โEach generation gets to reinvent art in its own image.โ Because art is an act of description, it is inevitable that what it describes will reflect every generationโs 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 ยฉ 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kit White
EXAM SCHEDULE:
Intro to Painting: EXAMS in 2 groups – Monday Jan 13 and Wednesday January 15
Online Portion as well as Oral Critique
Digital Art and Photography: Wednesday January 15 and Thursday January 16
Online Portion as well as Oral Critique
Art Foundations: Monday and January 13 and Tuesday 14.
January 15 and 16th CLEANING.
Before you ASK ME if you can be done… answer these questions.
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. AND
1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
A: Art you finished with the Glaze? This work will be collected and Fired today – Glazed this week and returned on Exam Day. What do you need to do to wrap up the PAINTING? Look back at the painting and consider the success of the work. Push and pull – the colors work with one another… what do you need to do to wrap this up. We CRITIQUE and REVIEW next block.
G: Clean your shelves at some point this week. REMEMBER… if you are not taking another art course this year, what work you will have in the Mary Hoard Art Show. This work needs to be handed in (name attached) by Friday of next week.
Introduction to Painting: Paint and review the requirements for the exam!
G: 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
A: What are you planning on doing? This is a good day to be working. What are the things you need to accomplish and get done? Whatโs the due date? Letโs look at that and make some plans. LOOK UP AT THE SCREEN and FOLLOW ALONG with the WRITTEN CRITIQUE FORM I have built. I will show you what it does.
G: day 2 of painting is done… What are your results and what do you need to do to take this home over the weekend to get a good set of work done for the remaining days in the studio? Clean your shelves at some point this week AND decide, if you are not taking another art course this year, what work you will have in the Mary Hoard Art Show.
G: 1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on studentโs existing artwork.
A: Shhh… What are you doing today? Please review the ONLINE EXPECTATION and MAKE SURE YOU ARE DONE WITH it by next MONDAY so I can read it over by your exam day. This is the written portion of the exam – the oral presentation is the final exam.
G: What have you accomplished and what do you need to accomplish? This is DUE on EXAM DAY – you should make this the BEST – most perfect work you can.
MARY HOARD ART SHOW – Entry Form HERE! Think about the work you are wanting to exhibit, grab a form, and get it here.
โAll art is quite useless.โ โ Oscar Wilde: Art isnโt utilitarian, and if it is, perhaps it isnโt art. Art serves a non-practical role in our lives, but that does not mean that it is not vital or necessary. Oneโs 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 ยฉ 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kit White
EXAM SCHEDULE:
Intro to Painting: EXAMS in 2 groups – Monday Jan 13 and Wednesday January 15
Online Portion as well as Oral Critique
Digital Art and Photography: Wednesday January 15 and Thursday January 16
Online Portion as well as Oral Critique
Art Foundations: Monday and January 13 and Tuesday 14.
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.
A: What are you most proud of with your first abstract painting? What are / were your biggest struggles in the use of paints? Colors? Today we critique, nametags, hang, and then GLAZE.
G: We critiqued and glazed – What more do you need to do in your paintings. THis is going to be DUE and DONE by Friday – We need to REVIEW and MAKE Notes… Clean your shelves at some point this week AND decide, if you are not taking another art course this year, what work you will have in the Mary Hoard Art Show. This work needs to be handed in (name attached) by Friday of next week.
COLOR THEORY PAINTING / STAINED GLASS ASSIGNMENT HERE!
Introduction to Painting: Day of Painting (as well)
G: 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
A: What did you do last block and what do you need to do today to get a solid block of work accomplished? This is using the skills that you have and the research that you have done to make strong progress in the portrait. Please remember that this is the final exam work of art and you have a goal. The artists you have researched are a part of the work as well. Some of the artists are going to be easier to incorporate into the work. Hey… what about the negative space? The background? Are you thinking about that?
G: day 2 of painting is done… What are your results and what do you need to do to take this home over the weekend to get a good set of work done for the remaining days in the studio? Clean your shelves at some point this week AND decide, if you are not taking another art course this year, what work you will have in the Mary Hoard Art Show.
G: 1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on studentโs existing artwork.
A: Review the work you are planning out. This is the LAST of the ASSIGNMENTS in our studio. You should be PUSHING the skills you have learned. Take a look at the imagery you have begun and PAIR / SHARE with your neighbor what you are going to be doing next and finishing up. RE-Explain the ideas / concepts of the work you are dealing with with your NEW SEATING PARTNERS. What is the message you are trying to explain?
G: What have you accomplished and what do you need to accomplish? This is DUE on EXAM DAY – you should make this the BEST – most perfect work you can.
โThe 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.โ Paul Rand
COLOR THEORY PAINTING / STAINED GLASS ASSIGNMENT HERE!
