Advanced Painting – Gouache, Gouache, and More Gouache… POP into it!

This week we are wrapping up the learning stages of Gouache. The still life you have created is due ASAP and the animal inspired / derided from art history are on your plate right now. The new work is all about POP art and how you can “Take an object, do something to it, do something else to it, repeat.” Jasper Johns. We will be taking inspiration for the next work from 11 phenomenal female pop artists and working towards our own understanding and knowledge of this movement in art history.

POP Art Assignment is HERE – and in Google Classroom.

Gouache: We are finishing not only how to say it but also how to work with it. The assignment is below. We are working through a lot of new materials and you are going to do great!

Gouache Experimental Assignment is HERE

Advanced Digital Art and Photography – Doodle for Google

Take a look at the winner from a few years back…

What are you doing with this imagery that might put you in that finalist category? How are you using the ideas of How I Care For Myself and the imagery and skills you have? What does your statement read like?

Art Foundations – Color and the Watercolor and the Abstraction of Our Own Imagery

This is a solid week of learning a HIGHER LEVEL OF THINKING with the ideas of color relationships (color schemes) as well as new techniques in watercolors themselves. Please watch the videos and follow along with them. DO NOT RUSH through the process. If you take the time to learn the process you have new skills that will last you a lifetime.

HERE is the Watercolor Assignment

Part II will begin this week as well. You can find that part of the assignment in the assignment sheet above and in the Google Classroom.

Intro to Painting: Acrylics and Techniques: We Are WRAPPING THIS UP! Then onto Analytic Cubism and using these skills in a final painting.

It is ALL ABOUT TECHNIQUE. Remember that in order to learn how to use the materials you need to make sure that you work with them as often as you can. Make a LOT of work and be in the studio as often as you can!

Intro to Digital Art and Photography: Photography, Art History, Contemporary Changes with Technology

We are working to LEARN PHOTOSHOP as well as use our PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS and sense of INSPIRATION to complete this. Working from and in the style of the masters has been and will continue to be part of the training of and learning for young artists. Who is your inspiration? What style of art are you engaged with and drawn to?

This is going to be some sit and take time as well as some sit and make time… be ready to stop and go throughout the first days of the week and then get into the working of this all on your own.

Advanced Painting – Gouache and the Still Life – We are still at it.

Today we work into the specifics of the still life we have begun. Make sure that you can name all the aspects of the techniques that I go over in the video. Can you name them? Can you see them in the painting that you are beginning? Make sure you are using the images as strong references. Here is the beginning of mine.

Gouache: We are going to be learning not only how to say it but also how to work with it. The assignment is below. We are working through a lot of new materials and you are going to do great!

Gouache Experimental Assignment is HERE

Advanced Digital Art and Photography – Doodle for Google

Let’s share and turn in the initial ideas for the project and then turn and share the ideas with your classmates. This is a BIG REAL LIFE project that has money involved. What are the great ideas you have that illustrate how you practice self care or caring for yourself?

Art Foundations – Photography and the Elements and Principles

Annie Leibovitz made photographs on the set of Star Wars for Vanity Fair… to document and capture the “space” of the movie and actors. How can you use photography to capture your “space?”

We are introducing the ideas of the Elements and Principles of Art to you. You are ALSO using something that you are really good with (or at least really into) and that is PHOTOGRAPHY. There is a Google Presentation that we are going to be working with and you will be using to build your knowledge base of the elements and principles.

Elements and Principles are HERE in HANDOUT form.

Intro to Painting: Acrylics and Techniques: We Are Still Doing This…

It is ALL ABOUT TECHNIQUE. Remember that in order to learn how to use the materials you need to make sure that you work with them as often as you can. Make a LOT of work and be in the studio as often as you can!

Intro to Digital Art and Photography: Compositions and Photography

Photography is SUCH AN ESSENTIAL part of what we do as artists. Let’s see how Martin Parr takes care to make his works important and interesting AND FUN!

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We are introducing the ideas of the Photography (not snapshots but rather Photographs) to you. The use of PHOTOGRAPHY is something that you are going to utilize in most ALL of the semester – even when we are focused on Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign… MAKE STRONG PHOTOGRAPHS. There is a Google Presentation that we are going to be working with and you will be using to build your knowledge base of the elements and principles.

Compositional styles are HERE in HANDOUT form.

Assignment is HERE.

