Category: Visual Examples

Examples from the board or from the class.

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#FRIDAY! #Homecoming Week is UP!

“Advice about your paintings is difficult. As I said before, I cannot interest myself in whether they will pass juries or not. More paintings have been spoiled during the process of their making, through such considerations, than the judgements of juries are worth.” Robert Henri

Monday 2017 Patriotic Day
Thursday 2017 Blast from the Past Day
Wednesday 2017 Class Colors Day
Tuesday 2017 MisMatch Day
Friday 2017 WUHS Spirit Day
  • HOMECOMING PEP ASSEMBLY – 9/29/17 – 1:30
  • 1                  7:25-8:00
  • 2                  8:05-8:40
  • 3                  8:45-9:20
  • 4                  9:25-10:00
  • 6                  10:05-10:40
  • 5A Lunch      10:40-11:10
  • 5B Lunch       11:10-11:40
  • 5C Lunch      11:40-12:10
  • 5A Class        10:45-11:10
  • 5AB Class      10:45-11:40
  • 5BC Class      11:15-12:10
  • 5C Class        11:45-12:10
  • 7                  12:15-12:50
  • 8                  12:55-1:30
  • ASSEMBLY     1:35-2:46

Drawing: How did you feel about the Critique? What worked? What didn’t?

1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design A: Biggest struggles with the ideas of collage? What are they? Has this changed your outlook on making art?

Book Pages as the ground for artwork: http://design-milk.com/images/2013/10/book-pages-art-600×711.jpg

New thoughts on TODAY’s progress. Give 2 and SHARE THEM with your classmates

Studio Art 360: Sketchbooks and Copper

3.1P: Apply relevant criteria from traditional and contemporary cultural contexts to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for works of art and design in progress.

Final thoughts on the metal bas-relief work you have created. Work through the lower portion of the self-evaluation and then the front of the rubric. N: Wrap up the bas-relief. A: What is the most successful aspect of your bas relief copper plate?

Laurie C. Bas Relief: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ec/8a/84/ec8a84e699814a84e589602b826359b1.jpg

AP Studio Art: GRIT – How’s Yours?

1.2Ad: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices, following or breaking established conventions, to plan the making of multiple works of art and design based on a theme, idea, or concept. A: This is it! What can you do to wrap up this assignment today (or this weekend)?

Angela Duckworth GRIT

Well… what do you need to do?

Freakonimics

Angela Duckworth

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#BlastFromThePast – #HomecomingWeek

“Advice about your paintings is difficult. As I said before, I cannot interest myself in whether they will pass juries or not. More paintings have been spoiled during the process of their making, through such considerations, than the judgements of juries are worth.” Robert Henri

Drawing: Mid Critique and the RUBRIC!

3.1Ac: Engage in constructive critique with peers, then reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art and design in response to personal artistic vision.

What do you feel about talking aloud when it comes to other’s works? What are your thoughts about why you may be apprehensive or confident when discussing other individual’s work? MID CRIT and Talk about the RUBRIC: MID CRITIQUE even if the IDEAS are only visible – SUMMATIVE evaluations with RUBRIC that looks at the NVAS. 

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Art School Critique: http://escapingartist.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Art-School-Crit.jpg

What are skills you might carry into the next artwork – or artworks down the road?

Studio Art 360: Copper Plate Stain

1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.

What do you feel you need to do to FINISH  the work you are creating today? Adding a stain tomorrow to make the color help the relief more visible.

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Copper Plate and the Bas Relief: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/17/f3/24/17f3242446fc9dcbedf64b767222bc0b.jpg

Did you have any struggles today? What are things that you might use in the process that you see as helpful in the idea of making art in the future? What about skills you have developed this year that will help outside of the art room?

AP Studio Art: GRIT – Do you HAVE it?

1.2Ad: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices, following or breaking established conventions, to plan the making of multiple works of art and design based on a theme, idea, or concept.

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GRIT: https://getlighthouse.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Grit-definition.jpg

Two more days in class on GRIT. What are you doing to create a narrative about the ideas of grit? Have you needed to relisten to the story?

