Studio Art Education: Encouraging Self-Directed, Reflective, and Risk Taking Artists since 1996.
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
How is the work developing? REMEMBER – Wednesday of NEXT WEEK as a MID-CRIT! N: Mark making and process over product. Emphasize the ideas of the mark making and observation.
Progress? 3 points of progress please.
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?
2.2Ad: Demonstrate understanding of the importance of balancing freedom and responsibility in the use of images, materials, tools, and equipment in the creation and circulation of creative work.
Last day this week… What are two things you are planning on doing TODAY to get a good deal of work planned and begun for today?
Having has 4 days to get into the process. DESCRIBE ALL THAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED in the past 4 days. As a VIEWER – what progress would we see.
2.2Ad: Demonstrate understanding of the importance of balancing freedom and responsibility in the use of images, materials, tools, and equipment in the creation and circulation of creative work.
How do you see the growth of your work? What are two things that you see as STRONG developments as you have moved forward
End of the day – one more day in class. How many more pieces do you need to get through for this batch of 3 concentration works?
Kiki Smith Installation: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8gtgVi-ln-8/U5Tof6RQw3I/AAAAAAAAAVI/O_BWC1xrDP4/s1600/image034.png
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
As you are developing compositions, what skills are you looking to develop?
What feedback would you offer and like to get about your work? This will be a YELLOW STICKY NOTE that develops into a final work sheet for critiques… Elena Ray:
2.1P: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.
What do you feel is the value of practicing in a sketchbook? How can you see this as being a place that others (engineers, designers, architects, artists) might need as a valuable tool?
SKETCHBOOK TASK TODAY:Texture: Using crayons, let’s go make some Frottage (rubbings). Choose 5 different colored crayons go out and gather 10 different textures from around the first floor of the building – you have 13 minutes. When you come back we will take these frottages and create a collage. We’re doing this as a group.
Ok – What kind of FUN did you have in getting back to CRAYONS, Scissors, and Glue?
2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
What are three different types of PAPER you can consider using or (better yet) have BROUGHT IN TODAY? AND – What sort of PERSONAL IDEAS or MEANINGS that you might be able to bring into your work of art?
This is THE PROJECT art students want – make something of my own ideas… Considering some of the boundaries presented, what ARE your ideas that you hope to convey
While looking at your studio mates work, how do you see the works needing to GROW? Do you see yours growing?
What have you come up with? What materials are you planning on using? How does it fit into your current body of work?
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
How are your compositions beginning?
As you look at your beginning drawings what are the strengths of the drawings are moving forward?
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 yesterday?
What are 2 difficulties that you had in beginning your drawing today? Remember – DRAWING IS A CHALLENGE – let it be!
3. Envision: Learning to picture mentally what cannot be directly observed, and imagine possible next steps in making a piece.
What are the GOALS that you’d like to accomplish with this self-driven assignment? Teach me.
Of all the conversation, materials, messages, and ideas that came to mind… what are your FIRST ideas about how you can MOVE FORWARD? 14 “hours” on this drawing – it will be due in 2.5 weeks… How will you know when you have gotten to your final goals? How will you know that you are learning in the process? Let’s keep your personal goals in mind as you are working through the art process.
2.2Ad: Demonstrate understanding of the importance of balancing freedom and responsibility in the use of images, materials, tools, and equipment in the creation and circulation of creative work.
What has been your biggest challenge from the past week worth of making art. Today – get together for 10 minutes and talk with one another about the current work.
As you look back on the bast 2.5 quarters of work, what are 3 of your biggest impressions from your studio mates works?
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
What do you see creating a series of drawings can do for a artist that a single drawing would not allow the artist to do? We are going to be working on two different CHARCOAL Drawings with this artwork – Today – we experiment with CHARCOAL. Follow along and then experiment on your own.
As you look at your FUN with the charcoal, what are the strengths in the materials that you are seeing as you move forward?
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 in your drawing do you see the idea of OBSERVATION as being a skill that is worthy / in need of you focusing on? WHY? What’s the problem? What’s the challenge?
7. Stretch & Explore: Learning to reach beyond one’s capacities, to explore playfully without a preconceived plan, and to embrace the opportunity to learn from mistakes.
Looking at YESTERDAY… what are 3 things you hope to accomplish with this VERY INDEPENDENT (but subtly guided) drawing? EXPLAIN!
What is working for you in this drawing SO FAR? List 3 things that you see as positive attributes to your drawing today.
2.6 create multiple solutions to visual challenges that show understanding in relationships between composition and meaning of artwork.
