Art With Korb

I can describe the importance of building relationships between diverse groups of people.

“Each generation gets to reinvent art in its own image.”

Because art is an act of description, it is inevitable that what it describes will reflect every generation’s bias of the moment. It is not a strict reflection of a time but an interpretation rendered in a language that is always in a state of transformation. Kit White © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kit White

We are working in all of our studios this week. I have no images to upload to inspire you with this week… In fact… this is a week where it is all going to happen in the classroom. Please be aware that we are working hard and sometimes, after MANY YEARS of regular and consistent posts, things need to be set aside. KNOW that the week is planned (and you can see that in the links) AND nothing else is happening as I write this.

I spent HOURS in my own studio today and… this is part of me being an artist and taking care of me. Thanks.

6th Grade: GLAZING!

Link to lesson plans HERE!

7th Grade: Photography

Link to lesson plans HERE!

8th Grade 2D Design: Digital Art and Photoshop

Link to lesson plans HERE!

8th Grade Sculpture: GLAZING

Link to lesson plans HERE!

Ansel Adams. “You don’t take a photograph, you make it”

An Ansel Adams VIEW of the valley. Check out the HORIZONTAL COMPOSITION!

We are emptying cabinets and handing back work today! Be ready to take your work home. Thanks.

6th Grade: 1 Point Perspective – The CRITIQUE and GLAZING!

This looks a lot like the KORB POTTERY glaze selection – not quite but close.

We are ASSESSING the One Point Perspective Paintings this week and THEN we are GLAZING OUR BOXES – Finally.

7th Grade: Photography

Time to wrap up the SCAVENGER HUNT and then getting into the PORTRAITS, LANDSCAPES, and FOODIE PHOTOS

8th Grade 2D Design: Digital Art and Photoshop

Be patient as will I. These computers are good AND they take some time to work with SO… LET US BE EXTRA PATIENT WITH ONE ANOTHER and work through this FIRE together.

8th Grade Sculpture: GLAZING – Finally

We are going to spend about a week and do the glazing, fire, clean things up, and then assess the work. Make sure you keep the glaze off the bottom. We have to have the bottoms cleanly sponged off so that they do NOT stick to the kiln shelves.

#51: Learn the basic principles of color. There are three primary colors: red, blue, and yellow. They are the building blocks of all other colors. The secondary colors are violet (blue and red), green (blue and yellow), and orange (red and yellow). They are composed by the equal mixture of two primaries. All other colors are referred to as tertiary, because they are mixtures of a primary and a secondary color. Kit White 101 Things to Learn in Art School

6th Grade: 1 Point Perspective – THE FINAL PAINTING

I’m going to leave this up here and talk about it this week. Know artists, that what we do in the 6th grade studio is what artists in the professional studio do as well… you are just at a different time in the career.

Here is what you can do with perspective as you continue to work as an artist. Pontone Gallery – London. Hwang Seonate – Korean Artist – One and Two Point Perspective Artworks / Lightboxes. Let’s take a look… Click on the image and let’s see what happens in the the ART WORLD TODAY with perspective artwork.

You are adding watercolors to your 1 Point Perspective Drawings – TAKE YOUR TIME and BE CAREFUL in your painting techniques.

Watercolor Techniques and Experiments – I will offer this to you more than in 6th grade – but we will not be doing it all…

Additional Worksheet Examples are HERE if you want to learn more about 1 point perspective.

7th Grade: Photography

When you think of PHOTOGRAPHY… what are 3 things that come to mind?

We are going to look at the cameras that we have in the department as well as the cameras that you have in your hands always. There are some skills that we are going to be working on that are different than what you use on a daily basis AND when you start thinking about the new techniques – you will make stronger photographs for yourself as well.

8th Grade 2D Design: Digital Art and Photoshop

What do you know about Adobe Photoshop?

Adobe Photoshop is a professional program that we are going to begin to explore. BE patient and PAY ATTENTION to the instructions. This is challenging and can be a lot of fun as well.

8th Grade Sculpture: GLAZING – Finally

What is it you know about the positives and negatives of glazing?

We are going to spend about a week and do the glazing, fire, clean things up, and then assess the work.

Remember that we have MR. KORB created ART STUDIO EXPECTATIONS.

6th Grade: 1 Point Perspective – Worksheet and Experimenting / Learning

What skills are you learning? What are you struggling with? Know that this is a challenging assignment and that it requires SITTING and WORKING!

Here is what you can do with perspective as you continue to work as an artist. Pontone Gallery – London. Hwang Seonate – Korean Artist – One and Two Point Perspective Artworks / Lightboxes. Let’s take a look… Click on the image and let’s see what happens in the the ART WORLD TODAY with perspective artwork.

Watercolor Techniques and Experiments – I will offer this to you more than in 6th grade – but we will not be doing it all…

Additional Worksheet Examples are HERE if you want to learn more about 1 point perspective.