Freakonomics GRIT story.

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Mark Tansey – Closing off the Caves at Lascaux France? http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/features/polsky/Images/polsky5-5-7.jpg

How are you doing? What are you working on that demonstrates GRIT?

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Welcome to Wednesday – No Korb Hurray! :(

“Advice about your paintings is difficult. As I said before, I cannot interest myself in whether they will pass juries or not. More paintings have been spoiled during the process of their making, through such considerations, than the judgements of juries are worth.” Robert Henri

Yearbook: Writing Captions and Lead Story

Writing for the yearbook requires a special approach to make it successful. The following slideshow and worksheets will help you work through the steps and challenges that are in front of you for Captions and the Lead Story.

Caption slideshow HERE.

Worksheets will be handed out.

Worksheet and lessons for Story Lead / Quote / Transition Writing PDF Here.

Drawing: WORK DAY!

1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.

What ideas are you looking to use as the idea of collage, drawing, text, texture, and books are brought together?

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Paper and books as the stuff art is made of: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/bb/64/df/bb64df465e5f5b0f434a36c185d67bad–stair-art-ink-drawings.jpg

Have you improved your ART MAKING skills over the first artwork?

Studio Art 360: Sketchbook WEDNESDAY!

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

Open your sketchbook – use a ruler (or not) and demonstrate your understanding of using a VANISHING POINT, HORIZON LINE, and SHAPES to create a sense of SPACE – GO! N: Sketchbook weekly drawings – PERSPECTIVE.

TODAY’S ASSIGNMENT – Shapes: Let’s consider how we can use SHAPE to help define the idea of FORM and SPACE. Following along – let’s start to talk about 1 Point Perspective and then REALLY quickly move into the ideas of 2 Point Perspective. Boxes, windows, doors, roofs… what else can you draw using perspective.

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Boxes in White with pencil. Perspective: http://img08.deviantart.net/9d0e/i/2011/265/b/6/3_pt_perspective_study_by_candyrobot-d4akcyx.jpg

Challenges and struggles? Are you going to take it home and REFINE it?

AP Studio Art:

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Grit: http://gritineducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/grit.png

1.2Ad: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices, following or breaking established conventions, to plan the making of multiple works of art and design based on a theme, idea, or concept.

Ideas? Please share your ideas with your neighbors.

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Mark Tansey and his gathering of images: http://www.clarkgoldsberry.com/uploads/7/4/3/0/7430824/screen-shot-2017-03-14-at-10-31-10-pm_orig.png

Day 3 is over – how did your ideas go? How are you pushing through the challenges that have been put in front of you? Your GRIT is helpful.

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#Homecoming #Tuesday at #WUHS

“Advice about your paintings is difficult.  As I said before, I cannot interest myself in whether they will pass juries or not. More paintings have been spoiled during the process of their making, through such considerations, than the judgements of juries are worth.” Robert Henri: Artist / Teacher

Mr. Korb and Ms. Smith – MisMatch Day – WUHS 2017

Drawing: Remember the MID CRIT on THURSDAY

3.1Ac: Engage in constructive critique with peers, then reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art and design in response to personal artistic vision.

When you think about the work in front of you, what are 3 things that you see as being challenges you are facing at this point?

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Using a book as the ground… how are you working with that? https://i.pinimg.com/736x/17/51/0d/17510d801e1a40015a9fe36ed3da42d4–blackout-poetry-art-journals.jpg

We’ve wrapped up a strong day of drawing – oil pastels, soft pastels, compositional design, collage… what is one thing you see as a strong accomplishment in the process today?

Studio Art 360: Bas Relief and Swapping Sketchbook Tuesday this week

1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.

What do you feel you need to do in order to be focused and intentional in the work you are creating? One aspect of this work is to know that the marks you are making are permanent – cannot be taken out – one and done. How do you work with the mistakes that you might make?

