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Getting to #Work on #Art and #Reflecting on the #Progress OF the Art.

“Unless you have a definite, precise, clearly set goals, you are not going to realize the maximum potential that lies within you.” — Zig Ziglar

Painting and Advanced Painting: Collage Social Commentary 

Charles Demuth (Bio): http://www.tfaoi.com/am/3am/3am169.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What did TAPING the paper down to the board help with last week?

Reflection / Evaluation: What 2 things did you get done today that helped you move the ideas of SOCIAL C OMMENTARY forward in your design ideas? Be VERY specific in the tasks you accomplished.

Studio Art 360:Sketchbooks – BRING CARDBOARD FOR TOMORROW!

Minimalist Sculpture TONY SMITH: 1964, http://www.moma.org/collection_images/resized/128/w500h420/CRI_229128.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.2P: Explain how traditional and non-traditional materials may impact human health and the environment and demonstrate safe handling of materials, tools, and equipment.
  • What challenges do you see about the process of building a cardboard sculpture of a pyramid, cube or cylinder?

Reflection / Evaluation:  What was the most difficult part of the building process today for YOU? How can you use those challenges to develop your skills?

AP Studio Art: Bag of Objects. How is your first CONCENTRATION going?

Pastel? You? http://www.artistsnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/64-uart-paper.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 materials are you NOT using yet? Make sure that in the body of work you are making (about 1 object) you try things you are not comfortable with

Reflection / Evaluation: What mediums are you afraid of using. If not afraid – haven’t used because you are not used in the past? WHY?

Assignment ONLINE – Google Document – SHARE WITH ME at fkorb@waterforduhs.k12.wi.us! DUE ON FRIDAY. CLICK HERE FOR A GOOD EXAMPLE. READ THE BRIEF BLOG POST! Where do you see yourself artistically now, where in 5 Years?  WE ARE USING THIS NEXT MONDAY ON THE AP WEBSITE! WOO HOO!

Drawing: Group of Objects – Scale, Composition, VALUE! STEP BACK from your drawing and REFLECT!

MORANDI: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f-jjIfjcnuA/ToJb1gf2UgI/AAAAAAAAAVM/AeO7cIo-KIA/s1600/GM1.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 defining the edges of forms DIFFERENTLY now than you have in the past?

Reflection / Evaluation:  Have you improved your drawings skills over the past few days? What do you feel you will be able to improve on regarding the skills you have currently?

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Let’s Get #SERIOUS this week – #ArtSchool is IN SESSION!

“Unless you have a definite, precise, clearly set goals, you are not going to realize the maximum potential that lies within you.” — Zig Ziglar

Let’s Look at GOAL SETTING… https://studentsuccess.unc.edu/files/2012/10/iStock_000009376848Small3.jpg

Painting and Advanced Painting: Watercolors and You – Social Commentary and Collage

Jean Lacy (BIO) – Social Commentary Collage: http://www.southernspaces.org/sites/default/files/images/2015/rowell-002-cover2-lg.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What challenges did you have with the watercolors last week when it came to OBSERVATION of the REAL WORLD around you?

Reflection / Evaluation: What are 5 images you gathered today that say something about you? Consider the materials WE have in the Art Studio… magazines that may or may not have ANY interest to you. If you have materials that YOU can bring in… please do so. Rely on YOURSELF and not just the stuff Korb brings. If you do not supply images for yourself – DO NOT COMPLAIN that there are NO IMAGES YOU CAN USE.

Studio Art 360:Sketchbooks – BRING CARDBOARD FOR TOMORROW!

Tony Smith Sculpture… THIS IS OUR DESTINATION… Different than previous years sculptures. http://www.cornermark.com/images/cubi1.gif

Goals:

  • 10.1P: Document the process of developing ideas from early stages to fully elaborated ideas.
  • What is the difference between shape and form? There are a FEW OTHER terms we are going to cover in our textbook – terms that help up TALK about art.

Reflection / Evaluation: What is the strongest part of your sketchbook assignment that you created today? Filling out the Sketchbook Grading Sheet on the RIGHT SIDE of the GOALS Page… Use the ART TERMS you know. 

AP Studio Art: Bag of Objects. How is your first CONCENTRATION going?

