#Tuesday in #ArtDay in the #Studio. #BasRelief and #SocialCommentary and #FACES

Happy Youth Art Month: Art Terms 101: Chiarocsuro is an effect of contrasted light and shadow created by light falling unevenly or from a particular direction on something.

How easily do you try and fail and QUIT? https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e2/80/b1/e280b1667ed5f85421461ddfe470c498.jpg

AP Studio Art: Figure Drawing! Let’s DRAW!

Richard Diebenkorn – How is the DEVELOPMENT of your drawing coming along. This is NOT A RACE! SLOW YOURSELF DOWN – SERIOUSLY. http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/features/klein/Images/klein10-29-10.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.
  • Look at YESTERDAY’s Drawing – What is working with PROPORTION and COMPOSITION? What are you going to do to IMPROVE it today?

How have you developed the accuracy? How are you focusing on the MARKS? Notice we are looking at RICHARD DIEBENKORN? Tomorrow – we take a moment and look at HIM and his ideas…

Advanced Drawing: Bauhaus Drawing – Oskar Schlemmer

Ah Walter Gropius – your figures are WONDERFUL! http://www.we-heart.com/upload-images/geekbauhaus1.jpg

Goals:

  • 7.1Ad: Analyze how responses to art develop over time based on knowledge of and experience with art and life.
  • How did the critique go yesterday? What did you LEARN from the conversation? What do you hope to change / fix? What’s FIRST in your work for today?

What is a NEW SUCCESS in your drawing from today?

Drawing: Online Presentation of the Images.

Google Presentation is HERE and your DRAWINGS are HERE

EARS! Yikes! http://www.yalescientific.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/features-ears-1.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • Take a look at your previous 3 day’s works – where have you see the most GROWTH in your understanding of the facial features?

What was the most challenging part of the EAR to draw? Why was this most difficult? What is most important about drawing when it comes to observation?

ASSIGNMENT FOR THURSDAY!!! Bring in a NEWSPAPER or MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPH of a person’s ENTIRE FACE – Front on or 1/4 turn at the most!

Studio Art 360: Hands on with CLAY!

Ed Hamilton’s Website – Making of a Bas Relief Sculpture

How are you planning and working your ideas forward? Are you getting ALL of your ideas in? Is your SOCIAL COMMENTARY still coming across? http://edhamiltonworks.com/images/lincoln/bas_relief/slave_9_whole.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • How are you seeing the CENTRAL IDEA of your message coming through in the BAS RELIEF so far?

Take a walk around the classroom and LOOK – REALLY LOOK – at your classmates work. What are 3 things that you feel are STRONG about the works of your classmates?

#Friday #HalfDay #Grades #EndofQuarter – #Pshweeew

Happy Youth Art Month: Happy Youth Art Month: Art strengthens problem-solving skills, increasing school success. http://www.thriveart.com/facts

AP Studio Art: Figure Drawing! Let’s DRAW!

Goals:

  • 3.1Ad: Reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art or design considering relevant traditional and contemporary criteria as well as personal artistic vision.
  • Last day with SHORT drawings – Next Week – LONGER DRAWING Time.. If you look back at one thing that you would like to improve upon… what is it? Look at your drawing – I’ll give you a few minutes to look and think – REFLECT!

What worked today? Of all the drawings you produced this week – what will you use as a BREADTH work? Why does it demonstrate your SKILLS and ABILITIES? 

Advanced Drawing: Bauhaus Drawing – Oskar Schlemmer

Oskar Schlemmer – Bauhaus Staircase Drawinghttps://johnpaulstonard.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/bhtdrawing.jpg

Goals:

  • 3.1Ad: Reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art or design considering relevant traditional and contemporary criteria as well as personal artistic vision.
  • One week done…. what have you completed that allows you to step back and be satisfied with the work you have completed so far? Where do you need to REALLY get focused at this point?

With the weekend off – what do you FEEL you will see right off the bat on MONDAY as you look at your work for the new week?   

Drawing: Online Presentation of the Images.