If you find yourself with questions or concerns – talk to me. I cannot be the one who cares the most about the work you are doing. You need to be the person who wants success… I am the one who will help you see it and achieve it! – Korb

Advanced Painting – Gouache and the Still Life

Gouache – how do you even pronounce this? We are going to be learning not only how to say it but also how to work with it. The assignment is below. We are working through a lot of new materials and you are going to do great!

Gouache Experimental Assignment is HERE

Advanced Digital Art and Photography – Doodle for Google

DOODLE for GOOGLE is the starting place. The only instructions I have is what Google is telling me. The approach and techniques are all up to you! Are you READY to WIN? YES!

Art Foundations – Photography and the Elements and Principles

We are introducing the ideas of the Elements and Principles of Art to you. You are ALSO using something that you are really good with (or at least really into) and that is PHOTOGRAPHY. There is a Google Presentation that we are going to be working with and you will be using to build your knowledge base of the elements and principles.

Elements and Principles are HERE in HANDOUT form.

Intro to Painting: Acrylics and Techniques

It is ALL ABOUT TECHNIQUE. Remember that in order to learn how to use the materials you need to make sure that you work with them as often as you can. Make a LOT of work and be in the studio as often as you can!

Intro to Digital Art and Photography: Compositions and Photography

We are introducing the ideas of the Photography (not snapshots but rather Photographs) to you. The use of PHOTOGRAPHY is something that you are going to utilize in most ALL of the semester – even when we are focused on Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign… MAKE STRONG PHOTOGRAPHS. There is a Google Presentation that we are going to be working with and you will be using to build your knowledge base of the elements and principles.

Compositional styles are HERE in HANDOUT form.

Assignment is HERE.

We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.” —Martin Luther King, Jr. 

If people only knew how hard I work to gain my mastery. It wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all. ―  Michelangelo

Intro to Painting – Abstract Acrylic Still Life: CRITIQUE – Let’s have a GREAT conversation and then clean things up.

Narrative artwork tells a story… what story did you have? I had “Rebecca” by Nancy Werth. What was your story about? What were your struggles? What were your successes? What SYMBOLISM did you bring into the piece? Have you gotten it in the SLIDESHOW? I hope so!

Intro to Digital Art and Photography: Advertising and our FINAL CRITIQUE

As we do our final oral critique – aloud in class – where everyone participates, think about the following list of things to talk about (Thank you Ms. Crow for compiling this great list to work from).

1. What product did you pick and why?
2. What compositional layout did you choose?
3. What Adobe program did you use the most of and why?
4. What was the most challenging part of learning Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop?
5. What did you enjoy most about this project?
6. What tools do you find yourself using the most?
7. What elements and principles of design did you focus on the most?

Art Foundations – Watercolors, Abstraction, and Critique

As we begin our first run at a final oral critique – aloud in class – where everyone participates, think about the following list of things to talk about (Thank you Ms. Crow for compiling this great list to work from).

• What was the biggest challenge for you as an artist in this project?
• What did you like best about painting using watercolor?
• What were some benefits of painting abstractly instead of realistically?
• What is the focal point of your work (where does your eye get drawn to immediately)? Why?
• What were two watercolor techniques you enjoyed using the most? Why?
• What color scheme did you use?
• What elements and principles did you focus on?

THERE IS NO LATE WORK ON OUR FINAL PROJECTS. They are either done or there is No Evidence or they are Not Proficient. That is it. Those are the options.

“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

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Intro to Painting – Abstract Acrylic Still Life: Canvas building and Narrative Painting

This is a SOLID SOLID week of painting. Figure we have 3 hours of time together… that’s not a lot of studio time so… mke sure you are signing up for ET as well (study halls if you have them) and consider taking the work home.

Part of our final critique will be a collaborative Google Slide so that we can share this collection (and the book) with one another as well as the artist Scott hunt and the authors of our stories.

Be ready ALSO for a brief mid crit – pair share document… WORK. 15 minutes TOPS!

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Intro to Digital Art and Photography – Logo Research and Advertising

Advertising and SKILLS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT are what we are working with this week. What processes are you using? What programs are you focusing on? How are you using the skills that you have developed over the semester to put this final task to demonstrate all you have learned?

This is going to be a final oral critique at the end of the term so make sure you have a lot to talk about. Think about the type of advertising composition you chose to use as well as the tools you put to good use in the creation of your images. Photographs? Illustrator? Photoshop? What were the tools you used in each of these techniques?

We have ZERO TIME for late work. Period.

