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What are you THANKFUL for?

2013 Open Canvas Art Event – Milwaukee WI

Welcome to the event.
Beginning of the Open Canvas Night – 15 minutes in!
My Empty Wall
2 works beginning. Mixed Media of Coffee Filters, Coffee Grounds, Bible Pages.
Propped up and ready to begin painting.
First coats with a light blue in the sky. The ethereal side of things.
A little bit more paint.
And now the yellow, the spiritual side of life.
A detail of “In Our Confusion, It Can Always Be.”
A detail of “In Our Confusion, It Can Always Be.”
A detail of “In Our Confusion, It Can Always Be.”
A detail of “In Our Confusion, It Can Always Be.”
My second work – I forgot to document this one as it progressed. “”Walking The Path of the Awakened.”
A detail of “Walking the Path of the Awakened.”
A detail of “In Our Confusion, It Can Always Be.”
The 2 works sold together for $275. All proceeds went to MIAD and the Peck School of the Arts, UWM.
The buyer and her friend, Thank you Tina Gallup. Ms. Gallup purchased my work LAST year too. Thanks! Good to see you again!

“You won’t be happy with more until you’re happy with what you’ve got.” – Viki King (author, writer, speaker)

What are YOU thankful for? Take 30 seconds and write out 3 things you are thankful for.

Art Foundations 2D: Intro to Critiquing, 2 Point Perspective

What are YOU incorporating into your city / neighborhood / interior?

Goals:

  1. (1.2) Create 2 point perspective art that demonstrates how your ideas relate to the media, techniques (VALUE) and processes you use. (P)
  2. (2.3) Create artworks that uses organization and function to solve specific visual challenges.

What was the success in today’s drawing? What was the challenge?  What were the goals we have had over the past couple of weeks that you feel you have accomplished? WHY are you successful or unsuccessful with this artwork?

Advanced Drawing: Drawing and Evaluation

How are you using pastels? How did Degas?

Goals:

  1. 3.3 describe the creation of images and ideas and explain why they are of value
  2. NETS: TONIGHT Use digital media to work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning (Begin your crit.)

What was the success in today’s first portion of the critique? What did you see when you ANALYZED your work? What was the surprising to you?  What were the goals we have had over the past couple of weeks that you feel you have accomplished? WHY are you successful or unsuccessful with this artwork?

AP Studio Art: Still Life and Concentration (and WEB Design)

So… what are you worried about?

Goals:

  1. 3.1 reflect on how your art differs and describe how it relates to the CONCENTRATION you have begun.
  2. 3.3 describe the creation of your images and ideas and how they work with your concentration.

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?

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“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” ― Nelson Mandela

“Power will accomplish much, but perseverance more.”  — William Scott Downey

“May the force be with you!”

l hour 7:25 – 8:05
2 hour 8:10 – 8:50
3 hour 8:55 – 9:30
4 hour 9:35 – 10:15
6 hour 10:20 -11:00
5A Lunch 11:00 – 11:30
5B Lunch 11:30 – 12:00
5C Lunch 12:05 – 12:35
7 hour 12:40- 1:20
8 hour 1:25 – 2:00
2:00pm Assembly in big gym

Art Foundations

Oldenburg and Gehry, together at last. Click on the image to see more of Oldenburg and van Bruggen’s work!

Goals

  1. (1.2.2 and 3) Create 2 point perspective drawings that demonstrate an understanding of how your ideas relate to technique and process.
  2. (5.1) Identify the intentions and purposes in creating 2 point perspective / Values.

7th Hour – Same Goals – Different Activity:

  1. Consider the images of the city / neighborhood / Interior of Room that you looked at yesterday in class. The images are available HERE also.
  2. What ideas can you develop for the THEME of your city? How can you incorporate it into the drawing? Work in your sketchbook if you have to.
  3. How are you going to include all of the images / ideas that are required into your drawing?
  4. What is the FOCAL POINT of your drawing? What is the main focus you are going to focus on and how will it relate to the other aspects in the city / neighborhood / interior room?
  5. TODAY – work to get at least the 5 required buildings / large shapes into the space provided. NOT THE DETAILS but rather the basics, the walls, the height, the depth… how does one building relate to the buildings around it?
  6. If you can, begin to work in the SIDEWALKS or its comparison in the interior drawing. How does it fill the space? How does it interact with your buildings? How BIG or SMALL are they int he space provided?
  7. LINK TO REQUIREMENTS: HERE as well as the handouts that have been provided.

