“What difference does it make whether you’re looking at a photograph or looking at a still life in front of you? You still have to look.” – Chuck Close
Studio Art 360: Sketchbook Tuesday
How did you improve your ideas about art from last week’s work on LINE? N: Sketchbook weekly drawings – hand out on SHAPE.
6.1P: Analyze and describe the impact that an exhibition or collection has on personal awareness of social, cultural, or political beliefs and understandings.
What are you seeing about your collage as being a NEW skill / a NEW understanding / a NEW technique that you might take into the future of your art making toolbox?
Reflection: What is the ONE area of the collage that you see yourself as carrying into the BAS RELIEF Sculpture? How do you hope to see this as carrying the SOCIAL COMMENTARY forward?
2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
What are you REALLY STRONG with when it comes to drawing? What are you REALLY struggling with? What do you feel about the human form? How are you at that?
Reflection: What was the most challenging way to draw? Why was this most difficult way to go? How OFF were you from the original that you drew from your memory? What is most important about drawing when it comes to observation?
Let’s Look at Romare Bearden for a bit to give you a better understanding… HERE
Reflection: We are going to be translating this collage into a SCULPTURE after break. What are 3 aspects of the collage that you feel will successfully translate to 3D and help you communicate your social message? How / Why?
AP Studio Art: Figurative Art – Richard Diebenkorn
I NEED YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS OF YOUR OUTDOOR ARTWORK! TODAY WHILE YOU WORK!
Reflect: Learning to think and talk with others about an aspect of one’s work or working process, and learning to judge one’s own work and working process and the work of others.
Step back from your drawing – What LEAPS out at you as needing work? Why?
Reflection: With a week to resolve your image – what do you need to do? I ALSO see a handful of websites without your 2 questions answered – I TALKED TO YOU TODAY… how are you going to get them done?
Advanced Drawing: 50 Sheets of Paper – FINAL DAYS THIS WEEK!
Reflection: What is one thing you added to today’s critique that made the conversation truly move forward? If nothing – what is ONE THING YOU THOUGHT ABOUT!
Let’s Look at Romare Bearden for a bit to give you a better understanding… HERE
Reflection: How have you been able to think about your artwork being something that CAN affect how someone who looks at your work and their ideas about your subject matter?
AP Studio Art: Figurative Art – Richard Diebenkorn
Observe: Learning to attend to visual contexts more closely than ordinary “looking” requires, and thereby to see things that otherwise might not be seen.
What is the ONE thing you are learning about the figure at this point? Maybe it is an OBSERVATIONAL thing… Maybe it is something else entirely (look at page 30 in your folder…).
Reflection: Have you explored a new medium? Have you attempted to work with and through a new (or familiar) material in your work? EXPLAIN in THREE SENTENCES. What has it done for your drawing? DUE END OF CLASS TOMORROW – CRIT IS DUE TOO. Last 10 minutes of class.
Guess what happens on April 4? We are going to revisit our outdoor projects with another outdide artist – Peregrine Honig – from Work Of Art!
Advanced Drawing: 50 Sheets of Paper – FINAL DAYS THIS WEEK!
4.2Ac: Analyze, select, and critique personal artwork for a collection or portfolio presentation.
What ONE ARTISTIC SKILL from PAGE 30 of Artist Habits of Mind did you take away from the 50 Sheets of Paper?
Reflection: What is one thing you added to today’s critique that made the conversation truly move forward? If nothing – what is ONE THING YOU THOUGHT ABOUT!
Special Thanks to ALL the #NAEA16 Leaders for the 2016 Conference in #Chicago. This was a great experience! Thank you all.
Drawing: MUSIC and ART ONLINE!
What a face! how will you draw it? http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3060/2605312538_01f09a2356.jpg
Goals:
1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.
When it comes to drawing the FACE, what features do you have the hardest time with? Why do you think that you have the hardest time with that feature?
Reflection: What are the least successful aspect of the facial features that you drew out today? What do you feel makes them LEAST successful? Is it the same as you though in the beginning of the class?
Studio Art 360: TEXTURE – COLLAGE it BEARDEN style
Envision: Learning to picture mentally what cannot be directly observed, and imagine possible next steps in making a piece.
Look at YESTERDAY’s day 4 Drawing – What is working with how you initially ENVISIONED the drawing? What are you going to do to IMPROVE it today to create an AUTHENTIC artwork?
Reflection: What are you doing in your ARTIST’s BRAIN to make PERSONAL CONNECTIONS with this drawing? Notice we are looking at RICHARD DIEBENKORN? Tomorrow – we take a moment and look at HIM and his ideas… Richard Diebenkorn
Advanced Drawing: 50 Sheets of Paper – FINAL DAYS THIS WEEK!
