“The importance of an artist is to be determined by the number of new signs he introduces into the language of art.” —Henri Matisse, quoted in Matisse by Louis Aragon Art is a language of signs and symbols. To describe new conditions, new signs must be created or old symbols must be redeployed in ways that give them new meanings. Given that the world is constantly changing and that each new generation describes the world it sees in its own way, the symbol language of art must always be evolving. Language is influence. 101 Things to Learn in Art School Kit White © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kit White

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Art Foundations: Critique (MID and GROUP) our Observational Drawing Today!

GOALS

1. Let’s stop drawing for a moment and work together at the ideas of having a CONVERSATION about the drawings at this point. PAPERWORK and COLLABORATIVE conversation is being had today!
2. TAKE NOTES and LISTEN to others as they speak.
   1. LISTEN! Do not formulate a response… listen to what is being said about EVERYONE’S work.
   2. Take NOTES and WRITE what is being said and WAY they are saying what they are saying.

G: 10.1P: Document the process of developing ideas from early stages to fully elaborated ideas.

Look back at your THUMBNAIL drawings… Which type of composition do you feel you are going to use? What are TWO things that have changed about your composition from the THUMBNAIL STAGE.

Looking at the THUMBNAIL again and the DRAWING – What positive changes or negative changes have come from the process of drawing?

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Introduction to Painting: Paint – a few more hours and we are DONE!

1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.

Looking over the work you have, what surprises do you see from where you started? Stronger than you expected? Weaker? EXPLAIN! I will be asking you about Georgia O’Keefe’s work on Friday – anything stand out today? Keep an eye on her work as the week progresses.

What ELEMENT of art do you find being the strongest one that you are using? Color? Line? Shape? Form? Space?

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Introduction to Digital Art: Modernist DUE in a day!

7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.

How are you feeling about the design of your Corporate ID and the beginnings of the letterhead, business cards, and envelopes? Are there any aspects that you are in need of CLEANING UP? On the stickynote (name on it – I’ll return it so you can out it in your HANDBOOK – and get those out too)… what is the meaning of the symbol that you have designed? Why have you done what you have done and how does it relate to the QUALITY PRODUCT (YOU) that you are working to represent?

DEMO of InDesign and LAYOUT of the images into the LARGE DOCUMENT – we will be creating the FINAL PDF of this by the end of the period. 40 minutes to go we assemble it TOGETHER!  

What do you need to do in order to make this logo design and the Corporate ID Materials work and be done by the next period? We will be printing all this material (as mock ups) so be ready to have everything assembled in a way that we can print it in color. We will be saving it all as a single PDF in ONE DOCUMENT. Play it out and make it work. 3 thumbnails of EACH of the elements before you begin in InDesign.

What to put on the Corporate ID pages and the like? Let’s look HERE for some ideas.

These designs will be completed at the end of the next period and we will be assembling them into a final document (each) in the beginning of the NEXT next next period.

“The importance of an artist is to be determined by the number of new signs he introduces into the language of art.” —Henri Matisse, quoted in Matisse by Louis Aragon Art is a language of signs and symbols. To describe new conditions, new signs must be created or old symbols must be redeployed in ways that give them new meanings. Given that the world is constantly changing and that each new generation describes the world it sees in its own way, the symbol language of art must always be evolving. Language is influence. 101 Things to Learn in Art School Kit White © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kit White

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Art Foundations: Critique (MID and GROUP) our Observational Drawing Today!

GOALS

1. Let’s stop drawing for a moment and work together at the ideas of having a CONVERSATION about the drawings at this point. PAPERWORK and COLLABORATIVE conversation is being had today!
2. TAKE NOTES and LISTEN to others as they speak.
   1. LISTEN! Do not formulate a response… listen to what is being said about EVERYONE’S work.
   2. Take NOTES and WRITE what is being said and WAY they are saying what they are saying.

G: 10.1P: Document the process of developing ideas from early stages to fully elaborated ideas.

Look back at your THUMBNAIL drawings… Which type of composition do you feel you are going to use? What are TWO things that have changed about your composition from the THUMBNAIL STAGE.

Looking at the THUMBNAIL again and the DRAWING – What positive changes or negative changes have come from the process of drawing?

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Introduction to Painting: Paint – a few more hours and we are DONE!

1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.

Looking over the work you have, what surprises do you see from where you started? Stronger than you expected? Weaker? EXPLAIN! I will be asking you about Georgia O’Keefe’s work on Friday – anything stand out today? Keep an eye on her work as the week progresses.

