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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.
CIaD: T-Shirt Designs
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
2.2Ac: Demonstrate awareness of ethical implications of making and distributing creative work.
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
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.
2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
As you look at your etching assignment, what are three things from your ORIGINAL DESIGN that you were able to modify and improve on as you moved forward with your sketches? Remember that MONDAY is the LAST DAY TO COMPLETE your SECOND PANEL. If you are NOT DONE you will be handing in an incomplete work for the grade. (You can work on it on your own to improve the grade – but that is all on you).
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
PRESENTATION of the HANDBOOK COVERS THIS WEEK – Thursday we presented to the class – check out the presentations below for the works of NEXT YEARS HANDBOOK COVERS!
Drawing: Nests and PASTELS! WOO HOO
1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
What materials are you using with your final nest drawing? How have you advanced in the skill set of DRAWING? What are the challenges that you still see in front of you? List three things that you have improved on and then GET TO WORK!
What are the SPECIFICS that seem to be either 1) holding you back or 2) helping you forward? This is not a DIFFICULT assignment – it is just a DIFFERENT assignment. Use the TOOLBOX that you have and try a new tool.
What is the type of COMPOSITION that you have chosen to use for this work? What MEDIUM are you choosing to use? What is the ONE ELEMENT or ONE PRINCIPLE that you are going to focus on as you create this work of art?
Stained Glass: Self Assessment and Moving onto BOXES.
1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork
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.
Begin by getting your 2nd panel out (storage room or the gallery). Today we are going to SELF ASSESS the works. This is your time and think about what you have accomplished? Execution? Composition? Character? This is you taking the time to think about WHY you are exceeding or why you are struggling. Time for self reflection. Let’s do this now.
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
2.2Ac: Demonstrate awareness of ethical implications of making and distributing creative work.
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.
This is the week / day to finalize your design. Sit with ONE PERSON NEXT TO YOU and look at the design. I want you to explain your thoughts and reasons for this work. Explain all the choices you made. As the listener… please share TWO THOUGHTS with your partner that are CRITICAL and ACTIONABLE. Write out what your partner has said and how you are going to move forward with it.
Drawing: Nests and PASTELS! WOO HOO
7.2Ac: Evaluate the effectiveness of an image or images to influence ideas, feelings, and behaviors of specific audiences.
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
Fauvism and color use. We are taking the first drawings and moving forward with them. You worked so hard to deal with value and the composition and you now are going to work with the idea of COLOR and composition. Look at your first composition and write out three things that you see as having been done WELL and three things that you feel you need to improve on. These improvements need to be actionable – what SPECIFICALLY are you going to do to improve your next work?
Using the PLANT and the images by Jim Dine that I’ve shown you, what ideas have you begun to come up with regarding the final work? The drawings need to break the traditional compositional space. How are you planning on moving that idea forward? Write out three thoughts – full sentences – about your plans.
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
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.
2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
This week we begin our final skeleton ISOLATION drawing. Looking back at your studies from last week, what areas of the skeleton were you particularly drawn too? List 2 and tell yourself why. From these studies – what portion of the body are you going to begin your thumbnail drawings today? How are you going to deal with the negative space?
Looking back at project #2 – What are 3 major accomplishments that you can reflect on with this work? What have you become really good at in the realm of stained glass? Be ready to work on a BRAND NEW ARTWORK coming up.
What are the SUCCESSFUL and INDIVIDUAL ideas you have in your handbook cover design? Why is your design standing out from the crowd? What did you take away from the CRITIQUE of TUESDAY and make changes to the work so that you were able to advance the design? CLASS CRITIQUE is TUESDAY of next week – that is the DEADLINE. We present to the SCHOOL COMMITTEE coming up VERY SOON!
Play the above video for all the afternoon classes and GET OUT YOUR HANDBOOKS to respond to the questions below.
Drawing: Nests and CHARCOAL
7.2Ac: Evaluate the effectiveness of an image or images to influence ideas, feelings, and behaviors of specific audiences.
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
Looking at the previous drawings from the beginning of the week. How are you making advances in the drawing? We are working on a small TRIO of drawings with specific COMPOSITIONAL requirements. Use of CHARCOAL will begin TODAY if you haven’t otherwise. Remember to focus on your INTENTIONAL mark making (and removal of marks with erasers).