7th Grade: Paper Mache Sculptures

We are DONE. What are you doing with the ideas of the work? What are you doing with the idea of making art and how it fits into the rest of your life?

https://hitotsuyamastudio.com/

What we did with paper mache is something that is not limited to the art studio. Make sure that you are thinking about the use of these skills in the larger sense of your life.

8th Grade 2D Design: Landscape Acrylic Paintings – DETAILS and PAINTING!

We are DONE with the paintings and are wrapping them up.

7 things you need to know about Fauvism – Southeby’s

8th Grade Sculpture: PLASTER HAND SCULPTURES

Wrapping it up! HAHA!

Gina Gilbert – Life Casts – Professional Artist using the same techniques you learned in class. Can you make high end art? Yes! You already are.

Remember that we have MR. KORB created ART STUDIO EXPECTATIONS.

“Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.” Brian Tracy, Eat that Frog

6th Grade: 1 Point Perspective – Watercolors

Watercolor and techniques.. what are you aware of when it comes to WATERCOLORS?

Watercolor Techniques and Experiments – I will offer this to you more than in 6th grade – but we will not be doing it all…

Additional Worksheet Examples are HERE if you want to learn more about 1 point perspective.

We have PLANED OUR CITIES for each individual class so… be ready to see the differences!

7th Grade: Paper Mache Sculptures

We are into the stage of FINISHING THEM UP! What are you doing to get yourself to the end stage?

Not functional art but… Davis publications shares what CAN be done with the ideas and the patience and the practice. These might lead a future work for us… HEADS UP by Davis Publications

8th Grade 2D Design: Landscape Acrylic Paintings – DETAILS and PAINTING!

Planning and development of the work is DONE and we are now to the point of working out the ideas of BRUSH STROKES, COLOR, and LIGHTING… What are you doing to wrap things up? 2 days left!

Realism – at the Tate

This is a HISTORY PAINTING by Thomas Cole – 1836. A Hudson River Painter: View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm – The Oxbow (1836) by Thomas Cole; Thomas Cole, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

8th Grade Sculpture: PLASTER HAND SCULPTURES

Plaster – Ah George Segal… here is a GREAT LONG VERSION YouTube video to watch… I did! We are going to leave this here and play it during the work time this week.

NEW ART STUDIO EXPECTATIONS FOR EVERYONE!

#69: Color is not Neutral: It has an emotional component. Certain colors have specific associations and induce certain responses. Learn what they are. When you use color, try to determine and understand the accompanying emotional response and how to use it effectively. Color has a visceral impact. Kit White 101 Things I Learned in Art School

6th Grade: 1 Point Perspective

YES… This stays. Also – Check out MORE VIDEOS on YouTube from Frank Korb – OH SO MANY YEARS AGO! Before it was cool!

Additional Worksheet Examples are HERE if you want to learn more about 1 point perspective.

We have PLANED OUR CITIES for each individual class so… be ready to see the differences!

7th Grade: Paper Mache Sculptures

We are into the stage of FINISHING THEM UP! What are you doing to get yourself to the end stage?

https://www.dezeen.com/2007/07/12/paper-mache-armchair-by-majid-asif/

Time to WORK!

8th Grade 2D Design: Landscape Acrylic Paintings – DETAILS and PAINTING!

Planning and development of the work is DONE and we are now to the point of working out the ideas of BRUSH STROKES, COLOR, and LIGHTING…

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/fauv/hd_fauv.htm

HERE is a link to the planning stages because if you don’t KNOW Fauvism… how can you WORK with ANY of the movements we are looking at?

8th Grade Sculpture: PLASTER HAND SCULPTURES

Plaster – Ah George Segal… here is a GREAT LONG VERSION YouTube video to watch… I did!

Ok… Let’s get into the ideas and the making!

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“Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.” — Julie Andrews

6th Grade: 1 Point Perspective

Another week of this and this is a good thing to leave up. Seriously – I’m leaving this here…

Independent Art Making on Monday… HERE is the assignment.

We are going to PLAN THE CITY for each individual class so… be ready to contribute to the city planning!

7th Grade: Paper Mache Sculptures

How are you thinking about the use of the FUNCTIONAL ART and the idea of the PAPER MACHE in your work? Are you ready to start tearing paper and applying the three layers to the unstructured skeleton of your functional art?

Pulp It: replace plastic with papier-mâché says Vincent Dassi

Time to WORK!

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 ANY of the movements we are looking at?

1857
The Gleaners
Artist: Jean-François Millet

8th Grade Sculpture: PLASTER HAND SCULPTURES

What? A NEW MEDIUM – YES – and the first quarter has not ended yet. Let’s get into PLASTER!

ICA Miami – George Segal Sculpture

Ok… Let’s get into the ideas and the planning

“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?