What ELEMENT of art do you find being the strongest one that you are using? Color? Line? Shape? Form? Space?

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Introduction to Digital Art: Modernist DUE in a day!

7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.

How are you feeling about the design of your Corporate ID and the beginnings of the letterhead, business cards, and envelopes? Are there any aspects that you are in need of CLEANING UP? On the stickynote (name on it – I’ll return it so you can out it in your HANDBOOK – and get those out too)… what is the meaning of the symbol that you have designed? Why have you done what you have done and how does it relate to the QUALITY PRODUCT (YOU) that you are working to represent?

DEMO of InDesign and LAYOUT of the images into the LARGE DOCUMENT – we will be creating the FINAL PDF of this by the end of the period. 40 minutes to go we assemble it TOGETHER!  

What do you need to do in order to make this logo design and the Corporate ID Materials work and be done by the next period? We will be printing all this material (as mock ups) so be ready to have everything assembled in a way that we can print it in color. We will be saving it all as a single PDF in ONE DOCUMENT. Play it out and make it work. 3 thumbnails of EACH of the elements before you begin in InDesign.

What to put on the Corporate ID pages and the like? Let’s look HERE for some ideas.

These designs will be completed at the end of the next period and we will be assembling them into a final document (each) in the beginning of the NEXT next next period.

 

Fun… but MORE importantly – the Jenny Saville at the same show sold for 12.6 million dollars… the most for a living female artist! And more about the Banksey HERE.

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Art Foundations: BEGIN our FINAL Observational Drawing Today!

 

GOALS

1. Shadows… now is the time to begin sketching in the pencil lines.
2. Sighting In – use your arm and the pencil as measuring devices.
3. Shhhhh… “We were all focused and not talking. We worked better when we are focused on it.” – One of YOU said this.
4. No Finger blending.
5. 80% of time is on the looking at the object in front of you and 20% of the time is on the looking at the drawing and drawing.
6. PUT THE PHONES AWAY!

Giorgio Morandi – TATE and the MET

10.1P: Document the process of developing ideas from early stages to fully elaborated ideas.

What challenges have you found in the process of drawing your still life from OBSERVATION? 

Where can you see the idea of OBSERVATION as being a skill that is worthy of you focusing on?

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Introduction to Painting: Paint – a few more hours and we are DONE!

1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.

As you have been working on your watercolors – what skills do you feel you have developed in your body of work? Continue to challenge yourself in the development of your composition.

How have you used persistence and grit to continue and work through the issues you are having?

• Collage Examples – Let’s look at these for some BASIC ideas and inspiration.
  • 2016
  • 2011

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Introduction to Digital Art: Modernist DUE in a day!

7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.

How are you feeling about the design of your Corporate ID? Are there any aspects that you are in need of CLEANING UP? Share your ideas and thoughts (one positive and then a second positive) with your neighbor. Why is it successful?

DEMO of InDesign and LAYOUT of the images into the LARGE DOCUMENT – we will be creating the FINAL PDF of this by the end of the period. 40 minutes to go we assemble it TOGETHER!  

What do you need to do in order to make this logo design and the Corporate ID Materials work and be done by the next period? We will be printing all this material (as mock ups) so be ready to have everything assembled in a way that we can print it in color. We will be saving it all as a single PDF in ONE DOCUMENT. Play it out and make it work. 3 thumbnails of EACH of the elements before you begin in InDesign.

What to put on the Corporate ID pages and the like? Let’s look HERE for some ideas.

DEMO of InDesign and LAYOUT of the images. We will ALSO be learning a SMALL BIT of InDesign so that we can create letterhead, envelopes, and business cards, Letterhead: 11” x 8.5”, Envelopes: 4.125” x 9.5” and business cards STANDARD: 2” x 3.5”

These designs will be completed at the end of the next period and we will be assembling them into a final document (each) in the beginning of the NEXT next next period.

• Paul Rand Article HERE
• Logo Designs I Love Site HERE

Art is a continuing dialogue that stretches back through thousands of years. What you make is your contribution to that dialogue. Therefore, be conscious of what has come before you and the conversation that surrounds you. Try not to repeat what has already been said. Study art history and stay alert to the dialogue of your moment.  101 Things to Learn in Art School Kit White © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kit White

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Fun… but MORE importantly – the Jenny Saville at the same show sold for 12.6 million dollars… the most for a living female artist! And more about the Banksey HERE.

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Art Foundations: BEGIN our FINAL Observational Drawing Today!

