September 20, 2012 – Thursday

Art Foundations – Line Portrait

  1. Work on (1.1.1, 3) applying media and techniques with skill and awareness and FOCUS on HOW you are using line.

Advanced Drawing – Paper Bag Drawing

  1. Communication and Collaboration – Use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively. (NETS)

AP Studio Art – Henri Matisse Exhibition at MOMA

  1. Communication and Collaboration – Use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively. (NETS)
  2. 3.3 describe the creation of images and ideas and explain why they are of value

September 19, 2012 – Wednesday – LATE START!

Art Foundations – Line Portrait

  1. (1.1.1) Apply art materials being aware of your skills.
  2. (1.4) Solve visual challenges using analysis (element of Line).

Advanced Drawing – Art Class Crit.

  1. (2.4) compare different points of view regarding composition and meaning in artwork
  2. (4.3) compare relationships in visual art in terms of (4.3.2) aesthetics

AP Studio Art – Alexander Calder Exhibition at the National Gallery of Art Washington DC.

  1. 1.1 apply media, techniques, and processes with (1.1.3) an awareness so that your ideas are executed well.
  2. 1.2 create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the (1.2.1) materials

September 18, 2012 – Tuesday

“Don’t Eat THIS frog every morning”

Art Foundations – Contour Line DrawingAbstract Approximate Symmetry

  1. (3.3) Know about the creation of images and explain why they are important (contour line).
  2. (1.4) Solve visual challenges using analysis (element of Line).

Advanced Drawing – Art Class Crit.– Art Class Crit – Hopefully Not the Result!

  1. (3.3) describe the creation of images and ideas and explain why they are of value Orally participate in the discussion of your classmates drawing.
  2. (4.3) compare relationships in visual art in terms of (4.3.2) aesthetics

AP Studio Art – Georgio Morandi – Body of Work

  1. 1.1 apply media, techniques, and processes with (1.1.3) an awareness so that your ideas are executed well.
  2. 1.2 create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the (1.2.1) materials

September 17, 2012 – Monday

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

Goals Are ESSENTIAL for your day to day success. Please think about the things that are important to you (besides making art) and how you set goals for yourself. What do you do to reach those goals? 

Art Foundations – Clown on Unicycle

  1. (6.1) Know about the aspects of visual arts with aspects of other disciplines.
  2. (1.4) Solve visual challenges using analysis of LINE (How can you simplify your artwork to use ONLY line to express your thoughts?)

Advanced Drawing – Art Class Crit.

  1. (3.3) describe the creation of images and ideas and explain why they are of value.
  2. (4.3) compare relationships in visual art in terms of (4.3.2) aesthetics

AP Studio Art – Art Class Crit.

  1. (3.3) describe the creation of images and ideas and explain why they are of value.
  2. (4.3) compare relationships in visual art in terms of (4.3.2) aesthetics

Korb Magazine Article: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B89E3WNWaCjUQUlxeVRZWWZUeGs

Sept. 14, 2012 – Friday

Goals Are ESSENTIAL for your day to day success. Please think about the things that are important to you (besides making art) and how you set goals for yourself. What do you do to reach those goals?

Thanks to Paul Mark Sutherland (another GOALS believer) for following the site!

Art Foundations – Line Portrait

  1. 3.2 apply subjects, symbols, and ideas in art and use skill to solve visual challenges

How have you used the above goal in your poster design? As you reflect back, what can you do to improve the design, make clearer the message?

Advanced Drawing – Little Man of Lego

2.2 evaluate the effectiveness of artworks.

What are you doing with you toy / value scale / color wheel drawing that demonstrated your understanding of the elements and principles of art? How effective is your artwork in expressing your understanding of the materials, the values, the color wheel, and / or anything else you can think of?

AP Studio Art – Critique

  1. 2.2 evaluate the effectiveness of artworks.
  2. (5.3) describe meanings of artworks by analyzing (5.3.1) techniques.

What are you doing to MOVE the ideas of your art making forward? How can you get more accomplished in the next week. We have 5 days to wrap up your 3 works… this is an important part of the art making process.

Sept. 13, 2012 – Thursday

Art Foundations – Kandinsky

  1. 5.1 identify the rationale behind making art
  2. 4.1 recognize differences in historical and cultural contexts of art

Advanced Drawing – Star Wars Drawing

  1. 2.2 evaluate the effectiveness of artworks

AP Studio Art – Common Theme

  1. 1.1 apply media, techniques, and processes with (1.1.3) an awareness so that your ideas are executed well.
  2. 3.3 describe the creation of images and ideas and explain why they are of value

 

Sept. 12, 2012 – Wednesday

Art Foundations – OBEY – OBEY Manifesto

  1. (4.2) describe the purpose and meaning of art objects within different cultures, times, and places.

Advanced Drawing – Toy Drawing

  1. 1.1 apply media, techniques, and processes with 1.1.1 skill and 1.1.2 confidence.

AP Studio Art – Watercolors

  1. 1.1 apply media, techniques, and processes with (1.1.3) an awareness so that your ideas are executed well.
  2. 1.2 create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the (1.2.1) materials

Sept. 11, 2012 – Tuesday

Art Foundations – OBEY – OBEY Manifesto

  1. (1.4) solve visual challenges using (1.4.1) analysis (breaking up the artwork / subject matter to basic elements – Elements and Principles)
  2. (3.3) describe the creation of your images and your ideas and explain why they are important.

Advanced Drawing – Tigger

  1. 1.4 create, define, and solve visual challenges using 1.4.3 evaluation (critiques from yesterday).

AP Studio Art – Pastel

  1. 1.1 apply media, techniques, and processes with (1.1.3) an awareness so that your ideas are executed well.
  2. 1.2 create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the (1.2.1) materials

Sept 10, 2012 – Monday

Parents and Guardians (and Students) please follow the GOALS Page and stay on top of what is happening in Mr. Korb’s Classes. Take a look at my Welcome to the ART Department Video.

Art Foundations – Hope Poster – Legal Issues

  1. (1.4) create, define, and solve visual challenges using (1.4.1) analysis (breaking up the artwork / subject matter to basic elements – LINE)
  2. (3.3) describe the creation of images and ideas and explain why they are of value.

Advanced Drawing – Art Mid-Critique

  1. 2.2 evaluate the effectiveness of artworks A: What has previous discussion of your work

GIST Link, Handbook Link

AP Studio Art – Charcoal

  1. 1.1 apply media, techniques, and processes with (1.1.3) an awareness so that your ideas are executed well

Sept. 7, 2012 – FRIDAY

Parents and Guardians (and Students) please follow the GOALS Page and stay on top of what is happening in Mr. Korb’s Classes. Take a look at my Welcome to the ART Department Video.

HAPPY FRIDAY!

Art Foundations 2D – Communicating through Art

  1. (5.1) Know about the reason behind making art (and sketchbooks)
  2. (1.3) Work on creating PBIS posters that communicate ideas clearly.

Notice that today’s goals are the same as yesterday. This is OK, and you need to write them down again BECAUSE you need to continually interact and consider the progress you are making regarding your meeting them and simply understanding them.

Advanced Drawing – Color Schemes Compositions

  1. (1.4.1) Know about solving visual challenges (making art) using analysis (breaking the work into its parts).
  2. (2.3) create artworks that solve visual challenges (value, composition, observation).

AP Studio Art – Cezanne’s Apples

  1. 3.4 evaluate and defend the validity of sources for ideas
  2. (5.1) Identify the rationale behind making art (small concentration drawings) (P).