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#Crit Thursday – Are you ready to TALK ART?

“In not stating the goal to the students and wording them so they are understandable… it is like a family going on a trip with Dad in the driver’s seat and him not sharing what the destination is or how long the trip is going to take. Dad knows where he’s going, but the rest of the family has no clue.”

Painting and Advanced Painting: CRITIQUE TODAY!

Yum – Cookies! http://unearthedcomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Unearthed-CritiquingCookie-1311-1-web.jpg

Goals: 

  • 3.1Ac: Engage in constructive critique with peers, then reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art and design in response to personal artistic vision.
  • As an individual, what do you think you are going to struggle with the most in today’s (and tomorrow – and maybe Monday’s) Critique.
  • CRITIQUE a Work Of Art – DUE THURSDAY – HERE: 

Reflection / Evaluation: What one thing did you add to the critique that nobody else did?

Studio Art 360: Collage and Texture – Romare Bearden

City Scape – GREAT EXAMPLE! http://collection.mam.org/vmedia/tms768/M1996.52.jpg

Goals

  • 10.1P: Document the process of developing ideas from early stages to fully elaborated ideas.
  • 4 days left of collage – Monday has a CLAY demo to consider for next  week. What do you need to do in order to FINISH this work by Wednesday of NEXT WEEK? (SEAL the Work as well as Mat and Self Evaluate?) 3 Things that you feel you need to FOCUS ON TODAY… GO!

Reflection / Evaluation: #1 and #2 Biggest Successes Today? What Challenges do you face for Friday?

AP Studio Art: Figure Drawing Critique – OPEN CANVAS CALENDAR!

Here is the AP Studio Art Portfolio Example Pages.

Calder’s Circus! http://whitney.org/image_columns/0002/4353/alexandercalderinstallview1_600_1200.jpg?1369062947

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 3 things you have learned, researched, inquired about your ideas for your concentration so far this week?. I’ve had MANY great conversations with each almost each of you… what do you take away from our conversation?

Reflection / Evaluation: What are your questions about making your statement ONLINE? Do you have an idea how to access your ONLINE portion of the website?

Drawing: Google Slideshow

Talking and thinking about the work… http://www.artesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/KANDIN-PORTR2.jpg

Goals:

  • 3.1Ac: Engage in constructive critique with peers, then reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art and design in response to personal artistic vision.
  • What do you HOPE to hear from others about the work you are presenting in front of the class youday?

Reflection / Evaluation: What did you take away from this overall DEEP and difficult aspect of critiquing? Write out ONE major thing you wrote down on your critique sheet today.

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#FastFriday – How’d it get here so #Quick?

“Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.” – Og Mandino

Painting and Advanced Painting: 3 Days

Peter Halley http://art.daimler.com/media/Halley_MixedGridPainting_01.jpg

Goals: 

  • 3.1Ad: Reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art or design considering relevant traditional and contemporary criteria as well as personal artistic vision.
  • Set up your work in front of the class – let’s take a look and see what is happening – Write down 2 struggles that you see in YOUR work that others may be able to help with.

Reflection / Evaluation: What do you REALLY need to remember from today’s mid crit so that you are CONFIDENT to finish this painting by Wednesday of next . week? Will you need paints to take home?

Studio Art 360: Collage and Texture – Romare Bearden

Still Life with Chair Canning: https://ka-perseus-images.s3.amazonaws.com/e3a1e323785b7b5769ad4220b90adf980fc205e2.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • What challenges do you think you will face as it comes to the idea of an INTERESTING collage? How do you start a COMPOSITON and build up from there?

Picasso, Still Life with Chair Caning: Picasso, Still-Life with Chair Caning, 1912 (Musée Picasso): https://www.khanacademy.org/embed_video?v=286FiUvOeFs

Reflection / Evaluation: How do you feel your composition successfully uses the GOLDEN MEAN and imagery to explain the ideas of your social topic? EXPLAIN your answers.

AP Studio Art: Figure Drawing Critique – OPEN CANVAS CALENDAR!

