Category: Visual Examples

Examples from the board or from the class.

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February 19, 2013 – Tuesday

Success! It is about more than the money, more than the recognition… it is a deeper meaning than the external… it is inside you to reach your true potential!

“Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.”

— President Barack Obama

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ALL LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH THURSDAY! ANYTHING AFTER THAT WILL BE A ZERO IN THE GRADE BOOK. PERIOD.

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Art Foundations: Pattern and Line… What do you need to do to get your pattern up to speed? What pattern are you using to represent yourself?

PUT YOUR PORTRAIT OUT AT THE TOP OF THE DESK PLEASE. PRINT YOUR NAME IN THE UPPER CORNER!

Alexander Calder’s Google Doodle:

GOALS:

  1. 1.1 apply media, techniques, and processes with (1.1.1) skill so that your ideas are executed well
  2. (1.2) create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the 1.2.1 materials and 1.2.2 techniques

Watercolors are a bit different than this, but what pattern are you using and how does it describe you?

What forced you to think about the medium of watercolor and what it could and could not do? Where did you find challenges in the process? What was COOL about the use of the material? What was UNCOOL about it?

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Drawing: Analysis – The second part of the critique… what is it to describe something? What is it to Analyze?

PREZI PRESENTATION – WRITTEN CRITIQUE

EXCELLENT EXAMPLES HERE:

GOALS:

  1. (2.1.4) form criticism about artwork that work to accomplish an understanding of generalized value, ratios, portrait (Analysis)
  2. 1.4 solve charcoal grid drawing challenges  using 1.4.1 analysis and 1.4.2 synthesis 1.4.3 evaluation.
How do we criticize? How do we critique?

Self –evaluation – What have you taken from the crit. written by yourself?  What do you need to finish up for Monday’s critique? Use the 4 step process and really examine the others drawings. Make photographs at the same time. 

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AP Studio Art: CRITIQUE – What have you added? Was it up to snuff? Was it as quality as you would like to have said about your art?

GOALS

  1. 2.2 evaluate the effectiveness of artworks
3D Sculpture… Where are you with your work?

What were the biggest impressions you had from the classmate’s works? What were the most difficult things you felt as you presented your work? Conversation between classmates about the 2 questions for your exam. How does this work relate to your concentration?

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February 18, 2013 – MONDAY!

David Hockney’s Trees!

“We’ve gotten to the point where we think the camera can capture anything at all.” “Well, it can’t really. The camera can’t compete with painting at all. The paintings are much more vivid about the place than photographs are.”

– David Hockney, “Modern Painters,” David Hockney, on his latest inspiration – Yorkshire, Into the Woods,” by: Marina Cashdan, April 2010, p. 66.

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ALL LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED THROUGH THURSDAY! ANYTHING AFTER THAT WILL BE A ZERO IN THE GRADE BOOK. PERIOD.

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Art Foundations  2D: Pattern and Watercolor – How does your pattern relate to who YOU ARE?

Purple Robe – Henri Matisse

GOALS:

  1. 3.5 evaluate and defend how (3.5.2) symbols (your choice in pattern) are used in art
  2. (2.6) Work on creating multiple solutions to solve visual challenges.

What is your favorite type of pattern? If you were to describe yourself with a pattern or sense of rhythm, which would best describe you?

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Drawing: Critique – Description

PROFESSIONALS Critiquing!

GOALS:

  1. (2.1.4) form criticism about artwork that work to accomplish an understanding of generalized value, ratios, portrait (Description)
  2. 6.1 compare aspects of the visual arts with aspects of other disciplines.

PREZI- Self Critique

Self–evaluation: What have you taken from the few moments we spent looking at, describing, and thinking about the artwork you have been working on? What do you need to finish up for Thursday’s Oral Critique?

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AP Studio Art: Critique and Grading of the past week’s work!

AP Student – 3D Work!

GOALS:

  1. (2.2) evaluate the effectiveness of artworks

What have you been challenged with from the past two weeks worth of making art. What were the biggest impressions you had from the classmate’s works? What were the most difficult things you felt as you presented your work? Conversation between classmates about the 2 questions for your exam. How does this work relate to your concentration?

 

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February 15, 2013 – Friday

I am not feeling so good this morning!
I am not feeling so good this morning!

 “If I had known the world was ending, I would have brought better books.”

– Dale from the Walking Dead… Thanks Bernie!

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Art Foundations 2D – What kind of PATTERN are you? What kind of LINE are you? Start with conversation about the drawing.

Matisse and pattern… how did he use it? What are the various motifs?

GOALS:

  1. (1.2) Create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the principle of pattern.
  2. (3.2) apply ideas in art to solve visual challenges and communicate ideas (who are you? how do you represent that?).

