Art With Korb

“When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.” — Zig Ziglar

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6th Grade: 1 Point Perspective

Another week of this and this is a good thing to leave up.

Independent Art Making on Thursday and Monday… HERE is the assignment.

7th Grade: Paper Mache Sculptures

What does the CARDBOARD under structure look like and how can we use that to consider the rest of it? Time to keep building and REFLECT and MODIFY as we need to.

https://www.instructables.com/Paper-Mache/

A little self reflection and DRAWING to help us understand what we are doing and how it is working. HERE.

8th Grade 2D Design: Landscape Acrylic Paintings – RESEARCH and WASHES

Planning and development of the work is happening… HERE is a link to the planning stages because if you don’t KNOW Fauvism… how can you WORK with Fauvism?

Bâteaux dans le Port de Collioure, Andre Derain • Painting, 1905, 72×91 cm.

8th Grade Sculpture: Hand Building – 1 more day… Kiln Guardians as well. Wheel – MANY days left.

Kiln Guardians? YES! A One or Two day project for those DONE with HAND BUILDING and the WHEEL.

HERE is the assignment as we create our own Kiln Guardians…

HERE is a link to our note taking on this video. Centering is the first step and the rest of the steps begin with the cylinder.

We are ALSO working on wrapping up the hand built sculptures this week… what do you need to do to wrap your work up?

Chuck Close Quote: What difference does it make whether you’re looking at a photograph or looking at a still life in front of you? You still have to look.

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6th Grade: 1 Point Perspective

When you think about perspective… what comes to mind? We are going to delve deep into the ideas of this in the next few weeks. Here is an example of BRILLIANT use of one point perspective.

7th Grade: Paper Mache Sculptures

We are researching and designing our own USEABLE and FUNCTIONAL paper mache sculptures. This is an example of a sculptural object – what kind of FUNCTIONAL object can you create?

“Maja Petek is an artist from Slovenia. She specializes in creating home decor using paper.” https://www.insider.com/artist-recycles-paper-into-papier-mache-lampshades-2020-1

8th Grade 2D Design: Landscape Acrylic Paintings

Working from YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS we will be creating landscape paintings in acrylic! This is one of MY FAVORITE activities to do as an artist. I LOVE landscape paintings… here is one of mine from a few years back… a plein air approach at Taliesin in Spring Green, WI.

8th Grade Sculpture: Hand Building – 3 more days! Wheel – MANY days left.

HERE is a link to our note taking on this video. Centering is the first step and the rest of the steps begin with the cylinder.

We are ALSO working on wrapping up the hand built sculptures this week… what do you need to do to wrap your work up?

“Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here. Make. Good. Art.” ~ Neil Gaiman

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6th Grade: 1 Point Perspective

When you think about perspective… what comes to mind? We are going to delve deep into the ideas of this in the next few weeks. Here is an example of BRILLIANT use of one point perspective.

7th Grade: Paper Mache Sculptures

We are researching and designing our own USEABLE and FUNCTIONAL paper mache sculptures. This is an example of a sculptural object – what kind of FUNCTIONAL object can you create?

8th Grade 2D Design: Landscape Acrylic Paintings

Kahn Academy FAUVIST PAINTINGS

While Fauvism is ONE style of painting, we are going to be looking at four different styles / movements. What is unique about this painting and how does it relate to the REAL WORLD and how WE see that?

8th Grade Sculpture: Hand Building – 3 more days! Wheel – MANY days left.

HERE is a link to our note taking on this video. Centering is the first step and the rest of the steps begin with the cylinder.

We’ve got days to work – 4 more… 3 more… and then we will move on – HAND BUILT is done soon and then onto a new sculpture. But first… we repair and regroup.

Ralph Waldo Emerson. “Every artist was first an amateur” https://www.brainyquote.com/photos_tr/en/r/ralphwaldoemerson/108800/ralphwaldoemerson1-2x.jpg 

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6th Grade: Boxes. These are our final days.

BOXES BOXES BOXES. Let’s make sure that we are woking to finish them up.

Thank you VAUGHN NELSON for the inspiration – It is ALWAYS good to see CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS and their work!

7th Grade: Assessment is coming up fast… what do you need to finish?

We are working on the PORTRAITS and you are wrapping things up. Color schemes were a NEW THING last time and we need to make sure that you are using them PROPERLY. What questions are there about the COLOR SCHEMES that I can answer?

8th Grade 2D Design: Wrap Up (QUICKLY) NAME TAGS and Line work!

