed
Foreground that is either in front of the moving object (like the water) OR is behind the moving object (like a road under a car)
An object that moves through the space, on a guideline so there is up and down or back and forth movement AND had an orientation to the line
Has GRADIENT in the colors
AND has movement within the object that moves or elsewhere in the image…
USE THE VIDEOS and USE ONE ANOTHER to choose what you are going to be doing.
Advanced Painting: Mark Tansey and Narrative Painting.
NEW WORK that is going to TELL A STORY. There are a LOT of aspects to this work – and coming up with the composition is just a part of it. Think about the canvas and what you are going to do to make it. Remember – this Narrative work based on the works of Mark Tansey AND Alex Bradley Cohen, and William H. Johnson
Alex Bradley CohenIn the Studio, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 14 x 18 inches
Intro to Painting: Canvas Building – One of Mr. Korb’s FAVORITE THINGS TO TEACH!
We are finishing up the intro to ACRYLIC CANVASES and begin on the canvas! Make sure you are PREPPED and PREPARED to go!
TOP: Collage for President Elect, 1960-61. Cropped poster, magazine clippings, and mixed media, 14 1/2 x 23 13/16 inches. Collection of the artist.
BOTTOM: President Elect, 1960-61/1964. Oil on Masonite, 7 feet 5 3/4 inches x 12 feet. Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne/Centre de Création Industrielle, Paris. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Planning and Design are you. Make sure you are staying in the spirit of the school – inclusion and education. This is going to be PRINTED and delivered so… you hard work will be in the hands of hundreds of people! Exciting!
MEASUREMENTS ARE IMPORTANT!
Introduction to Digital Art and Photography: BOOK DESIGN and Animation!
Animation is STILL new to Mr. Korb. Let’s continue to learn what we are doing and move forward with this project. This is an introduction to it and a learning opportunity for us all. We may walk out with a great set of skills OR we may fall flat on our faces with this. Whatever we do… it is going to be a LEARNING OPPORTUNITY for us all!
Advanced Painting: UNIQUE Shaped Canvas and MARK TANSEY Narrative painting
We have a lot going on right now. Finishing up the assignment below AND looking forward to the next painting. This Narrative work based on the works of Mark Tansey AND Alex Bradley Cohen, and William H. Johnson
Planning and Design are you. Make sure you are staying in the spirit of the school – inclusion and education. This is going to be PRINTED and delivered so… you hard work will be in the hands of hundreds of people! Exciting!
Introduction to Digital Art and Photography: BOOK DESIGN and Animation!
Animation is NEW TO MR. KORB! This is going to be an introduction to it and a learning opportunity fo rus all. We may walk out with a great set of skills OR we may fall flat on our faces with this. Whatever we do… it is going to be a LEARNING OPPORTUNITY for us all!
What is your goal for the week? What are you doing with the techniques. Now that we are starting full force… let’s take some time to talk with one another and discuss the ideas. A round table conversation artists.
Intro to Painting: GENRES in ACRYLICS
Gillian Carnegie at the Tate and a still life. Maybe not in acrylic but it is one of the genres that we are studying. How are you doing? What are the techniques that you are using in the work SO FAR?
Have we looked at the planning stages? If not – let’s look at the rubric and do that day one of week 4.
ACRYLICS are upon us and we are going to be exploring the techniques they have to offer.
Art Foundations: Jean Michel Basquiat. Neo-expressionism and COLOR.
Before we begin the color unit – we are going to read this lesson on Jean Michele Basquiat and become experts. Then we are going to share our expertise. Get ready to be a pro!
Advanced Digital art and Photography: How are you doing with the POSTERS? Ai? InDesign?
David Klein – Poster Designer – What period of posters was he from? This is the last week we are working on these posters – where are you in the process?
Friday – PHOTOGRAPHY and InDesign to learn how to plan a book.
Ted Orland – Quarantine Book PDF – Available for purchase – let me know if you are interested and I’ll get you information. It is important to support our artists! tno.magcloud.com
Introduction to Digital Art and Photography: BOOK DESIGN and Adobe Illustrator
Let’s Look HERE and see how they did it! How are WE? HERE is OUR assignment.