Google Presentation is HERE and your DRAWINGS are HERE

http://natestratman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/shutterstock_51031219.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.
  • How is the NOSE such a different facial feature to draw than say the MOUTH or the EYES? Please explain your ideas here.

What mistakes did YOU make – how bad were they when it came to eyes? Nose: 

Studio Art 360: Hands on with CLAY!

http://edhamiltonworks.com/images/lincoln/bas_relief/bas_relief_young_lincoln.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • What challenges did you have in getting started with the clay? REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS ARTWORK: Subtractive, Additive, and Manipulation to the clay. These techniques are REQUIRED in the FINAL Sculpture.

What was the largest success you have in today’s work? Take a look at the rest of the classes work BEFORE we clean up. PAUSE 10 minutes before the end of class.

#FullDayofSchool #Thursday – wait until #Tomorrow!

Happy Youth Art Month: Drawing develops hand-eye coordination and spatial awareness- abilities that engineers and architects use. http://www.thriveart.com/facts

AP Studio Art: Figure Drawing! Let’s DRAW!

Let’s work out a drawing and focus on the PROPORTIONS today! REALLY focused on the proportions… http://mhsartgallerymac.wikispaces.com/file/view/BeckyRoberts.jpg/523256786/BeckyRoberts.jpg

Goals:

  • 3.1Ad: Reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art or design considering relevant traditional and contemporary criteria as well as personal artistic vision.
  • Let’s look at a drawing that will take a bit longer… Still working with CHARCOAL and still beginning with GESTURE – what will the LONGER drawing allow you to develop more of than the GESTURE ONLY helped you develop?

As you drew 2 images today… what worked well for you? What did not?

Advanced Drawing: Bauhaus Drawing – Oskar Schlemmer

Oskar Schlemmer and HIS figures… why are you making this so hard? http://www.museothyssen.org/img/obras_mediana/1976.16.jpg

Goals:

  • 3.1Ad: Reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art or design considering relevant traditional and contemporary criteria as well as personal artistic vision.
  • How have you incorporated the FIGURES into the drawing? Are they interacting? Standing alone? How do you see this as being a challenge to the process? It is REQUIRED to include at least one figure into the image.

What challenges does incorporating the figure into the work offer you as an ADVANCED DRAWING student?

Drawing: Online Presentation of the Images.

Google Presentation is HERE and your DRAWINGS are HERE

Let’s Draw some EYES! https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2447/4098376148_41729d64b9_b.jpg

Goals:

  • .1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.
  • When you start with the EYES… what is the first thing you start with? What is the first thing you do?

What mistakes did YOU make – how bad were they when it came to eyes? 

Studio Art 360: Hands on with CLAY!

How are you going to use MANIPULATION as well as ADDITIVE sculpture (keeping SUBTRACTIVE to a minimum) in your Bas Relief Sculpture? http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/highsm/02300/02397v.jpg

Goals:

  • 7.1P: Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.
  • How are you going to use MANIPULATION as well as ADDITIVE sculpture (keeping SUBTRACTIVE to a minimum) in your Bas Relief Sculpture?

What techniques are REALLY important to be using to make sure any ADDITIVE clay really HOLD TIGHT to the clay you are adding it to? 

#Friday in the #ArtStudio with #SalvadorDali

Happy Youth Art Month: Fun Art Fact of the Day: Salvador Dali believed he was his dead brother’s reincarnation. There is also a portrait or a silhouette of Dali in every one of his paintings. He produced over 1500 paintings, many of them regarded as masterpieces, and pretty much single handily kept the mainstream surrealist movement alive. http://thedali.org/

Salvador Dali – http://walls4joy.com/thumbs/general/salvador-dal–190829-480×320.jpg

AP Studio Art: Let’s Paint a SET – Get  out of the Studio!

Imagine yourself up on the stage! Thanks for your help! http://www.phoenixredbank.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1994_-_Pippin_2.jpg

Goals:

  • 4.2Ad: Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.
  • Best part of yesterday? What do you hope to accomplish for today?

Best part of the day… This week is about the set and painting – just be aware of all that you are doing as a GROUP!

