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#ExamWeek is upon us – Questions?

I think in terms of the day’s resolutions, not the years’. Henry Moore

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Henry Moore Reclining Figure https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/sfmomamedia/media/t/collection_images/Ji1oJLpManc1.jpg

YAM: Youth Art Month

Drawing: Resolve the image? Write the Exam?

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 are you pleased with in regards to the current 3 works that you are presenting as a series of works?

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David Hockney Drawing: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02902/hockney_2902167b.jpg

Article on David Hockney’s Landscapes HERE

Is there anything you need to do to resolve your artwork for exam day? What do you need to do to start or finish your written exam?

Studio Art 360: Review for the exam? How’s the Collage?

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.

Today we review the exam – get a 3” x 5” notecard and take notes and then we clean the room. You all did a great job this semester and I am proud of the work you accomplished.

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Loui Jover Collage: https://assets.saatchiart.com/saatchi/284005/art/2858579/1928472-AUZEXFZO-7.jpg

What are your questions about the exam? Ask 3 questions and I can help you out

AP Studio Art: Concentration and the website.

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 are you most pleased with regarding your current inspired works? Name 3 things and then let’s critique.

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The Website – Are you uploaded and ready to roll?

What do you need to do for your exam? I am looking things over for tomorrow!

 

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#WelcomeBack – #2MoreWeeks to #MakeArt

“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

Drawing: Mark Making – PASTELS (No… the FINAL work isn’t going to be pastel)

2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.

What are some of the photographs that you made over the past VACATION that you are able to use in the upcoming Artwork? Share your images with your classmates.

ON INEXPENSIVE DRAWING PAPER… Start with 2 or three colors to FILL the SKY and the GROUND (horizontal shapes) and then begin with identifying the BASIC lines in front of you. Start with 7 lines to define the ENTIRE photograph. What is a line?

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Wolf Kahn and some KIDS works – can you work to this level? http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2NmizF4IoEo/T5VsHvaT-rI/AAAAAAAABQU/m2VWPdJYJFg/s1600/IMG_5996.JPG

What struggles did you face in the simplification of the images?

Studio Art 360: Portraits – FINISH this up this week!

7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.

What are two things about PAINTING in ACRYLIC that you have discovered and will STAY WITH YOU in the future?

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Chuck Close: James: http://www.artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/portraits/chuck_close/james.jpg

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?

AP Studio Art: a few days to finish this set of 3… (or 4 for two of you)

2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.

What have your previous works of art been this year and how have you been planning the NEW and Important ideas for your work? How has the common vision helped you plan the work and GROW as an artist?

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Jacob Lawrence and the important work he has created. Migration Series. https://www.moma.org/media/W1siZiIsIjMxNzIxMyJdLFsicCIsImNvbnZlcnQiLCItcmVzaXplIDEzNjZ4MTM2Nlx1MDAzZSJdXQ.jpg?sha=ff9d62ea1568ceb8

What ideas have you come up with? What materials are you using that help you to challenge yourself? How does it fit into your current body of work?  How does it REACH OUT into NEW IDEAS?

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#30Minutes x 8 and you are out the door. #MakeItWork!

20 “Clear sight makes clear art.” Observation lies at the heart of the art process. Whether your art derives from mimicking nature or extrapolating a mental construct, your powers of observation are critical. Unless you can see what lies before you, you cannot describe it. Train yourself to eliminate preconceptions and received understandings when observing anything. Try to see what is before you, not what you think you see or want to see.  Kit White 101 Things to Learn in Art School

Drawing: Masterworks

2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.

What struggles do you personally find in the making of a continuous line contour drawing? Two things you are challenged by – full sentences.

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Write out all that you have accomplished today. When we come back we are going to be looking at landscapes and observation of that space as well as how we use line. Vincent Van Gogh and the Impressionist Drawings may be a starting point for our final artworks.

Studio Art 360: Painting

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

What are two things that are helping you EMPHASIZING the idea of  YOU as you create this self portrait?

Erased De Kooning by Robert Rauschenberg: http://yewknee.com/_img/blog/blog_eraseddekooning012.jpg

What is one way that you feel ART be used to discuss IMPORTANT things in culture?

