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“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” ― A.A. Milne

“Power will accomplish much, but perseverance more.”  — William Scott Downey

Where will this river take us?

Art Foundations: Presentation of Architecture AND Begin City Scape / Neighborhood Drawings 

What can you say about your work that hasn’t been said about Gehry’s?

Goals: Neighborhoods and City Scapes HERE

  1. Evaluate the Effectiveness of Art
  2. Create 2 point perspective and Value drawing that uses COMPOSITION to solve visual challenges.

7th Hour – Same Goals – Different Activity: You will take 10 minutes to complete the GROUP Evaluation of your work – hand that in to your GUEST TEACHER.

  1. Evaluate the Effectiveness of Art
  2. Create 2 point perspective and Value drawing that uses COMPOSITION to solve visual challenges.
  • Take a look at the goals and write them down in your binder.
  • After you are finished with that, break into your groups and take 8 minutes to finish up your group answers for the Frank Gehry inspired building you worked on.
  • Staple all of your individual reflection sheets under the group answers and hand them into your guest teacher.
  • As you are headed BACK TO YOUR DESKS, please grab a sheet of White Paper from the Kitchen Table AND a RULER or T-Square.
  • At your desks – using pencil – measure in 6 inches from one side (at the top and the bottom) and draw a line. This is one edge of your picture plane.
  • Do the same for the other side… this is the OTHER side of your picture plane.
  • You can now do one of two things…
    • The picture plane can be the space between these two lines OR
    • CAREFULLY TRIM THE PAPER ON THESE LINES (using the paper cutter, scissors, or an x-Acto Knife and cutting mat) and then attach the “wings” to the side of the paper.
  • BEFORE YOU DRAW A HORIZON LINE, think about the TYPE of VIEW you’d like to have in your NEighborhood OR City Scape. Click HERE – one student is the clicker-master – and look through the images of the NEIGHBORHOOD.
    • In Your Sketchbook write out your thoughts regarding the Neighborhood:
      • Placement of Buildings
      • Number of Buildings
      • Look of Streets, Sidewalks, and Yards
      • Height of houses, trees, other aspects of the architecture / things in the image
      • Does this remind you of YOUR neighborhood? Your houses?
      • What’s Different? What’s the same?
    • In Your Sketchbook write out your thoughts regarding the City Scape:
      • Placement of Buildings
      • Number of Buildings
      • Look of Streets, Sidewalks, and Yards
      • Height of houses, trees, other aspects of the architecture / things in the image
      • Does this remind you of YOUR neighborhood? Your houses?
      • What’s Different? What’s the same?
  • Pair up and REVIEW THE RULES OF TWO POINT Perspective (if time allows). Go over EACH of the 6 Rules of Thumb
  • Are you ready to draw your horizon Line? If so, go ahead and begin with ONE BUILDING… go to the vanishing points…
  • Use your skills and your knowledge… this is a lot on you today and tomorrow – I have FAITH in YOU!

What were the BIGGEST CHALLENGES today? Write that on your GOALS page. Thanks – Video Tomorrow!

Advanced Drawing: Hallway – OIL PASTELS!

Hallway! Is it REAL COLORS? I don’t think so.

Goals

  1. 1.2 create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the 1.2.1 OIL PASTELS and 1.2.2 OBSERVATION AND MARK MAKING
  2. 2.2 evaluate the effectiveness of artworks (What’s working SO FAR?)

Day two in the hallways with oil pastels for sure… what is the challenge NOT working in the space of the studio?

AP Studio Art: Concentration and ADVENTURE!

TIME MACHINE! Take me back HOME!

Goals

  1. 2.3 Create artworks that use organizational structures and functions to solve specific visual art problems

As an AP Student, you especially need to be focused on the progress you are making. How are you coming with your work? How are you progressing?