Advanced Drawing: Bauhaus

Ah Stairs… How lovely to go up and down them. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/habshaer/ma/ma1300/ma1367/photos/080429pr.jpg

Goals:

  • 3.1Ad: Reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art or design considering relevant traditional and contemporary criteria as well as personal artistic vision.
  • How might understanding the PAST ideas of DESIGN and ART help you to create your own NEW and INNOVATIVE works of art?

What characteristics do you see as being a major part in the REDESIGN of our building? How do you see it relating the one of the styles we looked at and spoke about? 

Drawing: Oil Pastels! INTRO to ARTIST STATEMENT HERE!

http://www.artesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/KANDIN-PORTR2.jpg

Goals:

  • 4.4 evaluate and interpret your art for relationships in 4.4.1 form 4.4.2 context and 4.4.3 meanings showing understanding of the work of various art professionals*
  • Review your HOMEWORK for today… Do you have ONE major theme that you can see coming out of your writing that will help you with your WELL CRAFTED STATEMENT for the ONLINE / GROUP presentation?

If you had to choose ONE THING about this project that really stood out, that really made you think and grow… what did you take away from this DEEP and CHALLENGING project? 

Kandinsky at MAM – HERE

Studio Art 360: Romare Bearden and Social Commentary

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!!! TODAY’s SKETCHBOOK is DUE on MONDAY! – Example HERE!

No ENVIRONMENT but it has a message that is clear… Poor government in New York City (at the time). https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/a0e1f-romare-bearden-time-cover.jpg

Goals:

  • 10.1P: Document the process of developing ideas from early stages to fully elaborated ideas.
  • Thank back upon the last time you used clay… what do you know / remember / think / like / dislike about using CLAY?

What are three challenges you see translating your collage into the ceramic Bas Relief Sculpture? 

What’s a #VanGogh worth? #Priceless

Red Vineyard at Arles… http://prints.icanvasart.com/LargeArtImage/1318.jpg

Happy Youth Art Month: Fun Art Fact of the Day: In a short period of only ten years Vincent van Gogh made approximately 900 paintings. He just sold one (maybe two) paintings during his lifetime “Red Vineyard at Arles,” around 1890 for 400 francs (about $1000 current US dollars). In terms of current value – it may be second only to Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” – Priceless. . Visit ArtWithKorb.com for more information.

AP Studio Art: Let’s Paint a SET – Get  out of the Studio!

Interested in making a SPLASH on the stage? http://aurorafoxartscenter.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/EMPTY-STAGE-2.jpg

Goals:

  • 4.2Ad: Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.
  • Best part of yesterday / the past TWO days?

Best part of the day… This week is about the set and painting – just be aware of all that you are doing as a GROUP!

Advanced Drawing: Bauhaus

Ah the BAUHAUS! https://casaformalondon.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/bauhaus.jpg

Goals:

  • 7.1Ad: Analyze how responses to art develop over time based on knowledge of and experience with art and life.
  • Are you ready to move this work up to the large paper? How is your understanding of perspective helping you (or lack of understanding getting in the way)? How are you inspired by the European Architecture we have looked at?

What is an aspect of the BAUHAUS design that you find interesting enough to EMPHASIZE into your drawing? 

Drawing: Oil Pastels! INTRO to ARTIST STATEMENT HERE!

The REAL thing in SCALE – WE are NOT working QUITE this big… http://i.huffpost.com/gen/2398360/thumbs/o-KANDINSKY-900.jpg?1

Goals:

  • 4.4 evaluate and interpret your art for relationships in 4.4.1 form 4.4.2 context and 4.4.3 meanings showing understanding.
  • What is ONE MAJOR difference in your ideas and Kandinsky’s.

How has having a purpose behind your work helped you or hindered you in creating a work of abstract art (two or three thoughts please)? Think about how you use this response in your artist statement?

Kandinsky at MAM – HERE

Studio Art 360: Romare Bearden and Social Commentary

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!!! TODAY’s SKETCHBOOK is DUE on MONDAY! – Example HERE!