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Bas Relief and Stained image – Copper Relief. https://img07.deviantart.net/556c/i/2010/158/8/9/seahorse_copper_tooling_by_coelacanthh.jpg

How do you feel about the process that you went through today in the making of you bas-relief metal work?

AP Studio Art: GRIT! Mark Tansey and IMAGES.

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Mark Tansey A Short History of Modernist Painting 1982: https://uploads6.wikiart.org/images/mark-tansey/a-short-history-of-modernist-painting-1982.jpg

1.2Ad: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices, following or breaking established conventions, to plan the making of multiple works of art and design based on a theme, idea, or concept.

What are your first few ideas from the PODCAST? What was challenging about listening to and coming up with ideas from the story? Will you subscribe to FREAKONOMICS? We’re sending this project off the John at the show.

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Grit and John Wayne: https://www.listenmoneymatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/grit-corrected-2.png

What have you come up with today? How are your ideas moving forward into the FINAL ARTWORK? Materials?

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#Week4 and it is #Homecoming Week

Robert Henri Painting: http://www.hopesingssobeautiful.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Intro.Henri_.4.jpg
Robert Henri Painting: http://www.hopesingssobeautiful.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Intro.Henri_.4.jpg

“Advice about your paintings is difficult.  As I said before, I cannot interest myself in whether they will pass juries or not. More paintings have been spoiled during the process of their making, through such considerations, than the judgements of juries are worth.” – Robert Henri – Artist / Art Teacher

Welcome to Homecoming Week. I will be donning my costumes for the week – will you? Lots of artwork coming due this and next week. Let’s keep up the hard work and make ourselves proud. You guys have worked hard and are learning the process behind making art. Keep working! – Mr. Korb

Drawing: Books and Observation

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

How are you going to move forward with the work in front of you? What sorts of ideas are you going to use to resolve on the collage?

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Drawing on Book Pages: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/d9/da/77/d9da77d4b8581266b4092d77e8351464–i-love-books-good-books.jpg

What is the progression forward with the work? How did you LEARN from the critique last Friday?

Studio Art 360: Copper Bas-Relief

1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.

How satisfied are you with your 5” x 5” design? Do you see new and unique ways to make lines and be more aware of the marks that you are making in the art that you are making?

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Cooper Bas-Relief: http://www.personne-et-les-autres.be/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/SAMMY-BALOJI_2.jpg

Wednesday and Thursday we are wrapping up the pressing of the design and then the inking / painting / staining of the final work. Two things you are struggling with… why?

AP Studio Art: GRIT!

1.2Ad: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices, following or breaking established conventions, to plan the making of multiple works of art and design based on a theme, idea, or concept.

What is GRIT? Conversation with your classmates. Then… HAND OUT Rubrics to SELF EVALUATE TONIGHT for TOMORROW. Then… http://freakonomics.com/podcast/grit/ 

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Grit: https://cdn.psychologytoday.com/sites/default/files/field_blog_entry_images/2017-08/grit-success-workthrough-it.jpg

What is GRIT: Yellow Sticky Notes.

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#Welcome to #Parent’sDay at #WUHS

If you didn’t know about my daily website (the starting and ending page in class) please jump on board and subscribe to the site. Welcome to Parent’s Day in the Art Studio. Drawing, Studio Art 360, Yearbook, and AP Studio Art fill my day and making, learning the theories of, the history behind art is what we are focusing on. Zentangles and Copper Bas Relief Sculptures, Hands and Feet, Still Life, and Theme are directions the courses are headed. Enjoy your time and send me your feedback at fkorb@waterforduhs.us. Enjoy your day! – Frank Korb

“Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightening to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself.” Chuck Close

Drawing: The Still Life has Fallen! Yikes!

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

What do you need to do TODAY? To get it good and started? To make changes based on the issues we have in front of us? Are you ready to add color, texture, images to the book pages?

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WHAT HAPPENED? An opportunity for CHANGE!

G: What needs doing? Passes? Come in to keep working and get ahead? What do you need to do?

Studio Art 360: Zentangles and Bas Relief Sculptures

1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.

