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Mid-Week Work Time in the Art Studio

“Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.” —Robert H. Schuller

Painting and Advanced Painting: Crit in the Gallery!

What do you SEE in the artwork? Social Commentary? I hope so. http://www.vanseodesign.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/critique.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.
  •  FIRST Day of the Crit? What has been the most successful aspect or least successful part of your  work? Be specific and thoughtful. EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWERS!  

Reflection / Evaluation: From the critique today, what did you contribute? What are you taking away? How did you add to the conversation or experience?

Studio Art 360: Value and DRAWING!

Morandi’s Studio! http://paintingperceptions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/morandi_4_lg.jpg

Goals:

  • 10.1P: Document the process of developing ideas from early stages to fully elaborated ideas.
  • Look back at yesterday’s value studies and ideas, what part of the shading process are you having SUCCESS or STRUGGLES with? How so?Explain your thoughts.  

Reflection / Evaluation: What went well today? Where did you struggle? Explain your thoughts here..

AP Studio Art: Plants and Drawing! Time to WORK!

Whatcah doing to be BOLD and DYNAMIC? http://www.wildenstein.com/exhibits/jim_dine/images/miami_washington.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.
  • Hang your work up in the front of the room and then sit about 10 feet back from your work. Having taken the time to write yesterday and now looking at the artwork you have in front of you … how do you enter into today’s studio time thinking about with your drawing with the goals of finishing it up by tomorrow?

Reflection / Evaluation: How do you feel about the work you are creating today? Three sentences (minimum) on the sticky note and staple it to your GOALS page.

Drawing: Kandinsky and Shapes!

Kandinsky in Milwaukee: https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5287/13570248174_0cb6714488_z.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
  • Of the shapes we are using, which one is the strongest in your eyes? Why? Which shape describes a passive quality? Why?

Reflection / Evaluation:  Have you begun to finda song?  How are you beginning to use the ideas of color and shape to communicate your ideas from your song?

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#Tuesday and #Values (Shading and the like too)

“Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.” —Robert H. Schuller

Painting and Advanced Painting: PAINTING – MAT IT UP!

http://robsanderswrites.blogspot.com/2012/02/giving-critiques.html

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.
  • 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 are two things you took away from the critique today – whether it be about YOUR work or about another person’s work, written, heard, or observed?

Studio Art 360: Value and DRAWING – ONE WEEK OFF of SKETCHBOOK!

Morandi – VALUE! http://www.artsjournal.com/aboutlastnight/op_inc_253_gra.gif

Goals:

Reflection / Evaluation: Of ALL the value scale drawings you created today, which one are you happiest with? WHY? What are TWO things you see as being developed successfully?

AP Studio Art: Plants and Drawing! Time to WORK!

Jim Dine Plants with a STORY? What might he be telling us? http://www.tfaoi.com/cm/4cm/4cm561.jpg

Goals:

Reflection / Evaluation: What 2 things did you take away from the your personal critique today?

Drawing: Kandinsky and Shapes!

Improvisation #30 (Cannons) Vasily Kandinsky French, born Russia, 1866–1944 Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons), 1913 © 2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/citi/images/standard/WebLarge/WebImg_000276/189732_3296010.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
  • What ONE bit of theory has stuck with you as we have talked about the works and ideas of Wassily Kandinsky? Are there any ideas that you feel you can use about his ideas on color and shape in your work as it is developed?

Reflection / Evaluation: What NEW ideas do you have about COLOR and Shape in the art you are creating now that we have had some conversation and learning about the ideas of Wassily Kandinsky?

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#Homecoming is over… Back to #Art!

 

Painting and Advanced Painting: PAINTING – WRAP IT UP!

YUM – COOKIES! http://unearthedcomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Unearthed-CritiquingCookie-1311-1-web.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.
  • Critique with the AP Studio Art Class – As an individual, what do you think you are going to struggle with the most in today’s (and tomorrow – and maybe Wednesday’s) Critique.

Reflection / Evaluation: 1) What might you do differently NEXT time you stretch a piece of paper to AVOID the challenges of squaring up the paper in the final step? 2) What difficulties did you have today in the REMOVAL of the watercolor painting from the board?

Studio Art 360: Boxes/ Sculpture / Paper Mache

VALUE is GREAT! http://artamaze.wordpress.com/category/still-life-2/page/10/

Goals:

  • 7.1P: Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.
  • What are THREE areas in your use of value from your SKETCHBOOK assignments that YOU feel are in need of SINCERE attention?

Reflection / Evaluation: Look back on the THREE areas of improvement, how did you do? Choose one and write 3 sentences about the success or failure! TURN in your WORKSHEETS!

