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“Nothing in life that’s worth anything is easy.” – Barack Obama, SOTU 2014 

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Difficult Task – https://media.licdn.com/mpr/mpr/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAUJAAAAJDJkZDM3MzYyLTU0YmEtNDRiNy1hYThkLTRmNTU0ODJjZDY4Mg.jpg

Drawing: Books and Oil Pastels

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.

Looking at the still life in front of you, what is the one aspect of it that you are most pleased with? Why are you so pleased with how you handled the materials and composition?

 

What was it that you took away from today’s critique? How did you contribute to the success of the conversation? https://goo.gl/photos/wEMQwL2TgqQLCv

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Katie Dros – Book drawing – pastels.

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Studio Art 360: BALANCE and Organic Objects

 

1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.

What do you feel you need to do in order to be focused and intentional in the work you are creating? One aspect of this work is to know that the marks you are making are permanent – cannot be taken out – one and done. How do you work with the mistakes that you might make?

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Approximate Balance – COOL! https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/a4/02/21/a402214a7d9cbd5ff4b7f261b56ebe1e.jpg

How do you feel about the process that you went through today in the making of you bas-relief metal work?

Let’s Look at LINE use and PATTERNS

Advanced Drawing: Begin with Fast Food

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 was the successful part of the drawing for you? What will you carry forward as you make more art?

CRITIQUE – MidWay
Sarah Graham Critique – well not exactly: http://sharoncooper.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/11-3567-post/Sarah_Graham_0021(pp_w931_h693).jpg

How did doing the critique open your ears to what was said? How did it open your eyes to what you saw?

AP Studio Art: Mid Crit – HANDS and Object

***SHORT PARAGRAPHS PLEASE – The paragraphs are nice to see in the Art and Fear images on the website – short little descriptions to help the image along. We are always working to help our viewers understand. Where else do you need to explain your images? The AP TEST! This is practice!***

CRIT MONDAY!

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.

As you get your photographs back – what NEW materials are  you thinking about using? Are you going to try and use the techniques that you are already comfortable with? What are you doing to EXPAND and EXPLORE?

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Hand Holding Can… https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/86/60/a9/8660a920d72e0a2ae4e4577bedb1cfb0.jpg

How have you used your skills to develop this one (or more – hopefully more) drawing to really demonstrate the AP LEVEL 6 skills you have?

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What is your observation of the space around you?

“When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.” —Zig Ziglar

How do YOU cover your sense of being overwhelmed?

Art Foundations: Color Theory – Color Wheel – Color Schemes

Our color wheel as well as the tints, shades, and tones.

Goals:

  1. 1.4 Define color schemes and uses using analysis to define color relationships.

  2. 1.1 apply media, techniques, and processes with 1.1.1 skill 1.1.3 and awareness so that your ideas are executed well.

List as many of the color schemes and examples of colors in the scheme with your neighbor.

Advanced Drawing: Gesture Drawings on the move…

From the sketchbook – Real People – Real Fast.

Goals:

  1. 1.4 Define, and solve QUICK and UNAWARE FIGURES through GESTURE DRAWINGS using skills of (1.4.1) analysis (.2) synthesis.
  2. 1.4 Initiate, define, and solve challenging visual arts problems using skills of (1.4.1) analysis (.2) synthesis (.3) evaluation.

Think about and compare the drawings we did yesterday – fast and furious. What were the major differences between then and today? Have a conversation with your neighbor about that and then… write the comments down so you can reflect on them later.

AP Studio Art: Computer and Website / Edit images

What are you doing? What have you NOT done? Why is a deadline important?

Goals:

  1. 1. Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations (how to use and organize your files in Google Drive and on WordPress).

What is the biggest challenge you see in the process of developing and keeping a website up and running for yourself? What steps are you afraid to ask about? Write that down so you can give yourself permission to ask those questions later.

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Are you Concrete in your Art? Donald Judd is.

“Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.” Agnes Martin

Donald Judd LITERALLY used concrete to make his most subtle feelings known.
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Advanced Drawing – Continuous Line Contour Drawings – PORTRAITS

Blind Contour Drawing – Look at the way the figure was handled! Cool Huh?

GOALS:

  1. 2.2 evaluate the effectiveness of artworks.
  2. 5.3 describe meanings of artworks by analyzing 5.3.1 techniques.

What do you feel you need to do over the weekend to make it DONE for Monday? Do you need to do anything? What was you largest accomplishment with this work? Did you learn anything, become more comfortable with anything, understand the importance of anything in the creation of making art?

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Art Foundations: PBIS Poster Collection – Line Chapter 4

How did the GRANDFATHER of Abstraction use line in HIS work? What is interesting to you? Why? How can you use the same ideas or approaches?

GOALS:

  1. 5.1 identify the rationale behind making art (PBIS POSTER and the LINE DRAWING)

What did you take away from the various types and qualities of line and how can you use them in your artwork?

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AP Studio Art: Wrap up your 3 works that have introduced you to the small introduction to CONCENTRATION.

Lets sit and LOOK at your works together – BRIEFLY. What FREAKS you out about TALKING about your work? Yeah – me too (no not really).

GOALS:

  1. evaluate and defend how 3.5.1 subject matter and 3.5.2 symbols are used in art

What did you take away from the MID to FINAL critique today? Write down what you have taken from the crit. in your Generalization / Comments page today. Give yourself some strong thoughts about the idea of a concentration… what is the biggest challenge you see coming up?

NOTE: Advanced Drawing and AP Artists

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