Studio Art Education: Encouraging Self-Directed, Reflective, and Risk Taking Artists since 1996.
We’re NOT QUITE there yet, but in just a few days the classroom will be buzzing with activity and ART! I hope you have all had a GREAT summer vacation and are ready to share in the DAY to DAY activities that will be bound to happen in this great space! The space is the least important part of the equation, but it is all I have images of. The minds of the artists are what are going to REALLY count as we approach another year of making great NEW discoveries in the Visual Arts!
Full Moon 4 Miler TOMORROW in Waterford. Thanks to Brett Roberts for the awesome vases for trophies. Will you win one of the 6? I’d like to try! Here they are drying, ready for tomorrow nights race. Good running you all.
The Waterford 7 are back in action. What a great day to look at Vincent van Gogh and learn about charcoal and charcoal pencil. We spend time looking at and copying some of van Gogh’s greatest paintings and drawings. These four of the seven did an awesome job today. A lot of hard work and careful looking took place. I am really proud of all the work you did. Russell, Brandon
Crystal, and Mikey, good job.
Thank you for ALL your hard work over these past 4 weeks. Continue to be focused and WORK on your WORK. There is nothing better than working on work to get better at making work. You have all had great successes as well as aspects of the work that has been, well, not so successful – failure may be the better word.
End of the Day (CLASS) Reflection (use Google Drive to answer this one): TONIGHT… Think about ALL that we have done these past four weeks. Stop and consider EVERYTHING that you have learned from these experiences. I am concerned about the experiences and opportunities you have had, taken, made, experienced… all of it. With a one page paper (Google Drive: Share it with fkorb@waterforduhs.k12.wi.us, 12 point font, Times New Roman, Double Spaced, Standard Margins) and write out three paragraphs. First paragraph – is about all that you were hoping to learn and experience in the course. Second paragraph is about WHAT you REALLY learned and experienced (allow yourself to use you past reflections and writing as well as examples of artwork from your body of work to better explain yourself). Final paragraph is a concluding statement – what you hope to continue doing, using, experimenting, exploring, etc… with your artwork. It doesn’t matter if you EVER paint en plein air again, this experience is going to put you over the top! Top of the paper – CENTERED and BOLD – type: Your First and Last name and then under it type Artist’s Statement. Like this:
End of the Day Reflection (use the back of this page for more reflection space): Analyze the ELEMENTS That you are setting up as being the emphasis of your painting. How would you use sentences to DESCRIBE how you are using those elements to create a successful composition? WHY does that work for you? SECONDLY – REFLECT on your thoughts from yesterday about WHY you took / WHAT you were hoping to learn from this course. Now… at this point in the course, what HAVE you learned / taken away / appreciated / other thoughts about the course and YOUR WORK – your learning. WEDNESDAY NIGHT’S HOMEWORK – Write up a ONE PAGE (double spaced, Times New Roman, 12 point). You can create it in GOOGLE DRIVE and SHARE it with me… or bring it printed. Google Drive is BEST though. I can make changes, edit, proof, format it… Let me know if you have questions.
Check out the Plein Air Painters at http://pleinairartists.ning.com/group/wisconsinpleinairpaintersassociationwipapa
Spotlight on Tony Robinson today! Look at hos brush strokes! Look at his use of COLOR! Look at the Shapes!
End of the Day Reflection (use the back of this page for more reflection space): Describe what you have in your painting. Take the time to LIST everything that you have in today’s work. This is going to help you get some good reflection going here. SECONDLY – To begin with an artist statement: What are two things that you were / are hoping to take away / learn from these four weeks of class. This is in complete sentences and have an opening statement and supporting sentences to back it up. (Use the BACK of this page to write this out. This will be TRANSFERRED to digital / computer at the end of the week.)
What a GREAT 3 weeks we have had. One week to go – one more painting. While we were able to get a painting a day (for the most part done with watercolors, the acrylics seem to take a lot longer. I am VERY proud of the work of my students. The work they have been producing, the lessons they are learning, the techniques they are experimenting with. Successes and failures abound, but in the end, the experiences are why these five are taking the time out of their valuable (and fun filled) summer. Thanks all!
What are your TOP 3 learning experiences from this week? What are 2 things you would like to focus on next week – our last week together? What is ONE thing you would share with your classmates (current or future) about the process of painting?
How were you able to make successful use of the thickness of the acrylics versus the transparency of the watercolors? After a couple of days using the easels (for those who haven’t) how does it work DIFFERENTLY than painting in your lap – on a board?