AP Studio Art: Plants and Drawing! Time to WORK!

How’s Dine’s Work Looking to you? http://s3.amazonaws.com/pace-production/images/installation_photos/3806/feature/open-uri20120909-28288-aw0gwp.?1347228910

Goals:

Reflection / Evaluation: What did you take away from the critique today? Write down what you have taken from the written crit.

Drawing: Kandinsky and Shapes!

Lots to READ – Kandinsky Color Theory. http://img2.mappio.com/ewant/kandinsky-color-theory-4170-Large.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
  • How are you using geometric shapes in your life? How do you relate meaning to them? What are some shapes that are dominant in your life?

Reflection / Evaluation: What NEW ideas might you have had about COLOR and SHAPE in the art you were creating?

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#Green and #White #Friday of #SpiritWeek

goooOOOO Waterford!
goooOOOO Waterford!

PEP Assembly Schedule

  • 1 – 7:25 AM – 8:00 AM
  • 2 – 8:05 AM – 8:40 AM
  • 3 – 8:45 AM – 9:20 AM
  • 4 – 9:25 AM – 10:00 AM
  • 6 – 10:05 AM – 10:40 AM
  • 5A – 10:45 AM – 11:10 AM
  • 5B – 11:15 AM – 11:40 AM
  • 5C – 11:45 AM – 12:10 PM
  • 7 – 12:15 PM – 12:50 PM
  • 8 – 12:55 PM – 1:30 PM

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

Painting and Advanced Painting: PAINTING – WRAP IT UP!

How might her WATERCOLORS have led her to this “From the RIVER” OIL PAINTING? http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/from-the-river-pale-909-1200×1604.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.
  • Knowing we are critiquing on MONDAY – I will NOT assign a WRITTEN critique for this painting – ALSO KNOW IT IS HOMECOMING WEEKEND and I am gracious and understanding – What do you need to be REALLY focused on TODAY to WRAP THIS PAINTING UP? How is this collage / painting using traditional and contemporary ideas in the 1) Composition and 2) Techniques? – 5 Minute SELF – EVALUATION today… this will / can be used to FURTHER your thoughts on MONDAY and TUESDAY! In addition… What is the TITLE of your work? Using a blank page in your sketchbook – write out one brief paragraph that discusses the SOCIAL TOPIC, WHY it is important to you, 3 things (or more) in the painting help to explain that, 2 things you are PLEASED with, and 1 thing you would like to improve on for next time. THIS IS YOUR EXIT TICKET TODAY!

Reflection / Evaluation: Monday Crit – What 3 things stood out with O’Keefe’s work as you looked it over this week?

Studio Art 360: Boxes/ Sculpture / Paper Mache

SCULPTURE GARDEN! What would YOUR drawing look like in a sculpture garden? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Sengkang_Sculpture_Park_6,_Nov_05.JPG

Goals:

  • 9.1P: Establish relevant criteria in order to evaluate a work of art or collection of works.
  • Looking at the forms you created – what is the STRONGEST / MOST SUCCESSFUL aspect of your sculpture? WHY? What is the WEAKEST / LEAST SUCCESSFUL aspect of your sculpture? WHY?

Reflection / Evaluation: What form was the most challenging for you to create with the DRAWING or the CARDBOARD? Why do you feel that was the biggest challenge? Use the ART TERMS that you know (Form, Shape, Effort, Execution…)

AP Studio Art: Plants and Drawing! Time to WORK!

How are you mixing your media? ARE YOU? Are you beginning to think about the composition? Do you NEED to? http://mhsartgallerymac.wikispaces.com/file/view/mid-summer.jpg/247110137/mid-summer.jpg

Goals:

Reflection / Evaluation: How did having conversation with your classmates about the processes / materials that you are using give you different ways, new ideas about the work you are making?

Drawing: Kandinsky and Shapes!

Lots to READ – Kandinsky Color Theory. http://img2.mappio.com/ewant/kandinsky-color-theory-4170-Large.jpg
Several Circles – What are your FEELINGS about this work? Let’s TALK about it and then READ about the colors from Kandinsky’s point of view. http://web.guggenheim.org/exhibitions/kandinsky/images/several_circles.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
  • How are you using geometric shapes in your life? How do you relate meaning to them? What are some shapes that are dominant in your life? 

Reflection / Evaluation: What NEW ideas might you have had about COLOR and SHAPE in the art you were creating?

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#Disney Day during #Homecoming Week – #SnowWhite RULES!

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

Whistle while you work!
Whistle while you work!

Painting and Advanced Painting: PAINTING – WRAP IT UP!