AP Studio Art: Concentration and WHAT ARE YOU TAKING HOME?

4.2Ad: Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.

Best part of yesterday? Plans for today? How’s it coming?

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Masterly crafted art by an AP Studio Artist. Good to see the work. http://redoakart.weebly.com/uploads/8/6/9/2/8692977/7947222.jpg?768

How are you moving forward in the process of developing a series of works based on someone else’s work? How are you keeping the images the SAME and how are you changing the ideas?

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#HolyCow – 1 1/2 Days left before #Break, but whose counting?

Drawing: Blind Continuous Line Drawings – OR – Timed OBSERVATION and DRAWING

1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.

What struggles do you have when it comes to drawing with pencils to begin with? What struggles do you think you might have when drawing them without being able to lift your pencil? How about your sense of OBSERVATION and LOOKING CAREFULLY? What are your biggest struggles?

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OBSERVATION: Time to LOOK at the objects and DRAW them after we look. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b9/c5/14/b9c514cd519b8ca9ac2ea5af36f7883c.jpg

In the end, what was the biggest challenge / success you had today in the studio?

Studio Art 360: Paint for another day my artists.

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)?

Chuck Close’s NANCY – Frank Korb Photo

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?

AP Studio Art: Looking at sketches tomorrow – What are your ideas?

4.2Ad: Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.

Best part of yesterday? Plans for today? How’s it coming?

How are you moving forward in the process of developing a series of works based on someone else’s work? How are you keeping the images the SAME and how are you changing the idea?

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#Wednesday and 2 1/2 Days to go…

#20 “Clear sight makes clear art.” Observation lies at the heart of the art process. Whether your art derives from mimicking nature or extrapolating a mental construct, your powers of observation are critical. Unless you can see what lies before you, you cannot describe it. Train yourself to eliminate preconceptions and received understandings when observing anything. Try to see what is before you, not what you think you see or want to see.  Kit White 101 Things to Learn in Art School

Drawing: Mark making and the Pencil (crits. for those who missed it yesterday)

1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.

What struggles do you have when it comes to drawing with pencils to begin with? What struggles do you think you might have when drawing them without being able to lift your pencil?

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Lines – How can we use LINE to make art – MOvement TOO! https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e8/3a/f8/e83af84f67c970756dcd50b8aea8084c.jpg

In the end, what was the biggest challenge / success you had today in the studio

Studio Art 360: Painting – yes – more of this

7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environment.

how much of your painting have you got covered? What GOALS do you have for the painting today? DO NOT RUSH – Keep an EYE on the LINES and EDGES.

Andy Warhol and HIMSELF: http://artknowledgenews.com/files2009b/Andy_Warhol_Strangulation.jpg
Andy Warhol and HIMSELF: http://artknowledgenews.com/files2009b/Andy_Warhol_Strangulation.jpg

Thick and Thin – How are the colors covering the canvas / lines / underdrawing of the the painting?

AP Studio Art: Concentration and the Website – Get to it!

4.2Ad: Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.

Best part of yesterday? Plans for today? How’s it coming?

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CONCENTRATION of an AP Student – SCORE 6 https://image.slidesharecdn.com/apart-100513113841-phpapp01/95/ap-art-4-728.jpg?cb=1273750789

How are you moving forward in the process of developing a series of works based on someone else’s work? How are you keeping the images the SAME and how are you changing the idea?

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#Tuesday and we have #SoMuchToDo!

#20 “Clear sight makes clear art.” Observation lies at the heart of the art process. Whether your art derives from mimicking nature or extrapolating a mental construct, your powers of observation are critical. Unless you can see what lies before you, you cannot describe it. Train yourself to eliminate preconceptions and received understandings when observing anything. Try to see what is before you, not what you think you see or want to see.  Kit White 101 Things to Learn in Art School

SCHOLASTIC ARTS FOLKS – LISTEN UP! QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT – Artwork Available HERE for upload.

Drawing: Critique and then LINES and PENCIL

9.1Ac: Determine the relevance of criteria used by others to evaluate a work of art or collection of works.