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“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” ― Confucius

BREAKING ART NEWS! Francis Bacon Triptych Sells for $148 Million

What does $148 Million Dollars Look Like? This! Click on the painting above to read the BBC Article on this Auction record and see the video. Munch must be SCREAMing in his grave! [This] “File photo shows a journalist looking at Francis Bacon’s paintings ‘Three Studies of Lucian Freud’ (1969) during an exhibition at the Borghese museum in Rome, on September 30, 2009 (AFP/File, Vincenzo Pinto)”

“Power will accomplish much, but perseverance more.”  — William Scott Downey

It is all in how you line things up…

Art Foundations: Two Point Perspective – FINAL PROJECT!

Richard Estes – Painting of a Cityscape… What has your cityscape / neighborhood scape got in it?

CITY SCAPE / NEIGHBORHOOD EXAMPLES: HERE – Under Art Foundations: Neighborhoods / City Scape Link

Broad Museum RIGHT NEXT TO GEHRY’s in LA. Click on image for 3 minute video.

Goals

  1. Evaluate the effectiveness of your artwork.

Review with neighbors the progress of the cityscape and the proper use of 2 point perspective. What are the big challenges you are facing with the buildings?

Advanced Drawing: Hallway Drawings – Oils? I Hope So!

While this is ONE point perspective… how have they used COLOR to RAMP THINGS UP?

Goals

  1. 1.2 create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the 1.2.1 materials and 1.2.2 techniques

What do you need to do differently for tomorrow to be successful with these materials in the hallways? How did today go?

AP Studio Art: Concentration and ADVENTURES (click THERE for the story)… PHOTOGRAPH? Build your digital portfolio.

AAArghh.. Although he is NOT a very scary pirate… not in the least.

Goals

  1. 1.2 Create works of Visual Art that demonstrate an understanding of how the communication of your ideas relate to the 1.2.1 media, 1.2.2 technique 1.2.3 and process you use.
  2. 2.3 Create artworks that use organizational structures and functions to solve specific visual art problems – How are COMPOSITION and ORGANIZATION holding your work together to COMMUNICATE your message?

Working in class over the past 2 weeks – what have you accomplished – SHARE! What did you accomplish today? What do you need to do tomorrow?

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“If you are going through hell, keep going.” ― Winston Churchill

“Power will accomplish much, but perseverance more.”  — William Scott Downey

Perseverance is as strong a tool as the ropes holding you up…

Art Foundations: Last day to Construct your Architecture

Disney’s LA Philharmonic Concert Hall. When do WE get to go? Want to visit VIRTUALLY? Click HERE.

Goals

  1. 6.3 use the principles and techniques of art as you might if you were an architect or urban designer.
  2. 3.1 reflect on how art differs and describe how it relates to history and cultures (how does YOUR building relate to today?)

Frank Gehry On TEAMWORK: Liquid architecture. It’s like jazz – you improvise, you work together, you play off each other, you make something, they make something. And I think it’s a way of – for me, it’s a way of trying to understand the city, and what might happen in the city.

How are the buildings you are creating DIFFERENT than the ones you live in and that exist around you? What is the PURPOSE of the architecture you are designing? What is successful? What needs change?

Advanced Drawing: Out into the Hallways with your LARGE PAPER and OIL PASTELS

Is your drawing going to have the same dynamic feel this one does?

Goals

  1. 3.2 apply ideas of perspective and oil pastel techniques use skill to solve visual challenges

What relationships have you been looking at in the drawing ? Tomorrow, what are you doing to cover the space and BE AWARE of the materials you are using? How are you struggling?

AP Studio Art: Adventures and Concentration #3

What is your plan for accomplishing the work in front of you? What was the challenge you had in the past week? What struggled? What soared? What will you have to do to adjust your working schedule? How’s Art and Fear coming along? I am beginning plans on the NEXT book – and this will be even MORE collaborative… Get into the BLOGGING if you haven’t already.

HELL HOLE? Click HERE for the NPR Station

Goals

  1. 1.2 How do your ideas relate to the 1.2.1 materials 1.2.2 techniques 1.2.3 and processes you use?
  2. 2.6 create multiple solutions to visual challenges that show understanding in relationships between composition and meaning of artwork.