How are you working on your ideas? Sketches in pencil and charcoal and watercolors and acrylic? Anything else? http://vincentmademedothis.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/01_04_making_marks_using_charcoal.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
  • Five parts to this weeks project (DUE ON MONDAY). What are you most comfortable with? Pencil, Charcoal, Pastel, or Paint? Why?

Reflection / Evaluation: What materials have you used today? How are the projects coming along?

Assignment ONLINE – Google Document – SHARE WITH ME at fkorb@waterforduhs.k12.wi.us! DUE ON FRIDAY. CLICK HERE FOR A GOOD EXAMPLE. READ THE BRIEF BLOG POST! Where do you see yourself artistically now, where in 5 Years?  WE ARE USING THIS NEXT MONDAY ON THE AP WEBSITE! WOO HOO!

Drawing: Group of Objects – Scale, Composition, VALUE!

Yet another Morandi: http://www.moma.org/collection_images/resized/526/w500h420/CRI_167526.jpg MoMA: http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=4079

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 are your biggest accomplishments as you worked last week? Where are the three successful aspects of the still life? What are the aspects that are not successful yet? Identify with your neighbor the absolute black, absolute white, and 3 different levels of grey.

Reflection / Evaluation: What have you learned today about how to push / pull space with value? What have you accomplished with pencil? What is SUCCESSFUL in your drawing?

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#Friday and #ArtMaking in the #Studio! #YEAH!

What is Art? – “Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.” Anges Martin, Art In America (p.124, 1996)

Folder: Everyone – Page 30. Let’s talk about Artists Habit of Mind.

Painting and Advanced Painting: Watercolor! PAINT! Get out there!

J.M.W. Turner BIO: http://www.biography.com/people/jmw-turner-40806 Turner Norham Castle Colour Study: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/D/D02/D02344_10.jpg  –  TATE MODERN

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 color schemes, techniques are you using to UNIFY the work as you develop it? How are you getting STARTED? Let’s BRIEFLY TALK and then OUT TO PAINT.

Reflection / Evaluation: Describe the biggest successes and failures you have had with this first painting. What skills did you use that you remember from the earlier classes in art? Use BIG ART TERMS as you critique this work? 

Studio Art 360: 6th Hour – Info Sheets on Extra Computers in the room if not done at home

ROBERT INDIANA: Hope and  Love Exhibition: https://rosenbaumcontemporary.com/imgs/exhibitions/Robert-Indiana-Exhibit-2.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1P: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.
  • What are you doing in your composition to FULLY ACTIVATE the background? Shapes, Texture, Color, Lines, Circles? Allow yourself to EXPERIMENT!

Reflection / Evaluation: What is the strongest part of your artwork that you created this week? Use the ART TERMS you know. 

AP Studio Art: Bag of Objects! What are you making?

Wayne Thiebauld: Cupcakes: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef014e8679da33970d-pi

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.
  • What makes your artwork based on a single object interesting or worthwhile? Why THIS object or idea?

Reflection / Evaluation: What challenges do you have when you are working on more than one composition at a time? What is easy about the use of a common theme?

Assignment ONLINE – Google Document – SHARE WITH ME at fkorb@waterforduhs.k12.wi.us! DUE ON MONDAY. CLICK HERE FOR A GOOD EXAMPLE. READ THE BRIEF BLOG POST! Where do you see yourself artistically now, where in 5 Years? 

Drawing: Group of Objects – Scale, Composition, VALUE!

MorNDI: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Observer/Pix/pictures/2013/1/10/1357823154138/morandi-still-life-five-o-023.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What do you hope to accomplish with your drawing today?

Reflection / Evaluation: What are 2 differences you have found with using DRAWING pencils in today’s drawing time VERUS simply using a mechanical or standard #2 pencil?

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#ComputerLab and #Art #Paperwork today…

What is Art? – “Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.” Anges Martin, Art In America (p.124, 1996)

Folder: Everyone – Page 8. Let’s talk about Sketchbooks.

Painting and Advanced Painting: English Computer Lab

J.M.W. Turner BIO: http://www.biography.com/people/jmw-turner-40806 Turner Norham Castle on the River Tweed: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/D/D18/D18148_9.jpg – TATE MODERN

Goals:

  • 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
  • Are there aspects of painting that you are hoping to develop? What do you really hope to learn / experience in the making of the watercolors

Reflection / Evaluation: What are two things did you see yourself struggle with when it comes to painting?

