“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.”
—William Arthur Ward
Through awareness of gratitude, you can improve so much in life. I am grateful for…
“Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.” – Aesop
Art Foundations: Critique and DRAW!
Goals:
- 2.1 Form criticism about artworks that work to accomplish personal meanings.
- 5.3 Describe meanings of artworks by analyzing 5.3.1 techniques
Self – evaluation of the writing for the day – What did you find NEW in your work that you forgot you did well or struggled with?
Advanced Drawing: RESOLVE the drawing
Goals:
- 3.3 describe the creation of images and ideas and explain why they are of value
- 5.5 evaluate responses to works of art for communicating 5.5.1 rationale 5.5.2 ideas 5.5.3 opinions (what was the / is the message you were trying to deliver in your work? What did you hope to / actually learned in the process?)
What are some of the conversational bits that you will take from the brief comments you have at the end of today’s class and put into use in the FORMAL written critiques? Written Critiques DUE MONDAY (OR EARLIER). Use the following GOAL to help you write your final critique: How did you 1.2 create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the 1.2.1 materials 1.2.2 techniques 1.2.3 and processes you used.
AP Studio Art: CHALLENGE of the Concentration and Still Life
Goals:
- 5.3 describe rationale of breadth works by analyzing 5.3.1 techniques (WHAT IS THE ELEMENT / PRINCIPLE that you are focused on?).
- If you had to write a PERSONAL GOAL for today… what would you write? Go ahead and write it.
Review the CONCENTRATION works you have developed at this point and answer (online) the two questions for the PORTFOLIO IN YOUR ONLINE PORTFOLIO. What did you accomplish this week? What do you need to do over the break to be FINISHED with these two works?
Can you RESOLVE your work and be grateful for where you’ve taken it?
GET YOUR BINDERS OUT AND BE READY TO ROLL!
“No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.” – Alfred North Whitehead
Art Foundations: Critique – Description and Analysis / DRAW!
Goals:
- (1.2) Create 2 point perspective art that demonstrates how your ideas relate to the media, techniques (VALUE) and processes you use. (P)
- 3.3 describe the creation of images and ideas and explain why they are of value – CRIT!
Review with neighbors the RULES of THUMB of 2 point perspective. 8 Minutes before the end of class… Locate ONE example of each rule of thumb in your neighbor’s drawing
Advanced Drawing: Describe and Analyze… DRAW!
Goals:
- 3.3 describe the creation of images and ideas and explain why they are of value
- NETS: TONIGHT Use digital media to work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning – Have you begun?
What are some of the conversational bits that you will take from the critiques and put into use in the FORMAL written critiques? Written Critiques DUE MONDAY.
AP Studio Art: WORK / PHOTOGRAPH / UPLOAD / WEBSITE
Goals:
- 3.1 reflect on how your art differs and describe how it relates to the CONCENTRATION you have begun.
- 3.3 describe the creation of your images and ideas and how they work with your concentration.
What did you accomplish today? What do you need to do tomorrow? What are your RESOURCES and STRUGGLES? Where are you GROWING? Are you?
What are you THANKFUL for?
2013 Open Canvas Art Event – Milwaukee WI
Welcome to the event.
Beginning of the Open Canvas Night – 15 minutes in!
My Empty Wall
2 works beginning. Mixed Media of Coffee Filters, Coffee Grounds, Bible Pages.
Propped up and ready to begin painting.
First coats with a light blue in the sky. The ethereal side of things.
A little bit more paint.
And now the yellow, the spiritual side of life.
A detail of “In Our Confusion, It Can Always Be.”
A detail of “In Our Confusion, It Can Always Be.”
A detail of “In Our Confusion, It Can Always Be.”
A detail of “In Our Confusion, It Can Always Be.”
My second work – I forgot to document this one as it progressed. “”Walking The Path of the Awakened.”
A detail of “Walking the Path of the Awakened.”
A detail of “In Our Confusion, It Can Always Be.”
The 2 works sold together for $275. All proceeds went to MIAD and the Peck School of the Arts, UWM.
The buyer and her friend, Thank you Tina Gallup. Ms. Gallup purchased my work LAST year too. Thanks! Good to see you again!
“You won’t be happy with more until you’re happy with what you’ve got.” – Viki King (author, writer, speaker)
Art Foundations 2D: Intro to Critiquing, 2 Point Perspective
Goals:
- (1.2) Create 2 point perspective art that demonstrates how your ideas relate to the media, techniques (VALUE) and processes you use. (P)
- (2.3) Create artworks that uses organization and function to solve specific visual challenges.
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? WHY are you successful or unsuccessful with this artwork?
Advanced Drawing: Drawing and Evaluation
Goals:
- 3.3 describe the creation of images and ideas and explain why they are of value
- NETS: TONIGHT Use digital media to work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning (Begin your crit.)
What was the success in today’s first portion of the critique? What did you see when you ANALYZED your work? What was the surprising to you? What were the goals we have had over the past couple of weeks that you feel you have accomplished? WHY are you successful or unsuccessful with this artwork?
AP Studio Art: Still Life and Concentration (and WEB Design)
Goals:
- 3.1 reflect on how your art differs and describe how it relates to the CONCENTRATION you have begun.
- 3.3 describe the creation of your images and ideas and how they work with your concentration.
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?
Open Canvas 2013
In addition to Frank Juarez… Frank Korb will also be there. Hope you can all make it! Thanks for following!
I will be participating in this event on November 23rd. Over 80+ painters will be painting LIVE. All sales from this event will go toward scholarships for MIAD and UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts.