What is it about the line and pattern that you have been experimenting with that DESCRIBES who you are?

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Drawing: LOOK! Let’s take a LOOK at the drawing as we are in the PROCESS of MAKING it. 3rd hour – Your images are edited smaller – and they WORK!

You can go to the DRIVE and begin making thoughts about the initial processes of your works…

GOALS:

  1. 1.4 solve charcoal grid drawing challenges  using 1.4.1 analysis and 1.4.2 synthesis 1.4.3 evaluation
  2. critique (formative and summative reflections about your artwork) of your artwork through digital media. (Technology Operations and Concepts and Communication and Collaboration)

What is difficult about the process? Make sure your neighbor is correct in the ratio and the measurements. What squares are successful and what squares are not? What is successful and not successful about your neighbor’s drawing? Google Drive Document – CRIT. THIS MONDAY in CLASS! Final Critique Due DUE next FRIDAY – AFTER the ORAL CRITs Wednesday and Thursday!

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AP Studio Art: 

Value and Architecture – Who Likes Perspective? This is where you can go with it!

GOALS:

  1. (2.2) Evaluate the effectiveness of artwork. 1.4.3 evaluation
  2. Critique (formative and summative reflections about your artwork) of your artwork through digital media. (Technology Operations and Concepts and Communication and Collaboration)

Share with your neighbor the plans and advancements for your current works.

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February 14, 2013 – Thursday – Happy Valentine’s Day!

“Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”

-Robert Heinlein

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Art Foundations: Line drawings with pen. Contour line.

Marker and Pencil Continuous Line Contour Portraits - Frank Korb.
Marker and Pencil Continuous Line Contour Portraits – Frank Korb.
Mr. Korb's first approach to the continuous line portrait.
Mr. Korb’s first approach to the continuous line portrait.

GOALS:

  1. (5.3) Describe meaning of artwork by analyzing technique and use of line.
  2. (3.2) apply ideas / understanding of lines in art to solve visual challenges of contour and portrait.

What was the most fun part of dealing with contours? If you were to describe yourself in terms of lines, what lines would you use? Where are you successful in the contour drawings? Share the images with your classmates and discuss the success and failures.

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Drawing: One class – finish in computer lab – Hour 3. Hour 6 – back to the drawings and look at the work you have accomplished so far.

What are the materials here that you have used? What seems new and different to you? How do you think you may be able to use them?

GOALS:

  1. 1.1 apply media, techniques, and processes with 1.1.1 skill 1.1.2 confidence 1.1.3 and awareness so that your ideas are executed well

What is difficult about the process? Make sure your neighbor is correct in the ratio and the measurements. What squares are successful and what squares are not? What is successful and not successful about your neighbor’s drawing?

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AP Studio Art: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEL! Let us take some time and share what we are currently working on with A CLASSMATE – NOT your BFF.

Interior drawing – GREAT AP SCORE!

GOALS:

  1. 5.4 reflect on interpretations as a means for understanding and evaluating art
  2. 5.5 evaluate responses to works of art for communicating 5.5.1 rationale 5.5.2 ideas

What bit of advice did you get from your classmates that you will be able to put to use? What bit of advice did you give that might be used elsewhere? What are your goals for the next work(s) that will show your development?

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February 13, 2013 – Wednesday

“If you want to achieve a high goal, you’re going to have to take some chances.” — Alberto Salazar

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ART FOUNDATIONS 2D: Watercolor Techniques and Experiments

Yesterday we saw ABSTRACTION… today what do you see? Water colored onions with thin layers… like an onion.

GOALS:

  1. (5.3) Describe meaning of artwork by analyzing technique and use of watercolor (what sort of emotions might you get by using certain colors?).
  2. (3.2) apply ideas in art to solve visual challenges of watercolors.

What types of lines are you in favor of using? Where do you find it easiest to use the idea of contour line to represent the face / form? What sorts of pattern do you think you would like to recreate with the use of WATERCOLOR to represent YOU? Share with your classmates.

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DRAWING: Computer Evaluations and Google Accounts. We are going to be looking at collaborative use of technology to self-evaluate and help others reflect on their own work.

Google Drive – Here we GO!

CNet How to use Google Drive

GOALS:

  1. 1.4 solve charcoal grid drawing challenges  using 1.4.1 analysis and 1.4.2 synthesis
  2. 1.4.3 evaluation (formative and summative reflections about your artwork) of your artwork through digital media. (Technology Operations and Concepts and Communication and Collaboration)

Pair / Share – self – evaluation of the day – back of the goal sheet.

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AP STUDIO ART: REVIEW the cropping, saving, and editing your images through the link: HERE.