 

 

 

 

GOALS

1. Fill the page and set up the COMPOSITION before ANYTHING ELSE!
2. Sighting In – use your arm and the pencil as measuring devices.
3. Shhhhh… “We were all focused and not talking. We worked better when we are focused on it.” – One of YOU said this.
4. No Finger blending.
5. 80% of time is on the looking at the object in front of you and 20% of the time is on the looking at the drawing and drawing

Giorgio Morandi – TATE and the MET

2.1P: Engage in making a work of  art or design without having a preconceived plan.

How DO you draw something in 3 dimensions? What are different techniques you know? What did you do successfully yesterday that you can continue with today? What is it you need to erase, change, resolve to make the drawing today even more successful.

What is one thing you are putting into your drawing of the 3D Forms that might be related to the ELEMENTS and PRINCIPLES as the building blocks of Art – things you really need to be aware of AS you are making art.

Bas Relief Sculptures and Sol Le Witt Paintings – HERE

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Introduction to Painting: Mid Crit Today!

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.

What do you feel about talking aloud when it comes to other’s works? What are your thoughts about why you may be apprehensive or confident when discussing other individual’s work?

Have a conversation with your classmates and participate in a VALID and worthwhile conversation about the work. G: What were 3 things that you took away from today’s critique?

• Collage Examples – Let’s look at these for some BASIC ideas and inspiration.
  • 2016
  • 2011

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Introduction to Digital Art: Modernist DUE in a day!

7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.

How are you feeling about the design of your Corporate ID? Are there any aspects that you are in need of CLEANING UP? Share your ideas and thoughts (one positive and then a second positive) with your neighbor. Why is it successful?

DEMO of InDesign and LAYOUT of the images into the LARGE DOCUMENT – we will be creating the FINAL PDF of this by the end of the period. 40 minutes to go we assemble it TOGETHER!  

What do you need to do in order to make this logo design and the Corporate ID Materials work and be done by the next period? We will be printing all this material (as mock ups) so be ready to have everything assembled in a way that we can print it in color. We will be saving it all as a single PDF in ONE DOCUMENT. Play it out and make it work. 3 thumbnails of EACH of the elements before you begin in InDesign.

What to put on the Corporate ID pages and the like? Let’s look HERE for some ideas.

DEMO of InDesign and LAYOUT of the images. We will ALSO be learning a SMALL BIT of InDesign so that we can create letterhead, envelopes, and business cards, Letterhead: 11” x 8.5”, Envelopes: 4.125” x 9.5” and business cards STANDARD: 2” x 3.5”

These designs will be completed at the end of the next period and we will be assembling them into a final document (each) in the beginning of the NEXT next next period.

• Paul Rand Article HERE
• Logo Designs I Love Site HERE

Art is a continuing dialogue that stretches back through thousands of years. What you make is your contribution to that dialogue. Therefore, be conscious of what has come before you and the conversation that surrounds you. Try not to repeat what has already been said. Study art history and stay alert to the dialogue of your moment.  101 Things to Learn in Art School Kit White © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kit White

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Art Foundations: Observational Drawing Today!

WE NEED SHOES for WEDNESDAY! Bring them in ASAP PLEASE!

 

2.1P: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.

What was the biggest challenge you found as you began to draw your objects last time? 

Materials in the classroom – begin with just pencil and paper. Demonstrate the ideas of observation and sighting in – using the drawing tools as measuring devices. Demonstrate the use of the various pencils. Discuss the ideas of different types of compositions – OPEN and CLOSED.

Giorgio Morandi – TATE and the MET

What are 2 difficulties that you had in beginning your drawing today? Remember – DRAWING IS A CHALLENGE – let it be!

Bas Relief Sculptures and Sol Le Witt Paintings – HERE

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Introduction to Painting: Begin Painting TODAY!

6.1Ac: Make, explain, and justify connections between artists or artwork and social, cultural, and political history.

How are you relating the ideas of making art to making art about yourself? Do you find this to be easy or difficult – WHY? What are aspects of your painting / collage that you find are interesting and perhaps personal?

As you are working, what are you seeing as an area of your painting that you might need to really focus on as you continue.

• Collage Examples – Let’s look at these for some BASIC ideas and inspiration.
  • 2016
  • 2011

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Introduction to Digital Art: Modernist DUE in a day!

7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.

What do you need to do in order to make this logo design and the Corporate ID Materials work and be done by the next period? We will be printing all this material (as mock ups) so be ready to have everything assembled in a way that we can print it in color. We will be saving it all as a single PDF in ONE DOCUMENT. Play it out and make it work. 3 thumbnails of EACH of the elements before you begin in InDesign.

