Tag: Acrylic Paints

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#2MoreDays then #EXAMS

EMPTY YOUR LOCKERS THIS WEEK! Take it ALL HOME – Except what you are working on right now (and your folders).

“Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don’t have any problems, you don’t get any seeds.” —Norman Vincent Peal

Drawing – Todd Mrozinski and YOU!

Todd Mrozinski – or one of you? https://midwestartiststudios.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/img_4202.jpg?w=640

Goals:

  •  2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What have you accomplished to make this work REALLY STAND OUT in your mind? Can you resolve this image over tomorrow and this weekend? 

Reflection: What are you taking home? PLEASE use the ONLINE CRITIQUE FORM that is on the side of our website to prepare your final written critique for EXAM DAY. I am NOT looking for it until EXAM DAY. If it is not there, the written portion is a zero… Know that you need to include a photograph into the Google Document that comes to you from filling out the online form. 

Studio Art 360: PORTRAITS – RUBRIC – REVIEW!

Jackie Kennedy – Andy Warhol: https://assets.paddle8.com/510/147/16390/p17lft6sa31rpmdj21fn81lhk17k83-xl.png

Goals:

  • 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • What are two things that are helping you EMPHASIZING the idea of  YOU as you create this self portrait? 

Reflection: How can ART be used to discuss IMPORTANT things in culture? List 3 ways in which you could use art to communicate ideas.

HERE’s where were headed with this! Andy Warhol at MoMA.

AP Studio Art: Collaboration

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NAMETAGS HERE for your ART in the GALLERY

 

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 do you think of the show? What do you need to do in order to WRAP UP YOUR ONLINE presence for OUR WEBSITE – That’s part of the EXAM!

Reflection: Take the last few minutes of class, sit BACK in the gallery work and see what you see.

Advanced Drawing: Individualized SERIES

PATTERN and SERIES and REPETITION: http://www.redtedart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Valentines-Crafts-for-Kids-Resist-Art-1.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What do you need to RESOLVE in the next few days? What skills are you pleased with in how you are completing this work?

Reflection: What are challenges you are going to TALK about and WRITE about? DO NOT FORGET TO WRITE! EXTRA CREDIT for ANYONE WHO HELPS CLEAN THE ROOM during STUDY HALLS and AFTER EXAMS!

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#Thursday – The #ArtWeek is REALLY FAST!

“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

Drawing: YOUR PORTRAITS!

Todd Mrozinski: https://korbartwuhs.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/b5f0b-todd2bpm.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What TWO things do you want to accomplish today? These works are small enough to take home and work on. The color schemes and materials are easy enough to work on in and out of class. How are you going to make this one of the most interesting works you have completed? 

Reflection: How have you advanced? What is ONE SPECIFIC ASPECT of your drawing that demonstrates your accomplishment?

Studio Art 360: The Grid – Let’s Review…

Andy – http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/citi/images/standard/WebLarge/WebImg_000337/264118_3998021.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.
  • Looking at your color wheel and all you’ve got done… what are your biggest challenges with color blending and painting with acrylics? 3 ideas NOW! 

Reflection: Tomorrow we begin on the portrait, what do you need to do to finish the transfer? The painting process will take 2 weeks – GET READY for tomorrow! 

HERE’s where were headed with this! Andy Warhol at MoMA.

AP Studio Art: Waterford Senior Living Art

What are you doing? http://www.autumngrove.com/wp-content/uploads/DSC_0008.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.
  • Best part of yesterday? Plans for today? how’s it coming?

Reflection: How are you moving forward in the process of developing a series of works based on someone else’s work? How are you keeping the images the SAME and how are you changing the ideas?

Advanced Drawing: Your Work!

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Goals:

  • 4.2Ad: Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.
  • Best part of yesterday? Plans for today? how’s it coming?

Reflection:  Best part of the day… This week is about the set and painting – just be aware of all that you are doing as a SERIES of WORKS! 

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Work hard… everything new is difficult when you first begin!

“Whatever you do – Don’t quit” – Michael  Hyatt – Thursday December 27, 2012

Do It! Stay with me in the process and continue to make yourself proud! Don’t Quit! (http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/6337322_700b.jpg)

Advanced Drawing: Progress on the Portraits

What are some of the areas of your image that you are putting together that are NOT originally in the initial drawings / ideas? (http://www.edwardhopper.net/gas.jsp)

Goals:

  1. 1.2 create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the 1.2.1 materials 1.2.2 techniques 1.2.3 and processes you use
  2. 1.3 communicate ideas clearly

Your drawing is due Thursday of next week. What is it you have to do to complete the drawing? MAKE DARN SURE you have finished the RUBRIC online. some of you FAILED at this last time. What are the ideas that you are incorporating into this work that are unique to you and are PERTINENT to you? Write that out and then SHARE these ideas with your classmates.

Art Foundations: Color Wheel / TEXTURE gathering

Banksy is a graffiti artist out of Britain… talking about social topics is a huge goal of his and an important part of what his job is. What are the important things in your life that are worth your time in making art about? (http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/524b470deab8eaf56440fdad/graffiti-artist-banksy-has-popped-up-in-new-york-city.jpg)

Goals:

  1. 3.2 apply subjects, symbols, and ideas in art and use skill to solve visual challenges.