Yebin So, Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, N.J., 24 x 18 charcoal on paper

GOALS:

  1. 4.2 describe the purpose and meaning of art objects within different cultures, times, and places
  2. 3.4 evaluate and defend the validity of sources for ideas

What were the biggest impressions you had from the AP Student’s works? What were the most difficult things felt as you edited your work? 

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February 11, 2013 – Monday

“The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost

SETTING GOALS:

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Art Foundations 2D – Pattern, Contour Line, Marker Work to finish portraits – REVIEW PATTERN AND LINE

REMEMBER ME?! Today we choose our BEST! GO SLOW! Keep your big open spaces – BIG AND OPEN. No Shading, Closed Shapes!
What sort of PATTERN are you? Are you a bunch of ALTERNATING elephants? Maybe you are abstract? Maybe a wavy pattern is more your style… Thanks Lotta Bruhn for the Elephants – Check out the site for INSPIRATION!

GOALS:

  1. 1.4 create, define, and solve visual challenges using 1.4.2 synthesis (how are we going to use LINE to create a successful portrait?)
  2. 4.4 evaluate and interpret art for relationships in 4.4.1 form

What was the most fun part of dealing with contours? If you were to describe yourself in terms of lines, what lines would you use? Where are you successful in the contour drawings? Share the images with your classmates and discuss the success and failures.

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Drawing – We are going to be looking at collaborative use of technology to self-evaluate and help others reflect on their own work.

Google Drive – Here we GO!

CNet How to use Google Drive

GOALS:

  1. 1.4 solve charcoal grid drawing challenges  using 1.4.1 analysis and 1.4.2 synthesis
  2. 1.4.3 evaluation (formative and summative reflections about your artwork) of your artwork through digital media. (Technology Operations and Concepts and Communication and Collaboration)

Pair / Share – self – evaluation of the day – back of the goal sheet.

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AP Studio Art: Technology and your artwork. Editing and  uploading to the AP Studio Site.

Remember this 6/6 from last week?

GOALS:

  1. 1.3 communicate ideas clearly
  2. 2.2 evaluate the effectiveness of artworks

What were the biggest impressions you had from the classmate’s works? What were the most difficult things you felt as you presented your work? Conversation between classmates about the 2 questions for your exam. How does this work relate to your concentration?

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February 7, 2013 – Thursday

“The achievement of your goal is assured the moment you commit yourself to it.” —Mack R. Douglas

What do our goals mean to you as we go through the process of working today?

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Art Foundations: Pattern and Contour Line Drawings.

Take a look at the CONTOUR of the face. How did she use CONTOUR lines successfully in this work? What is she doing? Hmmmm.

GOALS:

  1. Work on (1.1.1, 3) applying media and techniques with skill and awareness (of HOW you are using line).

What is the most challenging aspect of the portrait / line? What emotions have you chosen to represent yourself? Why? What variety of lines do you hope to use in the process of creating your self-portraits.


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Drawing: Value and Grid drawings. One value per square. No more, no less.

Intense use of the same techniques we are using in class – by a professional making a living off his work. How many squares do you think Chuck Close used in this artwork?

GOALS:

  1. (1.4.1) Create and solve visual problems using analysis of the shape and form of the face.
  2. (1.2.3) Create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to process (grid and value generalization).

What is difficult about the process? Make sure your neighbor is correct in the ratio and the measurements. What squares are successful and what squares are not? What is successful and not successful about your neighbor’s drawing?

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AP Studio: Concentration Ideas. You have to be productive. Be productive.

How are you focused on the images you are making? How are you going to be working today? WORK TODAY!

GOALS: 

  1. (4.2) Describe the purposes and meaning of art within your culture and time.
  2. (4.4.1,2) Evaluate and interpret art for relationships in form and context.

What are your goals for the next work(s) that will show your development?

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February 6, 2013 – Wednesday

“Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage but simply because they have never organized their energies around a goal.”
— Elbert Hubbard  Thanks Paul: GoalHabits.com

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Art Foundations: Pattern, Chapter 8, Contour Line Drawing

Where do you see the use of the CONTOUR line in this drawing?

GOALS:

  1. (1.1.1) Apply art materials (markers and pencils) being aware of your skills.
  2. (1.4) Solve visual challenges using analysis (element of Line).
What TYPE of PATTERN do you see in this? What is the MOTIF?

What is the most challenging aspect of the portrait / line? What emotions have you chosen to represent yourself? Why? What variety of lines do you hope to use in the process of creating your self-portrait?

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Drawing: Value analysis and synthesis – putting the values into the drawing. Grids and Value – Portraits

How do you see GRIDS in the rest of the world?

GOALS:

  1. (1.4.1) Create and solve visual problems using analysis of the shape and form of the face.
  2. (1.2.3) Create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to process (grid and value generalization).

What is difficult about the process? Make sure your neighbor is correct in the ratio and the measurements. What squares are successful and what squares are not? What is successful and not successful about your neighbor’s drawing?

