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Has this #WeekGoneByFAST? It SURE HAS!

“In not stating the goal to the students and wording them so they are understandable… it is like a family going on a trip with Dad in the driver’s seat and him not sharing what the destination is or how long the trip is going to take. Dad knows where he’s going, but the rest of the family has no clue.” – Frank Korb

EXTRA CREDIT SURVEY BELOW!

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Studio Art 360 – Color Schemes and POP Art – WRAP IT UP by FRIDAY!

Cheez Whiz man… Yum! http://f.fastcompany.net/multisite_files/fastcompany/imagecache/slideshow_large/slideshow/2013/10/3020053-slide-pbp-l6.jpg

Goals:

  • 4.1P: Analyze, select, and curate artifacts and/or artworks for presentation and preservation.
  • What are your initial thoughts of the works you see in front of you? The works are ALL OVER the room – What do you think? Give 3 comments in your answer here. SENTENCES… Talk about the work with a descriptor to the work (what is the image of?).

What did you learn about YOUR work today? What did you learn about the work of your classmates? How would you go and CHANGE something that you did? 

Painting and AP Studio Art – CARTER SCHULTZ from Ai (the Art Institutes)

What school of the arts would you like to go to. Ai is good, and there are others also…

Goals:

  • Know about OPPORTUNITIES in the world for DESIGNERS and ARTISTS – Ai Presentation – Carter Schultz
  • What do you THINK about the prospects of becoming a PROFESSIONAL ARTIST – based on the knowledge that you currently have…

Questions for Carter – HAVE ONE by the end of the presentation. YOU WILL ALL RAISE YOUR HANDS!

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#POPArt and the RESOLUTION of it all. How would the #Griswolds sing about making #art? Hmmm

“In not stating the goal to the students and wording them so they are understandable… it is like a family going on a trip with Dad in the driver’s seat and him not sharing what the destination is or how long the trip is going to take. Dad knows where he’s going, but the rest of the family has no clue.” – Frank Korb

On the ROAD again! Testing is over for today and we’re on the ROAD AGAIN! Let’s Sing a song to CELEBRATE our journey together – our ART journey!

EXTRA CREDIT BELOW!

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Studio Art 360 – Color Schemes and POP Art – WRAP IT UP by WEDNESDAY!

PEANUT BUTTER ALLERGIES? Stay away from THIS art! http://ed_wp-content_v2.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/food_streetart_logos_03.jpg

Goals:

  • G: 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • Today is the 2nd to the LAST day to work in class… what do you need to do to WRAP IT UP?

What are the 4 color schemes you have used? What do you need to do this evening to FINISH? Are you done?

Painting – Color Schemes and PAINTING of the ABSTRACT Composition!

Color blending in Kasmir Malevich’s Russian works. http://www.shafe.co.uk/crystal/images/lshafe/Malevich_The_Knife_Grinder_1912.jpg

Goals:

  • G:  2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • Third REAL day of painting – What are you looking to accomplish today? Look at your painting FIRST… them answer this question?

Looking at your painting today… what DID you accomplish? What are you pleased with and what are you NOT happy with? 

AP Studio Art – Concentration and CRITIQUE!

Think about the idea of the PORTRAIT! How can you do it in engaging fashion? How can you engage your viewers in all your works? CONCENTRATION HERE!

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.
  • What did you hear others say about the work in front of you YESTERDAY? How did that HELP or HINDER your thoughts about your work or the work of your classmates?

Thinking about the ideas that were spoken about in the CRITS… where do you see yourself going in the next three works? The NEXT 3 works will be due in TWO WEEKS from MONDAY – Monday the 10. What do you have to do in the next 12 school days?

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#MakingArt and #TalkingArt – #MakerMovement – #Critique – and get out and #VOTE!

WHOEVER PUT THE FOREIGN SUBSTANCE IN MY FISH BOWL… PLEASE RETHINK YOUR CHOICES. WHAT WAS THE POINT OF POTENTIALLY HURTING MY FISH. DID SHE MAKE YOU MAD? DID I? IF I DID, TALK TO ME… DON’T HURT MY FISH.

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Are you 18? Have you registered to VOTE today? This may not be social studies, but the right to vote is YOURS and ARTISTS have fought along side of all those who have NOT been able to vote until they were. GET OUT AND REGISTER and then VOTE!
Are you 18? Have you registered to VOTE today? This may not be social studies, but the right to vote is YOURS and ARTISTS have fought along side of all those who have NOT been able to vote until they were. GET OUT AND REGISTER and then VOTE!