DEMO of InDesign and LAYOUT of the images. We will ALSO be learning a SMALL BIT of InDesign so that we can create letterhead, envelopes, and business cards, Letterhead: 11” x 8.5”, Envelopes: 4.125” x 9.5” and business cards STANDARD: 2” x 3.5”

These designs will be completed at the end of the next period and we will be assembling them into a final document (each) in the beginning of the NEXT next next period.

• Paul Rand Article HERE
• Logo Designs I Love Site HERE

Art is a continuing dialogue that stretches back through thousands of years. What you make is your contribution to that dialogue. Therefore, be conscious of what has come before you and the conversation that surrounds you. Try not to repeat what has already been said. Study art history and stay alert to the dialogue of your moment.  101 Things to Learn in Art School Kit White © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kit White

My Saturday at Expo Chicago 2018

Art Foundations: Chiaroscuro in the studio today!

G: 2.1P: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.

WE NEED SHOES for WEDNESDAY! Bring them in ASAP PLEASE!

What technique have you learned when it comes to draw something in 3 dimensions? What are different techniques you know?

Page 6 in folder. SUCCESS in ART.

Materials in the classroom – begin with just pencil and paper.

THUMBNAILS and GO SLOW! OPEN and CLOSED COMPOSITIONS. Use the page in handbook on Compositions Page 30. Observation and sighting in – using the drawing tools as measuring devices. Demonstrate the use of the various pencils.

What is ONE thing you are CERTAIN you did successfully with your drawing today? What is ONE THING you are CERTAIN you need to focus on in order to create a more realistic / successfully accurate observation draw with next time?

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Introduction to Painting: Begin Painting TODAY!

G: 6.1Ac: Make, explain, and justify connections between artists or artwork and social, cultural, and political history.

Looking at the work you have in front you, what are the aspects of the collage / artwork that TRULY speak about you – socially, culturally, or historically.

What techniques are you looking to attempt with the watercolor painting?

What was the most challenging part of the first bit of the painting? Google Research ASSIGNMENT DUE Wednesday when you walk in the door.

• Collage Examples – Let’s look at these for some BASIC ideas and inspiration.
  • 2016
  • 2011

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Introduction to Digital Art: Modernist DUE in a day!

7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.

What do you need to do in order to make this logo design work in 3 ways? Letters Only, Words Only, an the COMBINATION MARK (and also the SYMBOL / ICON – 4 ways I guess. What will you do to be ready to combine it with a partner in the process?

DEMO of InDesign and LAYOUT of the images. We will ALSO be learning a SMALL BIT of InDesign so that we can create letterhead, envelopes, and business cards, Letterhead: 11” x 8.5”, Envelopes: 4.125” x 9.5” and business cards STANDARD: 2” x 3.5”

What are you HAPPIEST with regarding your designs? What is it about them that you see as working SPECIFICALLY with the PAUL RAND ideas from last time?

• Paul Rand Article HERE
• Logo Designs I Love Site HERE

Week 4: Composition is the foundation of image making. It is the spatial relationship between all of the parts in an image. Whether a drawing, a painting, a sculpture, a photograph, a video, or an installation, how a thing is composed determines its look, its feel, and its meaning. Compositional variation, like musical tunes, is limitless.  101 Things to Learn in Art School Kit White © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kit White

 

Art Foundations: Chiaroscuro in the studio today!

G: 2.1P: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.

How do you draw something in 3 dimensions? What are different techniques you know? What did you do successfully yesterday that you can continue with today? What is it you need to erase, change, resolve to make the drawing today even more successful.

• Draw from the MIND
• Draw from observation
• DRAW using a lot of value, erasing for texture and emphasizing mark making / value.
• What is one thing you are putting into your drawing of the 3D Forms that might be related to the ELEMENTS and PRINCIPLES as the building blocks of Art – things you really need to be aware of AS you are making art.
• Let’s look at Page 6 in our handbook – SUCCESS in ART. Pencil and paper. Let’s REVIEW the HABITS of an Artist Page 18 in the Folder.
• Handouts on Value and Chiaroscuro.
• Spheres and Lighting – Use the paper / worksheet examples in class and TAKE YOUR TIME.