Monochromatic Blue O’Keefe: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Brooklyn_Museum_-_Blue_1_-_Georgia_O’Keeffe.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.
  • Looking at the work in front of you – and knowing we are critiquing on MONDAY and TUESDAY – What CRITERIA would you consider as we begin to consider evaluation? Please consider some of the NATIONAL VISUAL STANDARDS as you write this one up – it may take a few minutes to complete this before you begin PAINTING!

Reflection / Evaluation: What CRITERIA are you focused on in the creation of your work? Are you drawn to that criteria in additional works you make?

Studio Art 360: Boxes/ Sculpture / Paper Mache

Even MORE Fun with Paper Mache and Cardboard: https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ab287-deerblogphotos25282of92529.jpg

Goals:

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

Reflection / Evaluation: If you are NOT done with the paper mache forms, what 2 or 3 things do you think held you back in the process? If you ARE done… close to being done… what are 2 or 3 specific criteria that you would use to judge your work as successful or unsuccessful and WHY?

AP Studio Art: Plants and Drawing! Time to WORK!

Jim Dine’s: http://p1.la-img.com/335/1786/768265_2_l.jpg
Expression Plant
Frank Korb’s Version…

Goals:

Reflection / Evaluation: What have you added to this composition that is NEW to you? Something that you have NOT done in the past. Anything that is new…

Drawing: Kandinsky and Shapes!

What do these shapes mean to you? http://littleguyintheeye.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/shapes-in-nature.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.3Ac: Redesign an object, system, place, or design in response to contemporary issues.
  • How are you using geometric shapes in your life? How do you relate meaning to them? What are some shapes that are dominant in your life?

Reflection / Evaluation: What NEW ideas might you have had about COLOR and Shape in the art you were creating?

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On #HumpDay, show your #SchoolColors during #SpiritWeek

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

I am ready to get aboard the Yellow Submarine!
I am ready to get aboard the Yellow Submarine!

Painting and Advanced Painting: MID CRIT with your PAINTING on Social Commentary

Georgia O’Keefe: http://www.berkshirefinearts.com/uploadedImages/articles/1213_Dove-OKeeffe915381.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • As you look at your work in front of you, what are the aspects you struggled with? What have you soared with?

Reflection / Evaluation: Biggest accomplishment with the watercolor today? how have you seen stagnation – non-experimentation / growth as an artist so far?

Studio Art 360: Boxes/ Sculpture / Paper Mache

COOL! http://www.digsdigs.com/photos/cardboard-office-not-to-spend-much-money-1.jpg

Goals:

  • 7.1P: Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.
  • When you see the forms in a finished state, how do you see it as relating to your experience as a person – as part of the art making experience? How could you see it as a moving you forward in the art making experiences?

Reflection / Evaluation: 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?

AP Studio Art: Plants and Drawing! Time to WORK!

JIM DINE: Plant: http://c300221.r21.cf1.rackcdn.com/jim-dine-flowers-1353360952_b.jpg

Goals:

Reflection / Evaluation: What materials have you used today? How have you decided to arrange your composition? What are the elements you are looking at using / focusing on?

Drawing: CRIT – Polish and Finish – Let’s turn in our work!

How does MUSIC influence you? http://scienceillustrated.com.au/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/music.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
  • What feelings do you get from specific pieces of music? Give some examples. Rap / Country / Reggae / Bossa Nova.

Reflection / Evaluation: What shapes did you struggle to find? What ideas did you find as you listened to the music?

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#Ding Dong the witch is dead, but #Elphaba is a GOOD witch – right @arkorb?

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

I'll get you my pretty, and your little dog too. Because I defy gravity and you want to make me popular.
I’ll get you my pretty, and your little dog too. Because I defy gravity and you want to make me popular.

Painting and Advanced Painting: PAINTING your Social Commentary

Georgia O’Keefe – WATERCOLOR! http://www.wtamu.edu/library/okeeffe/images/lightontheplains2_credit.jpg

Goals:

  • 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 medium of Acrylic? Based on PAST EXPERIENCES… what similarities do you see being part of the process?

Reflection / Evaluation: Biggest accomplishment with the watercolor today? how have you seen GROWTH as an artist so far?

Studio Art 360: Boxes/ Sculpture / Paper Mache

Form in your sketchbook – Let’s begin to think about setting up COMPOSITIONS. https://marcgodfreysketchblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/sculpture3.png?w=500

Goals:

  • 2.1P: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.
  • Two weeks into sketchbooks – what are you accomplishing with the TOOLS drawing that you failed on in the CITYSCAPE – or what are you doing better in this week’s work?

Reflection / Evaluation: How have you SEEN your sculpture DIFFERENTLY now that you are DRAWING it versus BUILDING it? Do you have to continue working on it so that it is FINISHED for NEXT TUESDAY?