Well… Grab a RUBRIC II – and begin your self evaluation – AFTER you have taken a few 15 – 20 minutes to do written evaluation of 4 works of art – make sure your written critiques use ACTIONABLE / CRITICAL / IMPROVEMENT type statements. Let’s start this critique then. Get the work up in front of us and you lead the way. KORB will sit back and listen… Keep time Korb.

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Group Critiques – Separate yourselves and put the works up! http://www.saic.edu/media/saic/gfx/admissions/whysaic-undergrad/critiquereplace.jpg

Nothing – The Critique was part of it.

Studio Art 360: PAINT – I’m Critiquing your MUGS

7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.

What colors are you using in this portrait? What IS your color scheme and what colors are you going to be using?

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How are you Warhol? http://www.que.es/archivos/201208/4745013w-640x640x80.jpg

What struggles are you having with this painting so far? This is DUE at the end of the week – End of Class Thursday. DO NOT RUSH.

AP Studio Art: WORK! Concentration is HUGE and so are your WEBSITES!

7.1Ad: Analyze how responses to art develop over time based on knowledge of and experience with art and life.

How has this last concentration challenged you? Working from OTHER’s work may be a new idea for you. What is challenging?

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More STRONG STUDENT work – HOW ARE YOU GROWING? AP Concentration: http://www.ichenartacademy.com/uploads/9/1/6/7/9167260/alisha-breadth_1_orig.png

You had a lot to think about today… What did you take a away from the 1) conversation and then 2) WORK TIME? Strong Student Work.

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4 1/2 Days Left – Ok – Let’s Make #ART

#20 “Clear sight makes clear art.” Observation lies at the heart of the art process. Whether your art derives from mimicking nature or extrapolating a mental construct, your powers of observation are critical. Unless you can see what lies before you, you cannot describe it. Train yourself to eliminate preconceptions and received understandings when observing anything. Try to see what is before you, not what you think you see or want to see.  Kit White 101 Things to Learn in Art School

Edward Hopper Chop Suey: Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9254357
Edward Hopper Chop Suey: Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9254357

Drawing: CRIT!

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 do you need to TOUCH UP TODAY! Crit Tomorrow!

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Time To Critique: http://www.artic.edu/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow_scale/public/cal_TP_crit_360.png?itok=AhqbYJZS

What was it that you took away from today’s critique? How did you contribute to the success of the conversation?

Studio Art 360: Paint – Let’s get this thing done this week!

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!

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Andy Warhol and Marilyn: http://www.georgetownframeshoppe.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/m/a/marilyn36.jpg

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.

AP Studio Art: Let’s INDIVIDUALLY LOOK at your pages.

2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.

What have your previous works of art been this year and how have you been planning the NEW and Important ideas out for your work based on the work of the residents of Waterford Senior Living? HOW DOES INSPIRATION FROM OTHERS WORK HELP or CHALLENGE YOU?

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Strong Student AP Concentration Work: http://www.ichenartacademy.com/uploads/9/1/6/7/9167260/phoebe-concentration_1_orig.png

What ideas have you come up with? What materials are you using that help you to challenge yourself? How does it fit into your current body of work?  How does it REACH OUT into NEW IDEAS? Strong Student Work:

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#Friday already? Woah – Where did the #StudioTime go?

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

Drawing: This is IT folks – Last day of DRAWING for the STILL LIFE

2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.

Last day in class – do you need to make photographs of your objects to help you work over the weekend? How many drawings have you got going? We are critiquing them on Monday – Get ready to TALK.

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Coffee, Spoon, Tomato – Fred Bell: https://i.pinimg.com/236x/15/50/fd/1550fd03f1720b49da4353aea07e2fa5–coffee-spoon-tomatoes.jpg

What do you need to do in order to wrap things up for Monday? Excellent job with your Observational skills. Let’s take one more day to polish up the ideas. You’ll talk about 3 of the drawings (maybe 4)… How many have you drawn?

Studio Art 360: Let the PAINTING continue! CLEAN UP THOSE BRUSHES!

7.1Ac: Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environment.

How much of your drawing have you got covered? What GOALS do you have for the drawing today? DO NOT RUSH – Keep an EYE on the LINES and EDGES. I suggest taking it home to finish the lines for MONDAY.