Originality and Unique work are part of the process we are thinking about here. How are you using the ideas of the Zentangle and / or Parabola to make this work your own?

Think about how Santiago Calatrava used the Parabola as he designed the Milwaukee Art Museum. Unique – YES. Original – YES. His Own – YES!

8th Grade Sculpture: Wheel Throwing is here!

2 things on the plate today… Wheel and Hand building. Time to get to work.

“Creativity is a Habit, and the Best Creativity is the Result of Good Work Habits.” Twyla Tharp https://businessinrhyme.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/tharp.jpg

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6th Grade: SLABS!!

CERAMICS FIRST – Time is moving and we have a lot of work to do.

Sides should be about done. Tops this week and additives, sculpting, work!

FEET TOO!

7th Grade: Neurographic PORTRAITS + Watercolors and Color Theory – New Stuff and some OLD STUFF

Neurographic Portraits

8th Grade 2D Design: Wrap Up (QUICKLY) NAME TAGS and Line work!

Zentangle and Parabolic Line Drawings.

The Assignment is UPON US and the PLANNING is here. Are you more drawn to the Zentangle and design or the Parabolic idea and Design. There is NO WORNG ANSWER.

8th Grade Sculpture: Wheel Thrown Work and Hand Built

CERAMICS FIRST

We have two things on our plates :

Wheel Thrown Pottery and…

Hand BuiltTotem(LIKE) or Sculpture in the round that talks about US and our CULTURES. HOWEVER – we are NOT appropriating the TOTEM from the Native American Culture but rather are being inspired BY the ideas.

#17 Drawing is About Mark Making “Every mark has a distinct character and quality.Every mark is a signature. Variations in pressure and weight is the visual equivalent of intonation. Marks, or lines, of consistent weight or thickness surrounding a figure or object will flatten the image. Tapering or breaking a line in a curve can connote a highlight or make the curve flow. Also, a tentative line will read as such. Give every mark or line authority and make sure it serves a purpose. Try to use only the marks you need.”

101 Things to Learn in Art School, Kit White, 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kit White

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6th Grade: SLABS!!

CERAMICS FIRST – Jennifer Alexander’s Ceramics Boxes – This is what WE are going to start working towards…

Slab Building and the PROCESS of the box is where we are headed. Also – What is important to you as an artist? This is going to make the works unique and special to you!

7th Grade: Neurographic PORTRAITS + Watercolors! MARKER TIME!

Neurographic Portraits

FRANK – Insert the image of you for this space. If others are seeing this note to myself – you will have to come back and see the image later.

We are breaking the faces into shapes and then adding STRONG LINE to the outside… How can we SEE values throughout our faces and BREAK THEM into unique and organic shapes?

8th Grade 2D Design: Wrap Up (QUICKLY) NAME TAGS and Line work!

Zentangle and Parabolic Line Drawings.

Let’s Break into GROUPS – GROUPS to WORK WITH and then get going on Lines and Lines and Lines and DESIGN! We are going to be working COLLABORATIVELY with one another in the beginning of the week and then we are going solo on 2 different designs – HANDOUTS will be available!

Relax and Enjoy the process!

AND THANK YOU TO CT for this Fractal Generator Link. Let’s take a look at how PARABOLIC LINES work in the DIGITAL realm!

https://sciencevsmagic.net/fractal/#0768,0270,4,3,0,0,1

ALSO – Bridget Riley and OP Art and Victor Vasarely – OP Art. REAL ART that uses MATH

Vega 222, 1969-1970 (Credit: Erling Neby Collection, Oslo/Photo Øystein Thorvaldsen) https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190305-victor-vasarely-the-art-that-tricks-the-eyes

8th Grade Sculpture: Hand Built Sculpture IDEAS and DRAWINGS and then CLAY IN THE HAND!

CERAMICS FIRST

This hasn’t changed from last week so we will keep it the same.

We have two things on our plates – Creating a HAND BUILT Totem(LIKE) or Sculpture in the round that talks about US and our CULTURES. HOWEVER – we are NOT appropriating the TOTEM from the Native American Culture but rather are being inspired BY the ideas.

Photo (c) 2010, Robyn Hanson. http://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/totem_poles/

“Art isn’t a luxury. Art is a necessity“

Alvaro Batrington.

Quote from his interview on “A Brush With” The Art Newspaper

Learn To Draw “Drawing is more than a tool for rendering and capturing likenesses. It is a language, with its own syntax, grammar, and urgency. Learning to draw is about learning to see. In this way, it is a metaphor for all art activity. Whatever its form, drawing transforms perception and thought into image and teaches us how to think with our eyes.”