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“In not stating the goal to the students and wording them so they are understandable… it is like a family going on a trip with Dad in the driver’s seat and him not sharing what the destination is or how long the trip is going to take. Dad knows where he’s going, but the rest of the family has no clue.” – Frank Korb

Oh NO! What SHALL WE DO? It is all part of the journey! http://cdn.mos.totalfilm.com/images/n/national-lampoons-christmas-vacation-3339-p-1374489086-645-75.jpg

 EXTRA CREDIT BELOW!

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Studio Art 360 – Color Schemes and POP Art – WRAP IT UP by WEDNESDAY!

Mark Rothko Chapel – Let’s take 5 Minutes to visit the ideas once more before we work… THEN WE WORK!
What? Sharpie on the wall… REMEMBER TO NOT PARTICIPATE IN GRAFFITI! http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3684/10111213266_057434c5bd_o.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • What is one thing you would like to know more about when it comes to ACRYLIC PAINTS / PAINTING? N: PAINT and PAINT and PAINT.

What is working? What do you need to do to continue to move forward with your works? It is DUE at the BEGINNING of class on THURSDAY (?). What do you need to do to be DONE… not ALMOST done, but DONE!

Painting – Color Schemes and PAINTING of the ABSTRACT Composition!

How to STAIN a canvas? Helen Frankenthaller could teach us a thing or two… http://www.thebohmerian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Jewish-American-abstract-expressionist-painter-and-artist-Helen-Frankenthaler-photographed-working-in-her-new-york-studio-by-Austrian-photographer-Ernst-Haas-2.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • Yesterday was a new start for some of you. What are your concerns about the process of painting with Acrylics?

What CHALLENGES did you face today? How did you go about SOLVING that challenge?

AP Studio Art – Concentration and CRITIQUE!

Cat Vukodinovuch and her concentration HERE!

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.
  • What are you HOPING to take from a CRITIQUE today? What are you hoping to contribute?

What DID you TAKE or GIVE in the process of the crit?

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#WrapUp and #Critiques this week… #Art Thou Ready?

“In not stating the goal to the students and wording them so they are understandable… it is like a family going on a trip with Dad in the driver’s seat and him not sharing what the destination is or how long the trip is going to take. Dad knows where he’s going, but the rest of the family has no clue.” – Frank Korb

Let’s go on VACATION! https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/d476f-family_truckster.jpg

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Studio Art 360 – Color Schemes and POP Art – WRAP IT UP by WEDNESDAY!

How can you use EVERYDAY logos and images to make a point in the REAL world? http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/11/02/article-2484476-191F902600000578-97_634x414.jpg
Mark Rothko Chapel – Let’s take 5 Minutes to visit the ideas once more before we work… THEN WE WORK!

Goals:

  • 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • What is ONE THING you have learned about the use of ACRYLIC PAINTS so far in the process?

What are three things you would / will CHANGE about the painting you are doing SO FAR? 

Painting – Color Schemes and PAINTING of the ABSTRACT Composition!

Julian Schnabel – Additive materials to the work. http://www.saatchigallery.com/aipe/imgs/schnabel/divan.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What do you know about the process of using ACRYLIC paints? What are you worried about?

What did you do today with ACRYLICS that taught you something? What was that learning? Julian Schnabel – Texture / additive 

AP Studio Art – Concentration and CRITIQUE!

Carmel North – AP Website! How can you add to this site? We will learn today! Link Here.

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.
  • What is the CENTRAL IDEA to your concentration? How do your works demonstrate the idea of GROWTH, DISCOVERY, and INVESTIGATION?

What have you learned about your work today… over the past weeks?

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Did the #Artist’s #VanGogh towards the #museum this weekend or the #studio?

“Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.” – Og Mandino

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Studio Art 360 – Color Schemes and POP Art

The Rothko Chaple at CSU… Link to the WSJ Article…. Link to the Rothko Chapel Site. http://houstonmuseumdistrict.org/media/files/museum/W-NW-N-by-Hickey-Robertson_700x700.jpg

Goals:

  • G:3.1P: Apply relevant criteria from traditional and contemporary cultural contexts to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for works of art and design in progress.
  • What do you need to do to get yourself ready for a WEDNESDAY due date?

What are the challenges you have been having with this process? What colors have you begun using and how easy / hard has this been for you? 

Painting – CANVAS CONSTRUCTION! Color Schemes and the RESOLUTION of the ABSTRACT Composition!