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AP Studio Art: Concentration Plans and BREADTH work.

Woman and Child – Berthe Mosisot

GOALS:

  1. (4.2) Describe the purposes and meaning of art within your culture and time.
  2. (4.4.1,2) Evaluate and interpret art for relationships in form and context.

What are you getting out of the process of making all of this art? What do you need to do to add more to the “learning” you get from this process? Are you sitting by and slacking your way through the class? Are you challenging yourself with the work? Are you getting it all done in a timely fashion? If you are not WHY?

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February 4, 2013 – Monday

So happy to see the NFL supporting the Fine Arts! Go Baltimore (and everyone who supports the arts…).

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Art Foundations: Contour Line Drawings – Self-Portraits, Chapter 8 – Pattern – Sketchbook Experimentation

Can you see how the artist has broken up the face into sections and then defined the planes / direction of the facial parts? Let’s try to figure that out for ourselves.

Goals:

  1. 3.2 Apply subjects, and ideas in art and use skill to solve visual challenges
  2. 1.2 create portraits that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the 1.2.2 techniques of CONTOUR Line Drawings
Contour Line 3 - Frank Korb
Contour Line 3 – Frank Korb
Contour Line 1 - Frank Korb
Contour Line 1 – Frank Korb
Contour Line 2 - Frank Korb
Contour Line 2 – Frank Korb

What is the most challenging aspect of the portrait / line? What emotions have you chosen to represent yourself? Why? What variety of lines do you hope to use in the process of creating your self-portrait?

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Drawing: Work on VALUE Scales and Charcoal – Grid Drawings

Chuck Close using ONE VALUE at a time…

Goals:

  1. (6.3) Use the process of grids and compare it with other disciplines.
  2. (3.4) Evaluate and defend the validity of sources for ideas (grid and portrait)

GREAT LINKS:  Treadwill, Ovdiyenko value examples. Subject Matter…

What is difficult about the process? Make sure your neighbor is correct in the ratio and the measurements. What squares are successful and what squares are not?

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AP Studio Art: CRITIQUE and EVALUATE YOUR and OTHERS WORK

What is going well? What is NOT going well? What can you do about it?

“An empty canvas is a living wonder – far lovelier than certain pictures”
– Wassily Kandinsky

Goals:

  1. (2.1) Form criticism about artworks that accomplish personal or other meanings.
  2. (3.3) describe the creation of images and ideas and explain why they are of value.

What were the biggest impressions you had from the classmate’s works? What were the most difficult things you felt as you presented your work? Conversation between classmates about the 2 questions for your exam. How does this work relate to your concentration?

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February 1, 2013 – FRIDAY!

“Quantity over Quality” When it comes to ideas… the more ideas you can come up with, the more opportunities you will be creating for yourself. – Frank Korb

PS… Follow my Blog – share your thoughts… THANKS!

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Art Foundations: Contour Line Drawings – 5 minute drawings of Hands, Shoes, Faces -Practice and Work Day

imacrayon.wordpress.com – This is a FANTASTIC example of the continuous line contour drawing… what else can we do with this? What can we do with YOUR? I’ll show you today.

Goals:

  1. 3.2 apply subjects, symbols, and ideas in art and use skill to solve visual challenges

What is the most challenging aspect of the portrait / line? What lines / emotions have you chosen to represent yourself? Why? What variety of lines do you hope to use in the process of creating your self-portrait?

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Drawing – Let’s grid off the photograph and practice with charcoals!

Chuck Close in all his glory. If you are going to look at a grid drawing – go to the BEST! What materials did Close use? Is it a pencil, a brush? You might be surprised.

Goals:

  1. (3.2) Apply subjects and ideas in art and use skill to solve visual challenge.
  2. (1.4) Create and solve visual challenges using analysis (break the photograph down) and synthesize (put it back together on your drawing paper)

What is difficult about the process? Make sure your neighbor is correct in the ratio and the measurements. What squares are successful and what squares are not?

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AP Studio Art – WHAT ARE YOU DOING? Seriously – what are you doing this weekend to be READY TO CRIT. on MONDAY? We need to be aware of the time that YOU are using and I need to not worry that the job is getting done. NEXT WEEK – PHOTOGRAPH and EDITING in the Computer Lab.

Tony Oursler’s Studio Space – making video for David Bowe’s new video and his website for the unnerving video. The Telegraph – David Bowe’s New Video – Where Are We Now? 

Goals:

  1. RESOLVE (1.2) concentration works that demonstrate how your ideas relate to the materials and techniques that you use. (P)
  2. (1.1) Apply media, technique, and process with skill and confidence

Share with your neighbor the plans and advancements for this and the next piece and what you need to do over the weekend.