END OF CLASS: Review with neighbors the progress of the chiaroscuro and the proper use of 2 point perspective. What are the big challenges you are facing with the buildings?

Advanced Drawing

What colors has Bonnard used in his artwork? Real? Imagined? Emotional?

Goals

  1. 1.2 create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the 1.2.1 materials and 1.2.2 techniques
  2. 2.2 evaluate the effectiveness of artworks

Day two in the hallways with oil pastels for sure… what is the challenge NOT working in the space of the studio?

AP Studio Art

What’s Your Story?

Goals

  1. 1.2 Evaluate and defend the validity of the sources for content (D)
  2. 2.3 Create artworks that use organizational structures and functions to solve specific visual art problems

What do you need to do over the weekend to be successful in the process of making quality art? SELF – EVALUATION – write up Execution Evaluation, Composition Evaluation, Character Evaluation. Consider the work you have done and EVALUATE progress.

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“Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.” ― A.A. Milne

“Power will accomplish much, but perseverance more.”  — William Scott Downey

Where will this river take us?

Art Foundations: Presentation of Architecture AND Begin City Scape / Neighborhood Drawings 

What can you say about your work that hasn’t been said about Gehry’s?

Goals: Neighborhoods and City Scapes HERE

  1. Evaluate the Effectiveness of Art
  2. Create 2 point perspective and Value drawing that uses COMPOSITION to solve visual challenges.

7th Hour – Same Goals – Different Activity: You will take 10 minutes to complete the GROUP Evaluation of your work – hand that in to your GUEST TEACHER.

  1. Evaluate the Effectiveness of Art
  2. Create 2 point perspective and Value drawing that uses COMPOSITION to solve visual challenges.
  • Take a look at the goals and write them down in your binder.
  • After you are finished with that, break into your groups and take 8 minutes to finish up your group answers for the Frank Gehry inspired building you worked on.
  • Staple all of your individual reflection sheets under the group answers and hand them into your guest teacher.
  • As you are headed BACK TO YOUR DESKS, please grab a sheet of White Paper from the Kitchen Table AND a RULER or T-Square.
  • At your desks – using pencil – measure in 6 inches from one side (at the top and the bottom) and draw a line. This is one edge of your picture plane.
  • Do the same for the other side… this is the OTHER side of your picture plane.
  • You can now do one of two things…
    • The picture plane can be the space between these two lines OR
    • CAREFULLY TRIM THE PAPER ON THESE LINES (using the paper cutter, scissors, or an x-Acto Knife and cutting mat) and then attach the “wings” to the side of the paper.
  • BEFORE YOU DRAW A HORIZON LINE, think about the TYPE of VIEW you’d like to have in your NEighborhood OR City Scape. Click HERE – one student is the clicker-master – and look through the images of the NEIGHBORHOOD.
    • In Your Sketchbook write out your thoughts regarding the Neighborhood:
      • Placement of Buildings
      • Number of Buildings
      • Look of Streets, Sidewalks, and Yards
      • Height of houses, trees, other aspects of the architecture / things in the image
      • Does this remind you of YOUR neighborhood? Your houses?
      • What’s Different? What’s the same?
    • In Your Sketchbook write out your thoughts regarding the City Scape:
      • Placement of Buildings
      • Number of Buildings
      • Look of Streets, Sidewalks, and Yards
      • Height of houses, trees, other aspects of the architecture / things in the image
      • Does this remind you of YOUR neighborhood? Your houses?
      • What’s Different? What’s the same?
  • Pair up and REVIEW THE RULES OF TWO POINT Perspective (if time allows). Go over EACH of the 6 Rules of Thumb
  • Are you ready to draw your horizon Line? If so, go ahead and begin with ONE BUILDING… go to the vanishing points…
  • Use your skills and your knowledge… this is a lot on you today and tomorrow – I have FAITH in YOU!

What were the BIGGEST CHALLENGES today? Write that on your GOALS page. Thanks – Video Tomorrow!

Advanced Drawing: Hallway – OIL PASTELS!

Hallway! Is it REAL COLORS? I don’t think so.

Goals

  1. 1.2 create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the 1.2.1 OIL PASTELS and 1.2.2 OBSERVATION AND MARK MAKING
  2. 2.2 evaluate the effectiveness of artworks (What’s working SO FAR?)

Day two in the hallways with oil pastels for sure… what is the challenge NOT working in the space of the studio?

AP Studio Art: Concentration and ADVENTURE!

TIME MACHINE! Take me back HOME!

