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#SevenDays of #ArtStudio Time – 101 Ways to make your seven days worthwile

https://goalhabits.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/goalhabits_1214.jpg Thanks Paul…

Painting and Advanced Painting: Self Portrait – RESOLVE this Week!

Van Eyck “Man in Red Turban” http://www.canvasreplicas.com/images/Man%20in%20a%20Red%20Turban%20Jan%20van%20Eyck.jpg

Goals: 

  • G: 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • Step back and LOOK AT YOUR painting. It’s been a weekend. What are you seeing as being successful at this point? What are you seeing as needing attention?

Reflection / Evaluation:  How has this painting been new and worthwhile for you? What lessons have you learned about using different materials?

Studio Art 360: Color Schemes – LET’S GO!

Mark Rothko “Orange and Yellow” http://www.markrothko.org/images/paintings/orange-and-yellow.jpg

Goals

  • 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 do you mix to get a TINT? What do you mix to get a SHADE? What do you mix to get a TONE?

Reflection / Evaluation:  Review with neighbors the relationships of the colors on the color wheel? When you look in your closet… what COLORS do you think you have the most of hanging? Why do you think that you have more of that color than others?

AP Studio Art: Concentration / Concentrate

Robert Rauschenberg working on HIS concentration… http://www.theartstory.org/images20/photo/rauschenberg_4.jpg

Goals:

  • 10.1Ad: Synthesize knowledge of social, cultural, historical, and personal life with art-making approaches to create meaningful works of art or design.
  • What are two things (specifically) that you have accomplished during your past week as you’ve worked on your CONCENTRATION? Write out the IDEA behind your work and then SHARE the story with your classmate… 

Reflection / Evaluation:  With ALL that is going on these past two weeks – and little input from me… what have you accomplished VISUALLY and / or TECHNOLOGICALLY?

Drawing: Resolve Hip-Hop all you Wild Beasts (Fauvists).

Margaret Kilgallen – Famous Female Graffiti Artist http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c8/Kilgallengarage.jpg

Goals:

  • 6.1Ac: Make, explain, and justify connections between artists or artwork and social, cultural, and political history.
  • What do you feel is an aspect of your composition that you initially struggled with but resolved in the thumbnail and preliminary drawings
    • Artist NPR: The Selfie – Listen and comment on one or two points that describe how YOU are using some f the ideas in your drawing for EXTRA CREDIT: http://www.wpr.org/listen/565351

Reflection / Evaluation: What was the most challenging aspect of your drawing to get done today? How are you using OBSERVATION and COMPARISON – sighting in – to get your drawings set up correctly? List TWO SPECIFIC aspects of the drawing you have used these skills in your drawing. 

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#Friday in the #ArtStudio. #FourClassesOfArt!

“Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.” — John Andrew Holmes

Painting and Advanced Painting: PAINTS are HERE!

TEXTURE – Brush Stroke _ How are you USING the PAINTS? http://www.allartclassic.com/img/works/vincent_van_gogh_field_001N_Bs.jpg

Goals: 

  • 10.1Ac: Utilize inquiry methods of observation, research, and experimentation to explore unfamiliar subjects through art-making.
  • What differences, likes, preferences do you now FEEL / HAVE about ACRYLIC Paints and OIL Paints or WATERCOLOR Paints?

Reflection / Evaluation:  What are your thoughts about the painting as you have had a few / couple of days working on your portrait? Explain your thoughts to your classmate before you pack up today

Studio Art 360: Color Schemes – WORK TIME – YEAH!

Pablo Picasso’s Rose Period. What is the COLOR SCHEME? Why? http://www.dailyartfixx.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Acr%C3%B3bata-y-joven-arlequ%C3%ADn-Pablo-Picasso-Rose-Period-1905.jpg

Goals

  • 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.
  • Why is it important for an artist to choose colors CAREFULLY as they are developing a composition / artwork? What might the RIGHT colors do in an image versus the “wrong” colors?

