“What difference does it make whether you’re looking at a photograph or looking at a still life in front of you? You still have to look.” – Chuck Close
As you hit the end of the week, describe two things you look back on this week as successes, failures, or aspects of the week that you learned something from.
Studio Art 360: Sculpture Wrap up – TODAY!
Painting: Wrap Up Encaustic – Crit on Monday!
Drawing: Collage and Drawing!
So sorry… I uploaded the WRONG VIDEO. It’ll work ok, but no cool intro music or images of VincentVanGogh’s Bird’s nests. Here is one for your viewing pleasure.
“What difference does it make whether you’re looking at a photograph or looking at a still life in front of you? You still have to look.” – Chuck Close
Take a moment and look at the above AHoM you are currently working on. Write out two things that you see as connections in your choice of AHoM and how you are proceeding with your work?
Studio Art 360: Sculpture Wrap up – FRIDAY!
One day off – Moving forward with the sculpture – How are you working as a team?
What needs doing? Passes? Come in to finish? Take home?
AP Studio Art: Jim Dine and PLANTS!
Not knowing what your thoughts are about plants / flowers, know that they have been and will be a large and important image in art. Working to make sure you have a REAL connection with the images you make, what are your personal connections to the art or the making of the art?
“What difference does it make whether you’re looking at a photograph or looking at a still life in front of you? You still have to look.” – Chuck Close
Studio Art 360: Sketchbook Tuesday
How did you improve your ideas about art from last week’s work on LINE? N: Sketchbook weekly drawings – hand out on SHAPE.
“What difference does it make whether you’re looking at a photograph or looking at a still life in front of you? You still have to look.” – Chuck Close
Page 11: Handbook: Please take a look at the Artist’s Habits of Mind (AHoM from here on out – p.20). Please choose one of them that you feel you would like to focus on as a personal direction for the quarter. Write it out below like this: I will concentrate on the Artist’s Habit of Mind ____ (and then write out the specific wording to make it more concrete in your head to concentrate on this quarter so that I can _____ (and explain what your thoughts are about a rational / reason / goal that you might have for that one in particular).
Studio Art 360: Collaborative SCULPTURES
These forms may not be your MASTERPIECE of all time, but they did require focus, work, and attention to detail. Looking at ALL the FORMS you created, what do you feel about the ease or difficulty about creating a work of art.
If you are NOT done with the paper mache forms, what could you / should you have done over that past 2 weeks to make sure you DID get them finished by the end of the period? YOU WILL COME TO CLASS TOMORROW with them done.
Painting: Encaustics CLEAR WAX is HERE!
How are you moving forward with the work from last week?
“Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.” Brian Tracy, Eat that Frog
END of the WEEK: Here you are, the end of week two. What are two things that you look at as having been successful in the development of your art? Consider the ideas of technique, composition, experimentation.
Q: What was your biggest success over these past two weeks working on the sculptural forms? What are 2 criteria you would set up for yourself as a GRADING criteria?
Painting: Encaustics – Let’s keep going! – BUT FIRST – Conversation!
Q: What are your first marks on the paper? How are you handling the ideas of THUMBNAILS? What are the areas that you are focusing on in the composition? How did you approach this work?
“Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.” Brian Tracy, Eat that Frog
Reflection: Describe, in complete sentences, two ways you have worked to move forward in what you might have been struggling with at the beginning of the week? Share these thoughts with your neighbor.
Q: As you are working, what are you seeing as an area that you might need to really focus on as you continue.
Drawing: Charcoal, Pastels: Oil and Soft Still Life / Collage
Stage 1: Detail: Walnut Hill Senior Min develops her voice “Studio Thinking 2” Color Plates
Walnut Hill Senior Min develops her voice “Studio Thinking 2” Color Plates
DETAIL: Walnut Hill Senior Min develops her voice “Studio Thinking 2” Color Plates
Q: Have you improved your drawings skills over the past few days? What is the biggest success you have accomplished this week? Where are you struggling?
AP Studio Art: Critique – Let’s look at the RUBRIC! Then talk about your works.
Q: What are your first marks on the paper? How are you handling the ideas of THUMBNAILS? What are the areas that you are focusing on in the composition? How did you approach this work?
Q: Have you improved your drawings skills over the past few days? What is the biggest success you have accomplished this week? Where are you struggling?
AP Studio Art: Critique – Let’s look at the RUBRIC! Then talk about your works.
Robert Chabet uses apples as a concentration. Let’s eat ours (if they are still good) while we talk about the rubric and develop some conversation.
“Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.” Brian Tracy, Eat that Frog
Class Reflections: As you look back on week one, what are two things that you are pleased with or struggling with as we have moved forward in the artmaking process?
Studio Art 360: Collaborative Site Specific Sculpture
Waterford Lights Site Specific Sculpture over the bridge – Waterford.
Waterford Lights Site Specific Sculpture from under the bridge – Waterford.
Q: What is the biggest challenge you see in the process of cutting out the SHAPES in order to build up the FORM? Working with your team? Thinking about the space that you are working from?
Painting: Encaustics – Let’s get rolling!
This is a GREAT movie to watch in its entirety. I’ll leave the link up for your viewing pleasure.
Jasper Johns Encaustic – Let’s get started!
Q: What are you ready to do today. OUT LOUD TO STUDENTS – Take a look and have a conversation with your classmates to discuss the next steps in the process.
Drawing: Charcoal, Pastels: Oil and Soft Still Life / Collage
Q: What have you learned today about how to push / pull / develop space using perspective? What have you accomplished with pencil? Pastel? Charcoal?
AP Studio Art: Critique – Let’s look at the RUBRIC! Then talk about your works.
Robert Chabet uses apples as a concentration. Let’s eat ours (if they are still good) while we talk about the rubric and develop some conversation.
Q: As a body / concentration of works, what do you see as interesting, worthwhile for 1) YOU to create and 2) the audience to sit and look at? 3) Holding it together as an intense study of the topic?
Youth Frontiers came to speak with the WUHS Sophomores about RESPECT. What a GREAT day to see the kids learning, reflecting, experiencing, and getting to know one another and about the idea of respect. Thanks to Andrew and Preston for bringing the love and lessons.
Art With Korb 
