Category: Visual Examples

Examples from the board or from the class.

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Getting to #Work on #Art and #Reflecting on the #Progress OF the Art.

“Unless you have a definite, precise, clearly set goals, you are not going to realize the maximum potential that lies within you.” — Zig Ziglar

Painting and Advanced Painting: Collage Social Commentary 

Charles Demuth (Bio): http://www.tfaoi.com/am/3am/3am169.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What did TAPING the paper down to the board help with last week?

Reflection / Evaluation: What 2 things did you get done today that helped you move the ideas of SOCIAL C OMMENTARY forward in your design ideas? Be VERY specific in the tasks you accomplished.

Studio Art 360:Sketchbooks – BRING CARDBOARD FOR TOMORROW!

Minimalist Sculpture TONY SMITH: 1964, http://www.moma.org/collection_images/resized/128/w500h420/CRI_229128.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.2P: Explain how traditional and non-traditional materials may impact human health and the environment and demonstrate safe handling of materials, tools, and equipment.
  • What challenges do you see about the process of building a cardboard sculpture of a pyramid, cube or cylinder?

Reflection / Evaluation:  What was the most difficult part of the building process today for YOU? How can you use those challenges to develop your skills?

AP Studio Art: Bag of Objects. How is your first CONCENTRATION going?

Pastel? You? http://www.artistsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/64-uart-paper.jpg

Goals:

  • 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

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

Assignment ONLINE – Google Document – SHARE WITH ME at fkorb@waterforduhs.k12.wi.us! DUE ON FRIDAY. CLICK HERE FOR A GOOD EXAMPLE. READ THE BRIEF BLOG POST! Where do you see yourself artistically now, where in 5 Years?  WE ARE USING THIS NEXT MONDAY ON THE AP WEBSITE! WOO HOO!

Drawing: Group of Objects – Scale, Composition, VALUE! STEP BACK from your drawing and REFLECT!

MORANDI: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f-jjIfjcnuA/ToJb1gf2UgI/AAAAAAAAAVM/AeO7cIo-KIA/s1600/GM1.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
  • How are you defining the edges of forms DIFFERENTLY now than you have in the past?

Reflection / Evaluation:  Have you improved your drawings skills over the past few days? What do you feel you will be able to improve on regarding the skills you have currently?

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Let’s Get #SERIOUS this week – #ArtSchool is IN SESSION!

“Unless you have a definite, precise, clearly set goals, you are not going to realize the maximum potential that lies within you.” — Zig Ziglar

Let’s Look at GOAL SETTING… https://studentsuccess.unc.edu/files/2012/10/iStock_000009376848Small3.jpg

Painting and Advanced Painting: Watercolors and You – Social Commentary and Collage

Jean Lacy (BIO) – Social Commentary Collage: http://www.southernspaces.org/sites/default/files/images/2015/rowell-002-cover2-lg.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What challenges did you have with the watercolors last week when it came to OBSERVATION of the REAL WORLD around you?

Reflection / Evaluation: What are 5 images you gathered today that say something about you? Consider the materials WE have in the Art Studio… magazines that may or may not have ANY interest to you. If you have materials that YOU can bring in… please do so. Rely on YOURSELF and not just the stuff Korb brings. If you do not supply images for yourself – DO NOT COMPLAIN that there are NO IMAGES YOU CAN USE.

Studio Art 360:Sketchbooks – BRING CARDBOARD FOR TOMORROW!

Tony Smith Sculpture… THIS IS OUR DESTINATION… Different than previous years sculptures. http://www.cornermark.com/images/cubi1.gif

Goals:

  • 10.1P: Document the process of developing ideas from early stages to fully elaborated ideas.
  • What is the difference between shape and form? There are a FEW OTHER terms we are going to cover in our textbook – terms that help up TALK about art.

Reflection / Evaluation: What is the strongest part of your sketchbook assignment that you created today? Filling out the Sketchbook Grading Sheet on the RIGHT SIDE of the GOALS Page… Use the ART TERMS you know. 

