Tag: Drawing

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#Friday already? Well… not really, but #CloseEnough!

“The question for each man is not what he would do if he had the means, time, influence and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has.” — Frank Hamilton

Studio Art 360 – FINISH THE DRAWINGS – Mount them to Mats – Exhibit your work!

Now that you have a good understanding of drawing from OBSERVATION… How can you carry that FURTHER into the idea of OTHER objects and Still Life Paintings? Janet Fish has spent a career on that VERY IDEA! http://artandperception.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/fwf1.jpg

GOALS:

  • G: 4.1P: Analyze, select, and curate artifacts and/or artworks for presentation and preservation.
  • How do you feel about MATTING and PRESENTING your work? What sort of FINISH will putting a WHITE MATT around it do for your work? Give two ideas and explanations.

Why does the presentation of your final works make you PROUD or NOT PROUD? Please give a solid three sentence explanation to your answer.

Painting – Hallways – Wow – One More Day?

What makes this a more successful DRAWING than yesterdays? How do you see your abilities as you see a strong drawing like this one? What can you do?

GOALS:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What EXPERIMENTS are you using as you make marks in the hallways? Are you finding NEW SKILLS you didn’t think you had? Explain the STRENGTH (in art terms) of your initial ROUGH drawing and Thumbnails.

What about today’s drawing makes for a successful drawing? Three reasons please. 

AP Studio Art – LECTURE TIME – Art and Fear – Sit and Chat about the challenges ahead of you.

What is the FOCAL POINT? What Elements is this artist using to create a sense of EMPHASIS or UNITY? https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/755a3-dscf0129.jpg

GOALS:

  • 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.
  • Looking at the hands and feet drawings – what can you do now – 3 things – to EMPHASIZE the FOCAL POINT through your use of CONTRAST?

Looking at the rubric from the AP Site – are you hitting the level 6 marks? What do you do SPECIFICALLY to match one of them (or not match one of them).

AP COURSE Rubric: http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap12_studio_art_scoring_guidelines.pdf

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Making Art for FUN!

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Welcome BACK fellow staff members! Our Goals for Today are:

  1. Express yourself visually and begin (maybe finish) a piece of art that says something about you.
  2. Collaborate with your group members:
    1. Tell the group your plan and get suggestions and feedback
    2. As a group, attempt to agree upon a color or color scheme that visually brings your pieces together.

*Give your finished piece to me by this Thursday 8/28 to be hung in the new gallery.

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Grids and Math and Art and Culture!

“Remember, all the answers you need are inside of you; you only have to become quiet enough to hear them.” — Debbie Ford

Art Foundations: GRIDS and MATH – Shhhh… Let’s figure this out.

Look at all the MARILYNS! Can you find a color scheme in any of them? http://mjsevensins.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/andy-warhol-marilyn.jpg

GOALS

    1. 1.2 How are you using the ideas of RATIOS to transfer your IMAGE UP to a larger size? (grid and drawing – then to painting)

How do you see the work you are creating now improving or being more successful than the work you have done in the past? Do you REALLY think you are taking the time in drawing (sketchbooks) as being more thought out? Are you using techniques from our class elsewhere in your day-to-day making  of objects?

Drawing: GENIUS DAY PRESENTATIONS

WHAT ARE YOUR LEARNING GOALS? WHAT DID YOU LEARN? http://b29115924cf54e629aa5-4ff86151a1684680afb5e7ba0d0f4374.r32.cf2.rackcdn.com/227BB82D-C8A9-4CD4-9283-B0006BACC3D3.jpg

GOALS

  1. 5.3 describe meanings of artworks by analyzing 5.3.1 techniques and 5.3.2 how they relate to history and culture

What was the most CHALLENGING Part of this week? What would you do differently? What would you suggest be DONE differently? Hang Work in MATT and DISPLAY on Back Wall With Paragraph / RESEARCH – Hallways Next Week – CHARCOAL!  

AP Studio Art: DuCHOMP some snacks with your art – PRESENTATIONS!

Where are YOUR figures? http://www.chicagoreader.com/imager/how-to-find-the-nude-in-nude-descending-art-collector-arthur-jerome/b/original/9173306/4a04/eddy_s-nude.jpg

GOALS

  1. 5.3 describe meanings of artworks by analyzing 5.3.1 techniques and 5.3.2 how they relate to history and culture

What was the most CHALLENGING Part of this week? What would you do differently? What would you suggest be DONE differently? Hang Work

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Red Yellow and Blue Liz… Thanks Andy!

“Remember, all the answers you need are inside of you; you only have to become quiet enough to hear them.” — Debbie Ford

Art Foundations: GRIDS and ANDY WARHOL

Elizabeth Taylor – What color scheme did WARHOL use? http://markmasuoka.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/andy-warhol-liz-yellow-kunstmuseum-basel-the-early-sixties.jpg

Andy Warhol and POP ART

Goals:

  1. 1.2 How are you using the ideas of RATIOS to transfer your IMAGE UP to a larger size? (grid and drawing – then to painting)
  2. 6.1 How might someone NOT in art use RATIOS in the rest of their life –  Mathematical Ratios and Transferring ideas?