AP Studio Art: Plants and Drawing! Time to WORK!

What materials have you used today? What were the focal points of the drawings for the day. http://p1.la-img.com/335/1786/768265_2_l.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.
  • 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?

Reflection / Evaluation: What materials have you used today? What were the focal points of the drawings for the day.

Drawing: CRIT – Let’s Review the PROCESS!

The CRIT! http://iupui.mcnrc.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2013/11/jacobson-story-image.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.
  • Think about yesterday’s critique… How can you CONTINUE to consider the ELEMENTS and PRINCIPLES to be a successful and productive member of the oral critique?

Reflection / Evaluation: How are you falling short of being able to REALLY add to the critique? THIS IS A PART OF YOUR GRADE!

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#Monday in the #ArtStudio – #Critique and #PaperMache – #Plants too!

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Mr. Korb – The NEW Greatest American Hero – 2015 – Happy Homecoming Spirit Week!

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

Painting and Advanced Painting: PAINTING your Social Commentary

Georgia O’Keefe: http://www.artexpertswebsite.com/pages/artists/artists_l-z/okeefe/O’Keeffe_EveningStarNo.V1917.jpg

Goals:

  • 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 from two weeks ago? 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.)

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

Studio Art 360: Boxes/ Sculpture / Paper Mache

Cardboard ona BIG SCALE! http://craftcouncil.org/magazine/article/cardboard-unpacked  http://craftcouncil.org/sites/craftcouncil.org/files/MM_AS11_01.jpg

Goals:

  • Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors.
  • What more do you need to do in order to be done with the sculpting of the form and then resolve the form to add the paper mache? IF YOU ARE PAPER MACHEing… What color are you interested in painting your sculpture, Black, White, or another color? WHY?

Reflection / Evaluation: List three things you see that the paper mache and color will do to SIMPLIFY and UNIFY your sculpture.

AP Studio Art:Plants and Drawing!

Jim Dine – Plants and Trees: https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/e5371-1980tree2528thekimono2529.jpg AND THEN: Bring up an image from the Alan Cristea Gallery: https://www.alancristea.com/collection-41-109-Plants-Andamp%3B-Trees

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.
  • Using the PLANT and the image by Jim Dine that I have shown you, what ideas FIRST COME TO YOUR MIND when told you are going to be working on a PLANT BASED drawing? Write out your FIRST THOUGHTS.

Reflection / Evaluation: What are your first marks on the paper? What are the areas that you are focusing on in the composition? How did you approach this work?

Drawing: CRIT – Let’s Review the PROCESS!

Your Work in the MoMA? Nope… Robert Chamberlain’s http://www.artic.edu/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow_scale/public/cal_TP_crit_360.png?itok=AhqbYJZS

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.
  • Looking at the still life in front of you, what is the one aspect of it that you are most pleased with? Why are you so pleased with how you handled the materials and composition?

Reflection: What was it that you took away from today’s critique? How did you contribute to the success of the conversation?

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#Homecoming and #PaintTheTown in #Waterford #WI – #GoWolverines

PAINT THE TOWN was a HUGE success! Special thanks to the 6 young Art Club members who took up the challenge to mount a phenomenal exhibition at the Waterford Family Dental Offices front windows. Thanks to Dr. Trittin and all his associates for the YEARS of support and encouragement in the Art Club’s efforts to help spread the school spirit of Waterford Union High School! The painters this year are: Kiranjit Hari, Josephine Tonn, Danielle Alba, Hailey Van Boxel, Mary Heebsh and Sammy Meyer. Congratulations to the young women who made this a GREAT first exhibition and a successful start to another awesome Homecoming Week! Great job ladies! GO WATERFORD!

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#Parent’sDay was a #Success in the #ArtStudio. Thanks to ALL who came out.

Thank you to ALL the parents for coming out for parent’s day at WUHS. This was SUCH A GREAT DAY in the Art Studio. Parent’s coming out to support the artists, hands in the goop, voices in the critique, paints on the paper. GREAT JOB to all and THANK YOU for continuing to send us your skilled and passionate young artists. This is why my job is no job at all but REWARDING and WONDERFUL!

Frank

Love to the the WORK!
Art class is a lot of FUN!
Drawing a CAR!
This is how you do it!
Ready for the Louvre
Ready for the fridge!
TONS of work got done – 6 hands are better than 2
Parent’s Day Exit Ticket from classroom – These are GREAT bits of feedback. Thank you parents!
Clean up Clean up…
Parent’s Day Exit Ticket from classroom – These are GREAT bits of feedback. Thank you parents!