How are you creating a BEARDEN LIKE image? https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/466d9-artwork_images_291_766323_romare-bearden.jpeg

Goals:

  • 10.1P: Document the process of developing ideas from early stages to fully elaborated ideas.
  • What are the SPECIFICS about the SOCIAL TOPIC that you and came up with and you are RESOLVING today?

How do you feel translating the idea of COLLAGE to SCULPTURE is going to be challenging? 

#Pablo #Picasso and his #LadiesOfTheNight! #WOAH

Happy Youth Art Month: Picasso’s breakthrough into Cubism Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, 1907 spent a good portion of its early life rolled up in Picasso’s studio, largely unseen for 37 years! Now a prized part of Art History.

Les Demoiselle d’ Avignon!
Shane Koyczan – Ted Talks http://www.ted.com/talks/shane_koyczan_to_this_day_for_the_bullied_and_beautiful

AP Studio Art: Critique and then…

Critique Thyself Artists! https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/50cdc-artcritic.jpg

Goals:

  • 7.1Ad: Analyze how responses to art develop over time based on knowledge of and experience with art and life.
  • How has this last concentration worked for you? While I am a GOOD voice in the conversation – I’d like you five to do a REALLY strong CRIT of your CURRENT 3 works in DIRECT COMPARISON to your FIRST 3 works (or the earliest set you can find

You had a lot to think about today… What did you take a away?  

Advanced Drawing: Bauhaus

Bauhaus to Our House – Perhaps you remember Kandinsky? This is where he taught and the lessons you learned were used in this school. Start from ZERO! http://www.iainclaridge.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/bauhaus_dessau.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.3Ad: Demonstrate in works of art or design how visual and material culture defines, shapes, enhances, inhibits, and/or empowers people’s lives.
  • What aspects of perspective are giving you a challenge? We are going to look more carefully at the BAUHAUS and how they used design.

ASSIGNMENT TONIGHT! FIND 5 examples of BAUHAUS Architecture – Wite out 5 words for each to describe them – How will this homework  help YOU understand the ideas of BAUHAUS design?

Drawing: Oil Pastels!

How did Kandinsky get from HERE to where YOU are? http://dossierjournal.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/kandinskycolorfullife.jpg

Goals:

  • 4.4 evaluate and interpret your art for relationships in 4.4.1 form 4.4.2 context and 4.4.3 meanings showing understanding
  • What were the similarities and differences in your ideas and Kandinsky’s

What are your STRONGEST successes with today’s drawing? 

By The Way… Share your STILL LIFE DRAWINGS by visiting them HERE.

Kandinsky at MAM – HERE

Studio Art 360: Romare Bearden and Social Commentary

Bearden’s collage from MoMA. http://www.moma.org/collection_images/resized/888/w500h420/CRI_210888.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • What are the textures you are hoping to work into your collage (remember that this will be translated into a SCULPTURE)?

How is the collage coming along? What is ONE VERY SUCCESSFUL aspect to the work SO FAR? What is one area you are having a CHALLENGE with?

#WAEA #YAM #ArtShow #Capitol Building #Madison

“Don’t be intimidated by what you don’t know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure you do things differently from everyone else.” Sara Blakely (inventor of SPANX and youngest Self Made Female BILLIONAIRE – 10 Lessons I Learned from Sarah Blakely – Forbes Magazine)

Sad day in the Art Studio – Anne Truit Died. : (

AP Studio Art: CRIT!

What’s a CONCENTRATION say about your abilities? What does is say about your ideas? http://www.theloop.com.au/app/serve/view_file/L21udC9zaXRlX2RhdGEvcHJvamVjdHMvaW1hZ2VzLzM4MDIxNi1sLmpwZywxNDE0NjEzNzEwLGltYWdlL2pwZw

Goals:

  • 3.1Ad: Reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art or design considering relevant traditional and contemporary criteria as well as personal artistic vision.
  • What makes these NEW and INNOVATIVE? Give yourself a 3 bullet point list for the works

How did you feel about the work you presented today? If you didn’t – what did you take away from today’s crit? 