Reflection / Evaluation:  Review with neighbors the two NEW color relationships we talked aobut today. When you look in your closet… what COLORS do you think you have the most of hanging? Why do you think that you have more of that color than others?

AP Studio Art: MOVING ON – Concentration!

Sterling Ruby – This is MEANINGFUL, THOUGHTFUL, Researched and DEVELOPED – Just like your concentrations need to be! http://www.gagosian.com/__data/fc73d1e3d60d2db64586a0008a3d7359.jpg

Goals:

  • 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 is the biggest (or two) Element / Principle you are using in your work this week? Explain in SPECIFICS – Use your individual pieces to explain.

Reflection / Evaluation:  3 things that were successful today in your three NEW works?

Drawing: RAISE THE ROOF, it’s Hip-Hop time.

John Feckner – AKA – Space Invader – KIMMY – This is the Artist I was TALKING about! Your BATMAN LOGO – TOTALLY works here! http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/space-invader-old-new.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.
  • After ONE SOLID + WEEK of pastels, what is your STRONGEST aspect of the composition? Describe WHY you feel it is working so well.

Reflection / Evaluation: How do you feel about the work you accomplished today? What has changed in how you are looking at using Soft Pastels?

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#Art in the #Studio – Let’s focus and work on a #Concentration

“Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.” — John Andrew Holmes

Painting and Advanced Painting: PAINTS are On Their Way!

Vermeer and the Pearls: http://www.essentialvermeer.com/details/images_details/rembrandt_pearls.JPG

Goals: 

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What challenges do you see in the use of OIL paint versus Acrylic paint? What advantages do you see in the use of oil over acrylic?

Reflection / Evaluation:  What ideas do you see coming out from others works as you took the 4 minutes to walk around today and see what others are doing? How can you see working with OTHERS in a COMMUNITY as being beneficial to the development of your art?

Studio Art 360: Color Schemes – WORK TIME – YEAH!

Use of color in advertising! https://agraphicworld2.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/monopoly_pennsylvania_green.jpg

Goals

  • 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • What are the TWO COLOR SCHEMES in the Monopoly Advertisement from above? How did the advertising company separate the relationships?

Reflection / Evaluation:  Review with neighbors the relationships of the colors on the color wheel? QUIZ one another on the names, types and relationships of the colors. 

AP Studio Art: MOVING ON – Concentration!

Sterling Ruby at the Gagosian Gallery. http://www.gagosian.com/__data/4fd15ee3cf37bd9dfeb1a6f4a94815ac.jpg

Goals:

  • 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 does having the FREEDOM and RESPONSIBILITY of AP (refer to the NVAS ABOVE) mean to you? What will you have to do this week to OWN that standard?

Reflection / Evaluation:  What similarities are you seeing in YOUR work? How does it tie the CONCENTRATION together? How are you going to maintain INTEREST in these first 3 works – we will talk about the remaining 6 works later…

Drawing: RAISE THE ROOF, it’s Hip-Hop time.

Mr. Brainwash – Working! http://images1.laweekly.com/imager/mr-brainwash-bombs-la/u/original/5253412/2247824.t.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.
  • What positive qualities are coming through with your drawing as you are working on the techniques in soft pastels drawings? NO FINGER BLENDING!?

Reflection / Evaluation: What is the ONE STRUGGLE that you could sit back on and write about if you were asked to do so today? Explain in more than just one word.

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#Artist #Wednesday Already? #Rauschenberg #Skoglund #Haring #SterlingRuby

“Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.” — John Andrew Holmes

Painting and Advanced Painting: PAINTS are ORDERED!

Robert Rauschenberg – PAINTING TECHNIQUES! Oils – Layers – PAINT! http://www.mauradibartolo.com/uploads/2/6/1/2/26123522/4419634_orig.jpg

Goals: 

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • Which direction have you decided to go in regarding the use of colors while using oil paints? Realism – Expressionism – Texture – Palette Knife – Brushwork? What kind of mood / feeling do you hope to incorporate into the idea of your painting?