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Art Foundations – Watercolors, Abstraction (and Ceramics Glazing)

The abstraction is the BIGGEST goal this week. Remember to stick to a COLOR SCHEME on this painting. What is YOUR COLOR SCHEME? Also, remember that you have 4 watercolor techniques that you need to work into the piece. Wet on Wet? Wet on Dry?Even Wash? Gradient? Salt? What are your plans?

We have a couple / few days to work. Glazing has been completed and the pots / vessels are in the kiln. Maybe out of the kiln by the time you see this. We are excited to see what comes out.

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“It’s all improvised, on the spot… That exists, that’s real, What you see there is real. It’s real. I pretend it’s real, which is the same thing.” Paula Rego in response to her “still life” setups of figurative constructs for her drawings and paintings – her narrative work.

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Intro to Painting – Abstract Acrylic Still Life: Canvas building and Narrative Painting

If you are not ready to roll with the constructed canvas – you are BEHIND. Get this done with skill and precision and care. Schedule yourself in during ET. This is a required skill to learn in Intro to painting.

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Intro to Digital Art and Photography – Logo Research and Advertising

What products do you use on a regular basis? Me? Look below and this explains my EVERYDAY!

Looking at Google Classroom and the assignment we are going to explore what we use on a regular basis as well. From this research we are going to create some advertising about that / those products. There are a number of things we need to consider as we move forward so buckle up and hold on tight!

Keep your eyes on TIME and DEADLINES – we have ZERO TIME for latework. Period.

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Art Foundations – Watercolors, Abstraction (and Ceramics Glazing)

How many Photographs of LANDSCAPES did you make over break! These are what we are using as the images to abstract. The abstraction takes time and the process of painting does as well. DO NOT RUN OUT OF TIME! Think about the neighborhoods, city, trees and other landscapes that you might run across. This was HOMEWORK over break remember.

GLAZING the POTTERY is still on the docket and MUST get done ASAP! It may take a day after break to finish so… make sure that you are making notes about the colors that you are using.

• 3 coats of glaze!
• Careful application
• DO NOT GLAZE THE BOTTOM
• Wipe a thin bit off the VERY BOTTOM so they do not stick to the Kiln Shelf.

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I hope you had a great winter break. My little grandoggy Warren was certainly worn out.

“I think of the art as dead when it leaves my studio. I don’t even own it anymore. Installing in a museum or a show that’s coming up, I’m not allowed to touch my own work ever. It just seems strange to me. If somebody puts me in front of my drawings, I’d put more text in it. It’s never finished, but none of my work is ever finished.”

— Kaari Upson, artist, born 1970 (Read the obituary.)

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We only have 2 1/2 weeks left of classes after our break. Make sure you are ready to work and be prepared with your final projects!

Intro to Painting – Abstract Acrylic Still Life: Canvas building and preparation for the final painting

I hope you have read your story and the ideas are moving forward. The canvas being built will have helped you as we get back. If you are not done building and stretching your canvas that is the first thing to do when you get back.

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Intro to Digital Art and Photography – Illustration and Literature

Sit Tight Folks… nothing to see here – unless you are not done with the literature illustration.

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Art Foundations – MANY THINGS TO DO – Your landscape photograph is the first!

Make Photographs of LANDSCAPES over break! Think about the neighborhoods, city, trees and other landscapes that you might run across. HOMEWORK.

Have a GREAT BREAK!

“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

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We only have 2 1/2 weeks left of classes after our break. Make sure you are ready to work and be prepared with your final projects!

Intro to Painting – Abstract Acrylic Still Life: Canvas building and preparation for the final painting

This week we continue to BUILD our canvases so that they are ready to take home and get started on. This is a lot of responsibility for you so… make sure you are coming in and getting the work done. If you do not this week there is going to be a lot more to do when you come back. Sign up for ET or Study Halls.

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Intro to Digital Art and Photography – Illustration and Literature _ RUBRIC and DONE!

Make sure you are ready to CRITIQUE the final illustration based on your choice in literature. This was a VERY OPEN ENDED work of art for you to demonstrate your skills in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign… All of these skills will pay off down the road. Have your RUBRIC FILLED OUT so that you are able to get the CRITIQUE points to demonstrate your knowledge of the process of self reflection. Also be prepared to TALK about your classmates work – success and struggle (with suggestions).

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Art Foundations – Metals Wrap up, Rubric, and Ceramics Glazing

CRITIQUE the METALS WORK and then GLAZE the POTTERY. It may take a day after break to finish so… make sure that you are making notes about the colors that you are using.