AP Studio Art: Bag of Objects. How is your first CONCENTRATION going?

How are you working on your ideas? Sketches in pencil and charcoal and watercolors and acrylic? Anything else? http://vincentmademedothis.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/01_04_making_marks_using_charcoal.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
  • Five parts to this weeks project (DUE ON MONDAY). What are you most comfortable with? Pencil, Charcoal, Pastel, or Paint? Why?

Reflection / Evaluation: What materials have you used today? How are the projects coming along?

Assignment ONLINE – Google Document – SHARE WITH ME at fkorb@waterforduhs.k12.wi.us! DUE ON FRIDAY. CLICK HERE FOR A GOOD EXAMPLE. READ THE BRIEF BLOG POST! Where do you see yourself artistically now, where in 5 Years?  WE ARE USING THIS NEXT MONDAY ON THE AP WEBSITE! WOO HOO!

Drawing: Group of Objects – Scale, Composition, VALUE!

Yet another Morandi: http://www.moma.org/collection_images/resized/526/w500h420/CRI_167526.jpg MoMA: http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=4079

Goals:

  • 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
  • What are your biggest accomplishments as you worked last week? Where are the three successful aspects of the still life? What are the aspects that are not successful yet? Identify with your neighbor the absolute black, absolute white, and 3 different levels of grey.

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

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#Friday and #ArtMaking in the #Studio! #YEAH!

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

Folder: Everyone – Page 30. Let’s talk about Artists Habit of Mind.

Painting and Advanced Painting: Watercolor! PAINT! Get out there!

J.M.W. Turner BIO: http://www.biography.com/people/jmw-turner-40806 Turner Norham Castle Colour Study: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/D/D02/D02344_10.jpg  –  TATE MODERN

Goals:

  • 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
  • What color schemes, techniques are you using to UNIFY the work as you develop it? How are you getting STARTED? Let’s BRIEFLY TALK and then OUT TO PAINT.

Reflection / Evaluation: Describe the biggest successes and failures you have had with this first painting. What skills did you use that you remember from the earlier classes in art? Use BIG ART TERMS as you critique this work? 

Studio Art 360: 6th Hour – Info Sheets on Extra Computers in the room if not done at home

ROBERT INDIANA: Hope and  Love Exhibition: https://rosenbaumcontemporary.com/imgs/exhibitions/Robert-Indiana-Exhibit-2.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1P: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.
  • What are you doing in your composition to FULLY ACTIVATE the background? Shapes, Texture, Color, Lines, Circles? Allow yourself to EXPERIMENT!

Reflection / Evaluation: What is the strongest part of your artwork that you created this week? Use the ART TERMS you know. 

AP Studio Art: Bag of Objects! What are you making?

Wayne Thiebauld: Cupcakes: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef014e8679da33970d-pi

Goals:

  • 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 makes your artwork based on a single object interesting or worthwhile? Why THIS object or idea?

Reflection / Evaluation: What challenges do you have when you are working on more than one composition at a time? What is easy about the use of a common theme?

Assignment ONLINE – Google Document – SHARE WITH ME at fkorb@waterforduhs.k12.wi.us! DUE ON MONDAY. CLICK HERE FOR A GOOD EXAMPLE. READ THE BRIEF BLOG POST! Where do you see yourself artistically now, where in 5 Years? 

Drawing: Group of Objects – Scale, Composition, VALUE!

MorNDI: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Observer/Pix/pictures/2013/1/10/1357823154138/morandi-still-life-five-o-023.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What do you hope to accomplish with your drawing today?

Reflection / Evaluation: What are 2 differences you have found with using DRAWING pencils in today’s drawing time VERUS simply using a mechanical or standard #2 pencil?

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#ComputerLab and #Art #Paperwork today…

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

Folder: Everyone – Page 8. Let’s talk about Sketchbooks.