Goals

  1. 2.3 Create artworks that use organizational structures and functions to solve specific visual art problems

As an AP Student, you especially need to be focused on the progress you are making. How are you coming with your work? How are you progressing?

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April 12, 2013 – FRIDAY

“Employing your imagination is the first step to the fulfillment of any dream.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich

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Art Foundaitions: If you can IMAGINE your ultimate building… what would your building have in it? What would your building be for? What type of business, house, environment, atmosphere would best describe the house? What are you doing to change the building to make it inspired by Frank Gehry?

Click on the above image to see a 4:28 video of Frank Gehry since 1997 at the Vitra Museum.

Cityscape Instructions – 2013 Spring Semester

GOALS:

  1. (1.2) Create 2 point perspective city that demonstrates how your ideas demonstrate your understanding of the media, techniques (VALUE) and processes you use. (P)
  2. (2.3) Create artworks that uses organization and function to solve specific visual challenges.

Knowing that this drawing is DUE on Tuesday of next week, what do you need to do in order to be at a finished point? How do you intend on working this drawing so that you ARE done and it is up to your best ability? We are NOT going to be able to shade the entire drawing (necessarily). What can you do to EMPHASIZE the idea of creating FORM through the use of CHIAROSCURO?

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Drawing: We have critiqued for a good number of days (6th hour has one more class time to critique). Today we are going to to be 3rd hour: polishing the drawings so that they are up to the par that you would like them to be – photograph – work on the papers and 6th hour: Wrap up the critique and if there is time continue to polish the work and prepare it for being done.

What do you have to do to WRAP IT UP and MAKE IT PERFECT?

GOALS:

  1. 3.3 describe the creation of images and explain why they are of value.
  2. 1.4 solve visual challenges using analysis.

What was it that you learned through the process of critiquing that you will CARRY INTO the next project. What skills will you use to make your next work stronger and more successful as a well thought out work?

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AP Studio Art: We have looked at and worked on the CONCENTRATION art pieces for QUITE SOME TIME… What have you been accomplishing with them that you are particularly proud of? What have you done that has caused you stress and anxiety? How do you feel that you can use the pride and frustration to advance and critique the works that you have to finish?

GOALS:

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

What do you have to do this weekend in order to be finished with your 3 works on Monday? We are going to CRIT. on Monday and Tuesday. Take a minute and find someone REALLY FAR AWAY FROM YOU right now (in the classroom) and take ONE WORK that you are struggling with… take the 3 minutes Bryan has announced to us and WRAP UP THE WEEK together (document your thoughts in the journaling portion of the binder).

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Study Hall: What have you done in each of your classes today? 1st hour, 2nd hour, 3rd hour, 4th hour, 5ABC, 6th hour, 7th hour, and what have you brought to 8th hour to work on? Take a moment and consider the work you saw as incomplete on Monday when we sat down with you. Think about what you have accomplished this week and all that you have to still complete. Write down all that you have done to accomplish what you have missed in the first 2 weeks and what you have not finished.

Do you have your work planned out for today? For the weekend?

GOAL:

  1. Remember to Bring Your Homework to School
  2. What have you brought to work on and get finished for the weekend?

What have you accomplished this week that makes you proud? What is something that someone else has done that you have been impressed with? Did you see some of those cool roller-coasters? How about the awesome smelling foods that were coming into our classroom this past week? Check out some of the fantastic drawings made in art class! What is your most memorable class event this week?

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April 11, 2013 – Thursday

“Employing your imagination is the first step to the fulfillment of any dream.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich

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Art Foundations: Who is Frank Gehry? We will introduce you to some of his works of Architecture and a bit about him… DRAW, DRAW, DRAW!!!

Oldenburg / Van Bruggen / Frank O. Ghery collaborative effort for business center.

Cityscape Instructions – 2013 Spring Semester

GOALS:

  1. (1.2.2 and 3) Create 2 point perspective drawings that demonstrate an understanding of how your ideas relate to technique and process.
  2. (5.1) Identify the intentions and purposes in creating 2 point perspective / use of values to create form.

How did you enjoy the architecture of Frank Gehry? What was it that interested you in the style of his buildings? What might you do to CHANGE the work you have in front of you and make your architecture more Gehry’esque?

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Drawing: FINAL DAY OF CRIT? Not for ALL of the classes. Make sure you have your PAPERS worked on and the final changes made to your artwork.

Agnes Martin – One of my favorites… Take a moment and have a conversation with your neighbor about these 4 works. What are your THOUGHTS, RESPONSES, REACTIONS, and EDUCATED CRITIQUES? 2 minute Conversation… GO!