This is the LAST WEEK and then onto Logo design (or animation???) Let’s see where we go from here.
Advanced Painting: UNIQUE Shaped Canvas and we begin with OIL PAINTS.
Beginning in OILS. Technique and Process. This is where we begin folks! The techniques are VERY different than gouache… make sure you are using a variety of these techniques.
ACRYLICS are upon us and we are going to be exploring the techniques they have to offer.
Sonia Delaunay Electric Prisms 1913
Orphism (1912–13): Coined by the French poet and art critic Guillaume Apollinaire. The name comes from the musician Orpheus in ancient Greek myths, as Apollinaire thought that painting should be like music. Main artists Robert Delaunay and Sonia Delaunay also used the term simultanism to describe their work of this period.
Week of PAINTING! This is about TECHNIQUE as well as considering the ideas of TECHNIQUES. Make sure you are paying CLOSE ATTENTION to the techniques and the final product. FOCUS on the work!
Art Foundations: Still Life and Drawing – PRACTICE your VALUES!
Play a little faster than 1x
The STILL LIFE is upon us and the DRAWINGS have begun. What is the stage you see yourself at?
Remember that we are using values that range from 0 – 10! We are also using all of the mark making techniques we have learned about: Shading (modeling / chiaroscuro), Hatching and Cross Hatching, Stippling, and Scumbling.
Advanced Painting: Constructing our UNIQUE Shaped Canvas and working in OILS with FIGURATIVE WORK! – REMEMBER the THEME OF THE SEMESTER – DIFFERENCES!
How have you chosen to go about making your ground and then constructing the shape. The approach is UNIQUE to YOU and the FIGURE needs to be included into the idea of the composition. Keep that in mind.
We are going to create our own composition and then break it down to these steps. The SPHERES are a GREAT way to learn the PROCESS and TECHNIQUES AND you ALSO need to develop the process and techniques of developing strong compositions.
What GENRE have you chosen and what is your PLANNING for the process. There are a million ways to begin this and the ideas are ALL UP TO YOU!
Art Foundations: The Still Life is SO WIDE OPEN – Literally in our compositions!
Remember that we are using values that range from 0 – 10! We are also using all of the mark making techniques we have learned about: Shading (modeling / chiaroscuro), Hatching and Cross Hatching, Stippling, and Scumbling.
Poster Design is upon us! We all see them, use them, love them or hate them. We are going to talk about MAKING them. There is a great history of the poster – and who knows where it is headed. Think about the moving posters of today’s digital age… Incredible work. Let’s dig in and see how they have developed and communicated messages that affect us all.
MILTON GLASER Article HERE… This is GOOD TO READ! – Let’s Read it ALOUD in class – this should only take a minute or 5.
Introduction to Digital Art and Photography: BOOK DESIGN and Adobe Illustrator
ACRYLICS are upon us and we are going to be exploring the techniques they have to offer. This is AFTER Spring Break AND there is some thinking you are going to have to do while you are away.
We are going to create our own composition and then break it down to these steps. The SPHERES are a GREAT way to learn the PROCESS and TECHNIQUES AND you ALSO need to develop the process and techniques of developing strong compositions. SO…
Landscape
Still Life
Floral
THE ABOVE are your options – AND we are going to walk through this all together DAY 1 with a COLLAGE and SURFACE (GROUND) TREATMENT!
Art Foundations: Welcome back to Space, Form, Value
The STILL LIFE is upon us – almost. We are going to continue to develop the ideas together and WALK through the idea of an OPEN COMPOSITION so that we can also work on TECHNIQUES. Make sure you have YOUR OBJECTS!
What should go into the poster? What kind of information? What kind of imagery? What kind of design… Let’s look a bit more at the HISTORY of posters and Milton Glaser… one of the ALL TIME BEST and MOST INFLUENTIAL.
Poster Design is upon us! We all see them, use them, love them or hate them. We are going to talk about MAKING them. There is a great history of the poster – and who knows where it is headed. Think about the moving posters of today’s digital age… Incredible work. Let’s dig in and see how they have developed and communicated messages that affect us all.
Art With Korb 