Painting and Advanced Painting: English Computer Lab

J.M.W. Turner BIO: http://www.biography.com/people/jmw-turner-40806 Turner Norham Castle on the River Tweed: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/D/D18/D18148_9.jpg – TATE MODERN

Goals:

  • 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
  • Are there aspects of painting that you are hoping to develop? What do you really hope to learn / experience in the making of the watercolors

Reflection / Evaluation: What are two things did you see yourself struggle with when it comes to painting?

Studio Art 360:

  • 3rd Social Studies Computer Lab
  • 6th English Computer Lab
ROBERT INDIANA: Art: http://uploads2.wikiart.org/images/robert-indiana/art-1977.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1P: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.
  • What art materials are you REALLY interested in working with this year? Pencils? Paints? Camera? Clay? Collage? Something else? Explain your answer.

Reflection / Evaluation: What is ONE question that you still have about the course, department, or me?

AP Studio Art: English Computer Lab

Wayne Thiebauld: Doughnuts yum!

Goals:

  • 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 topics / images that you frequently go to in YOUR collection of images as you draw / paint for yourself and NOT for class?

Reflection / Evaluation: What new materials are you exploring or looking to explore? What techniques are you attempting that are new to you?

Assignment ONLINE – Google Document – SHARE WITH ME at fkorb@waterforduhs.k12.wi.us! DUE ON MONDAY. CLICK HERE FOR A GOOD EXAMPLE. READ THE BRIEF BLOG POST! Where do you see yourself artistically now, where in 5 Years? 

Drawing: Social Studies Computer Lab

http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/images/4/2011/11/fada22005fda2e24ff498b74554b5f92.jpg Morandi: https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/952ac-gm7.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What did you accomplished yesterday? Thumbnails from MONDAY help prepare ideas for more solutions and ideas.

Reflection / Evaluation: What are the differences with the different types of Pencils? What do YOU find useful from today’s exercise?

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#Day2, Let’s make some #ART and get through some #Philosophy

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

I Could do that

Folder: Everyone – Page 7. Let’s talk about 10 Lessons the Arts Teach Children (everyone).

Painting and Advanced Painting: Preliminary ideas and exercises

Turner Norham Castle at Sunrise: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/N/N01/N01981_9.jpg – TATE MODERN

Goals:

  • 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
  • What made it challenging to put that first mark on your paper? Unless you had no problems – then what was it that gives you confidence in painting?

Reflection / Evaluation: What three things did you succeed with today in  your painting? AT THIS MOMENT?

Studio Art 360: Observation Anyone?

ROBERT INDIANA: Love: http://whitecubediaries.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/3923768734_6b16394256_z.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1P: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.
  • What was the biggest challenge you found as you began coming up with ideas and drawing your cube, cylinder, or pyramid yesterday?

Reflection / Evaluation: What are 2 skills you have already that are going to make your experiences in Studio Art 360 easier?

AP Studio Art: Bag of Ideas?

Goals:

  • 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.
  • Where / when in your past have you used the ideas of the repetition of single object in a SERIES of drawings, paintings, artworks… something else?

Reflection / Evaluation: g been successful in TODAY’s beginnings of a CONCENTRATION?

Assignment ONLINE – Google Document – SHARE WITH ME at fkorb@waterforduhs.k12.wi.us! DUE ON MONDAY. CLICK HERE FOR A GOOD EXAMPLE. READ THE BRIEF BLOG POST! Where do you see yourself artistically now, where in 5 Years? 

Drawing: Observation and Pencils?

Boxes, Objects, COMPOSITION!

Goals:

  • 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 sketchbooks / artworks… where do you mostly get your ideas from?  How do you define OBSERVATION?

Reflection / Evaluation: What skills do you hope to develop this year in Drawing? What do you feel you will be able to improve on regarding the skills you have currently?

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A #NewSchoolYear! #Art is #AWESOME

WELCOME BACK!

Please take some time and SUBSCRIBE or FOLLOW this website (look to the right of this screen). You will get up to date information about this class and all that we are doing during the day – WAY AHEAD OF CLASS TIME! Woo Hoo! If you are NOT in my class… THANK YOU for visiting!