Brice Marden in his Studio – COLOR and LINE! AP… Any Thoughts? http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/10/29/arts/600_loos.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.2Ac: Demonstrate awareness of ethical implications of making and distributing creative work.
  • What can you say to someone who looks at your artwork (abstraction) and says something along the lines of “I Don’t Get It.” or “Anyone Can Do That!”

Today – Successful in the process? What is an interesting aspect of the layering or flattening of the acrylic paints? What did you accomplish today? 

AP Studio Art – Concentration Time!

Reflect on what you are doing… http://www.clevelandseniors.com/images/funny/art-thief/van-gogh-painting.jpg

GOALS:

  • 3.1P: Apply relevant criteria from traditional and contemporary cultural contexts to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for works of art and design in progress.
  • What are you planning on doing TODAY to set yourself up for a productive WEEKEND? What is your body of work centered on? Drawing? 2D Design? How do you see this in your first three artworks?

What did you accomplish today? What do you need to do tomorrow, over the weekend? How can you develop your OWN voice? What does the BREADTH work do to help you find that VOICE in your concentration? Self-Reflection…

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#Thursday? What happened to the REST of the WEEK? #MakeArtToday!

“Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.” – Og Mandino

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Studio Art 360 – Color Schemes and POP Art

Mark Rothko in the STUDIO. What a GREAT BIG CANVAS! http://cloud.lomography.com/576/435/8b/70e4bf5f5f752f84ecd8eae677822dd43e790c.jpg

Goals:

  • G: 1.1P: Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors.
  • How do you feel using MULTIPLE APPROACHES to the creative process helped you or challenged you in coming up with your compositions?

Do you feel going through a PROCESS is a STRONG way to begin an artwork (or anything else) or  simply a waste of time – you have a “just do it” sort of approach. Explain your answer. 

Painting – CANVAS CONSTRUCTION! Color Schemes and the RESOLUTION of the ABSTRACT Composition!

Here we are DRAWING with INK on a LARGE SHEET OF PAPER – Thanks Brice Marden! ABSTRACTION! http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81CIvE3XoYL._SL1500_.jpg

Goals:

  •  2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • Consider the layering and transparency of the images / colors… what does this visually do for you, the painter? What does it do visually for the audience?

As you look back on the construction of the canvas, what are especially happy about as you built your own?

AP Studio Art – Concentration Time!

Calder and his CIRCUS! What a GREAT idea to CONCENTRATE on! Fun! http://whitney.org/image_columns/0002/4353/alexandercalderinstallview1_600_1200.jpg?1369062947

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.
  • Have you DISCOVERED ANYTHING new about your ideas for your concentration today, this week, as you have been working. I’ve had MANY great conversations with each almost each of you… what do you take away from them?

What are your questions about making your statement ONLINE? Do you have an idea how to access your ONLINE portion of the website?

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#Working #Wednesday and Staying on top of the #Artwork.

“Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.” – Og Mandino

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Studio Art 360 – Color Schemes and POP Art

ALL LATE SKETCHES DUE THIS WEEK BY WEDNESDAY! THAT’S IT!

The scale of the works is impressive. The work in REAL Life is impressive. http://thevelvetrocket.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/mark-rothko-no-14-1960.jpg

Goals:

  •  G: 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • What do you feel REPEATING an image over and over, each time with a different color scheme do for your audience?

What did you enjoy about the process of the painting today? What are the challenges? Are you using the correct size brushes?  

Painting – CANVAS CONSTRUCTION! Color Schemes and the RESOLUTION of the ABSTRACT Composition!

Brice Marden and his techniques in the making of the artwork. How can you see the building of the work? http://ranchoreubidoux.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/brice-marden_1.jpeg

Goals:

  •  7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.
  • What are your concerns about transferring the ideas and images up to the canvas? Does it have to be EXACT? Why or Why Not?

How is approaching the canvas ALL OVER going to be different than focusing on ONE SECTION at a time? What will it allow you to see early?

AP Studio Art – Concentration Time!

What does your concentration look like NOW? Do not worry about the next three works… worry about the current 3 pieces… Robert Arneson – BIO. http://www.artnet.com/artwork_images_484_822284_robert-arneson.jpg

GOALS:

  • NETS: Use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively
  • What are your FEARS as you begin to come to the end of the first three works? What are your FEARS about the AP Process?

Ask 2 probing questions about the work of one of your classmates – NOT the one you spoke to yesterday.

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How is your #Mood to your #Artwork?

“Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.” – Og Mandino

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Studio Art 360 – Color Schemes and POP Art

ALL LATE SKETCHES DUE THIS WEEK BY WEDNESDAY! THAT’S IT!