Here is the AP Studio Art Portfolio Example Pages too

Do you see a COMMON THEME? A message? http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/poststar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/e4/ee4d5c24-1e4f-11e3-8f90-001a4bcf887a/52362a2291c2c.preview-620.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.
  • What are you focusing on with your work? How are you solving the problems of this and next weeks 3 artworks?

Reflection / Evaluation: What did you accomplish today? What do you need to do this weekend in order to develop a beginning of an concentration? It is NOT about the medium… it is the message.

Drawing: MID CRIT – Look at the RUBRIC

http://www.moma.org/collection_images/resized/443/w500h420/CRI_241443.jpg

Goals:

Reflection / Evaluation: How does your art compare with the work of “professionals” and how can you work to create a better understanding of your approach / intent / ideas?

Link To Mr. Korb’s Written Example – HERE

Link to the Google Folder of YOUR Images – HERE

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#Tuesday in the #ArtRoom – Let’s REFLECT and LOOK!

“Never feel shame for trying and failing, for he who never failed is he who never tried.” – Og Mandino

Painting and Advanced Painting: Painting and Color Schemes

Helen Frankenthaler – LARGE WORK! http://www.thebohmerian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Jewish-American-abstract-expressionist-painter-and-artist-Helen-Frankenthaler-photographed-working-in-her-new-york-studio-by-Austrian-photographer-Ernst-Haas-2.jpg

Goals: 

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • Yesterday was a new start for some of you. What are your concerns about the process of painting with Acrylics?

Reflection / Evaluation: What CHALLENGES did you face today? How did you go about SOLVING that challenge?

Studio Art 360: Collage and Texture – Romare Bearden

What’s the MESSAGE in this collage? http://lindberghschoolartspace.wikispaces.com/file/view/Romare%20Bearden%20collage.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.1P: Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors.
  • Looking at the ROMARE BEARDEN collage on the screen, what do you think this work is about? WHY? Please work with your neighbor on answering this question.

Reflection / Evaluation: What is the most challenging aspect to creating a collaborative work of art? What did you feel will be helpful in working with a classmate? What did you feel will be a challenge?

AP Studio Art: Figure Drawing Critique – OPEN CANVAS CALENDAR!

Let’s TALK today! Join us will you? http://www.artlearn.org/img/bennet_opening.png

Goals:

  •  3.1Ad: Reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art or design considering relevant traditional and contemporary criteria as well as personal artistic vision.
  • What did the NEW ADDITION of TIME with the figure drawing do to help you better realize the image / composition you created? How did the PROCESS help you?

Reflection / Evaluation:  As you look back on the development of your composition, what are especially satisfied about? What are 3 things that you feel are successful compositionally? What did you add to the critique?

Drawing: MID CRIT – Look at the RUBRIC

Degenerate Art? https://d3l2rivt3pqnj2.cloudfront.net/i/prints/lg/1/6/163099.jpg

Goals:

Reflection / Evaluation: How does your art compare with the work of “professionals” and how can you work to create a better understanding of your approach / intent / ideas?

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#FinallyFriday – What a #FastWeek

“Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.” —Robert H. Schuller

Painting and Advanced Painting: Crit in the Gallery!

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Goals:

  • 3.1Ac: Engage in constructive critique with peers, then reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art and design in response to personal artistic vision.
  • What challenges did you see in yesterday’s drawings of the cityscapes? Discuss this with a neighbor and WRITE DOWN the struggles you shared. (2 of them).

Reflection / Evaluation: How do you see the discussion of the works as adding to the process of CREATING the artwork? If you do NOT see the benefit of an oral critique… WHY? If you do… WHY TOO?

Studio Art 360: Value and DRAWING!

Here they are again… Let’s Talk today. http://labrouge.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/due-inglesi-al-mambo-studio-of-giorgio-morandi-bologna-labrouge.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.1P: Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors.
  • QUIETLY go to the gallery and bring your sculpture back to the classroom – then sit down in complete silence. 1 minute! Take a LONG HARD LOOK at your object in front of you. What is happening with the FIGURE? The GROUND? The POSITIVE SPACE? The NEGATIVE SPACE?

Reflection / Evaluation: How did the THUMBNAILS go today? What do you see yourself doing VERY WELL in this composition? 3 things to talk about – Give yourself 3 examples.