What is Art?

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

Agnes Martin at the Tate in London: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/T/T01/T01866_10.jpg

I Could do that

Folder: Everyone – Page 6. Let’s talk about SUCCESS in ART.

Painting and Advanced Painting: Let’s Start With Watercolors

Turner (Bio) – Norham Castle at Sunrise (http://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/D/D40/D40191_10.jpg)

Goals:

  • 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
  • What techniques do  you remember from your earlier classes about WATERCOLOR PAINTS?

Reflection / Evaluation: 

  • What difficulties do you see with your painting AT THIS MOMENT?

Studio Art 360: Observation Anyone?

Robert Indiana (Bio): Numbers: (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2277/1750965577_f7ee03962d.jpg)

Goals:

  • 2.1P: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.
  • How do you draw something in 3 dimensions? What are different techniques you know? Sit with your neighbor and BEGIN with a box, a cylinder, a pyramid, and the first letter of your first or last name. NO OBSERVATION – Talk about and visually demonstrate the ideas in your GOALS PAGE!

Reflection / Evaluation: 

  • 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. That’s it. Speak it out loud.

AP Studio Art: Bag of Ideas?

Wayne Thiebauld : Cakes. http://thumbs.media.smithsonianmag.com//filer/thiebaud-cakes-631.jpg__800x600_q85_crop.jpg

Goals:

  • 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 your understanding of AP Art? How do you plan on using your skills to make the best you can? Talk to your classmates about this – write this in your GOALS folder.

Reflection / Evaluation: 

  • Art From OBSERVATION – What are / were you able to create from the materials in your bag of ideas? This is what you will use to create a small body of works this week… Drawing / Painting / Photography / Sculpture / Whatever? What is the interesting – worthwhile object(s) and how do you relate to it? 5 different artworks – all from the same focus / visual starting point.

Drawing: Observation and Pencils?

Group of Boxes: What can you do to make an interesting COMPOSITION? http://jetantonio.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/box.jpg

Goals:

  • 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?

Reflection / Evaluation: 

  • What are 3 challenges or successes you had with your first few thumbnail drawings about the boxes? THINK COMPOSITION.
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#Tuesday – 5 Days Left – Let’s make #ArtWork

“Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don’t have any problems, you don’t get any seeds.” —Norman Vincent Peal

Seeds and Trees: http://turkeysong.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/buckeye-seed-and-buckeye-trees1.jpg?w=640&h=480

AP Studio Art: GALLERY TIME – Really

Let’s hang a show! https://osuma.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/casey-and-canyon.jpg
  • 6.1Ad: Curate a collection of objects, artifacts, or artwork to impact the viewer’s understanding of social, cultural, and/or political experiences.
  • Of all the works you still have in your possession, what are 5 that you will insert into your AP Exhibition? These are the works that you are hanging today. I hope that you have considered these before today.

What work do you need to hang? Nametags? Artist statement?

Advanced Drawing: Self-Portrait

Chuck Close’s First Self-Portrait: http://25.media.tumblr.com/504e4ae315264b1e7a19ce4a3be1beda/tumblr_mt75jfBXdu1rx60a3o1_1280.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.
  • You MUST have an artist that you are basing your work on… WHO IS IT and WHAT IS THE REASON? What  images are you using as REFERENCE? THINK about the use of COMPOSITION from the artist you have chosen.

What aspects of the artist you have chosen are you incorporating into your own self portrait? Do you feel you have used that approach in your work up to this point or are you stretching for new ideas?

Drawing: Partner Drawing

Todd Mrozinski plants and windows: https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/f3516-window6.jpg
  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What is one thing you accomplished last week with your drawing?

What is one thing your classmate / partner gave you feedback on – whether or not it was a part of the conversation – think about what was said…

http://toddmrozinski.com/  (Show the video AGAIN) 

Studio Art 360: TREES!