What is the strength of your narrative (adventure) work? What is the strength behind the concentration work and how does it fit into the larger body of work? SHARE with your neighbor of 2 or 3.

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Power will accomplish much, but perseverance more.

“Power will accomplish much, but perseverance more.”  — William Scott Downey

Raising the Flag at Iwo Jima. Click on the image for the wikipedia story behind it all.

Great, strange, curious RadioLab article on Runners and Perseverance: HERE

Art Foundations: Build your Building, consider TEAMWORK

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
What are you doing to make your work unique and Frank Gehryesque

GOALS

  1. 6.3 use the principles and techniques of art as you might if you were an architect or urban designer
  2. 3.1 reflect on how art differs and describe how it relates to history and cultures (how are the buildings you are creating DIFFERENT than the ones you live in and that exist around you?)

On TEAMWORK:  Unity is strength… when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved. – Mattie Stepanek

How are the buildings you are creating DIFFERENT than the ones you live in and that exist around you? What is the PURPOSE of the architecture you are designing? What is successful? What needs change?

Advanced Drawing: HALLWAY with your paper

Get your BIG SHAPES drawn out first. Then onto the oils… but not today!

GOALS

  1. 1.2 create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the 1.2.1 materials and 1.2.2 techniques

What was the success in today’s drawing? What was the challenge?

AP Studio Art: Concentration – Adventure Story

Knock Knock Knock…

GOALS

  1. 2.6 create multiple solutions to visual challenges that show understanding in relationships between composition and meaning of artwork.
  2. 2.4 compare different points of view regarding composition and meaning in artwork (how do your ideas compare as similar or different to those of your classmates?)

What is your plan for accomplishing this amount of work in the short time allowed? What was the struggle you had in the past week? What struggled? What soared? What will you have to do to adjust your working schedule? How’s Art and Fear coming along? I am beginning plans on the NEXT book – and this will be even MORE collaborative… Get into the BLOGGING if you haven’t already.

Veteran’s Day Schedule

l hour

 7:25 – 8:02

2 hour

 8:07-  8:46

3 hour

 8:51 – 9:28

4 hour

 9:33 – 10:10

Assembly

 10:15- 11:10

5A Lunch

 11:10- 11:40

5B Lunch

 11:40 – 12:10

5C Lunch

 12:10 – 12:40

6 hour

 12:45 – 1:22

7 hour

 1:27 –   2:04

8 hour

 2:09 –   2:46
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CRASH! The trip is over… not really, now the adventure begins!

“In not stating the goal to the students, they are like a family going on a trip with Dad in the driver’s seat and him not sharing what the destination is. Dad knows where he’s going, but the rest of the family has no clue.” – Lori Wildeman

And the end of the trip… make sure you have plans… goals… know where you were headed in the first place.

Art Foundations: Frank Gehry – LA Philharmonic Disney Concert Hall

Disney Concert Hall – LA Philharmonic Orchestra

GOALS

  1. 6.3 use the principles and techniques of art as though you were an architect or city planner.
Frank Gehry as Featured in the Simpsons: HERE
Frank Gehry’s Response / Reflections: HERE

Review with neighbors the process of 2 point perspective as well as the ideas behind your architectural idea.

Advanced Drawing: Final Day on Oil Pastel PRACTICE exercise

A bit more toned down for Bonnard.. but… his work is still his own vision based on reality.

GOALS

  1. 1.1 apply media, techniques, and processes with an awareness so that your ideas are executed well
  2. 2.6 create multiple solutions to visual challenges that show understanding in relationships between composition and meaning of artwork

What was the success in today’s drawing? What was the challenge?  What were the goals we have had over the past couple of weeks that you feel you have accomplished?

AP Studio Art: PRIDE… I am really happy with your beginnings

What ADVENTURE are you going on? Is there a knocking on your boat?

