G: Develop Craft: Learning to use tools, materials, artistic conventions; and learning to care for tools, materials, and space.
Day two (with a day in-between to celebrate). What plans do you have for yourself for today? I hope that you are able to SET A PERSONAL GOAL and work towards that goal. Are you hanging out with others? Are you working silently and solo? Be aware of the TIME you spend talking and the time you spend working.
Well, what are three things you are PLEASE with in regard to your work? What are you struggling with still? Me… clouds. I have got to work on my clouds.
Your 1 Week of Homework – Due on MONDAY July 10 – Link Here
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good…” Ira Glass
Once again… What is your feeling about the process of drawing outside with a book that you made and a particular goal of filling it with observational drawings?
Studio Art 360: Painting of a Portrait!
7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.
What are two reasons the simplification of the portrait makes the process less intimidating and more approachable? What is one thing in your life outside of art that you could see this relating to?
What part of the process of tracing and transferring the image up to the canvas did you struggle with? Name 2 things that were challenging for you in this process. Sit and share with the table and then the class.
Advanced Drawing: No Molly – but Photos of her!
2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
RESOLUTION of the figure drawing is today. What are three strengths that are happening in your drawing? How are you going to build on those strengths and develop the final drawing?
Step back – how did it turn out? Give a thought here – think about your work and step back with pride in the process.
AP Studio Art: Portraits and the PORTFOLIO
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.
Have you attempted to work OUTSIDE OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE? Please explain how you have done this?
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 so you are REALLY ready for the finished product? Is there time to complete ONE MORE DRAWING? The Person Made Object shadow?
Reflection: What are TWO THINGS that you see as being successful in the BEGINNING of the work you and your collaborator are doing in your respective works.
Studio Art 360: The SCULPTURES! The RUBRIC! The CRITIQUE!
6.1Ad: Curate a collection of objects, artifacts, or artwork to impact the viewer’s understanding of social, cultural, and/or political experiences.
As this is a GROUP SHOW, what challenges did you seeing in the process of installing the show? What’ needs work in the visual end of it all? What do you need to do to BALANCE the show?
Reflection: Is the show hung? Are your name-tags made? Are your images shot (maybe you make photos of your section of the gallery and display them in your website.) What are your feelings – what do you stand back and look at specifically and say with pride “I made that.”
7.1Ad: Analyze how responses to art develop over time based on knowledge of and experience with art and life.
LOOK AT YOUR IDEAS and see what you are doing in the project. What are your inspirations in the world and in the project?
Reflection: You had a lot to think about today… What did you take a away? Look at the ORIGINAL IDEAS and look at your NEW SERIES of works… what’s happening?
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? Is there time to complete ONE MORE DRAWING? The Person Made Object shadow?
Reflection: What are TWO THINGS that you see as being successful in the BEGINNING of the work you and your collaborator are doing in your respective works.
7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.
What are two things you think the PROCESS is going to do to help you in the creation of this artwork? How is this going to be a skill that can help you in the future with OTHER ideas and assignments (in or out of art)?
Reflection: What is it that you especially enjoy about the image you are creating in your painting? How do the ideas and colors RELATE to you?
7.1Ad: Analyze how responses to art develop over time based on knowledge of and experience with art and life.
LOOK AT YOUR IDEAS and see what you are doing in the project. What are your inspirations in the world and in the project?
Reflection: You had a lot to think about today… What did you take a away? Look at the ORIGINAL IDEAS and look at your NEW SERIES of works… what’s happening?
“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
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
Looking at yesterday – Thursday – What’s happening in the IDEAS that we started? It was a lot of experimentation – what new ideas that you are thinking about using for your and your partners work? Seriously – what’s interesting and strong about the ideas in your work?
Reflection: What are you taking home this week this weekend? Why is it important to make strides and visual accomplishments in this drawing for you? TWO REASONS!
7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.
What colors are you going to be using in this portrait? What IS your color scheme and what colors are you going to be using? This is important to know as you begin – PLANNING is essential here!
Reflection: What are your thoughts about this as the work is developing as a work of art? This is the VERY BEGINNING of the process – how do you feel about the work? 3 ideas please.
4.2Ad: Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.
What are three things that you would like to SPEAK about in regards to your work? How will you talk about the work to make your ideas clear and understandable to your classmates?
Reflection: Best part of the day? Why are you making SUCCESSFUL WORK? How is it YOUR VOICE inspired byt eh work of another?
4.2Ad: Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.
We have all talked today… Let’s get things rolling so that the day is productive. What are three things that you are planning on doing to get yourself started?