Reflection / Evaluation: Have you  decided HOW you are going to break apart the space that you are building in the painting? Are you emphasizing the new SHAPES or are you developing the LINES that you have in the portrait?

Studio Art 360: Color Schemes – YEAH!

Sandy Skoglund: Color Scheme is WHAT? http://facweb.cs.depaul.edu/sgrais/images/ColorSchemes/sandy_skoglund01.jpg

Goals

  • 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • This installation / performance piece / photograph by Sandy Skoglund demonstrates WHAT Color Scheme? Why?

Reflection / Evaluation:  Review with neighbors the relationships of the colors on the color wheel we went over TODAY in lecture. Write out the most confusing set of relationships for you – WHY.

AP Studio Art: TALKING ART ONE MORE DAY? Just a smidge – Then – Fix or MOVING ON!

Sterling Ruby at the Gagosian Gallery – What is happening in her work? Layers? Colors? http://www.gagosian.com/__data/161ffd58311aaeb20d0eaa00b07fee3c.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.2Ad: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices, following or breaking established conventions, to plan the making of multiple works of art and design based on a theme, idea, or concept.
  • Beginning on the FIRST set of 3 works… What is the CENTRAL IDEA behind your concentration? Remember that you need to have a common thread / common theme / CENTRAL IDEA that ties your works together.

Reflection / Evaluation:   What did your conversation with your classmates help you do, help you explain / understand as you move your work forward?

Drawing: Hip-Hop and Fauvism… the Hip-Hop its time.

Crack IS Wack – Just say NO! Keith Haring! http://animalnewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/crack-is-whack-original-mural.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.
  • Think about the PROCESS you have been going through with your drawing. Stop and SILENTLY think. What NEW SKILLS have you learned about / developed in the process of this drawing?

Reflection / Evaluation: What do you need to look at tomorrow and think about – fix, change, clean up? WRITE THAT DOWN and make sure you deal with that first thing tomorrow!

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#Sketchbook #Tuesday #StudioArt360 – #Portraits for the rest of us.

“Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.” — John Andrew Holmes

Painting and Advanced Painting: PAINTS are ORDERED!

Close up of a Wayne Thiebauld Painting: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3371/3490805730_baa8154e3a.jpg?v=0

Goals: 

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What is ONE aspect of working in OIL PAINTS that you feel is working to your advantage in this first challenging oil painting? 

Reflection / Evaluation: What was your biggest success as you worked through the class period today?

Studio Art 360: SKETCHBOOKS and HALLWAYS?

Hallways are challenging – what can you do to make this one REALLY successful? Hallway drawing time!  http://img07.deviantart.net/3051/i/2010/263/f/4/hallway_perspective_by_juanx-d2z4n3q.jpg

Goals

  • 2.1P: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.
  • What is one skill that you feel working on the sketchbooks has helped you become better at over the course of the year?

Reflection / Evaluation:  While we may not be able to LOOK at the hallways outside of class time to resolve this drawing… what CAN you do in order to polish this idea of perspective in the hallway? How can you make this a STRONG composition as a FINISHED drawing?

AP Studio Art: TALKING ART ONE MORE DAY!

Talking Confidential about Art in the Room: https://artinthemovies.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/untitled-8.jpg

Goals:

  • 4.2Ad: Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.
  • What was helpful about 1) seeing your work from a distance and 2) hearing what others thought about the work you created 

Reflection / Evaluation:  What is something that you took away from the critique today – whether it be about YOUR work or about another person’s work.

Drawing: Hip-Hop and Fauvism… the Hip-Hop its time.

 OZ in front of one of his murals: Graffiti in your art! https://news.artnet.com/wp-content/news-upload/2014/09/2014-29-09-oz-graffiti-e1411985153423.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.
  • What are TWO Elements of Art that you are EMPHASIZING as you create this work of art?