GOALS

  1. 1.2 Create works of visual Art that demonstrate an understanding of how the communication of your ideas relate to the 1.2.1 media, 1.2.2 technique 1.2.3 and process you use.
  2. 2.3 Create artworks that use organizational structures and functions to solve specific visual art problems

Step back… what are you trying to communicate? Know that you have 1 more week to get 2 works DONE… what do you need to TAKE HOME? What do you need to do over the weekend to be successful in the process of making quality art? SELF – EVALUATION – write up Execution Evaluation, Composition Evaluation, Character Evaluation. Consider the work you have done and EVALUATE progress.

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It’s a beauty… and I am talking about your art, not the car.

“In not stating the goal to the students, they are like a family going on a trip with Dad in the driver’s seat and him not sharing what the destination is. Dad knows where he’s going, but the rest of the family has no clue.” – Lori Wildeman

How much does it cost and what is the gas mileage?

Art Foundations 2D

Guggy 14
Guggenheim Bilbao Spain by: Rosa Cobos – Guess what were going to do? Seriously, guess!

GOALS

  1. 1.2 create 2 point perspective cityscape that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the 1.2.3 processes you use
  2. 6.3 use the principles and techniques of art as a city planner, or architect might.

What part of the two point perspective CITYSCAPE, NEIGHBORHOOD, or INTERIOR did you begin to struggle with? What came easy? What are you going to be incorporating into it that will make it your own?

Advanced Drawing

Pierre Bonnard – What was his COLOR SCHEME? How did he change the idea of the OBSERVATION and make it his own?

GOALS

  1. 1.1 apply media (Oil Pastels), techniques (6 of them), and processes with an awareness so that your ideas are executed well.
  2. 2.6 create multiple solutions to visual challenges that show understanding in relationships between composition and meaning of artwork.
Finger Blend, Paper Towel, Tortillion, Pastel over Pastel, Solvent (with Q-Tip and Brush)
Finger Blend, Paper Towel, Tortillion, Pastel over Pastel, Solvent (with Q-Tip and Brush)

What was the success in today’s drawing? What was the challenge?  Looking ahead, what are you hoping to accomplish in the remaining 2 days before we hit the halls?

AP Studio Art

Let’s go to the HELLHOLE and see what we can see!

GOALS

  1. 1.2 Create works of visual Art that demonstrate an understanding of how the communication of your ideas relate to the 1.2.1 media, 1.2.2 technique 1.2.3 and process you use. (What is the message, the materials and what you need to do to get you there?)
  2. 2.3 Create artworks that use organizational structures and functions to solve specific visual art problems. COMPOSITION! Planning!

Where are you with the ADVENTURES illustration? Where are you with your CONCENTRATION work? I am hoping you are making STRONG progress in the development of the CONCENTRATION. Where are you in Chapter 6 of Art and Fear? What is your plan for accomplishing this amount of work in the short time allowed? What was the struggle you had in the past 2 weeks? What struggled? What soared? What will you have to do to adjust your working schedule?

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If you are traveling, know your destination and make sure you have a song to sing.

“In not stating the goal to the students, they are like a family going on a trip with Dad in the driver’s seat and him not sharing what the destination is. Dad knows where he’s going, but the rest of the family has no clue.” – Lori Wildeman

Make sure you sing along as you take the road trip! Do your part! Sing loudly! Click the image and join in the singing!

WALLEY WORLD NATIONAL ANTHEM
Lyrics: Bruce Belland John Hughes and Roy Rogosin Music: Bruce Belland and Roy Rogosin
Sung by: Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Anthony Michael Hall and Dana Barron

Who’s the moosiest moose we know? Marty Moose! Who’s the star of our favorite show? Marty Moose! M is for Merry – we’re merry, you see; O is for Oh gosh, Oh golly, Oh gee; S is for Super Swell family glee; E is for Everything you want to be. M – A – R – T – Y; M – O – O – S – E. What’s that spell? Marty Moose! Marty Moose! Marty Moose! (Hyuk! That’s me!)

WKCE Today: Classes Run: 3, 1 + homeroom, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Art Foundations: Chiaroscuro and the Sphere… Two Point Perspective Interior.