G: 1.1P: Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors.
A: This is the last day to paint… Step back and look carefully at TWO THINGS: 1) Balance: Does the work have a sense of it? 2) Space: Is there a feeling of the space that pushed back or pulls forward in the space? How are you seeing the LAYERS of the process help you to create a successful and satisfying composition?
Alright… do you need to come in and wrap it up? So how are you going to do that? What to do? Critique and GLAZE next time!
Introduction to Painting: Day of Painting (as well)
G: 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
A: Talk to your neighbor about the idea that you have and talk about the CONCEPT that you are trying to communicate with your work? What is the MESSAGE? What is the MEANING? Use the RUBRIC that you have (or will get) and in the CONTENT section write out your thoughts. Make WISE USE of your ENRICHMENT TIME. On the sticky notes… what are your plans over break to get the most work done that you can?
G: Looking at the day you had today… what did you accomplish? What fell short? Remember that we have VERY LITTLE TIME ON THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS in studio to work. Will you be ready? What are you going to be doing outside of class to get the work done? The painting created?
G: 1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on studentโs existing artwork.
A: Take a look at the imagery you have begun to gather and sketch out… PAIR / SHARE with your neighbor. Explain the ideas / concepts of the work you are dealing with. What is the message you are trying to explain?
G: What have you accomplished and what do you need to accomplish? This is DUE at the end of the class at the end of when we get back. You have ONE MORE ASSIGNMENT after this that is ENTIRELY ON YOUR OWN! Get thinking!
โThe 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.โ Paul Rand
G: 1.1P: Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors.
How are you seeing the LAYERS of the process help you to create a successful and satisfying composition? Looking at the painting (or blank ground) what are 3 things that you are going to be working on today to be FOCUSED!
Alright… do you need to come in and wrap it up? So how are you going to do that? What to do?
COLOR THEORY PAINTING / STAINED GLASS ASSIGNMENT HERE!
Introduction to Painting: Day of Painting (as well)
HEY JENNA, HEY AMY, HEY Ms. MARTIN… I edited this wrong and forgot to remove a digital art portion. Please recognize where I end your class halfway through and then stop. So sorry.Katie Musolff in Milwaukee: https://doorcounty.net/wp-content/uploads/Katie-Musolff.jpg
G: 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
A: What is your GOAL for today? What did you accomplish last time and what are you planning on doing today to get yourself moving forward? You have access to ALL the colors we have in our drawers of colors – keep in mind that it would be good to set up a neat color palette and utilize a solid color scheme. Are you utilizing the techniques that we have learned in the early painting of the apple and the abstraction? WRITE DOWN 3 TECHNIQUES that you are going to use in your REPRESENTATIONAL Painting… handbook (week 16) or sketchbook.
G: What did you do this week to get things set for a successful abstract painting? We are doing a MID CRIT in 2 class periods so make sure you are working in and out of studio time.
G: 1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on studentโs existing artwork.
A: What products are you planning on working out an ADVERTISEMENT for? The ASSIGNMENT has been given and you are going to become PREPARED to WORK at home from this point forward. Have you begun to think about setting up your photography session outside of class… lighting, multiple images made of the product… you are ready with your thumbnails of the magazine ad or billboard… it is now time to work in the studio to edit images and lay them out in Adobe In Design. Are you using Illustrator for something? YES… something – whatever illustration you need to create. WRITE OUT 3 THINGS that you are going to do today INSIDE of class and what 3 THINGS you are going to do OUTSIDE of class.
G: What have you accomplished and what do you need to accomplish? This is DUE at the end of the class at the end of next week.
G: 1.1P: Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors.
A: What was the strength of last times work? What are you hoping to accomplish in todayโs painting? Talk to your neighbor about all that you did last block to prepare for what we are going to do today.
G: How can you use the idea of ABSTRACTION to help you learn the materials that you might be unfamiliar with? Explain in more detail.
Introduction to Painting: Painting from Direct / Photographic Observation – Let’s Hang our Artworks Today!
G: 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
A: What did you do last block and what do you need to do today to get a solid block of work accomplished? This is using the skills that you have and the research that you have done to make strong progress in the abstraction. The artists you have researched are a part of the work as well. Some of the artists are going to be easier to incorporate into the work. Hey… what about the negative space? The background? What is the CONTENT – the MEANING / MESSAGE behind your work? MAKE SURE YOU USING YOUR DRAWING AND REFERENCE IMAGES as you are working out the painting.This is essential in the planning process.REPRESENTATIONAL ASSIGNMENT HERE.
G: What are your results and what do you need to do to take this home over the weekend to get a good set of work done for the remaining days in the studio?