Studio Art 360:

  • 3rd Social Studies Computer Lab
  • 6th English Computer Lab
ROBERT INDIANA: Art: http://uploads2.wikiart.org/images/robert-indiana/art-1977.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1P: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.
  • What art materials are you REALLY interested in working with this year? Pencils? Paints? Camera? Clay? Collage? Something else? Explain your answer.

Reflection / Evaluation: What is ONE question that you still have about the course, department, or me?

AP Studio Art: English Computer Lab

Wayne Thiebauld: Doughnuts yum!

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.
  • What are topics / images that you frequently go to in YOUR collection of images as you draw / paint for yourself and NOT for class?

Reflection / Evaluation: What new materials are you exploring or looking to explore? What techniques are you attempting that are new to you?

Assignment ONLINE – Google Document – SHARE WITH ME at fkorb@waterforduhs.k12.wi.us! DUE ON MONDAY. CLICK HERE FOR A GOOD EXAMPLE. READ THE BRIEF BLOG POST! Where do you see yourself artistically now, where in 5 Years? 

Drawing: Social Studies Computer Lab

http://cache.gizmodo.com/assets/images/4/2011/11/fada22005fda2e24ff498b74554b5f92.jpg Morandi: https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/952ac-gm7.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What did you accomplished yesterday? Thumbnails from MONDAY help prepare ideas for more solutions and ideas.

Reflection / Evaluation: What are the differences with the different types of Pencils? What do YOU find useful from today’s exercise?

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#Day2, Let’s make some #ART and get through some #Philosophy

What is Art? – “Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.” Anges Martin, Art In America (p.124, 1996)

I Could do that

Folder: Everyone – Page 7. Let’s talk about 10 Lessons the Arts Teach Children (everyone).

Painting and Advanced Painting: Preliminary ideas and exercises

Turner Norham Castle at Sunrise: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/N/N01/N01981_9.jpg – TATE MODERN

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 made it challenging to put that first mark on your paper? Unless you had no problems – then what was it that gives you confidence in painting?

Reflection / Evaluation: What three things did you succeed with today in  your painting? AT THIS MOMENT?

Studio Art 360: Observation Anyone?

ROBERT INDIANA: Love: http://whitecubediaries.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/3923768734_6b16394256_z.jpg

Goals:

  • 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 coming up with ideas and drawing your cube, cylinder, or pyramid yesterday?

Reflection / Evaluation: What are 2 skills you have already that are going to make your experiences in Studio Art 360 easier?

AP Studio Art: Bag of Ideas?

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.
  • Where / when in your past have you used the ideas of the repetition of single object in a SERIES of drawings, paintings, artworks… something else?

Reflection / Evaluation: g been successful in TODAY’s beginnings of a CONCENTRATION?

Assignment ONLINE – Google Document – SHARE WITH ME at fkorb@waterforduhs.k12.wi.us! DUE ON MONDAY. CLICK HERE FOR A GOOD EXAMPLE. READ THE BRIEF BLOG POST! Where do you see yourself artistically now, where in 5 Years? 

Drawing: Observation and Pencils?

Boxes, Objects, COMPOSITION!

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • Most young artists work with their FIRST idea and that’s it. What might the benefit be to begin with MORE ideas? When you sketch in your sketchbooks / artworks… where do you mostly get your ideas from?  How do you define OBSERVATION?

Reflection / Evaluation: What skills do you hope to develop this year in Drawing? What do you feel you will be able to improve on regarding the skills you have currently?

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A #NewSchoolYear! #Art is #AWESOME

WELCOME BACK!

Please take some time and SUBSCRIBE or FOLLOW this website (look to the right of this screen). You will get up to date information about this class and all that we are doing during the day – WAY AHEAD OF CLASS TIME! Woo Hoo! If you are NOT in my class… THANK YOU for visiting!

What is Art?

“Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.” Anges Martin, Art In America (p.124, 1996)

Agnes Martin at the Tate in London: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/T/T01/T01866_10.jpg

I Could do that

Folder: Everyone – Page 6. Let’s talk about SUCCESS in ART.

Painting and Advanced Painting: Let’s Start With Watercolors

Turner (Bio) – Norham Castle at Sunrise (http://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/D/D40/D40191_10.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 techniques do  you remember from your earlier classes about WATERCOLOR PAINTS?