Andy Warhol and HIMSELF: http://artknowledgenews.com/files2009b/Andy_Warhol_Strangulation.jpg
Andy Warhol and HIMSELF: http://artknowledgenews.com/files2009b/Andy_Warhol_Strangulation.jpg

Thick and Thin – How are the lines covering the canvas as an underdrawing of the the painting?

AP Studio Art: What can I do to HELP you with your WEBSITES / PHOTOGRAPHS?

Research and Information Fluency – Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.

What problems are you having with the BLOG / WordPress program – uploading? Writing? Maneuvering around the site?

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Frank Gehry in the Studio LOOKING and THINKING about the work in front of him… how are you doing with that? https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/55e7/004d/4d8d/5d0b/c000/1305/large_jpg/facebook-new-campus-frank-gehry_04everett-katigbak-facebook.jpg?1441202245

What do you need to do in order to have ALL your work (made so far this year) photographed, edited, and uploaded to the website?

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#Friday? #What! Yes… It is Friday.

“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

Drawing: Mid Critique

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 are 3 things you would like to hear about your work that you feel would help you with your drawing(s).

Get your handbooks and turn to p23. As the artist:

  1. Speak about your objects and why you chose them.
  2. Speak about 2 challenges you are having currently and WHY you are struggling.
  3. Speak about 2 successes that are new to you in this drawing series.

Listen to each person and write down, in full sentences, the comments they make about your work. As a critic:

  1. Speak about the areas of their work that are successful and WHY you see it as a success.
  2. Speak about the an area of their work that you see is in need of attention and HOW they might be able to overcome the issue or WHY you feel there is a struggle in the work.

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Crit. G: What are 3 things that you took away from the critique today? Write it out as to help yourself move forward.

Studio Art 360:

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 the biggest challenges that you see facing you today in the process of enlarging the photographs? Are you about ready to begin the painting process?

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What challenges did you face today in the gridding out of the portrait? Are you ready to begin the painting part of the process?

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AP Studio Art: Monday – CRITIQUE / Helen Frankenthaller / Photography this coming week.

2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.

Thinking about the work that you are doing… what are the visual skills that you feels you are developing? how has this year been beneficial to you so far?

 

Richard Estes in his Studio: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4gF6YuGUwVM/TM3EJh44G_I/AAAAAAAAP6g/TUh2l6hbE_w/s320/rich+estes+port.jpg

What is the ONE SKILL that you feel would be worth your time to continue to FOCUS and CONCENTRATE on? CRITIQUE on MONDAY! Richard Estes Working:

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#Making #Art as the #Week #Ends – #Thursday in the #Studio

“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

Drawing: Tomorrow – MID CRIT – What do you have to show?

2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.

What skills do you want to demonstrate as we prepare for the mid-crit for tomorrow.

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Fred Bell : https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wSxmce88u2Y/WBP1-gWb0zI/AAAAAAAAEVk/KarrZZchi-InsTs3WASwutM7pEEs91KBgCPcB/s1600/IMG_1288.JPG

Take a look at the FIRST portion of the back of the rubric and fill out the EXECUTION portion of it.

Studio Art 360: The GRID and your CANVAS

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 challenges did you have in the finding of SHAPE in the portrait? Talk for 2.67 minutes to your table about the process.

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Alex Katz’s Ted Barrigan. Portrait: https://assets.paddle8.com/media/editorial/entry/1452526259-alex-katz-ted-berrigan.jpeg

How have you begun to transfer the images to the canvas? Success? Not as much? Why? Explain.

AP Studio Art: Concentration – Mid Crit on Monday? Sketchbook Looks on Friday.

Research and Information Fluency – Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.

What problems are you having with the BLOG / WordPress program – uploading? Writing? Maneuvering around the site?

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Sam Francis in the studio – Look at ALL THE WORKS! http://www.samfrancis.com/images/samfrancis/Portraits/Zoom/sam_francis_untitled_1992cf.jpg

What do you need to do in order to have ALL your work (made so far this year) photographed, edited, and uploaded to the website?

 

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