AP Studio Art: Jim Dine Plants and Flowers – PRINTS to be completed in the end.
1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork
9.1Ad: Construct evaluations of a work of art or collection of works based on differing sets of criteria.
Using the PLANTS and the image by Jim Dine that I have shown you (AND THE BOOK), what ideas FIRST COME TO YOUR MIND when told you are going to be working on a PLANT BASED drawing and then a PRINT? Write out your FIRST THOUGHTS. We are going to be dealing with the idea of a PRINT from a drawing… the drawing will be one work, the print will be a second work that you can then go back into and work.
Adv. Drawing: Skeleton Drawings Today! NO HANDBOOK FOR YOU THURSDAY – We will look at that FRIDAY instead.
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
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.
2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
As we worked with the skeleton this week… what have you learned from this series for drawings? What struggles are you working through? Next week we focus in on a portion of the skeleton on a large sheet of paper and work on an isolation drawing of the skeleton.
With all the new glass now in the cabinet, it is time to really look at the deadlines. This second panel deadline will be WEDNESDAY and we group critique on Thursday. Panels will be cleaned, photographed, installed in the gallery, and grades uploaded on Friday.
Today we are doing a “close to final” group critique. Your final self assessment rubric will be filled out later this week. Your written comments on the rubric will be actionable items. Not… “I like x,y, or z in your work.” But rather “there are issues with the gaps in the frames and you could fix that by doing this…”
This week is YOU WORKING and we have a MIDCRIT coming up FAST. Be prepared to talk and explain your plans to a small group of NON NEIGHBOR Studiomates. This is YOUR time to shine and get feedback and GIVE feedback. Our Midcrit is TUESDAY – so let’s get some GOOD solid design done / worked on MONDAY and be ready to roll TUESDAY for conversation.
Drawing: Nests and Drawing
7.2Ac: Evaluate the effectiveness of an image or images to influence ideas, feelings, and behaviors of specific audiences.
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
STILL LIFE in FRONT of you… well… the beginnings of a still life that is. Today we SIMPLY sit and sketch the nests in front of us. Take your time and LOOK CAREFULLY at the lines, the marks, the ways in which you can draw. From the first two days of drawing we will begin the still life based on these natural works of engineering.
What challenged you with the still life ideas today? What ELEMENTS did you focus on? What Principles (movement? balance? repetition?) did you use? Are you thinking COMPOSITIONALLY?
AP Studio Art: Concentration / Crit – Jim Dine Plants and Flowers – PRINTS to be completed in the end.
1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork
9.1Ad: Construct evaluations of a work of art or collection of works based on differing sets of criteria.
Artwork out and in front of us all. We are CRITIQUING TODAY. If you are not done – it is a ZERO and you fail the final 3 works in the concentration. Fair? Yes. Empty threat? I hope not.
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
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.
2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
What is the longest bone in the body? How can you use your understanding of the figure to HELP you figure out proportions AS you are drawing? N: Skeleton Drawings – Studying the INDIVIDUAL parts / sections of the skeleton.
Looking back at project #2 – What are 3 major accomplishments that you can reflect on with this work? What have you become really good at in the realm of stained glass? Be ready to work on a BRAND NEW ARTWORK when we get back from break!
What are the SUCCESSFUL and INDIVIDUAL ideas you have in your handbook cover design? Why is your design standing out from the crowd? How is it ORIGINAL and YOURS? Write out the STRONGEST ideas you have in your design and be able to explain WHY these are good design principles and / or elements. Balance? Movement? Repetition? Line? Shape? Space?
Drawing: Crits are DONE. Computer work to WRAP IT ALL UP.
1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
Looking at the previous work… What was a successful skill that you picked up? What observational skills have you developed? What skills are you still struggling with when it comes to making art? These skills will hopefully be aspects of your artmaking skills that will stick with you for the rest of your artmaking life. Keep it up!
AP Studio Art: Concentration – How are you doing? Without work – the progress doesn’t happen.
1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork
9.1Ad: Construct evaluations of a work of art or collection of works based on differing sets of criteria.
What do you ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO DO over break? I do not want to see this all done the night before we come back. Take some time EACH and EVERY DAY to get some of the AP SITE updated as well as OUR AP Student site.
Adv. Drawing: Gesture Drawings Today!