Jim Dine and his tree drawings: http://cdn0.walkerart.org/public/collections-thumbs/wac_5035/340×438.jpeg
  • 2.1P: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.
  • Look at last week’s drawing from FRIDAY. What is one thing that you did well on? What are two things you would like to improve on?

What was your biggest challenge in the drawing from observation? What are 2 things that were a challenge as you were looking at a REAL object?

… Drawing and Studio Art 360: Clean Room!

Let’s CLEAN this room. Maybe not QUITE as clean as this but… http://www.modularcleanrooms.com/assets/images/hardwall_cleanroom_interior_1_full.jpg
  • 11.1Ac: Utilize inquiry methods of observation, research, and experimentation to explore unfamiliar subjects through art-making.
  • What works of art from this year REALLY stand out in your mind from this past year? What about it stand out.

What was ONE accomplishment you made this year in the process of making art that you will be able to reflection in 10 weeks and remember? How have you felt about the PROCESS and MEANING in the making of art? 

EXTRA CREDIT SURVEY

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#Friday and the #Figure – Let’s #DRAW!

“If you don’t like change, you’ll like irrelevance even less” General Eric Shinsek

AP Studio Art and Advanced Drawing: RELAX and FIGURE DRAW

Drawing and OBSERVING! http://www.marylandhall.org/sites/default/files/images/7-22-13%201.jpg

Goals:

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

Larger Drawing Goals:

  • Observation (80% – 92% time looking), Guidelines, Concentration, Slow Drawing
  • Focus on the figure, Proportions, Scale, Sighting In
  • Full Page, Composition
  • AP and AdDraw:  What do you think the skills that you currently have will help you in the process of the figure drawing?

AP and AdDraw: How does your drawing look in your own eyes? What did the process of ERASING the image in the beginning do for you?

Drawing: Get BACK to the Drawing – This week is IT!

Alexi von Jawlenski: http://en.wahooart.com/Art.nsf/O/8YDE4Y/$File/Alexei-Jawlensky-Lola.JPG

GOALS:

  •  1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.
  • This is it folks – last day – Every square inch needs pastel. What’s holding you back? What has propelled you forward in the process?

Are you taking pastels home? Where are you going to work on the drawing? What has been the HARDEST PART of the drawing?  Alex von Jawlensky:

Studio Art 360: Turn and and ORGANIZE

Bernd and Hilla Becher (German, established 1959 (partnership); 1931–2007 (Bernd); b. 1934 (Hilla)). Water Towers (Cylindrical), 1978. Photography and you! We’re going to be working on photography soon. http://collection.mam.org/vmedia/tms768/r_m1984_117.jpg

GOALS:

  • 7.1P: Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.
  • What do you KNOW about Photography? List 3 things that you are CERTAIN about.

Which of the compositional approaches do YOU enjoy most? WHY?

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While Mr. Korb is Away the Art Students will #WORK!

AP and Advanced Drawing VIDEO

AP Studio Art: Update to AP Sites / Preparing work for Presentation

Great Quote!

 Goals:

  • 4.2Ad: Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.
  • How does one of the 5 QUALITY works you’ve chosen represent the visual art abilities that you possess?

When it comes to the making of art, what have you learned in the class about that part of being an artist?

Advanced Drawing: GESTURE!

Goals:

  • 2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
  • What details in the earlier gesture drawings are you forcing yourself to overlook and ignore in the process of the GESTURE drawing? What makes it difficult for you to OVERLOOK these and focus on the ideas of GESTURE?

Next week – LONGER FIGURE DRAWINGS – Be aware of the challenges you faced today? What was the BIGGEST CHALLENGE you faced today in the drawing? 

Drawing: Graffiti and Fauvism

Keith Haring in front of Crack is Wack!

Goals:

  • 1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.
  • Think about the PROCESS you have been going through with your drawing. Stop and SILENTLY think. What NEW SKILLS have you learned about / developed in the process of this drawing?