How can you do this with PENCIL?
What is DIFFERENT HERE than what we have been talking about?

Goals:

  1. Create drawings that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to technique and process of CHIAROSCURO.

Review the process of chiaroscuro with yourself write down some TIPS you may offer to someone else for CHIAROSCURO and the proper use of 2 point perspective.

Advanced Drawing: Oil Pastels and Techniques / Positive and Negative Drawings.

Look over the COLORS and LINES Pierre Bonnard used in his INTERIOR / Exterior drawing. How can you do something similar?

Goals:

  1. 1.2 create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the 1.2.1 oil pastels and1.2.2 blending / mark making techniques.
Finger Blend, Paper Towel, Tortillion, Pastel over Pastel, Solvent (with Q-Tip and Brush)
Finger Blend, Paper Towel, Tortillion, Pastel over Pastel, Solvent (with Q-Tip and Brush)

What NEW techniques did you try with oil pastels and how do you feel about the results? What is successful and what is unsuccessful? Write that down. Now… talk to your neighbor about the results.

AP Studio Art: MIAD – Where can an art education take you?

What opportunities does an Art School Offer you?

Goals:

  1. 4.4.3 meanings showing understanding of the work of various art professionals
  2. 6.1 compare aspects of the visual arts with aspects of other disciplines

Thank you to MIAD for coming into the WUHS Art Department to share ideas and direction that the Visual Arts have to offer!

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Make REALLY bad mistakes until you learn the right way to drive… I mean DRAW!

“In not stating the goal to the students, they are like a family going on a trip with Dad in the driver’s seat and him not sharing what the destination is. Dad knows where he’s going, but the rest of the family has no clue.” – Lori Wildeman

Oh no! Where are we going to go now? Good thing you all know the location!

CLASSES TODAY: 2, 1, 4, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8

Art Foundations 2D – Let us finish out inside of our buildings

Chiaroscuro Sheet – How are you doing? What techniques are you in the habit of using? What are the techniques that you think I will try and break you of?

HEY! Look at those mid tones… lights, shadows, reflective light too!
2 Point Perspective Interior Drawing… What can you do?

GOALS:

  1. (1.2.2 and 3) Create drawings that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to technique and process of CHIAROSCURO (P).
  2. (1.2.2 and 3) Create drawings that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to technique and process of Interior 2 Point Perspective!(P).

Review with neighbors the progress of the chiaroscuro and the proper use of 2 point perspective. What have you done better today than you have done in the past?

Advanced Drawing – What do you know about oil pastels?

Eric’s Tips on OIL PASTELS! A GREAT place to begin thinking about the ways to use oil pastels. Let’s practice! Let’s learn from the Art Foundations Students.

Let’s choose a branch from the lockers… let’s then choose a series of colors and techniques. You will use a finger blend, paper towel blend, tortillion blend, pastel on pastel blend… Scratch into the pastel blend / texture… What else do you think you can do?
Pierre Bonnard – More work to contemplate. What might you do with the colors in the composition?

GOALS:

  1. 1.1 apply media, techniques, and processes of oil pastels with
    • 1.1.3 an awareness so that your ideas are executed well

What was the success in today’s experimental drawing? What was the challenge you were faced with? 

AP Studio Art – Let’s go on an adventure!

This American Life – Adventures!

  • Knock on Water: 30:44
  • Stink Tooth: 36:14
  • Time Machine: 42:55
  • Hell Hole: 47:53
  • Autobiographical: 53:53
Willem de Kooning – What does his work say? What was the point behind his work? What is the idea behind AbEx?

GOALS:

  1. 1.2 Create works of visual Art that demonstrate an understanding of how the communication of your ideas relate to the 1.2.1 media, 1.2.2 technique 1.2.3 and process you use.
  2. (P) 2.3 Create artworks that use organizational structures and functions to solve specific visual art problems (How are you using compositional ideas to organize the work?) (P)

TURN IN LAST WEEKS CONCENTRATION WITH AN ANSWER TO: What is the central idea to your concentration?