Envision: Learning to picture mentally what cannot be directly observed, and imagine possible next steps in making a piece.
What are three VERY SPECIFIC things you are doing TODAY to get this gigantic undertaking done for tomorrow? How has your vision changed or been the same since the beginning of the art making process – EXPLAIN.
Reflection: TOMORROW and THURSDAY we are going to HANG THEM UP and CRITRIQUE… What is ONE THING that you have seen change DRAMATICALLY in the drawing – process – product – ideas – WHAT WHY?
Reflection: Throughout all the work you have done over the past 3 days in the CRITIQUE MODE – what are 3 things you have DISCOVERED about your work you didn’t know / realize as you were working on the drawing??
Studio Art 360: TEXTURE – COLLAGE it BEARDEN style
10.1P: Document the process of developing ideas from early stages to fully elaborated ideas.
What are the SPECIFICS about the SOCIAL TOPIC that you and came up with and you are looking at and really considering as a strong idea or a weak idea today?
Let’s Look at Romare Bearden for a bit to give you a better understanding… HERE
Reflection: What are 3 things that you have been challenged – BUT – are succeeding with as you jave worked this new and different approach of COLLAGE in the art making process – and that you are creating a social commentary work?
AP Studio Art: DaDa Art – Duchamp
Let’s keep this image up for the hour – what are ou succeding with in YOUR version? y http://www.beatmuseum.org/duchamp/images/nude2.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.
Let’s look at a drawing that will take a bit longer… Still working with CHARCOAL and still beginning with GESTURE – what will the LONGER drawing allow you to develop more of than the GESTURE ONLY helped you develop?
Reflection: As you drew from your many images today… what are 2 things that worked well for you? What did not? WHY?
Advanced Drawing: 50 Sheets of Paper – FINAL DAYS THIS WEEK!
7. Stretch & Explore: Learning to reach beyond one’s capacities, to explore playfully without a preconceived plan, and to embrace the opportunity to learn from mistakes.
Last day (for the week) – unless you take it home to work this weekend – What are three VERY SPECIFIC things you are doing TODAY to get this gigantic undertaking done? How are you working in the OBSERVATION part and be able to talk about it on Wednesday?
Reflection: MONDAY Mr. Korb will get around and talk to you inxividually and formatively CRITRIQUE… do you need to try and work this weekend? EXPLAIN in 140 characters (using # to emphasize the important terms and phrases) what you are HAPPIEST WITH and WHY!
4.2Ac: Analyze, select, and critique personal artwork for a collection or portfolio presentation.
What PRINCIPLES do you SEE being used to organize the ELEMENTS of your composition when you look at your Wassily Kandinsky inspired oil pastel drawing? LIST 2 Principles and the Element(s) they support / orhganize.
Click HEREto access the Google Slideshow for our presentation
Click HEREto get your ART… can you save it to YOUR Google Folder? Hmmm…
Reflection: What are two things you need to do to finish your written critique and / or your Slide Show Statement? What are strategies you can use to make sure you are done on MONDAY?
Studio Art 360: TEXTURE – COLLAGE it BEARDEN style
10.1P: Document the process of developing ideas from early stages to fully elaborated ideas.
What are you doing to SUCCESSFULLY create a REAL sense of SPACE in your COMPOSITION?
Let’s Look at Romare Bearden for a bit to give you a better understanding… HERE
Reflection: How have you been able to think about your artwork being something that CAN affect how someone who looks at your work and their ideas about bullying?
2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
Day two of FIGURE DRAWINGS – We could spend a SEMESTER on them… What are three things you hope to pull together in your FIGURE DRAWING inspired by Marcel Duchamp’s “Nude Descending a Staircase”? Consider EMPHASIZING GUIDELINES and REFERENCE Lines from your gesture drawings! Let’s see the work – just like in math.
Reflection: Based on a DIRECT COMPARISON – What is more successful in today’s drawing than yesterday’s?
Advanced Drawing: 50 Sheets of Paper – FINAL DAYS THIS WEEK!
6.1Ac: Make, explain, and justify connections between artists or artwork and social, cultural, and political history.
Two DAYS LEFT – Mr. Korb is in CHICAGO… What 2 things are you going to REALLY REALLY focus on so you are DONE – READY TO TALK about the work on Monday – NO MORE WORK TIME – CRIT ON WEDNESDAY!
Reflection: Did you accomplish those two things? REALLY?
1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.
When it comes to drawing the FACE, what features do you have the hardest time with? Why do you think that you have the hardest time with that feature? THIS is ALL COMING UP SOON… Get thinking about the face!