While looking at your studiomates work, how do you see the works needing to GROW? Do you see yours growing?
What have you come up with? What materials are you planning on using? How does it fit into your current body of work?
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
What do you see about the use of thumbnail drawings as a strong starting point for the artist as they develop their initial ideas? Why more than one? Why more than 2?
How are you moving forward as you are developing the preliminary drawings as well as the final drawings.
2.1P: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan. A: What skills do you see in yourself that are coming out in the drawing SO FAR? What strengths do you see in your drawing?
What are 2 skills you have already that are going to make your experiences in Studio Art 360 easier?
2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
What are three different types of PAPER you can consider using or (better yet have BROUGHT IN TODAY)? AND – What sort of PERSONAL IDEAS or MEANINGS that you might be able to bring into your work of art?
This is THE PROJECT art students want – make something of my own ideas… Considering some of the boundaries presented, what ARE your ideas that you hope to convey?
2.2Ad: Demonstrate understanding of the importance of balancing freedom and responsibility in the use of images, materials, tools, and equipment in the creation and circulation of creative work.
What has been your biggest challenge from the past week worth of making art. Today – get together for 10 minutes and talk with one another about the current work.
As you look back on the past 2.5 quarters of work, what are 3 of your biggest impressions from your studio mates works? What can you do to move forward with your work based on the feedback and comments you’ve gotten from the studio critiques?
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
What is your sense of OBSERVATION regarding the Bird’s nests? What is a quality of the nest that you could see as becoming an aspect of your drawing that would be worth your while to focus on during the next week or so? 3 – 5 thumbnails today – very focused – Look at your neighbors artwork as you move along.
WHAT TO DO? Pencil and observation. Drawing techniques and mark making. We are going to look specifically at LINE and VALUE / CONTRAST in these drawings. Whites / Blacks / Greys are the focus. Use of CHARCOAL will be coming up – mark making and removal of marks with erasers. Explore the use of the variety of Pencils that we have and how they can be used. Explore the different marks and erasing that we can do with the materials. Look at the different papers that are available. Really look at the idea of THE ELEMENTS and compositions that can be used.
What element have you looked at specifically in the beginning process? What is a successful aspect of the initial drawing that you have?
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.
How do you enjoy the work of art you have created? What have you learned that will carry you forward?
4.2Ad: Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.
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? A LEVEL 6?
Reflection – Nothing – we critiqued today.
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form. A: What do you see about the use of thumbnail drawings as a strong starting point for the artist as they develop their initial ideas? Why more than one? Why more than 2?
What are you looking at in regards to an ELEMENT or a PRINCIPLE as you reflect on your preliminary / thumbnail drawings? List and explain 2 things..
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 yesterday?
What are 2 difficulties that you had in beginning your drawing today? Remember – DRAWING IS A CHALLENGE – let it be!
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 is 1 thing that you found beneficial from taking a step back and TALKING about your art.
How do you enjoy the work of art you have created? What have you learned that will carry you forward?
4.2Ad: Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.
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? A LEVEL 6?
Reflection – Nothing – we critiqued today.
Winter Spirit Week Pep Assembly Schedule
1st 7:25 – 8:05
2nd 8:10 – 8:52 (+2 minutes for announcements)
3rd 8:57 – 9:37
4th 9:42 – 10:22
6th 10:27 – 11:07
5A Class 11:12 – 11:35
5AB Class 11:12 – 12:03
5BC Class 11:40 – 12:31
5C Class 12:08 – 12:31
7th 12:36 – 1:16
8th 1:21 – 2:01
Pep 2:06 – 2:46
5A Lunch 11:07 – 11:35
5B Lunch 11:35 – 12:03
5C Lunch 12:03 – 12:31
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?
What were 3 things that you took away from today’s critique?
G: 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
What do you see about the use of thumbnail drawings as a strong starting point for the artist as they develop their initial ideas? Why more than one? Why more than 2?
How are you moving forward as you are developing the preliminary drawings as you consider the final drawings.
7.2Ad: Determine the commonalities within a group of artists or visual images attributed to a particular type of art, timeframe, or culture.
Today – I am gone. You are going to have an opportunity to work on your BIG BOOK OF SKETCHES or RESOLVE ANY ISSUES in your FAST FOOD DRAWING you may have. Which drawing from the packet are you focusing on today? Why this one in particular?
What part of your drawing worked out really well for you today? What did you struggle with in your drawing?
Ergophobia: Fear of Deadlines:
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