What is ONE thing you are CERTAIN you did successfully with your drawing today? What is ONE THING you are CERTAIN you need to focus on in order to create a more realistic / successfully accurate observation drawith tomorrow? Dennis Mogelgaard (Dennis Møgelgaard is a visual artist who was born in 1959.):

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Introduction to Painting: COLLAGE! What are you doing to lead it to the PAINTING? NEW SEATING TODAY!

• 7.2Ac: Evaluate the effectiveness of an image or images to influence ideas, feelings, and behaviors of specific audiences.
• 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.

How do you feel that working with WATERCOLORS might take you to the next larger watercolor painting?

Biggest accomplishment with the watercolor today? how have you seen GROWTH as an artist so far? What is the story you are telling with your work? What is the audience going to learn about you through this art?

Let’s look at Additional Artists (Assignment HERE) and their imagery in  the beginning of the hour. Who is your artist that you are researching? What is it about their work that drew you in?

3 things to incorporate into the final painting and techniques…

• Collage
• Paint
• Research.

What challenges do you see the process of going FROM collage TO the painting? Give yourself 3 ideas that you may have to overcome.

• Collage Examples – Let’s look at these for some BASIC ideas and inspiration.
  • 2016
  • 2011

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Introduction to Digital Art: Modernist DUE DATE is coming up soon

7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.

Paul Rand Article HERE

Logo Designs I Love Site HERE

What is individual about your logo that others will be able to look at and EASILY identify that as a logo for someone extraordinary – you?

• Demo of LETTERING
• Outlines
• Cutting
• Joining
• Positive / Negative
• Exclude tools.

How do you feel about the final design of your image? What is successful? What would you do differently? Will it fit on the side of a pen? Will it fit on the side of a blimp? Is it SCALABLE?

 

Font Homework (and in Google Classroom) HERE.

Week 4: Composition is the foundation of image making. It is the spatial relationship between all of the parts in an image. Whether a drawing, a painting, a sculpture, a photograph, a video, or an installation, how a thing is composed determines its look, its feel, and its meaning. Compositional variation, like musical tunes, is limitless.  101 Things to Learn in Art School Kit White © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kit White

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Plein Air with Mr. Korb: www.FrankKorb.com

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Art Foundations: Copper Bas Relief – Critique / Rubric –

2.1P: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.

What technique have you learned when it comes to draw something in 3 dimensions? What are different techniques you know?Let’s look at Page 6 in our handbook – SUCCESS in ART. Pencil and paper. Let’s REVIEW the HABITS of an Artist Page 18 in the Folder.

• Handouts on Value and Chiaroscuro.
• Spheres and Lighting – Use the paper / worksheet examples in class and TAKE YOUR TIME.

What is ONE thing you are CERTAIN you did successfully with your drawing today? What is ONE THING you are CERTAIN you need to focus on in order to create a more realistic / successfully accurate observation drawith tomorrow? Dennis Mogelgaard (Dennis Møgelgaard is a visual artist who was born in 1959.):

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Introduction to Painting: COLLAGE! What are you doing to lead it to the PAINTING? NEW SEATING TODAY!

7.2Ac: Evaluate the effectiveness of an image or images to influence ideas, feelings, and behaviors of specific audiences.

What is the story you are telling with your work? What is the audience going to learn about you through this art? Let’s look at Additional Artists (Assignment HERE) and their imagery in  the beginning of the hour.

3 things to incorporate into the final painting and techniques…

• Collage
• Paint
• Research.

Who is your artist that you are researching? What is it about their work that drew you in?

What challenges do you see the process of going FROM collage TO the painting? Give yourself 3 ideas that you may have to overcome.

Have your collages READY for the drawing stages for NEXT TIME! MAybe even TODAY!

Cut and Paste: the Art of Collage: UWM Gallery 

• Collage Examples – Let’s look at these for some BASIC ideas and inspiration.
  • 2016
  • 2011

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Introduction to Digital Art: Logos and YOUR designs

HEY YOU! YEAH YOU! PLEASE GET OUT YOUR HANDBOOKS! FIRST THING, then LOG ON and open to Google Classroom!

7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.

What is individual about your logo that others will be able to look at and EASILY identify that as a logo for someone extraordinary – you?

• Demo of LETTERING
• Outlines
• Cutting
• Joining
• Positive / Negative
• Exclude tools.

How do you feel about the final design of your image? What is successful? What would you do differently? Will it fit on the side of a pen? Will it fit on the side of a blimp? Is it SCALABLE?

 

Font Homework (and in Google Classroom) HERE.