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
Four days to work on the stained glass. The GOAL for the week is to FINISH the piece. This is completely in EVERYONE’S reach. If you are FAR from finished you are in need of coming on and getting yourself to work outside of class. Some of you are doing a good job cutting, but have ZERO foiled and ZERO soldered. Are you in that category? Look at what you currently have begun and write out a FOUR DAY PLAN. Monday I plan on… Tuesday I will… Wednesday I am going to… Thursday I will finish this work up and fill out my rubric and hand in the final work of art.
Open your sketchbook and get out your 10 magazine covers. Let’s look at previous handbook covers and other handbook covers from additional locations. What is a common idea that you are seeing in the covers? What are areas that you see as unique and individual? We have some VERY SPECIFIC instructions that we are going to follow… wait for it though… I want you to design for a bit first.
Drawing: German Expressionism – CRIT this week.
7.2Ac: Evaluate the effectiveness of an image or images to influence ideas, feelings, and behaviors of specific audiences.
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
Gather into groups of FOUR with NEW PEOPLE that you are not used to working with. Not the people you are sitting next to most of the time. Sit down and work with one another through the back of the rubric and give one another real feedback and critique. This is a 15 minute process… Ok? Ok. Go to it!
AP Studio Art: Concentration – How are you doing? Without work – the progress doesn’t happen.
1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork
9.1Ad: Construct evaluations of a work of art or collection of works based on differing sets of criteria.
What are three things you are MOST PLEASED with in regards to the most RECENT WORKS of art? Write out the strengths. What are you doing that is holding you back? I am giving you TWO MORE DAYS to work on the concentration – we are going to CRIT on WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY.
Adv. Drawing: Figures coming up…
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
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.
2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
What are the biggest fears that you have about the ideas of drawing a full human figure? Why do you think this is so tough? Beginning with a general idea of the figure and a reference with the mannequin – you will draw out the proportions and stance of the models for a few minutes and then transition to the human form. Using various references, you will look very carefully and recreate the figures.
How much did you accomplish this week? List three things you were very successful with this week and ONE thing that you really struggled with? Why were you successful and what was it that you held you back?
Looking back on the week – what 3 things challenged you with Adobe Photoshop? Write out two things you notice as DIFFERENT between APS and AI… How are they similar?
Drawing: German Expressionism – Final Week – CRIT MONDAY and TUESDAY!
1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork
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 need to do over the weekend to resolve this drawing? What challenges did you overcome through this artwork? How do you see the skills that you developed here as being helpful in future works?
AP Studio Art: Concentration – How are you doing? Without work – the progress doesn’t happen.
1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork
2.3Ad: Demonstrate in works of art or design how visual and material culture defines, shapes, enhances, inhibits, and/or empowers people’s lives.
What do you need to do this weekend to stay ahead of the game? Are you falling behind? Are you being lazy with your work?
Adv. Drawing: CRITIQUE DAY!
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.
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
Looking at the week ahead of you… how many pieces should you be working on resolving so that you are staying up to speed with the project? Remember that we should be shooting for 4 or five pieces a day – take the cut stuff home to wrap!
CIaD: Critique – Photoshop this week! ALL LATE WORK IS DUE FRIDAY!
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.
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
How many photographs have you brought to the process for this week? Remember that if you need to finish the Adobe Illustrator project – you need to make time to get into the computer lab (or room 123 has a couple of computers).
Drawing: German Expressionism – Final Week
1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
How did the critique from last Friday help you see the image you have in front of you in a new way? What are you hoping to do differently now that you have had a chance to look at the work from more than an arms length? What about your studio mates work did you see that will help you with your own work?
AP Studio Art: Concentration
1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork
2.3Ad: Demonstrate in works of art or design how visual and material culture defines, shapes, enhances, inhibits, and/or empowers people’s lives.
Concentration works need to be the FOCUS of the hours this week. It is important that you are on task – it you are not then the ideas of the “Artists Habits of Mind” are being missed.Page 18 in the handbook.What do you need to do this week to keep things on track?
Adv. Drawing: Abstract Drawing – Final Crit coming up!
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
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.
We will be critiquing at the end of the week -Wednesday and Thursday – Friday if necessary. This will be a process as we need to have a large space to display them and then be able to step back and look. Wednesday we start by going outside with spray fixative and set the charcoal on the paper
Art With Korb 
