NVAS: 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: What is a strength of your first (and second?) acrylic painting? Let’s plan on accomplishing TWO paintings this week. Go into a bit of REFLECTION about the painting with acrylics. What are you enjoying – ONE THING about working with acrylics and then SENTENCES describing why.
How were you able to make successful use of the thickness of the acrylics versus the transparency of the watercolors? After a couple of days using the easels (for those who haven’t) how does it work DIFFERENTLY than painting in your lap – on a board?
NVAS: 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
Question to begin with: What are three aspects of Plein Air Painting you feel are enjoyable? What are two challenges that you face with painting outdoors? What is one thing that you will remember about the class when school starts up again?
What challenges (3) do you think that acrylics will pose DIFFERENTLY than watercolors did? What 2 benefits do you think acrylics will offer you over watercolors?
7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.
How can your ideas (not just about Soup Cans or Today’s Products) be used in other classes or aspects of your life to share and explain more about you? To let the world know what is important to you?
What are the challenges you have been having with this process? What colors have you begun using and how easy / hard has this been for you?. Did you need or offer help from / to a classmate? Collaboration is ESSENTIAL to solving problems.
Painting – CANVAS CONSTRUCTION!Color Schemes and the RESOLUTION of the ABSTRACT Composition!
G: 7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.
What do you need to do in order to be READY to transfer your image up to the canvas on MONDAY? Study Halls? After School? Before School? PROCESS!!! THIS IS HUGE!
Successful in the process? Finished? What did you accomplish today and how did you help your classmate out?
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 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 thumbnail sketches / planning drawings?
What did you accomplish today? What do you need to do tomorrow? Developing Still Life works, concentration work. How can you develop your OWN voice?
7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.
The artist Andy Warhol and his use of Color Theory POP ART and REPETITION – What does YOUR object say about YOUR generation or the time you are in now?
Self – evaluation Share image with your classmate and explain the process of measuring and transferring images.
Painting – CANVAS CONSTRUCTION!Color Schemes and the RESOLUTION of the ABSTRACT Composition!
7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.
Consider the layering and transparency of the images / colors… what does this visually do for you, the painter? What does it do visually for the audience?
What is the ONE aspect of the construction of the canvas you are struggling with? While there are MANY advantages to the building of a canvas… what is a disadvantage to the building of a canvas?
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 are you focusing on with your work? How are you solving the problems of this and next weeks 3 artworks?
What did you accomplish today? What do you need to do tomorrow?
7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.
We are going to DRAW our LOGO onto a piece of 5.5″ x 7″ OR 3.5″ x 11″ piece of paper BEFORE we do our painting… How are we going to use that paper drawing to DUPLICATE the image onto our 11″ x 14″ Canvas Board?
This Video is about 11 minutes – PAY ATTENTION! Make SURE you have your LOGO or your Product image here for TOMORROW!
What is it that you especially enjoy about the product you are going to use in your painting? How do you RELATE to it? How does it RELATE to you?
Painting – CANVAS CONSTRUCTION!Color Schemes and the RESOLUTION of the ABSTRACT Composition!
G: NETS: Use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively.
With a lot to accomplish in two weeks and little input from me… how are you going to manage your time effectively? Website can be done on own time. Sketching / making art – own time / study hall / before / after school…
What 3 questions do you have about the ideas of a concentration?
7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.
What is the PRODUCT Advertisement that you brought in today and how does that company use color to represent it? What is the OPPOSITE of that color Scheme?
What 4 color schemes do you think you are going to use for your composition?
Painting – CANVAS CONSTRUCTION!Color Schemes and the RESOLUTION of the ABSTRACT Composition!
7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.
What is one question you have about the process of building a canvas? Ask around and see if your classmates can help you resolve those questions before you begin to build.
What stage are you confused about in the process of building the canvas? How can you offer assistance in the process with your classmates.
NETS: Use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively
How do you plan on moving forward with your body of work – REVIEW THE IDEAS in the AP HANDOUT about CONCENTRATIONS – SLIDE SHOW from AP CONFERENCE. 5 thumbnails THREE FINAL WORKS in TWO WEEKS.
What is your CONCENTRATION going to be about? SHARE YOUR IDEAS with your neighbor and MAKE A NOTE in your head as to where you are.
What are the challenges you had with this semester? Sketchbooks, class time, losing art? What can be done differently by Mr. Korb? What could be done differently by the artists?
Advanced Drawing: WORK! Clean!
We have looked at Edward Hopper a bit this quarter… lets read about him a bit more… http://www.edwardhopper.net/
Goals:
3.4 evaluate and defend the validity of sources for ideas 3.2 apply subjects, symbols, and ideas in art and use skill to solve visual challenges
What do you hope to accomplish in the creation of this work? what messages are you communicating in this drawing?\
“An average person with average talent, ambition and education, can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society, if that person has clear, focused goals.” – Brian Tracy
(2.2) Evaluate the effectiveness of artworks in terms of organization and functions. (D).
(3.3) describe the origins of images and ideas and explain why they are of value in art (D).
What is the message you are communicating? What do you need to take home so that this is DONE on exam day? (One day to work, one day to clean next week.) How fun /frustrating is this for you? WRITE OUT YOUR THOUGHTS IN YOUR COMMENTS SECTION!
Art Foundations: Texture / Collage / Social Commentary
Non Objective Art / Social Commentary PRESENTATION IS HERE
Goals:
3.2 apply subjects, symbols, and ideas in art and use skill to solve visual challenges.
1.1 apply media, techniques, and processes with 1.1.3 and awareness so that your ideas are executed well
As you think about the social topic you have decided to work with, why is it important to you that it become s the final work that you spend the time this semester working on? With all of the different techniques, projects, elements and principles that we have learned, how are you going to pull it all together to this final excellent work of art?
“The Golden Age of Abstraction” ARTnews, April 2013:
“An average person with average talent, ambition and education, can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society, if that person has clear, focused goals.” – Brian Tracy
2.6 Work on creating multiple solutions to solve Non-Objective Abstract Compositions.
3.2 apply subjects, symbols, and ideas in art and use skill to solve visual challenges.
What are the / is the social topic that you are focusing on with the ideas of the Abstraction Artwork? Why is this the important topic that you have chosen?
“The Golden Age of Abstraction” ARTnews, April 2013:
5.2 stand behind your criticism of art (have a conversation with one another BEFORE we begin to talk about the most recent compositions you have for your concentration).
What have you learned about yourself? What have you learned about others?
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