Week 3: Art is the Product of Process: Art is the product of process: Whether conceptual, experimental, emotional, or formal, the process you develop yields the image you produce. The materials you choose, the methods of production, and the sources of the images should all reflect the interests that command your attention. The process does not stop with each work completed. It is ongoing. The cumulative result of that process is a body of work. 101 Things to Learn in Art School Kit White © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kit White

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Art Foundations: Painting and Mounting Copper to Bases – RUBRIC TIME!

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.

What colors are working BEST for you with your painting and how can you improve the rest of the idea?

Work on finishing up the Sol LeWitt paintings and hammering the copper to the wood. IF you are all done with the painting and the tacking in of the work – get out your sketchbooks and grab a shoe to practice drawing.

Let’s take a GOOD look at the critique… Rubrics everyone.

Copper Plate Final Projects HERE

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Introduction to Painting: Let’s talk COLLAGE and then to the OUTSIDE!

G: 2.3Ac: Redesign an object, system, place, or design in response to contemporary issues

How has the gathering of images HELPED or CHALLENGED you in the creation of a composition visually and / or telling a story – about yourself?

Cut and Paste: the Art of Collage: UWM Gallery 

Images of 3 watercolor artists – storytelling? What would YOU say is happening in the images? Work on the collages OR stretching of paper OR research of the artists.

What does your composition say about you? How might others read the images you have gathered and assembled?

• Collage Examples – Let’s look at these for some BASIC ideas and inspiration.
  • 2016
  • 2011

What are 5 images / ideas you gathered today / begun to think about that say something about you? How do they? What are your initial thoughts about the idea of the collage and social commentary?

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Introduction to Digital Art: Modernism and Font Types

G: 7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.

How are YOUR feelings towards fonts and images affecting those who look at your LOGO? What response might someone ELSE get as they look at your image?

Demo of LETTERING, Outlines, Cutting, Joining, Positive / Negative, Exclude tools.

Practice these tools / Add color to the designs this week. Symbol, Lettermark, Combination Mark, Word Mark, Emblem.

Thumbnail Article on Logo Design

What challenges did you have today with the program. Are you working full screen size? Go Big so it can go small. What did you come up with today? Share these ideas with your neighbor and explain what you enjoy about the work you have created.

Font Homework (and in Google Classroom) HERE.

Week 3: Art is the Product of Process: Art is the product of process: Whether conceptual, experimental, emotional, or formal, the process you develop yields the image you produce. The materials you choose, the methods of production, and the sources of the images should all reflect the interests that command your attention. The process does not stop with each work completed. It is ongoing. The cumulative result of that process is a body of work. 101 Things to Learn in Art School Kit White © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kit White

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Art Foundations: Bas Relief and Balance and COLOR

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.

We are going to retrieve our Sol LeWitt COLOR images and work 4 of the patterns up into final preparatory images for out final 9” x 9” wooden panel. Which of your COLOR ideas are you happiest with and WHY? In the sketchbooks you will RECREATE your images – VERY CAREFULLY AND THOUGHTFULLY with Colored Pencils and Watercolor Paints – focusing SPECIFICALLY on a color scheme that you will be able to identify to me. Then we will move it up to the wooden panels.

What are you most pleased with in the painting process? Why?

Copper Plate Final Projects HERE

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Introduction to Painting: Let’s talk COLLAGE and then to the OUTSIDE!

2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.

• Collage Examples – Let’s look at these for some BASIC ideas and inspiration.
  • 2016
  • 2011

Today we are going OUTSIDE and painting LANDSCAPES (plein Air! One day to be outside and pait for the experience and observation. This needs to be ABSOLUTELY FOCUSED and NO WASTE OF TIME! Remember that you have homework for next time – look at the previous post OR GOOGLE CLASSROOM to see where we are and what you need to do if you have forgotten!

 

What was the most challenging part of the plein air process? What would you do differently next time?

What are 5 images you gathered today that say something about you? How do they? What are your initial thoughts about the idea of the collage and social commentary?

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Introduction to Digital Art: Modernism and Font Types

2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.Working on paper is different than working on the computer. Using a collection of FONTS that you

have chosen you will find a wide variety of fonts that you enjoy and explore many different way of joining letters into positive and negative shapes (as well as adding a geometric or organic shape or two) in creating a Logo Design  for yourself. This will take some time – be ready to SKETCH and EXPLORE ideas. N: Fonts, positive and negative shapes, 5 different Logo Designs.

What did you come up with today? Share these ideas with your neighbor and explain what you enjoy about the work you have created.

Font Homework (and in Google Classroom) HERE.