Advanced Drawing: 2 more days… Composition and Meaning of a PAPER BAG.

Open up… let’s see what your paper bag can hold! http://impacthiringsolutions.com/careerblog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/BrownPaperBag_thumb.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.3Ad: Demonstrate in works of art or design how visual and material culture defines, shapes, enhances, inhibits, and/or empowers people’s lives.
  • Looking at the SYMBOLISM that this work is SUPPOSE to have about your life, explain the thoughts and ideas you are hoping to communicate through the work. HOW are you doing that? Be SPECIFIC!

A GREAT day of drawing on Friday – Time got away from us… What worked today and HOW are you going to RESOLVE the work for Wednesday’s CRIT? 

Drawing: Oils… Let’s get to it!

der Blau Reiter? Bauhaus? WHY http://media.smashingmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/images/bauhaus/bauhaus%20art%20swinging.jpg

Goals:

  • 8.1Ac: Identify types of contextual information useful in the process of constructing interpretations of an artwork or collection of works.
  • What songs are you using to create your artwork? What are aspects of your thumbnail and rough that you can IMMEDIATELY relate to the ideas of the music?

SHARE YOUR THEORY AND DRAWING WITH YOUR CLASSMATE – Last 5 Minutes – CONVERSATION and write down what you have learned from your classmate. 

By The Way… Share your STILL LIFE DRAWINGS by visiting them HERE.

Kandinsky at MAM – HERE

Studio Art 360: Critiquing of a Still Life

Process over Product – What does THAT mean? https://s3.amazonaws.com/easel.ly/all_easels/45467/Process_over_Product/image.jpg

Goals:

  • 8.1P: Interpret an artwork or collection of works, supported by relevant and sufficient evidence found in the work and its various contexts.
  • As you examine this work of art, what are the larger SKILLS you have developed in the process? 

As artists, we are in it for the process of MAKING ART, not necessarily worrying about the finished product. How do you feel about the idea of  PROCESS versus PRODUCT?

#Tuesday is HERE! #Value and #Composition, #Music and #Kandinsky!

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

AP Studio Art: Concentration!

Your Ideas? http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/3175394436_db29a51079.jpg?v=0

Goals:

  • 2.6 create multiple solutions to visual challenges that show understanding in relationships between composition and meaning of artwork.
  • What have your previous sketches been over the past months? Are you still thinking about your CONCENTRATION? How have you been planning the NEW ideas out for your work?

What have you come up with? What materials are you planning on using? How does it fit into your current body of work? 

Advanced Drawing: Do you ever feel, like you’re a paper bag? (Thanks kids)

Goals:

  • 2.6 create multiple solutions to visual challenges that show understanding in relationships between composition and meaning of artwork.
  • What did you do last week to prepare yourself for in the design and execution of this still life / commentary work? Discussion of others work and verbalizing your personal thoughts. Called on for comments – not just random participation.

What did you take away from the drawing today? What are you succeeding with?

Drawing: Kandinsky and MUSIC!

How can you relate to MUSIC and the VISUAL ARTS? What’s the same? What’s Different? http://scienceillustrated.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/music.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 feelings do you get from your FAVORITE piece of music? What song / artist is that?

What shapes did you struggle to find? What ideas did you find as you listened to the music? 

Studio Art 360: Develop Compositions for Final Drawing.

Still Life – Values – Objects! https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/c9d89-composition-threeplanes.jpg

Goals:

  • 10.1P: Document the process of developing ideas from early stages to fully elaborated ideas.
  • One more day with your VALUE scales and the like. What is ONE THING you really need to focus on when it comes to UNDERSTANDING your use of VALUE in these exercises?

EXPLAIN how you are seeing VALUE differently today than you did 3 days ago. Two statements that help define this NEW UNDERSTANDING.

How about COMPOSITIONS? Looking for ideas? Let’s Look HERE!

.@JerrySaltz THANKS for the #FAVORITE! New Suggestion for #Today?