Mark Rothko: http://radicaljew.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Rothko_No_14.jpg

Goals:

  • G: 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • How are you BALANCING the composition out as you move forward?

What did you struggle with as you began painting your images out? What is DIFFERENT in acrylics than in watercolor? 

Painting – CANVAS CONSTRUCTION! Color Schemes and the RESOLUTION of the ABSTRACT Composition!

Brice Marden: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/10/27/arts/marden.selects.3.450.jpg

Goals:

  • 7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.
  • What MOOD do you feel your composition is setting up and WHY?

Work with one another and build the canvas that will be the final painting. Is this a positive aspect to the composition? Does it express your FEELINGS toward the building / the space? 

AP Studio Art – Concentration Time!

Alice Neel: http://www.davidzwirner.com/exhibition/alice-neel-4/

GOALS:

  • NETS: Use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively?
  • What is the central idea behind your concentration?

Share with your AP Classmates the work you have accomplished up to this point. One on One.

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#Concentration and #ColorSchemes – Across the Board!

“Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.” – Og Mandino

Fail and Fail and Fail and Fail… until you succeed. http://www.chcp.edu/sites/default/files/content/images/failure%20is%20the%20key%20to%20success.jpg

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Studio Art 360 – Color Schemes and POP Art

ALL LATE SKETCHES DUE THIS WEEK BY WEDNESDAY! THAT’S IT!

How does this relate to what POP Art is? Mark Rothko – What’s his color Scheme? http://www.michaelarnoldart.com/orange%20and%20yellow%20Mark%20Rothko%20painting.jpeg Mark Rothko BIO – HERE.

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 4 color schemes that you are going to be using in your painting?

What did you do successfully in the transferring of your images up to the paper and then the canvas? What is the RELATIONSHIP between the Abstract Expressionists of the 1950’s and the Pop Artists of the 1960’s

Painting – CANVAS CONSTRUCTION! Color Schemes and the RESOLUTION of the ABSTRACT Composition!

Brice Marden – Abstraction and SPACE – BIO HERE. http://www.moma.org/images/dynamic_content/exhibition_page/13237.jpg?1404310816

Goals:

  •  G: 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What has been your biggest question about the building process? Biggest PROBLEM? COMPLETE SENTENCES PLEASE!

What can you do today / tomorrow to begin the PAINTING PROCESS tomorrow? Or at least drawing the painting out on your canvas?

AP Studio Art – Concentration Time!

Matisse and LINE… http://nga.gov.au/exhibitions/Matisse/images/Romainebig.jpg

Henri Matisse: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mati/hd_mati.htm AND http://www.berggruen.com/exhibitions/henri-matisse_1#1

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.
  • What do you hope to learn / communicate in the FIRST THREE works you are presenting (Next Monday)

What have you accomplished today that sets you up for success?

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#Friday? Where did the week GO?

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Even Magritte knows to make sure his eyes are covered when cutting wood in Art Class.

“Aim higher in case you fall short.” ― Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire

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Studio Art 360 – Color Schemes and POP Art

Andy and his Soup Cans… http://blog.jess3.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Andywarhol_CampbellsSoup-2.jp

Goals:

  • 7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.
  • How can your ideas (not just about Soup Cans or Today’s Products) be used in other classes or aspects of your life to share and explain more about you? To let the world know what is important to you?

What are the challenges you have been having with this process? What colors have you begun using and how easy / hard has this been for you?. Did you need or offer help from / to a classmate? Collaboration is ESSENTIAL to solving problems.

Painting – CANVAS CONSTRUCTION! Color Schemes and the RESOLUTION of the ABSTRACT Composition!

Ah Dibenkorn… http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2012-02-27-estengerOP96.JPG

Goals:

  • G: 7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.
  • What do you need to do in order to be READY to transfer your image up to the canvas on MONDAY? Study Halls? After School? Before School? PROCESS!!! THIS IS HUGE!

Successful in the process? Finished? What did you accomplish today and how did you help your classmate out? 

AP Studio Art – Concentration Time!

What? How COOL is this work? Take the portrait and do THIS with it… then you have something! http://www.francoise-nielly.com/

GOALS:

  • 3.1P: Apply relevant criteria from traditional and contemporary cultural contexts to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for works of art and design in progress.
  • What are you planning on doing TODAY to set yourself up for a productive WEEKEND? What is your body of work centered on? Drawing? 2D Design? How do you see this in your thumbnail sketches / planning drawings?

 

What did you accomplish today? What do you need to do tomorrow?  Developing Still Life works, concentration work. How can you develop your OWN voice?