G: 4.2Ad: Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.ย
A: What do you have to say about the work in front of you? How are you going to look at the experience and learn from it? What have you done to PUSH yourself in the process of making your art stronger, more successful?
Talk about the LIFE of your Artist. Who were they, What did they make photographs of? What was it about their portraits that drew you to them? Talk about their use of composition, elements and principles. Why is their work successful?
Talk about YOUR portrait.
Who was the person. Why are they important? What about the photograph explains their importance? How does the composition demonstrate success? What kinds of experimentation, use of Photoshop Tools did you use? What Elements and Principles did you use to help make this a strong photograph?
G: Nothing – we critiqued today. N: Crit – Not New.
Art Foundations: Color Theory, Tempera Paints, Prepping Board or Faux Stained Glass
COLOR THEORY PAINTING / STAINED GLASS ASSIGNMENT HERE!
G: 1.1P: Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors.
A: What color scheme have you chosen for the entire painting? What is your accent color going to be? How can you see through the thinness of the tempera paint?
G: What do you think is your largest success in this painting so far? Why?
Introduction to Painting: Representational Art Thumbnails and Prepping Canvas
G: 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
A: What have you done to be ready for the beginning of the REPRESENTATIONAL PAINTING? This the final painting and you are using all the skills that you have and the research that you have done to make strong progress in the representational art. The artists you have researched are a part of the work as well. Some of the artists are going to be easier to incorporate into the work. Hey… what about the negative space? The background? What is the CONTENT – the MEANING / MESSAGE behind your work? Are you thinking about that? WHILE YOU WAIT TO SAW AND BUILD… MAKE SURE YOU ARE DRAWING and ADDING COLOR to your designs and plans! This is MANDATORY in the planning process. REPRESENTATIONAL ASSIGNMENT HERE.
G: What are your results and what do you need to do to take this home over the weekend to get a good set of work done for the remaining days in the studio?
Intro to Digital Art and Photography: Editing in Photoshop
methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
A: Today is the last day to work on this singular image in the studio. We are presenting this NEXT TIME – a very quick assignment. Thatโs ok. What do you need to do in order to get this DONE? Make your BEST PHOTOGRAPH!
G: Do you need to come into the studio during your ENRICHMENT to be ready to present? Here are the questions that you will be ready to speak about when you present.
โThere are three responses to a piece of design โ yes, no, and WOW! Wow is the one to aim for.โ Milton Glaser
Art Foundations: Color Theory, Tempera Paints, Prepping Board or Faux Stained Glass
If you are going to do STAINED GLASS – you need to have the materials NEXT TIME or you are officially BEHIND!
Sonja Delaney – Non Representational Artwork – VERY FAMOUS!
G: 1.1P: Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors.
A: What are you thinking about as you look over your tracings from last time? What color schemes are you drawn to and what color schemes do you dislike? We are going to PAINT today!
G: What color scheme did you decide to use and WHY? What kinds of advancements did you make in the process today? What is the first thing you plan on doing next time we meet?
COLOR THEORY PAINTING / STAINED GLASS ASSIGNMENT HERE!
Introduction to Painting: Representational Art Thumbnails and Prepping Canvas
G: 4.2Ad: Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.
A: What do you have to say about the work in front of you? How are you going to look at the experience and learn from it? What have you done to PUSH yourself in the process of making your art stronger, more successful?
Intro to Digital Art and Photography: Editing in Photoshop
Annie Liebovitz: Editorial of Leonardo DiCaprio
G: 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
A: What are your plans for this PORTRAIT? What are the things that you have done to make images to work from? Who is the person that you are working with? Why? This is important to keep in mind as you move forward and make an image that is about the person that is important to you.
G: What did you accomplish in studio today? What are the techniques / tools / whatever else that you used in the process?
NEW ASSIGNMENT – PORTRAIT of a loved one. Let’s look in Google Classroom for the assignment.
G: 1.1P: Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors.
A: Prepped board and base color added in (primed with Gesso and a warm or cool color here). Design and draw out the plans for your stained glass window and then begin painting in the spaces. How are you going to begin? Share your designs with your table mates and let us walk through a quiet and organized crit of the plans BEFORE you get started in the painting.
G: How much have you accomplished today? Are there spaces that you feel you are going to need to get into and add a second color over the top – to thicken up the colors and make them less transparent.
If you are going to do STAINED GLASS – you need to have the materials NEXT TIME or you are officially BEHIND!
COLOR THEORY PAINTING / STAINED GLASS ASSIGNMENT HERE!
7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.
A: Not a whole lot to talk about today – you have a canvas to build and a painting to resolve. What are you going to be working on specifically today?
G: A RECAP from last time… What have you gotten done today? What do you need to be getting done in the next few days? Make sure you have images and the like for references – IMPORTANT! We critique NEXT CLASS PERIOD and we discuss the next painting as well.