Jerry as Andy? I can hardly tell the difference. http://www.scad.edu/sites/default/files/styles/scad_event_732_wide_16-9/public/media/Events/deFINE%20ART/2014/Andy-Saltz-1224.jpg?itok=_zTdIIch

9. “Don’t worry about getting enough sleep. Worry about your work.” Jerry Saltz – Advice for Art Students… HERE

Freshman Open House was a GREAT SUCCESS. Thanks to ALL of you who showed up and shared in the great works that our ART STUDENTS have accomplished. These are the TWO ARTWORKS that the kids from the evening helped produce. SIGN UP and CREATE WORKS LIKE THIS in our classes!

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AP Studio Art: Are you going to get VOTED OFF?

How does the OUTSIDE work with your ideas? The FORCES of nature? – Chris Jordan’s website!

Goals:

  • 2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
  • What did you accomplish yesterday? What are you planning on for today and this weekend?

Share with your neighbor the plans and advancements for this and the next piece. 

Advanced Drawing: Photography and PAPER BAGS!

Paper Bags – All about today! What does it say about the world YOU live in?

Goals:

  • 2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
  • What did you do yesterday to prepare yourself for the design and execution of this still life / commentary work?

What did you take away from the drawing today? What are you succeeding with?

Drawing: CRIT and EAT!

Let’s CRITIQUE art today!

Goals:

  •  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.
  • Think about yesterday’s critique… How can you CONTINUE to consider the ELEMENTS and PRINCIPLES to be a successful and productive member of the oral critique?

How are you falling short of being able to REALLY add to the critique? THIS IS A PART OF YOUR GRADE.

Studio Art 360: Thumbnails and IDEAS! – VALUE TOO!

Ah Morandi! Love his work. How are you setting up your STILL LIFE? Observation is REALLY IMPORTANT!

Goals:

  • 1.1P: Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors.
  • Looking at the DRAWING in front of you… what ONE aspect of the drawing are you going to REALLY FOCUS ON today?

What’s your first reaction to DRAWING PENCILS and all they have to offer?

How about COMPOSITIONS? Looking for ideas? Let’s Look HERE!

How To Do Everything

How to do Everything Image
How To Do Everything with your chef – Mr. Korb… Listen to the second half of the show to hear Mr. Korb’s Contributuion to the BIG GAME snack dip recipe. Start at 5:55.

Brrrrr… it is REALLY COLD out today. Have to make #Art in the #ArtRoom on #Friday

NO SCHOOL TODAY. SAD DAYS! We have a lot of work to do in the SHORT SHORT time we have left. Make sure you are SUPER FOCUSED when you get back on FRIDAY!

“An average person with average talent, ambition and education, can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society, if that person has clear, focused goals.” – Brian Tracy

”Even talent is rarely indistinguishable, over the long run, from perseverance and lots of hard work.” Ted Orland and David Bayles – Art and Fear.

Studio Art 360: Continuous Line PORTRAITS and then…

Mono Print TOMORROW!

Goals:

  • 9.1P: Establish relevant criteria in order to evaluate a work of art or collection of works.
  • Using CRITERIA to EVALUATE a work of art can be a personal thing. Generally we use a four steps process to a well thought out critique. What are three things you would choose to use when critiquing your non-objective print? What are two things you will focus on today when working on it?

What is ONE thing you found that worked out really well for you today in class?

Painting: Continue to Paint and RESOLVE the image

Our critique will be a lot like this… but WAY BETTER! Use this link to access the ONLINE critique sheet and make sure you SHARE it with me.

Goals:

  • 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.
  • You were asked to begin thinking about the work in front of you… What DO YOU SEE IN YOUR PAINTING? That’s it.. WHAT DO YOU SEE? Take your time… look at everything you see in the work and write down all that you see.

Time to work today began with DESCRIPTION – was there anything NEW that you saw when you began writing and working today? We do not have a lot of time to work this week but… lots of time use that knowledge in your life. 

AP Studio Art – PAINT and CONCENTRATE!

One More by Frank Juarez…

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 is the online presentation coming along? What do you STILL NEED TO DO in order to get the website finished and polished?

Presentation of your current body of work is on Monday. What do you have to do in order to get the 3 works finished?

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