101 Things to Learn in Art School Kit White © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kit White

6th Grade: WRAP UP NAME TAGS and LET’S TALK CERAMICS!

CERAMICS FIRST – Jennifer Alexander’s Ceramics Boxes – This is what WE are going to start working towards…

Slab Building and the PROCESS of the box is where we are headed. Also – What is important to you as an artist? This is going to make the works unique and special to you!

7th Grade: Wrap Up NAME TAGS and PORTRAITS + Watercolors!

Neurographic Portraits

How can we SEE values throughout our faces and BREAK THEM into unique and organic shapes? David Najib Kasir uses Continuous Line Contour drawings to break his faces up. We will use photographs and carbon paper to do the same.

8th Grade 2D Design: Wrap Up (QUICKLY) NAME TAGS and Line work!

Zentangle and Parabolic Line Drawings.

Lines and Lines and Lines and DESIGN! We are going to be working COLLABORATIVELY with one another in the beginning of the week and then we are going solo on 2 different designs – HANDOUTS will be available!

Relax and Enjoy the process!

8th Grade Sculpture: Quickly WRAP UP NAME TAGS and ONTO THE WHEEL and Hand Built Sculptures!

CERAMICS FIRST

We have two things on our plates – Creating a HAND BUILT Totem(LIKE) or Sculpture in the round that talks about US and our CULTURES. HOWEVER – we are NOT appropriating the TOTEM from the Native American Culture but rather are being inspired BY the ideas.

What is Art?

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

https://i0.wp.com/www.guggenheim.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/gen-video-agnes-martin-video-still.jpg

6th Grade: Introductions and NAME TAGS

This is what we are ALL doing this forst week. Let’s get to know one another and then move into our first major work. We ALL have a lot to learn and we are going to get through it together…

CERAMICS FIRST

7th Grade: Introductions and NAME TAGS

This is what we are ALL doing this forst week. Let’s get to know one another and then move into our first major work. We ALL have a lot to learn and we are going to get through it together…

Neurographic Portraits

8th Grade 2D Design: Introductions and NAME TAGS

This is what we are ALL doing this forst week. Let’s get to know one another and then move into our first major work. We ALL have a lot to learn and we are going to get through it together…

Zentangle and Parabolic Line Drawings.

8th Grade Sculpture: Introductions and NAME TAGS

This is what we are ALL doing this forst week. Let’s get to know one another and then move into our first major work. We ALL have a lot to learn and we are going to get through it together…

CERAMICS FIRST.

There is not a lot of new classroom stuff to say right now except that I am now a PROUD WILDCAT at Forest Park Middle School with the Franklin Public Schools in Franklin WI.

28 years ago I started teaching. 28 years. I met a mom at open house this past week who was a first grader when I started teaching at Forest Park – she was at one of the elementary buildings – but she remembered me! Maybe it was my red sneakers that she remembered. I also reconnected with many of my family and friends.

Unfortunately, I also had to say goodbye – a very tear filled day of goodbye to Fort Atkinson High School. The past five years were wonderful and I learned a lot and made so many connections that I hope are life long connections. Thank you Fort.

6th Grade: 4 sections

We will begin with DRAWING and 2 point perspective…

7th Grade: 4 sections

I am not sure as of this typing what we are starting with…

8th Grade 2D Design:

Photography perhaps? Let’s see what happens.

8th Grade Sculpture:

Hmmmmm… I am waiting for clay right now so… maybe clay.

While I do not know a lot about the newest of federal holidays, it is important to educate oneself. Thank you you everyone who has given me a bit of insight into the reason for and the refelction on the final days of slavery in America.

OK – Onto ART

KORB Pottery and Brady Street

This has been a busy summer already and the pottery and painting continue.

Korb Pottery had a space on Brady Street in Milwaukee and we had a great time sharing the mud with the folks who came by. I threw ONE piece all day and about 15 others had their hands on the wheel. Thank you to all who came by, shared the experience, and bought some work.

Waterford 7+ and CLAY

Onto Tuesday’s with the Waterford 7+… Last week we began our FLORAL MOTIFS and slab builds. We will take the paper copies and work on watercolors and the slabs will become bowls… eventually.

HERE is the slideshow that I will be working with my Special Needs Artists this summer – the few weeks at least.

@TroyMadeIt on Instagram makes art all the time. My favorite summer crew – The Waterford 7+ will truly appreciate him and all he does. They make and do and create just like him. This summer they are beginning with CLAY as well.