AP Studio Art: Plants and Drawing! Time to WORK!

http://unearthedcomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Unearthed-CritiquingCookie-1311-1-web.jpg

Goals:

  • 3.1Ad: Reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art or design considering relevant traditional and contemporary criteria as well as personal artistic vision.
  • REFLECT ON THE FOLLOWING and WRITE UP A 7 MINUTE RESPONSE: What are the Ideas / Concept / Content? What’s it about? What’s it look like you are talking about? What is the Imagery and  Subject Matter? What are the Techniques / Process you went through? How did your sketchbook or PAST DRAWING / MARK MAKING / ART MAKING EXPERIENCES help you? What is the reference and how did you USE IT? What’s it look like?

Reflection / Evaluation: What did you take away from the critique today? Write down what you have taken from the oral crit.?

Drawing: Kandinsky and Shapes!

Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 – 1944) On White II (Auf Weiss II), 1923 Oil on canvas 41 5/16 × 38 9/16 in. Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne, Paris Gift of Mrs. Nina Kandinsky in 1976 AM 1976-855 © Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI/ Georges Meguerditchian / Dist.RMN-GP © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Goals:

  • 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
  • Come up to the carpet – ALL OF YOU! Sit and listen to my reading and while I am speaking – draw out the ideas of SIMPLE and COMPLEX compositions – illustrate the ideas Kandinsky was writing about. Which COMPOSITION idea are you sticking to? Are you going with the SIMPLE (Melodic) or COMPLEX (Symphonic) idea? Explain how you are doing this. 

Reflection / Evaluation: What is the DOMINANT SHAPE / FORM / COLOR you are using in the work? How is this HELPING?

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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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#Changes – #BeTheChange you want to see!

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“If you don’t like change, you’ll like irrelevance even less” General Eric Shinsek

AP Studio Art: Prepare for the AP FINAL on WEDNESDAY!

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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.
  • What are your answers to your AP Online uploads? Are they concise? Are they thorough? Do they answer the questions effectively?

Are you ready for Wednesday – both online and on mounting boards?

Advanced Drawing: Gesture Drawing to warm up – Longer drawing tomorrow!

How to use the GESTURE to get the larger drawing started? https://eddietuckerblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/degas-drawing.jpg

Goals:

  • G: 2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
  • What was successful in the series of drawings you did yesterday? How did the STRONGEST DRAWING stand out among the rest of them? Mark making? Line? Variation?

TOMORROW – LONGER FIGURE DRAWINGS – What are 3 STRENGTHS you had today? What is the BIGGEST CHALLENGE you faced today?

Drawing: Get BACK to the Drawing – This week is IT!

John Feckner is a graffiti artist – http://hyperallergic.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/space-invader-old-new.jpg

GOALS:

  • G: 1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.
  • After ONE WEEK of pastels, what is your STRONGEST aspect of the composition? Describe WHY you feel it is working so well.

How do you feel about the work you accomplished today? What has changed in how you are looking at using Soft Pastels?

Studio Art 360: Paint – this week is the END – Wednesday – then to mount and evaluate.

Non-Erased Dekooning: http://htmlgiant.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/woman-500×584.png
Erased DeKooning: http://www.sfmoma.org/images/artwork/medium/98.298_01_B02.jpg

GOALS:

  • 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • How are you EMPHASIZING the idea of PRODUCT or YOU as you create this artwork? N: Color mixing with acrylic paints – obtaining neutral grey.

Why is it easier for you to use YOUR ideas rather than MY ideas to make YOUR artwork?.

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#Monday is here – Week 14 – #HowManyDaysLeft?

The Arts Teach Kids to... Take a look in the folder about what the arts do for the kids. Good page in the folder.

The Arts Teach Kids to… Take a look in the folder on Page 7 and learn about what the arts do for the kids.

AP Studio Art: Update to AP Sites / Preparing work for Presentation

Let’s fill this bad boy!

Goals:

  • 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 the best works you have in your portfolio and how do they represent the abilities that you possess? What have you said about the works that you have uploaded as your concentration?