Reflection / Evaluation: Look even MORE carefully at your drawing – what is ONE MORE ELEMENT of ART that you could see as developing as a subordinate element?

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#YouCanDoAnything – well… not #Anything, but…

“Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.” — John Andrew Holmes

Painting and Advanced Painting: Oil Paint Portraits!

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/1b/97/7e/1b977e8749a65eb0c04888449a488f2d.jpg

Goals: 

  • 5.1Ac: Evaluate, select, and apply methods or processes appropriate to display artwork in a specific place.
  • Having had a day or more to begin painting in oils, what are you enjoying about it? If you HAVE NOT STARTED PAINTING… what are you going to be STARTING with TODAY?

Reflection / Evaluation: What were you most anxious about as we begin to think about and use oil paints?

Studio Art 360: COLOR SCHEMES

PRISM – Light Verus Pigment! http://www.photo-dictionary.com/photofiles/list/699/1110prism.jpg

Goals

  • 7.1P: Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.
  • Where do you see color? How does the color on TV get blended together? How does color in a magazine get blended together?

Reflection / Evaluation:  What are the three types of colors on the color wheel? What can you NOT mix? How do you mix Orange, etc…

AP Studio Art: TALKING ART!

Cameron? What do YOU see in the work?  http://www.adrianartblog.com/uploads/2/1/7/6/21769396/2807198.jpg?389

Goals:

  • 4.2Ad: Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.
  • How have YOU begun to understand the importance of reflection?

Reflection / Evaluation:  What is something that you took away from the critique today – whether it be about YOUR work or about another person’s work.

Drawing: Hip-Hop and Fauvism… the Hip-Hop its time.

Graffiti Artist KLASS in front of his work at the Longwood Art Gallery https://bronxbohemian.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/img_1897.jpg

Goals:

  • 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.
  • Now that you have your artwork out in front of you… What is a STRENGTH in the visual image that you can build off of?

Reflection / Evaluation: What are THREE things you have done to move the artwork forward – NEW for you in the making of art?

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#Happy #Friday in the #ArtStudio – #Painting #Portraits #ColorSchemes Anyone?

“When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.” — Zig Ziglar

Painting and Advanced Painting: Oil Paints – Ready, Set, GO!

Talk about REAL and OILS: http://i01.i.aliimg.com/wsphoto/v0/32324421311_1/HOT-PRINT-OIL-PAINTING-40-30-THE-EYE-WITH-DROP-OF-WATER-WALL-ART-HOME-DECORAGIFT.jpg

Goals: 

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What challenges do you see in the use of OIL paint versus Acrylic paint? What advantages do you see in the use of oil over acrylic?
    • SELF PORTRAITS from PREVIOUS Classes – HERE

Reflection / Evaluation: What ideas do you see coming out from others works as you took the 4 minutes to walk around today and see what others are doing? How can you see working with OTHERS in a COMMUNITY as being beneficial to the development of your art?

Studio Art 360: COLOR 

Ah – THIS is the COLOR WHEEL! http://www.jaimetreadwell.com/colorwheel.JPG

Goals

  • 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • What is the difference between PRIMARY COLORS and SECONDARY COLORS? Share this with your neighbor.

Reflection / Evaluation: Review with neighbors the relationships of the colors on the color wheel? QUIZ one another on the names, types and relationships of the colors. 

AP Studio Art: Tune in! Tune Out!

What is your work SAYING? http://www.agora-gallery.com/advice/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Artist-Statement-Audience-1024×617.jpg

Goals:

  • 6.1Ad: Curate a collection of objects, artifacts, or artwork to impact the viewer’s understanding of social, cultural, and/or political experiences.
  • Put all your works up in front of class and then step back… in your folder – write out ONE THING that you see as making the works seem to relate to one another or DOESN’T seem to help them relate. This is a curious observation considering we are all working on the same ideas of the music BUT have a very different idea in the composition.