Click HEREto access the Google Slideshow for our presentation
Click HEREto get your ART… can you save it to YOUR Google Folder? Hmmm…
1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
What 3 challenges do you think you will face as it comes to the idea of an INTERESTING collage?
Let’s talk about Romare Bearden for a bit to give you a better understanding… HERE
Reflection: How do you feel your use of the GOLDEN MEAN will help you develop a more successful composition to explain the ideas of your social topic? EXPLAIN your answers.
4.2Ad: Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.
Online challenges – how are you hitting the mark with your ONLINE statement OR how are you falling a bit short? Let’s get the computers up and running before you answer these questions…
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.
Why are two things you have learned from the beginning of this artwork (about BEING AN ARTIST – the JOB, not the act)
Reflection: What are two things you have learned about the ACT of making art since the beginning of this work?
Shane Koyczan – TED Talk “To This Day”… for the Bullied and Beautiful… “If you can’t see anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror, look a little closer, stare a little longer, because there’s something inside you that makes you keep trying despite everyone who told you to quit.”
4.4 evaluate and interpret your art for relationships in 4.4.1 form 4.4.2 context and 4.4.3 meanings showing understanding of the work of various art professionals*
What are 2 skills about the materials have you taken away from this project? What is ONE HUGE LESSON you learned about creating MEANING behind your own artwork?
Reflection: As you look at the FINISHED DRAWING (unless you have to take it home and work it this weekend) what is ONE THING you would REDO and WHY?
2.1P: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.
What TEXTURES do you like best from yesterday? Why?
Reflection: Write a ONE PARAGRAPH EXPLANATION about your work on the BACK of the collage. Describe how you used Frottage, Grattage, and Decalcomania in the work. I am looking at this on MONDAY!
6.1Ac: Make, explain, and justify connections between artists or artwork and social, cultural, and political history.
I’m GONE TODAY… You are ON YOUR OWN… How are you going to FINISH THIS DRAWING UP? How are you going to ATTACH this drawing TO the drawing? This is an ESSENTIAL ELEMENT to the COMPOSITION… What have you considered?
Reflection: Do you need to take anything home to RESOLVE THIS DRAWING and be ready to WRITE on MONDAY? 3 things that your are PLEASE WITH and one thing you wish went differently?
7. Stretch & Explore: Learning to reach beyond one’s capacities, to explore playfully without a preconceived plan, and to embrace the opportunity to learn from mistakes.
Last day this week… What are two things you are planning on doing TODAY to get a good deal of work planned and begun for today? How are you working in the OBSERVATION part of this requirement?
Reflection: MONDAY we are going to HANG THEM UP and LOOK… do you need to try and work this weekend? EXPLAIN in 140 characters (using # to emphasize the important terms and phrases) what you are HAPPIEST WITH and WHY!
Shane Koyczan – TED Talk “To This Day”… for the Bullied and Beautiful… “If you can’t see anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror, look a little closer, stare a little longer, because there’s something inside you that makes you keep trying despite everyone who told you to quit.”
Reflect: Learning to think and talk with others about an aspect of one’s work or working process, and learning to judge one’s own work and working process and the work of others.
What are the BEST things you have come up with in this artwork?
Reflection: What did your FAVORITE part of this overall DEEP and difficult project?
Studio Art 360: TEXTURE and COLLAGE! Let’s GO!
Max Ernst: Collage withg Flowers:
Goals:
2.1P: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.
Think about your sketchbook drawing from yesterday… If you could include TEXTURE into the drawing – how do you feel you could? Where in the drawing CAN you? Where in the drawing WILL you?
Reflection: Write a ONE PARAGRAPH EXPLANATION about your work on the BACK of the collage. Describe how you used Frottage, Grattage, and Decalcomania in the work.
6.1Ac: Make, explain, and justify connections between artists or artwork and social, cultural, and political history.
What is your NUMBER ONE PERSONAL GOAL for this drawing. Look at page 29 in your folder – do you want to think about habits of mind?
Reflection: TWO DAYS LEFT – CRITIQUE and LETTER WRITING MONDAY – Huh? Yep. What was successful – 2 things that worked out – Think Elelments and Principles…
Stretch & Explore: Learning to reach beyond one’s capacities, to explore playfully without a preconceived plan, and to embrace the opportunity to learn from mistakes.
Step back and LOOK – that’s it – LOOK… Wait… Wait… What do you see? WRITE DOWN WHAT YOU SEE. List it… List 5 things – one thing you are doing well.
Reflection: How are you stretching yourself with this drawing? What are 3 things you doing outside of your comfort zone? EXPLAIN!
Art With Korb 