As last week – what do you need to complete so that you have a complete portfolio by Friday? List the them. Online too. Please print out your answers to the two AP online questions and review them for tomorrow.

Advanced Drawing: GESTURE!

Vincent VanGogh used a lot of GESTURE DRAWINGS to plan out his body of work. Let’s begin to do the same! http://www.vangoghgallery.com/catalog/image/1649r/Sheet-with-Numerous-Figure-Sketches.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
  • How did you struggle with the drawing from FRIDAY – Look at your drawing and think about it? What do you see as TWO benefits from learning how to GESTURE DRAW?

What strengths did you develop in your drawing today? What three things do you look at with your drawing and say – “Hey… that’s not so bad!” 

Happy Sweet 16 Irene!

Drawing: Graffiti and Fauvism

KLASS in front of his work at the Longwood Art Gallery. https://bronxbohemian.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/img_1897.jpg

Goals:

  • 3.1Ac: Engage in constructive critique with peers, then reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art and design in response to personal artistic vision.
  • Now that you have your artwork out in front of you… What is a STRENGTH in the visual image that you can build off of?

What are THREE things you have done to BUILD OFF OF the artwork? KLASS in front of his work at the Longwood Art Gallery: 

Studio Art 360: POP Art Painting

How has Andy Warhol used the ideas of ART on a larger scale than a painting? http://assets.yellowtrace.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Brillo-Box-foam-ottomans-by-Fab.com-and-The-Andy-Warhol-Foundation-Photo-by-Nick-Hughes-for-Yellowtrace-02.jpg

Goals:

  • 7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.
  • What is the personal relationship that you have to the PRODUCT LOGO that you are working with in this project?

What color scheme did you work with today and how does it change the way you are seeing the logo?

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#Friday #Friday #Friday… I can’t believe this week has flown by.

Yeah! https://i0.wp.com/www.inspirationalconnections.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/the-earth-without-art-is-just-eh.jpg
‘Nough Said! https://d22d7v2y1t140g.cloudfront.net/m_4020048_YGmNllW5GFUV.jpg

AP Studio Art: Update to AP Sites / Preparing work for Presentation

The DATE is almost upon us… May 5th to earn your 5. http://www.theprospect.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Rise-of-the-AP-exam.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.
  • Choose one MORE of the BEST works that you have in your collection… This is going to be the SECOND of your QUALITY works that we are MOUNTING for the portfolio. What is it about the work that makes it STAND OUT FROM the others as one of the BEST works?

We have 2 weeks to pull the 5 total QUALITY works to mount and 24 total other works to photograph, edit, and UPLOAD to the AP Site AND OUR AP Site… How many DIGITAL WORKS do you need to work on?

Advanced Drawing: Mat and Frame your work – Hallways and Hanging!

Combination of gesture drawings… http://www.studentartguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/line-drawings-wang-tzu-ting.jpg

 Goals:

  • 2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
  • Look at the series of works from a few days ago… how have you begun to see the figure differently? Are you thinking about the the FORM in a different fashion than you had earlier?

Next week – LONGER FIGURE DRAWINGS – Be aware of the challenges you faced today? What was the BIGGEST CHALLENGE you faced today in the drawing? 

Drawing: Graffiti and Fauvism

Max Pechstein Girl on a Green sofa with a cat.

Goals:

  • 1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.
  • After ONE WEEK of pastels, what is your STRONGEST aspect of the composition? Describe WHY you feel it is working so well.

How do you feel about the work you accomplished today? What has changed in how you are looking at using Soft Pastels?  

Studio Art 360: POP Art

Goals:

  • 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • What are the 4 color schemes that you are going to be using in your painting?

What do I have to do in order to get painting on Monday?

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#Math in #Art – YES! #RatiosInArt

Yeah! https://i0.wp.com/www.inspirationalconnections.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/the-earth-without-art-is-just-eh.jpg
‘Nough Said! https://d22d7v2y1t140g.cloudfront.net/m_4020048_YGmNllW5GFUV.jpg

AP Studio Art: Update to AP Sites

Like the AP Warehouse of portfolios - but really an Amazon shipping warehouse... https://blackbeltstory.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/inside-amazon-warehouse5.jpg
Like the AP Warehouse of portfolios – but really an Amazon shipping warehouse… https://blackbeltstory.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/inside-amazon-warehouse5.jpg

 Goals:

  • Research and Information Fluency – Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
  • What NEW images do you have to upload to the website? How many works do you need to upload to the AP Website? Today we are looking.