Reflection / Evaluation: 

  • What difficulties do you see with your painting AT THIS MOMENT?

Studio Art 360: Observation Anyone?

Robert Indiana (Bio): Numbers: (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2277/1750965577_f7ee03962d.jpg)

Goals:

  • 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? Sit with your neighbor and BEGIN with a box, a cylinder, a pyramid, and the first letter of your first or last name. NO OBSERVATION – Talk about and visually demonstrate the ideas in your GOALS PAGE!

Reflection / Evaluation: 

  • What are 3 things you hope to learn in this room? END OF CLASS – Stand up – Think about what you are hoping to learn – in ONE WORD (and you cannot repeat another person’s comment) Your name and then your word. That’s it. Speak it out loud.

AP Studio Art: Bag of Ideas?

Wayne Thiebauld : Cakes. http://thumbs.media.smithsonianmag.com//filer/thiebaud-cakes-631.jpg__800x600_q85_crop.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.
  • What is your understanding of AP Art? How do you plan on using your skills to make the best you can? Talk to your classmates about this – write this in your GOALS folder.

Reflection / Evaluation: 

  • Art From OBSERVATION – What are / were you able to create from the materials in your bag of ideas? This is what you will use to create a small body of works this week… Drawing / Painting / Photography / Sculpture / Whatever? What is the interesting – worthwhile object(s) and how do you relate to it? 5 different artworks – all from the same focus / visual starting point.

Drawing: Observation and Pencils?

Group of Boxes: What can you do to make an interesting COMPOSITION? http://jetantonio.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/box.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.
  • What is it that you think about when you think about what IS art? (SHARE WITH FRIEND) What is it you think about when you think about making art?

Reflection / Evaluation: 

  • What are 3 challenges or successes you had with your first few thumbnail drawings about the boxes? THINK COMPOSITION.
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Welcome to a new school year!

We’re NOT QUITE there yet, but in just a few days the classroom will be buzzing with activity and ART! I hope you have all had a GREAT summer vacation and are ready to share in the DAY to DAY activities that will be bound to happen in this great space! The space is the least important part of the equation, but it is all I have images of. The minds of the artists are what are going to REALLY count as we approach another year of making great NEW discoveries in the Visual Arts!

Welcome to the Art Studio!
Welcome to the Art Studio!
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#FullMoon 4 Miler

Full Moon 4 Miler TOMORROW in Waterford. Thanks to Brett Roberts for the awesome vases for trophies. Will you win one of the 6? I’d like to try! Here they are drying, ready for tomorrow nights race. Good running you all.

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The Waterford Seven are back in action

The Waterford 7 are back in action. What a great day to look at Vincent van Gogh and learn about charcoal and charcoal pencil. We spend time looking at and copying some of van Gogh’s greatest paintings and drawings. These four of the seven did an awesome job today. A lot of hard work and careful looking took place. I am really proud of all the work you did. Russell, Brandon
Crystal, and Mikey, good job.

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#LastDayOfClass with the #PleinAirPainting class at #Waterford #HighSchool #WI

Plein Air Painting: Last day out there! What are you doing? How do you WRAP IT UP?

Matt working on a LONG VIEW of Wadewitz.
Mikayla enjoying the ease of watercolors in downtown Waterford.
Kelsey on the path to great paintings – well path to Rochester at least.
Sammy working at the local coffee shop – well, not making coffee – making great art.
Mary capturing the waterfront by the library in Waterford.
  • NVAS: 7.1P: 6.1P: Analyze and describe the impact that an exhibition or collection has on personal awareness of social, cultural, or political beliefs and understandings.
  • Question to begin with: Yesterday you thought about how your 4 weeks of painting have changed your views, maybe even enhanced your view of Waterford. As you continue through the art making experiences, I hope that the “artist’s eye” has really begun to open up in you. No question today… no deep reflection right now… just take an opportunity to consider that idea of “artist’s eye.” I think about it in how we, as artists, see the world through a different set of lenses than others. Please continue working through your painting today and look through those “artist’s eyes.” I lied… How are you seeing things differently today than you were 4 weeks ago.

Thank you for ALL your hard work over these past 4 weeks. Continue to be focused and WORK on your WORK. There is nothing better than working on work to get better at making work. You have all had great successes as well as aspects of the work that has been, well, not so successful – failure may be the better word.