GOALS:

  1. 3.5 Evaluate and defend the manner in which subject matter, symbols, and images are used.
  2. 2.4 compare different points of view regarding composition and meaning in artwork.

You have HOPEFULLY taken a lot of learning and experience from the critiques so far. What is the one thing that you have learned about the workings of drawings, the building of a composition, and the making of QUALITY ART? Number ONE thing you walk away with and HOW will you put that gained knowledge to your future works?

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AP Studio Art: WORK – That’t it… WORK on Making, Critiquing, Writing, Photographing, Editing, Uploading, etc…

Hong Kong International School… Social Commentary!

GOALS:

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

What is going well? What can you share about the process you are going through RIGHT NOW? Go to the person in this room that is the FURTHEST AWAY from you and have a SOLID conversation about the work you are making and ALL THAT YOU HAVE TO DO.

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April 10, 2013 – Wednesday – Hello Janie!

“Employing your imagination is the first step to the fulfillment of any dream.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich

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Art Foundations: What object from your POPular Culture did you bring in? Today we are going to draw it a number of times and then incorporate it into the final composition.

Spoonbridge and Cherry

Oldenberg Van Bruggen Website

Cityscape Instructions – 2013 Spring Semester

GOALS:

  1. (1.2.2 and 3) Create 2 point perspective drawings that demonstrate an understanding of how your ideas relate to technique and process (P).
  2. (5.1) Identify the intentions and purposes in creating 2 point perspective / Values. (D)

What aspect of your OBJECT drawing demonstrates your ability to OBSERVE and DRAW? What is the most successful aspect of your drawing? What are you most proud of? Share this with your classmate.

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Drawing: Critique today – have you shared your file with me? I am not 100% convinced…

What is an element or principle of art that you feel is the DOMINANT factor in this Sculpture by Louise Bourgeois? What questions about it might you have?

GOALS:

  1. 3.5 Evaluate and defend the manner in which subject matter, symbols, and images are used.
  2. 2.4 compare different points of view regarding composition and meaning in artwork.

What did you hear from today’s critique session that you had a differing opinion regarding? Were you able to voice your opinion without any fear of being wrong? What do you feel is an important aspect of listening and participating in an oral critique?

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AP Studio Art: WORK on your body of work. You have made me proud. What amount of works do you need to deal with as it comes to MOUNTING art and UPLOADING art?

Nina Kwon, Fairfax High School, Los Angeles, Calif. Score: 5

GOALS:

  1. 4.4 evaluate and interpret your art for relationships in 4.4.1 form 4.4.2 context.
  2. 3.2 apply subjects, symbols, and ideas in art and use skill to solve visual challenges

What is your biggest accomplishment as you look back at your collection of artworks from this year? Where have you grown the most? Where do you still feel you’d like to improve your skills and abilities?

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April 9, 2013 – Tuesday

“Employing your imagination is the first step to the fulfillment of any dream.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich

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Art Foundations: Cityscape – Where are you still struggling? Where are you succeeding? What is going well for you and how do you remember how to do what you need to do?

Do you carry this in your purse?
The schematic drawing of an ordinary everyday object…
Oldenberg’s Lipstick – The Sculpture

 

GOALS:

  1. (1.2.2 and 3) Create 2 point perspective drawings that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to technique and process(P).
  2. Create 2 point perspective and Value drawing that uses COMPOSITION to solve visual challenges.

Cityscape Instructions – 2013 Spring Semester

What are you most proud of today in your drawing? What EVERYDAY OBJECT might you be interested in incorporating into your final drawing?

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Drawing: Critique!

What are the elements / principles that you find the strongest aspects of this artwork? How would YOU critique this artwork?

GOALS:

  1. 3.5 Evaluate and defend the manner in which subject matter, symbols, and images are used.
  2. 2.4 compare different points of view regarding composition and meaning in artwork.

What did you take away from today’s critique that will help you move forward with the process of WRITING a crit about your artwork? What did you add to the discussion with? What did you take away form the conversation?

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AP Studio Art: WORK WORK WORK! Crit 2 more works.

How are you coming up with ways to move your artwork forward?

GOALS:

  1. 3.5 Evaluate and defend the manner in which subject matter, symbols, and images are used.
  2. 1.1 apply media, techniques, and processes with 1.1 .1 skill 1.1.2 confidence 1.1.3 and awareness so that your ideas are executed well.

Knowing that you have 4 days and 2 weekend days – how much have you got to accomplish in the next week? Make a day by day plan! NOW!

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