What is the social topic that you feel is important enough to make an artwork about? Why does it touch your life? How

AP Studio Art: “Of Sailors and Whales”

Donald Sultan’s body of work… what has he got to say about his work? (http://www.lowegallery.com/artists/donald-sultan/bio.htm)

Goals:

  1. 1.2 create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the 1.2.1 materials 1.2.2 techniques 1.2.3 and processes you use (How IS your work coming along? Materials? Approaches?)
  2. 2.6 Work on creating multiple solutions to solve visual challenges. (How are your NEW concentration works coming along? What progress are you making? How is it advancing in the development of your body of work?)

What do you need to do to stay on top of things? How IS your work coming along? Materials? Approaches? When are works due? How are your NEW concentration works coming along? What progress are you making? How is it advancing in the development of your body of work?

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Welcome Back – Thanks to ALL who came in and got supplies!

“Whatever you do – Don’t quit!” – Michael  Hyatt – Thursday December 27, 2012

With the SHORT time left in the quarter… make sure you do not stop working… you do not quit on yourself. http://www.artofhustle.com/wp-content/uploads/featured/istock_000002368152-don2527t-quit-665×442.jpg

Advanced Drawing: Mid-Critique

Are you ready to talk about the work? https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5289/5213149069_c6bda1985e.jpg

Goals:

  1. 4.3 compare relationships in visual art in terms of 4.3.2 aesthetics 4.3.3 and culture as it relates to your own artwork.
  2. 6.2 compare characteristics of the visual arts and other disciplines from history or movements

Thinking about all that you have heard regarding today’s critique… what have you gained the most from the conversation that you can put into use into your own work in the future?

Art Foundations: Texture and Collage and PAINTING!

Beyond the COLOR… what other ELEMENT of art do you see here? https://korbartwuhs.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/c19d0-img_2959.jpg

Goals:

  1. 2.6 Work on creating multiple solutions to solve visual challenges (NEW compositional approaches to artwork).
  2. 2.2 evaluate the effectiveness of artworks (and hand in your drawings from before break).

What are the most interesting textures you have gathered? What do you think you might be able to use them as in the artwork?

AP Studio Art: Mid-Critique (almost done with the Whale of a Picture?)

Lay out your “Of Sailors and Whales” work and let’s have a conversation. http://thewildwriters.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/JOEMARINARO.jpg

Goals:

  1. 4.3 compare relationships in visual art in terms of 4.3.2 aesthetics.
  2. 6.2 compare characteristics of the visual arts and other disciplines from history or movements (how does your artwork relate to the music?)

As AP Studio Artists, you are especially in the need of DAILY REFLECTION. Thinking about all that you have heard regarding today’s critique… what have you gained the most from the conversation that you can put into use into your own work in the future and be inspired by things OTHER than assignments?

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Friday… the LAST day of this year for School! Yahoo!

“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.”— Arthur Ashe

Yahoo! The end of the year is upon us… Oh wait… we still have more to do when we get back. That’s Ok… I am SELF – CONFIDENT I can achieve ANYTHING! (Except fly and turn into a robot) (http://themarginalized.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/jump.jpg)

Art Foundations: Chuck Close – Color Mixing – Color Wheel

Consider the Red, Yellow, and Blue paint that you will be encountering. How in the world are you going to mix all the NEW and EXCITING colors from only them? (http://www.buzzle.com/img/articleImages/381315-17621-28.jpg)

Goals:

  1. 1.1 apply media, techniques, and processes with 1.1.3 and awareness so that your ideas are executed well

What color was hardest? How do you feel about being able to mix all the colors without having the secondary colors? What are you going to FORGET over break?

Advanced Drawing: Inside / Outside Drawings and Edward Hopper

Edward Hopper’s “Hotel Window,” Click on the image to get a fantastic breakdown of the work. (http://www.edwardhopper.net/hotel-window.jsp)

Goals:

  1. 1.2 create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the 1.2.1 materials 1.2.2 techniques 1.2.3 and processes you use
  2. 1.3 communicate ideas clearly

YOUR DRAWING IS BEGUN AND READY TO MID CRIT. WHEN WE GET BACK. Please make plans with a collaborator to have SOME REAL collaboration / conversation about the work over break. 1 hour of work time… maybe more… not too much to ask. What is it you have to do to complete the drawing? MAKE DARN SURE you have added to the RUBRIC online. Some of you FAILED at this last time and as of last look are doing the same.

AP Studio Art: Of Sailors and Whales / Concentration 5 and 6

Donald Sultan and his body of work – much like you and your Concentration. How do you see his work tying together? What are the commonalities that are seen in all his work? (http://www.lowegallery.com/artists/donald-sultan/bio.htm)

Goals:

  1. 1.2 create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the 1.2.1 materials 1.2.2 techniques 1.2.3 and processes you use
  2. 2.6 Work on creating multiple solutions to solve visual challenges. – How is your CONCENTRATION coming along?

Work to do this week off… what do you need to do? Make DARN sure you take it all home.

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