Some of the artists participating are Pamela Anderson, Fred Bell, Melissa Dorn Richards, Daniel Fleming, Erica Huntzinger, Frank Juarez, Shelby Keefe, Dale Knaak, Frank Korb, Peter Kudlata, Katie Musloff, Michelle Richeson, Dave Watkins, Christopher Willey and so many more…
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” – John F. Kennedy
Art Foundations: 2 Point Perspective, Claus Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
Goals:
- (1.2) Create 2 point perspective art that demonstrates how your ideas relate to the media, techniques (VALUE) and processes you use. (P)
- (2.3) Create artworks that uses organization and function to solve specific visual challenges.
Review with neighbors the RULES of THUMB of 2 point perspective. Locate ONE example of each rule of thumb in your neighbor’s drawing. Please look over your neighbor’s drawing to see if there are ANYTHING that you feel are not using the 2 point perspective rules.
Advanced Drawing: Hallways – Last Day? Probably not, but not much longer – Wednesday of Next Week – CRIT!
Goals:
- 1.2 create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the 1.2.1 materials and 1.2.2 techniques
- 5.5 evaluate responses to works of art for communicating 5.5.1 rationale 5.5.2 ideas (Huge End Of Class Reflection!)
What’s been your biggest success in the halls this week? What have you REALLY learned about SPACE, COLOR, PASTELS, BLENDING, SCALE, WORKING? Give yourself some thought in the REFLECTION / JOURNALING section of the Goals page. The weekend for take home? Monday and Tuesday to work (and get your CRITIQUE up and BEGUN…) Oral Critique on WEDNESDAY!
AP Studio Art: Concentration #4, Breadth, Photography and Editing
Goals:
- Create multiple solutions for visual problems. (Still Life… What are you doing to CHALLENG yourself? What ELEMENT or PRINCIPLE are you focusing on? Transparency like Fish? Superrealism like Flack? Colors and Space like Cezanne? “Simple” relationships like Morandi?
- NETS: use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively
What is your still life? What is your idea for your next concentration work? SHARE YOUR IDEAS with your neighbor and MAKE A NOTE in your notebook as to where you are and where you are going. Big opportunity for reflection.
Don’t worry about being “perfect,” it isn’t ever going to happen.
“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
Art Foundations: 2 Point Perspective Drawing & Claus Oldenburg / Coosje van Bruggen
Goals
- (1.2) Create 2 point perspective art that demonstrates how your ideas relate to the media, techniques and processes you use. (P)
- (2.3) Create artworks that uses organization and function to solve specific visual challenges.
What do you need to do tomorrow to continue being successful with these materials in the hallways? How did today go?
Advanced Drawing
Goals
- 1.2 create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the 1.2.1 materials and 1.2.2 techniques.
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?
AP Studio Art
Goals
- 2.1 Form criticism about artworks that work to accomplish personal meanings.
- NETS: use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively
What are you struggling with when it comes to PHOTOGRAPHY and WEBSITE design?
Never Fear – Mistakes Are Near!
“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
Art Foundations: 2 Point Perspective Drawings
Goals
- (1.2.2 and 3) Create 2 point perspective drawings that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to technique and process(P).
- Create 2 point perspective and Value drawing that uses COMPOSITION to solve visual challenges. (P)
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? What can you do with VALUE to make the buildings more realistic?
Advanced Drawing: Hallways and COLOR and OIL PASTELS
Goals
- 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 tomorrow to continue being successful with these materials in the hallways? How did today go?
AP Studio Art: Presenting… Your Adventures!
Goals
- 2.1 Form criticism about artworks that work to accomplish personal meanings.
- NETS: use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively.
What are you struggling with when it comes to PHOTOGRAPHY and WEBSITE design? Questions? What are the benefits of having this as a tool in your toolbox?
Losing our tolerance for vulnerability… we move away from… creativity. — Brené Brown
“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
Art Foundations: 2 Point Perspective – SOLID DRAWING TODAY!
Goals:
- Create 2 point perspective drawings that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to technique and process(P).
- Create 2 point perspective and Value drawing that uses COMPOSITION to solve visual challenges.
Review with neighbors the progress of the chiaroscuro and the proper use of 2 point perspective. What are the big challenges you are facing with the buildings?
Advanced Drawing: 2 Point OIL PASTEL Drawing – SOLID DRAWING TODAY!
Goals:
- 3.2 apply ideas of perspective and oil pastel techniques use skill to solve visual challenges
What colors have you been focusing on in the drawing with? What are you doing to cover the space and BE AWARE of the materials you are using? How are you struggling?
AP Studio Art: Website, Editing Images and Ideas…
Goals:
- 5.3 Describe meanings of artworks by analyzing
- NETS: use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively
What are you struggling with when it comes to PHOTOGRAPHY and WEBSITE design?
Break Rules and Make Good Art!
“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
Art Foundations 2D
Goals
- (1.2.2 and 3) Create 2 point perspective drawings that demonstrate an understanding of how your ideas relate to technique and process
Review with neighbors the progress of the chiaroscuro and the proper use of 2 point perspective. What are the big challenges you are facing with the buildings?
Advanced Drawing
Goals
- 2.1 Form criticism about artworks that work to accomplish personal meanings.
- 5.3 Describe meanings of artworks by analyzing 5.3.1 techniques
Self – evaluation of the writing for the day – What did you find NEW in your work that you forgot you did well or struggled with?
AP Studio Art
Goals
- 2.6 create multiple solutions to visual challenges that show understanding in relationships between composition and meaning of artwork.
- NETS: use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively
What skills are you lacking in the creation of art? Is your OBSERVATION strong? Is your use of SPACE strong? Is your VALUE strong? Materials? Mediums? Where do you need work?
Art With Korb 