What do you feel you need to do in order to be focused and intentional in the work you are creating? One aspect of this work is to know that the marks you are making are permanent – cannot be taken out – one and done. How do you work with the mistakes that you might make?

 

How do you feel about the process that you went through today in the making of you bas-relief metal work?

AP Studio Art: Hands and Feet – in the style of the Masters

1.2Ad: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices, following or breaking established conventions, to plan the making of multiple works of art and design based on a theme, idea, or concept.

This is our last day in the studio to work. What are you planning on doing to get this done for the hour (or are you taking this home to resolve over the weekend)?

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Michelangelo’s hand studies:http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ulXnqRrDzJw/TK178fx83MI/AAAAAAAAAWI/qKA8MFPnpGA/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/Michelangelo-2.jpg

As you wrapped this up (or did you) what are you please with in the use of your materials and subject matter

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#Thursday. One More day and then #Weekend #StudioTime

“Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightening to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself.” Chuck Close

Thursday is here and the work is coming along. I have strong hopes that as the year progresses you are able to see the work you are creating as an important part of all that you do. Some of you, making art is essential to your day, for some of you it is an hour in the day. Let’s make it worth your while and essential to your day! Mr. Korb

Drawing: Book pages and Book Drawing

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

What do you need to do TODAY? Hurry to get it done – BUT WELL! Can you add color, texture, images to the book pages?

What needs doing? Passes? Come in to finish? Take home?

Studio Art 360: Zentangles, Pattern, and Animals

1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.

How satisfied are you with your 5” x 5” design? Do you see new and unique ways to make lines and be more aware of the marks that you are making in the art that you are making?

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Great Pattern and Texture in a Bas Relief Copper Sculpture: https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/copper-relief-10029926.jpg

Wednesday and Thursday we are wrapping up the pressing of the design and then the inking / painting / staining of the final work. Two things you are struggling with… why?

AP Studio Art: Hands and Feet, and the FORM too!

1.2Ad: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices, following or breaking established conventions, to plan the making of multiple works of art and design based on a theme, idea, or concept.

What are you looking to do with your drawing today that you began yesterday. Conte on Brown Paper – White, Black, Sanguine? What’s the plan? N: Refer to yesterday and think about the instructions – how are you doing?

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Van Gogh? Rembrandt? Michaelangelo? I am not 100% sure. https://i.pinimg.com/736x/96/b5/43/96b5430339af0c62c3cf9a3171b56ab8–van-gogh-drawings-hand-drawings.jpg

Tomorrow is the last day in studio to work – what do you need to do to prepare for a weekend of work (if you need it)?

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#Welcome back to the #Studio – Almost a full week – #LateStart #Wednesday

“Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightening to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself.” Chuck Close

What a great week we had last week. Artists are making themselves comfortable in the studio, figuring out who they are, what skills they have, where they might be struggling, What they like and dislike. This week is going to be a VERY SOLID week of work. Critiques, New Ideas, New Materials, New Challenges will be faced by all. Be ready to work and make a lot of strides in your work. – Korb

Field Trip to Art Expo Chicago: Click HERE to see more images.

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Drawing: Ground for the Drawing – Sketching it up.

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

How are you going to move forward with the work in front of you? What sorts of ideas are you going to use to resolve as a collage?

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Anselm Kieffert: Using the book as a subject matter: https://d1inegp6v2yuxm.cloudfront.net/royal-academy/image/upload/c_limit,f_auto,w_1200/g7q5smgvt1e8os2i1kvd.jpg

What is the progression forward with the work? What are your thoughts as we move forward in this work?

Studio Art 360: Bas Relief DESIGN

1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.

How satisfied are you with your 5” x 5” design? Do you see new and unique ways to make lines and be more aware of the marks that you are making in the art that you are making?

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BAs Relief – HIGH END – Not exactly what our work will look like – but BALANCE and Symmetrical: https://img0.etsystatic.com/055/0/10388108/il_570xN.728983156_bbdf.jpg

We will be working these ideas into copper this week – what do you need to do to finalize your designs?