Reflection / Evaluation: PLEASE Read over ALL THE WRITINGS / Journaling, Statements that you have compiled this week about these works… what is the STRENGTH / THEME / IDEA that stands out in YOUR ARTWORK that will help it engage a viewer’s attention? THIS WEEKEND – ASSIGNMENT – One 12 sentence Paragraph the clearly explains your ideas about your artwork and the music it is tied to. MONDAY – Google Drive / SHARE with me. 

Drawing: Google Slideshow

Goals:

  • 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
  • Who is the Graffiti Artist that you have chosen to work from and WHY are you inspired by their work?

Reflection / Evaluation: What was the most challenging part of the work today? Why was this most difficult? What is most important about observation when it comes to drawing?

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#PortraitsThursday – Not a real thing but it is now!

“When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.” — Zig Ziglar

 Painting and Advanced Painting: Oil Paints – Ready, Set, GO!

Eye Eye Captian! What technique do you see here? https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/143da-maitha_eye.jpg

Goals: 

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • Which direction have you decided to go in regarding the use of colors while using oil paints? What kind of mood / feeling do you hope to incorporate into the idea of your painting?
    • SELF PORTRAITS from PREVIOUS Classes – HERE

Reflection / Evaluation: Have you  decided HOW you are going to break apart the space that you are building in the painting? Are you emphasizing the new SHAPES or are you developing the LINES that you have in the portrait?

Studio Art 360: COLOR (Critique First)

What is WRONG with this color wheel? https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/color_wheel_pencils.jpg http://www.photo-dictionary.com/photofiles/list/699/1110prism.jpg

Goals

  • 7.1P: Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.
  • Where do you see color? How does the color on TV get blended together? How does color in a magazine get blended together? Optical color?

Reflection / Evaluation: What are the three types of colors on the color wheel? What can you NOT mix? How do you mix Orange, etc…

AP Studio Art: Tune in! Tune Out!

http://image.slidesharecdn.com/artiststatementagain-140320215710-phpapp02/95/artist-statement-again-9-638.jpg?cb=1395354152

Goals:

  • 6.1Ad: Curate a collection of objects, artifacts, or artwork to impact the viewer’s understanding of social, cultural, and/or political experiences.
  • Looking at the ARTWORK, the MUSIC and your STATEMENT so far… how do you feel the idea of incorporating the VISUAL ART into the MUSICAL EXPERIENCE can / might / should / hopefully will add to the cultural experience?
    • MUSIC SIGN UP SHEET HERE! Thanks Julia.

Reflection / Evaluation: 3 successes in today’s work that help you explain / create a successful VISUAL experience that ties into the musical one.

Drawing: Google Slideshow

Goals:

  • 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
  • Take a look at your beginning drawing – WHAT is WORKING? What is something (2 things) that are POSITIVE about the process you are using?

Reflection / Evaluation: What was the most challenging or LEAST successful today? Why was this most difficult way to go? What is most important about drawing when it comes to observation?

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#MidWeek #Wednesday – #Music and #Art

“When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.” — Zig Ziglar

 Painting and Advanced Painting: WHOSE READY? Portraits and Oil Paints

EYE see YOU! https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/c9921-nativeamericanstudy3tpadencloseupap.jpg

Goals: 

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What are the first areas you feel that you will begin working on as you approach your oil painting? Why THOSE areas and NOT OTHERS?
    • SELF PORTRAITS from PREVIOUS Classes – HERE

Reflection / Evaluation: If you began working with oils today, what was surprising about the use of oils as you began? If you DIDN’T how do you respond to the comments made by those who did?

Studio Art 360: LAST DAY with your Bas – Relief Sculpture

WHAT? How was THIS Bas-Relief Created? http://recyclenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Bat_Art_Error_Bas_Relief3.jpg

Goals

  • 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • What portions of your sculpture do you see as ADDITIVE, SUBTRACTIVE, and MANIPULATIVE? Describe in DETAIL the areas – use imagery as descriptor.
    • REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS ARTWORK: Subtractive, Additive, and Manipulation to the clay. These techniques are REQUIRED in the FINAL Sculpture.