CRITIQUE NEXT TIME as Groups of 12. then we work on the RUBRICS. Take canvas home to get REPRESENTATIONAL WORK drawn in. WORK WORK WORK!
Intro to Digital Art and Photography: Editing in Photoshop
Nan Goldin Editorial Images:
G: 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
A: Last day of Studio Work 1/2 the block and then we RUBRIC.
This is IT.. Step back and see what you need to accomplish. The final slide of the slideshow will be a pair of self reflective paragraphs. One will be a paragraph that talks about the meaning, the narrative, the ideas of the series and the second will be about the skills that you have learned and put into use in the editing of the images. QUESTIONS?
G: OK… Have you been able to turn in the slideshow and the 5 or 6 images? If they are NOT DONE NOW you are officially late and will have to make sure you get in the make up for your lost time.
NEW ASSIGNMENT – PORTRAIT of a loved one. Let’s look in Google Classroom for the assignment.
G: 1.1P: Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors.
A: Today we begin the ideas of THUMBNAILS and COLOR SCHEMES. You will be designing a work of art based on the ideas of the COLOR SCHEMES and creating a FAUX Stained Glass Window. We are working on the idea of using a base color to the painting as well. This will affect the feeling of the colors as you lay them on top. What are your feelings about the warmth or coolness of the painting? If you are thinking about creating a FAUX stained glass window you will need to bring in a frame with glass in it to paint on.
G: How many thumbnails did you come up with? How many color schemes are you using? What is your MAIN idea for the color scheme painting?
COLOR THEORY PAINTING / STAINED GLASS ASSIGNMENT HERE!
Introduction to Painting: Abstraction and Representational Art
7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.
A: Abstraction paintings are in the final days of work and you are in the need of wrapping things up. Are you spending time in the resolution phase? What are your plans for the final painting? Letโs get out your THUMBNAILS for the final painting? Let us have a roundtable conversation about them. ORGANIZED SKETCH CRIT. of the plans. You have three days to get your paintings done and the canvas built for the next painting. This is IMPORTANT and NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH in the enrichment time – perhaps.
G: What have you gotten done today? What do you need to be getting done in the next few days? Make sure you have images and the like for references – IMPORTANT!
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.
A: Abstraction paintings are in the final days of work and you are in the need of wrapping things up. Are you spending time in the resolution phase? What are your plans for the final painting? Letโs get out your THUMBNAILS for the final painting? Let us have a roundtable conversation about them. ORGANIZED SKETCH CRIT of the plans. You have three days to get your paintings done and the canvas built for the next painting. This is IMPORTANT and NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH in the enrichment time – perhaps.
G: What have you gotten done today? What do you need to be getting done in the next few days? Make sure you have images and the like for references – IMPORTANT!
G: 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
A: Not much new today – it is a SOLID WORK DAY. Step back and see what you need to accomplish. Are you taking notes? Are you aware of the things that you are doing in Photoshop to make the photographs strong – across the board? What are the tools you are using? Talk to your neighbors about the images you have so far?
G: Again… What did you accomplish today? What are the things that you need to get organized in the image gathering or editing to have this series done in the next two periods. We will set up the GOOGLE SLIDESHOW next time (or you can do it on your own) and then turn in the series at the end of the next block.
Great Article about the Tom Fruin and other Contemporary Stained Glass Artists: HERE
G: 1.1P: Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors.
A: Looking back on the color wheels you have begun, talk to your tablemates about the way in which you mix the secondary colors and tertiary colors. QUIZ TIME? No… just a discussion so we can move forward. How do you make the TINTS, SHADES, and TONES?
G: Were you able to mix the colors for the tints, shades, and tones today? What else do you need to do here?
Introduction to Painting: Abstraction and Representational Art
.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.
A: Abstraction paintings are in the final days of work and you are in the need of wrapping things up. Are you spending time in the resolution phase? What are your plans for the final painting? Letโs get out your THUMBNAILS for the final painting? Let us have a roundtable conversation about them. ORGANIZED SKETCH CRIT of the plans. You have three days to get your paintings done and the canvas built for the next painting. This is IMPORTANT and NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH in the enrichment time – perhaps.
G: What have you gotten done today? What do you need to be getting done in the next few days? Make sure you have images and the like for references – IMPORTANT!
G: 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
A: This week we EDIT the photographs you have made that are important to you from OUTSIDE of the school – you do have a life outside of the school – interests and the like, right? What are your plans and how are you going to be using photoshop to perfect and make these a strong series that is narrative?
G: What did you accomplish today? What are the things that you need to get organized in the image gathering or editing to have this series done in the next two periods? We will put them into a Google slideshow (6 or seven slides) as well as handing in the original Photoshop images.