#28: An idea is only as good as its execution. It is important that you master your medium. Poorly made work will either ruin a good idea or make the lamentable execution itself the subject. Overly finessed technique can mask a lack of content or can smother an image. At the same time, roughness and imprecision has its place in rendering. One can only gauge the need to throw technique away if one has first achieved the mastery of it. Kit White 101 Things I Learned in Art School
Studio Art 360: CLAY and Cups and Figures and Animals
What challenges did you have in getting started last week on Friday with the clay? REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS ARTWORK: Subtractive, Additive, and Manipulation to the clay. These techniques are REQUIRED in the FINAL Sculpture.

What was the largest success you have in today’s work? Take a look at the rest of the classes work BEFORE we clean up. PAUSE 10 minutes before the end of class.
PAINTING: Hallways and Abstraction
Does the use of LINE become a DOMINANT element in your artwork or are you seeing other elements as coming to the forefront of the composition? Explain your thoughts about the DOMINANT ideas.

What color scheme have you begun to think about? Why? how does it DESCRIBE YOUR feelings toward the SIMPLIFICATION of the SPACE / SURROUNDINGS / COLOR?
Drawing: Kandinsky and YOU!
MID CRIT TODAY – Put your work out and let’s reflect on what you have done and where are you going (before you begin today)!

Biggest struggle / success for today? Write it out and the WHY!
AP Studio Art: Concentration – AAARGHHH!
What are you planning on doing TODAY to set yourself up for a productive WEEKEND? What is your body of work centered on? Drawing? 2D Design? How do you see this in your first three artworks?

What did you accomplish today? What do you need to do tomorrow? How can you develop your OWN voice? What does the BREADTH work do to help you find that VOICE in your concentration? EXIT TICKET – Sticky Note – What is the Central Idea behind your concentration of work. 5 hours of AP Studio Art this week in class – are you putting in 5 hours outside of class? REALLY WORKING? No? You need to be.
Body of Work: Henri Matisse: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mati/hd_mati.htm
HERE is the link to the RUBRIC. – Still Being Built… Ready for Monday (I HOPE)
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. Work on THIS with me – let’s explore our ideas!