AP Studio Art: CRITIQUE

3.1Ac: Engage in constructive critique with peers, then reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art and design in response to personal artistic vision.

What do you feel about talking aloud when it comes to other’s works? What are your thoughts about why you may be apprehensive or confident when discussing other individual’s work?

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What were 3 things that you took away from today’s crit?

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Where Does #MrKorb go all the time?

 

I’m in CHICAGO today with the AP Studio Artists and we are looking at THOUSANDS of artworks from all around the world. This gathering of Contemporary Art (maybe some Modern) is called Expo Chicago – the Mid-West’s largest and most important art show of the year. I hope you can make it down there this weekend to see the work. I’ll be back tomorrow – see you then.

Mr. Korb

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

Drawing: Still Life – TAKE YOUR TIME

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.

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Anselm Kiefer and the idea of using BOOKS as the subject matter. https://italianintransito.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/anselm-kiefer-naglfar.jpg

I trust that you can BEGIN on the FINAL DRAWING – maybe assembling the collage of book pages – and we are going to WORK today.

Open your handbook to page 10 and respond to the following questions: How have you achieved success today? Name 3 things on page 10 in the handbook.

Studio Art 360: Zentangle, Sol LeWitt, Animals

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

How successful did you feel with your ZENTANGLE designs from yesterday?

Remember to glance past these examples from last year – HERE.

SPECIAL NOTE: Today you are going to find an animal or flower ONLINE and use that image for an inside the ZENTANGLE design you started yesterday. Use the drawing you came up with yesterday and then combine it with a new animal or flower. I have examples that you will look at in a moment. This is going to become a COPPER PLATE BAS RELIEF drawing that will be worked up – you need to FOCUS. I am NOT WORRIED!

Open your handbook to page 10 and respond to the following questions: Well now – what were THREE things you were SUCCESSFUL with or that you STRUGGLED with?

AP Studio Art: I really miss you today!

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.

As a body / concentration of works, what have you found as interesting, worthwhile for 1) YOU to create and 2) the audience to sit and look at? 3) Holding it together as an intense study of the topic?

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This can be SIMPLE BLACK and WHITE. Don’t get LOST in the details all the time. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1c/36/5e/1c365e21960f7905351d60fea2dd789f.jpg

Monday is the critique – what are things you need to do to FINISH the PROJECT? Lots of DRAWINGS!

 

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#MidWeek and we’re #MakingArt in the #Studio

Thanks for a great day while I was gone yesterday. I hope you got a lot accomplished. Today in all our classes it is a good time to reflect on the tasks that got done and where we go from here. Rubrics, expectations, plans are all a part of the process we are going through as artists. Where are you in the journey?

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

Drawing: Develop the Collage and then the DRAWING up on / from that.

3.1Ac: Engage in constructive critique with peers, then reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art and design in response to personal artistic vision.

As you have worked through the thumbnails,what have you been struggling with? Successful with. Write this out in three or four sentences. Why?

Questions to Ask When Talking / Writing About Art HERE

Now that we have started with the LARGE – FINISHED DRAWING – What are your successes in the drawing and the process?

Studio Art 360: Critique on Sketchbook and then Sol LeWitt – AND the next work of art.

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

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

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Animal in Copper: Design your animal based on a visual image you have found online. Let’s focus on LINE (we’re getting good with that). https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/d4/85/1a/d4851a03cfa14bb5c5e65d41d1e8ecfa.jpg

What type of balance have you chosen to use? What are three reasons you chose this direction to go with?

RUBRIC in HANDBOOK – Let’s START with the SELF-EVALUATION of YESTERDAY’S Sketchbook Assignment.

AP Studio Art: WORK on the 25.

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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An apple – MANY TIMES an apple. https://i.pinimg.com/736x/03/9a/f6/039af69ef1869814340031fb81990f6c.jpg

As you look at the BODY of the works – what is TYING THEM TOGETHER? How do we see this as a series that is CLEARLY ties together?