What is your plan for accomplishing this amount of work in the short time allowed? What was the struggle you had in the past 2 weeks? What struggled? What soared? What will you have to do to adjust your working schedule?

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Knowing where you are going. Knowing where you have been.

“In not stating the goal to the students, they are like a family going on a trip with Dad in the driver’s seat and him not sharing what the destination is. Dad knows where he’s going, but the rest of the family has no clue.” – Lori Wildeman

Where are we going? What are we doing?

To Start Out…

Let’s go the computer lab…

Art Foundations

What’s going on in YOUR drawing?

Goals:

  1. 1.4 create, and solve 2 Point Perspective INTERIOR drawings using 1.4.1 analysis and a friend. (breaking up the subject matter to basic elements)

Review with neighbors the RULES of THUMB and discuss the Differences in one and two point perspective. What are the techniques of two point perspective that you are still struggling with? Have a conversation with your neighbor and see if you can get help or offer  help in figuring it all out.

Advanced Drawing

Pierre Bonnard… While it may NOT be oil pastel, but it is an interior.

Goals:

  1. 4.4 evaluate and interpret interior architecture drawings for relationships in 4.4.1 form (the WHAT) and 4.4.2 context (the WHY)
  2. 5.4 reflect on interpretations as a means for understanding and evaluating art

What was the success in today’s drawing? What was the challenge? What were the goals we have had over the past couple of weeks that you feel you have accomplished?

AP Studio Art

Aaaarghhhh… I am a pirate in a restaurant… what is going on in here?

Goals:

  1. 1.2 Create works of visual Art that demonstrate an understanding of how the communication of your ideas relate to the 1.2.1 media, 1.2.2 technique 1.2.3 and process you use.
  2. 2.3 Create artworks that use organizational structures and functions to solve specific visual art problems

What is your plan for accomplishing this amount of work in the short time allowed? What was the struggle you had in the past 2 weeks? What struggled? What soared? What will you have to do to adjust your working schedule?

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Learn the rules to the dance and then dance to your own beat… Poor T-Rex!

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

Bongo Bongo Bongo… Thank you Hugh Murphy for the lessons. #TRexTrying

Art Foundations: Flipped two point perspective. Not OUTSIDE, but inside.

We are now INSIDE looking OUT. How do we change the use of the vanishing points?

Interior of a room… See how much of the ABOVE image you can use as inspiration to include in YOUR interior room drawing.

  1. Walls
  2. Chairs
  3. Windows
  4. STAIRS
  5. Wall Hanging
  6. Table
  7. Patterned Floor
  8. Open Ceiling / Sky Light
  9. Ellipsed Window / Door
  10. What Else?

Goals:

  1. 1.4 create, and solve 2 Point Perspective INTERIOR drawings using 1.4.1 analysis and a friend. (breaking up the subject matter to basic elements. What is the same… what is different?)

Review with neighbors the RULES of THUMB and discuss the Differences in one and two point perspective. What are the techniques of two point perspective that you are still struggling with? Have a conversation with your neighbor and see if you can get help or offer help in figuring it all out.

Advanced Drawing: Roughs, Value, Scale, Proportion, Observation, Documentation, and Collaboration.

What are you thinking about regarding OIL PASTELS?

Goals:

  1. (3.3) describe the creation of images and ideas and explain why they are of value (Orally participate in the preliminary discussion of your classmates drawing (5 minute max / work).)

What did you take away from the critique today? Write down what you have taken from the crit.

AP Studio Art: Concentration – START WITH REFLECTION! Chapter 5 MONDAY!

Reflect on what you are doing and what you have done.

Looking back on the week, what are the thoughts you have had regarding your ideas for concentration? When you consider the ideas, what fears do you have? What is your plan for the next 2 works in the larger body of work?G

oals:

  1. 5.1 identify the rationale behind making art
  2. 5.3 describe meanings of artworks by analyzing 5.3.1 techniques 5.3.2 how they relate to history and culture

What is your plan for the ENTIRE body of work? What is your plan for your first work (Due Monday)