Reflection / Evaluation: What was the biggest challenge you had with using clay and creating a three dimensional artwork – PAUSE 10 minutes before the end of class.

AP Studio Art: Mid Project REFLECTION – Time to start WRITING!

Thanks Carlvin! http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Calvins-artists-statement.jpg

Goals:

  • 4.2Ad: Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.
  • As you look at the work in front of you, what element / principle stands out in your ARTWORK? What element / principle from your music are you trying to explain THROUGH your artwork?
    • MUSIC SIGN UP SHEET HERE! Thanks Julia.

Reflection / Evaluation: Read over your statement at the beginning of  period – read over all your thoughts from this week as a matter of fact. On your MID CRIT Section of the RUBRIC – Begin to compose a paragraph that will help you develop a FINAL statement for this work at the end of the week.

Drawing: Google Slideshow

What do you enjoy about this Andre Derain painting of Henri Matisse? http://culturoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Andr%C3%A9-Derain-Henri-Matisse.jpeg

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What is successful in the Andre Derain painting of Henri Matisse? What is the color scheme Derain used? Do you see ANYTHING that he did that you might be able to do or would want to do?

Reflection / Evaluation: What is the progress of the drawing thus far? What is your neighbor doing well? What is your neighbor not doing successfully? Share your thoughts with your neighbors.

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#ArtMaking for #SocialChange (on a #Tuesday?)

“When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.” — Zig Ziglar

 Painting and Advanced Painting: Portraits and Oil Paints

YUM – Oil Paint! https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2b726-portaltpadencloseupbrmedfile.jpg

Goals: 

  • 5.1Ac: Evaluate, select, and apply methods or processes appropriate to display artwork in a specific place.
  • What color scheme are you hoping to focus on with this portrait? How will this help you UNIFY your composition? Are you using OTHER elements to create a sense of unity? What might that be?
    • SELF PORTRAITS from PREVIOUS Classes – HERE

Reflection / Evaluation: What are you anxious about as we begin to think about and use oil paints?

Studio Art 360: Bas – Relief Sculpture

COOL TIRES! http://www.artinlimbo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/s02clatp.gif

Goals

  • 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • What was your FAVORITE or LEAST FAVORITE part of working with clay. Please tell me WHY you LOVE or DON’T LOVE using this material. Please be specific. 
    • REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS ARTWORK: Subtractive, Additive, and Manipulation to the clay. These techniques are REQUIRED in the FINAL Sculpture.

Reflection / Evaluation: What do you see as needing to be RESOLVED for the end of the project TOMORROW? Know that it is the LAST day to work. PAUSE 10 minutes before the end of class.

AP Studio Art: MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC

 

Music is LIFE! http://www.masmacon.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/MusicSquare_200x200.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.2Ad: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices, following or breaking established conventions, to plan the making of multiple works of art and design based on a theme, idea, or concept.
  • From your conversation about the work at the end of class yesterday – what is one thing that you remember talking about regarding YOUR Work – How does this GOAL REFLECTION help get you started?
    • MUSIC SIGN UP SHEET HERE! Thanks Julia.

Reflection / Evaluation: Name 3 things that were of positive advancement in your work today. Name 1 thing you will START ON TOMORROW.

Drawing: Google Slideshow

Henri Matisse: mlle yvonne landsberg: http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2010/06/13/gallery02_custom-38eccb755c66d92755eb41e79071d9683c510419-s900-c85.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • Take a look at your previous week’s works – where did you struggle the most with the idea of the portrait? Where did you succeed the most?

Reflection / Evaluation: What was the most challenging part for you to draw that you LEARNED the most from? Why was this most difficult way to go and how do you see the LEARNING? What is most important about drawing when it comes to observation?