What did working on the AP Site give you new insight to about your work? Any NEW thoughts?   

Advanced Drawing: Gesture Drawing – Day ONE – Wooden Model

These are Gestures! http://www.fanboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/gesture-drawings.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
  • Beginning with a general idea of the figure and a reference with the mannequin – students will draw out the proportions and stance of the models for a few minutes and then transition to the human form.

 What was the most challenging part of drawing a GESTURE DRAWING? What were you unable to focus on with the idea of GESTURE? What did you have to focus on when it comes to the GESTURE?

Drawing: Graffiti and Fauvism

Henri Matisse and Fauvism – how are you dealing with the figure? http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ma/web-large/DT1777.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.
  • Knowing that we are looking at today’s culture through the use of the photograph and the idea of the SnapChat technology. You may need to choose a DOMINANT COLOR Scheme to emphasize an emotion… what emotion might you choose in your drawing?

What was the most challenging aspect of your drawing to get done today? How are you using OBSERVATION to get your drawings set up correctly?

Studio Art 360: POP Art

Look at the REPETITION of the Warhol’s! http://garygarthmccann.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/andywarhol2-2.jpg

 Goals:

  •  7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.
  • What do you think the PROCESS is going to be in how we DUPLICATE the image over and over with our logo? How is your drawing coming along? If you do NOT have it finished – get it done TONIGHT so we can move with it 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? 

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#FridayThe13th in the #Studio – #GreatWork this week! Hope all goes well today! Muhahahahaha

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

1. 7:25 – 8:05
2. 8:10 – 8:50
3. 8:55 – 9:30
4. 9:35 – 10:15
6. 10:20 – 11:00
5A. 11:05 – 11:35
5B. 11:35 – 12:05
5C. 12:05 – 12:35
7. 12:40 – 1:20
8. 1:25 – 2:00
Assembly 2:05 – 2:46

AP Studio Art: Concentration!

How is the work coming along? Working hard? Working Well? http://www.lvc.edu/art/images/4_studio_art_concentration.jpg

Goals:

  • Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making (Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.)
  • As you look at the CURRENT images you are making, what is NEW and INNOVATIVE about them that we HAVEN’T SEEN in the past works? Give 3 examples with explanations.

How did the hour go? Anything come from the one – on – one conversations with Mr. Korb?

Advanced Drawing:Discussion of Composition and Meaning.

What’s happening with your paper bag? How’s the colored pencil drawing coming along? Anything you think about as the colors from the watercolor show through? http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/apples-in-a-paper-bag-jubamo.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.

    A: How are you doing in the process? Where are you pleased? Where are you still struggling? BE SPECIFIC HERE!

Reflect and WORK! One more class day – MAKE PHOTOGRAPHS.

Drawing: Color and Shape and MEANING!

By The Way… Share your STILL LIFE DRAWINGS by visiting them HERE.

Improvisation #30 (Cannons) Vasily Kandinsky French, born Russia, 1866–1944 Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons), 1913 © 2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

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 ONE bit of theory has stuck with you as we have talked about the works and ideas of Wassily Kandinsky? Can you use any of his ideas on color and shape in your work as it is developed?

What NEW ideas do you have about COLOR and Shape in the art you are creating now that we have had some conversation and learning about the ideas of Wassily Kandinsky?

Studio Art 360: Develop Compositions for Final Drawing.

How are you doing in comparison to the image above? http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/083/6/0/still_life__basic_shapes_by_sundown-d4tqs12.jpg

Goals:

  • 7.1P: Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.
  • What are THREE areas in your still life drawing that are in need of Attention today?

Look back on the THREE areas of improvement, how did you do? Choose one and write 3 sentences about the success or failure! 

How about COMPSITIONS? Looking for ideas? Let’s Look HERE!