• 3 coats of glaze!
• Careful application
• DO NOT GLAZE THE BOTTOM
• Wipe a thin bit off the VERY BOTTOM so they do not stick to the Kiln Shelf.

Make Photographs of LANDSCAPES over break! Think about the neighborhoods, city, trees and other landscapes that you might run across. HOMEWORK.

Have a GREAT BREAK!

“All art is quite useless.” — Oscar Wilde: Art isn’t utilitarian, and if it is, perhaps it isn’t art. Art serves a non-practical role in our lives, but that does not mean that it is not vital or necessary. One’s individual identity and our collective identity as a culture have no clear serviceability, but they are critical to our ability to function as a society. Kit White © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kit White

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Intro to Painting – Abstract Acrylic Still Life: Critique and then Canvas building.

Oral Critique

Artist:

• Introduction: Hi, I am “NAME HERE”… the Title of my work is and the objects I chose to use were this and that and this is why…
• The techniques I used were… and this is where one can see them very specifically.
• The strengths of the work are… and why.
• The areas I struggled with are this and that and this is why.
• Anything else that you might want to add.

Audience:

• Positive aspects of the image and why.
• Critical responses to the work and why with solutions.
• Anything else that you feel will be worthwhile.
• THERE WILL BE NO:
  • I like’s
  • It’s Cool, beautiful, ugly, etc… no empty comments without specific commentary and evidence to back it up.
• Each person will contribute to the conversation at least 2 times.

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Intro to Digital Art and Photography – Illustration and Literature

SMALL GROUPS OF 3 or 4 – move around to individual computers to share the images. Korb will assign the groups. WHAT IS A CRITIQUE?  Hand this out for kids to consider.

ARTIST – On the YELLOW Sticky Note

1. Hi, I am “NAME HERE” and my choice of literature is THIS… I chose this work of literature BECAUSE and this is how I am tying the assignment of the illustration into this work of literature.
2. The plans I have been following with the program(s) have been THIS…
3. The challenges I have been having are THIS…
4. What are you doing NEXT? What are your plans for the work as you continue to move forward?
5. What is the text you have chosen and why? Where and how are you planning on including this in the image?

AUDIENCE

As the VIEWER be ready to ask questions that pop into your mind and then… round table kind of questioning / suggestions.

1. What is the first thing that pops into your line of sight that is a successful element to the work? Why and / or How?
2. What is the one thing that stands out as needing attention? Why and / or How?
3. Suggestions with solutions…

ARTIST – On the Blue Sticky Note

• What are 3 things that your classmates said about your work that you are proud of and agree with?
• What are 2 things that your classmates said in critique or suggestions that you heard and are taking into consideration as you move forward with your artwork?
• What is 1 thing that you feel you need to do in order to resolve the image / idea that you have in front of you now to make it more successful?

Make photographs of your sticky notes and insert them into your slideshow as MID CRITS!

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Art Foundations – CERAMICS Rubric and Metals introduction

• Demonstration of using sharpie on copper to create a design and blocking out copper with tape.

• Students get their metal shapes and draw their design using a sharpie on copper.
• Students will tape off the back of their copper pieces.

“The public is more familiar with bad design than good design. It is, in effect, conditioned to prefer bad design, because that is what it lives with. The new becomes threatening, the old reassuring.” – Paul Rand

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Intro to Painting – Abstract Acrylic Still Life – LAST WEEK TO WORK

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BIG REMINDER – Work time folks. Remember that you need to be aware of:

• A Color Scheme
• The Acrylic Techniques from the Experiments
• YOU HAVE THIS WEEK! THAT IS IT.

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Intro to Digital Art and Photography – Illustration and Literature

This is NEW and YOUR Choice in how you approach it. Illustrator? Photoshop? Using Photographs or your own Drawings? This is ALL YOU. Let’s look at how Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems was developed and worked on!

HERE ARE SOME MORE!

• Layers
• Gradients
• Colors
• Similarities and Differences between Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Assignment is HERE (and in Google Classroom)
• MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING THE SKILLS WE DEVELOPED IN THE PREVIOUS LESSONS!

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Art Foundations – CERAMICS Rubric and Metals introduction

WE are beginning the work on the METALS UNIT and we are wrapping up the CERAMICS BUILDING STAGE. We will be coming back to the glazing in a couple of weeks.