What do you need to look at tomorrow and think about – fix, change, clean up? WRITE THAT DOWN and make sure you deal with that first thing tomorrow! 

Studio Art 360: POP Art Painting

Jim Dine’s Bathrobes – Self Portrait through color and line!

Goals:

  • 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • What is ONE THING you have learned about the use of ACRYLIC PAINTS so far in the process?

What are three things you would / will CHANGE about the artwork that you are doing SO FAR? We are in a good spot to EXAMINE and REFLECT on the work in front of you. 

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#Friday (of sorts) in the #Studio. What are you taking home?

“Remember, all the answers you need are inside of you; you only have to become quiet enough to hear them.” — Debbie Ford

AP Studio Art: Duchamp – Let’s take the figure and break it into planes.

ARTnews $10 award… http://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/article-2400.jpg

Goals:

  • 7.2Ad: Determine the commonalities within a group of artists or visual images attributed to a particular type of art, timeframe, or culture.
  • What was the MOST FUN about taking your figure drawing(s) from LAST week and incorporating them all into ONE drawing for this week? How do you see this as being a part of the LARGER ART MAKING PROCESS?

What was the most CHALLENGING Part of this week? What would you do differently? What would you suggest be DONE differently? Hang Work 

Advanced Drawing: Bauhaus Drawing – Figure / Ground Relationships

ONLINE CRIT HERE: Due Monday of RETURN from SPRING BREAK!

Hallway of the BAUHAUS – How is your drawing getting resolved? http://nuweb4.neu.edu/architectureinberlin/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/IMG_2513.jpg

Goals:

  • ALL ABOUT THE REFLECTION THIS WEEK
  • 8.1Ad: Analyze differing interpretations of an artwork or collection of works in order to select and defend a plausible critical analysis.
  • This is it – FAST Goal today… What three things are you going to really focus on today in order to be DONE with the work? That’s it – GET TO IT!

How many hours do you need to finish this work for presentations on MONDAY after break? REMEMBER that the WRITTEN CRITIQUE is DUE on the MONDAY we get back – Photograph is ONLINE at the end of the day – you can upload it from the website from TOMORROW’s Posting. Questions over break – EMAIL me!

PHOTO FOLDER IS HERE: Use this over BREAK OR / AND update your images with your own camera!

Drawing: Faces and Fauvism.

HERE is your WORKSHEET for RESEARCH on STREET ART and GRAFFITI for over SPRING BREAK! Do not forget to do your work. It will be hard to get started without some QUALITY WORK and RESEARCH in.

Brooklyn Street Art Museum – HERE.

Kandinsky and the Bauhaus Presentation is HERE…

Andre Derain and His CAP – Self – Portrait. http://uploads7.wikiart.org/images/andre-derain/self-portrait-with-a-cap.jpg
Life Remote Control - Graffiti and Street Art! Directed by MBW (Mr. BrainWash)
Life Remote Control – Graffiti and Street Art! Directed by MBW (Mr. BrainWash)

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What is successful in your artwork? What is the color scheme you are using? Share this with your neighbor.

What is the progress of the drawing thus far? What is your neighbor doing well? What is your neighbor not doing successfully? Share your thoughts with your neighbors.

Studio Art 360: Color Mixing!

ROSE Period PICASSO! Great Color Scheme – Tint’, Shades, and TONES! http://www.dailyartfixx.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Acr%C3%B3bata-y-joven-arlequ%C3%ADn-Pablo-Picasso-Rose-Period-1905.jpg

Goals:

  • 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.
  • Why is it important for an artist to choose colors CAREFULLY as they are developing a composition / artwork? What might the RIGHT colors do in an image versus the “wrong” colors?

Review with neighbors the relationships of the colors on the color wheel? When you look in your closet… what COLORS do you think you have the most of hanging? Why do you think that you have more of that color than others? Assignment for MONDAY WHEN WE GET BACK… Bring in a LOGO of a PRODUCT from something that is of interest to you. 

THIS is what it SHOULD look like!