What are the challenges you have been having with this process? What colors have you begun using and how easy / hard has this been for you?.Did you need or offer help from / to a classmate? Collaboration is ESSENTIAL to solving problems

Drawing: Last Genius Day day…

LAST DAY! What do you need to do? Come On… Pull it together! http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7oxR6e_pVhY/UxyFLAEwOGI/AAAAAAAAB_U/Fii4x2O415M/Slide6_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg

Goals:

  1. 2.2 evaluate the effectiveness of artworks

So, How are you doing TODAY? Are you needing HOURS tonight? Do not forget to PRACTICE your presentation. Talk to your neighbor about the process.

AP Studio Art: DUCHAMP at the last day – PRESENT TOMORROW!

Here she comes…. http://classic.education.wisc.edu/art108/_images/fullsized/1309fs.jpg

Goals:

  1. 3.3 describe the creation of images and ideas and explain why they are of value – WHY is this of value to you? What are you learning? What’s happening in your brain about art?

Are you in a resolution stage for this artwork? Are you struggling with it? How are you dealing with the NEGATIVE space?  

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Consumerism POPS in the Arts!

“Remember, all the answers you need are inside of you; you only have to become quiet enough to hear them.” — Debbie Ford

Art Foundations: Color Schemes REBOOT / Grid and the Drawing

Andy Warhol and POP ART. Repetition of the image. Click on the IMAGE to read about WARHOL and the SOUP CAN. http://www.phaidon.com/resource/243936733-91ad4940d7-z.jpg

Goals:

  1. 3.2 Apply ideas in art and use skill to solve visual challenges.
  2. 6.1 compare aspects of the visual arts with aspects of other disciplines through Mathematical Ratios and Transferring images / blending colors.

What challenges are you finding as you begin this n this process of transferring images? Are you able to use MATH to begin the GRID process?

Drawing: Genius Week – Present on Friday

What’s your GENIUS IDEA? http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/b9/a4/9f/b9a49f5d93178ae8a66d1568b5085095.jpg

Goals:

  1. 1.3 communicate ideas clearly – How are you?

Share your ideas with ONE classmate and WRITE in your BINDER – What have I accomplished today. What am I doing / knowing better today than I was yesterday?

AP Studio Art: Duchamp… How is the Drawing? Positive Negative Space? Figure / Ground Relationships?

What’s Duchamp doing to the ART WORLD? http://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/article-2400.jpg

Goals:

  1. 3.3 describe the creation of images and ideas and explain why they are of value (How have the solutions been coming along? Are you able to stay focused on the GOALS you are hoping to accomplish with this drawing? How is it going?) Go ahead and DESCRIBE your thoughts!

Are you in a resolution stage for this artwork? Are you struggling with it? How are you dealing with the NEGATIVE space?

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POP goes the Art World… What images are POPULAR today?

“Remember, all the answers you need are inside of you; you only have to become quiet enough to hear them.” — Debbie Ford

Art Foundations: Color Schemes

 

Goals:

  1. 1.2 Create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to materials.

What color scheme would it be if… examples of colors?

Drawing: Genius WEEK…

 

Goals:

  1. 2.6 create multiple solutions to visual challenges that show understanding in relationships between composition and meaning of artwork – Maybe you are already into one of the solutions – is it powerful enough?

Share your ideas with ONE classmate and WRITE in your BINDER – What have I accomplished today. What am I doing / knowing better today than I was yesterday?

AP Studio Art: Moving Through Space and Time – in one drawing.

 

Goals:

  1. 5.5 evaluate responses to works of art for communicating 5.5.1 rationale, 5.5.2 ideas and, 5.5.3 opinions – What is the message – question – idea you are trying to work through? Explain your thoughts…

What do you feel is different about treating this DRAWING from last week and transforming it into an ARTWORK?  

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Who’s descending the staircase? Could it be YOU?

#Goals – POSTING TIME CHANGE – 7:00 AM versus 6:00 AM – MORE TO RT on Twitter!

“Remember, all the answers you need are inside of you; you only have to become quiet enough to hear them.” — Debbie Ford

Art Foundations: Working on Colors


Goals:

  1. 1.4 Define color schemes using analysis (what are the colors that we, as painters / drawers use to make all the other colors?)

Review with neighbors the relationships of the colors on the color wheel? QUIZ one another on the names, types and relationships of the colors. (5, 9)  – CREATE A CLC SHEET ASAP MONDAY! Assignment – FOR WEDNESDAY – Bring in a PHOTOGRAPH / Advertisement of a POPULAR CULTURE IMAGE (product, celebrity, OBJECT – Not a Drawing / Cartoon… Something that is of interest to you.

Drawing: Genius Hour


Goals:

  1. 1.4 create, define, and solve visual challenges using 1.4.1 analysis (breaking up the artwork / subject matter to basic elements), 1.4.2 synthesis (put all the parts of a work together to form a whole), 1.4.3 evaluation [critique] (formative and summative reflections about your artwork)

Share your ideas with ONE classmate and WRITE in your BINDER – What have I accomplished today. What am I doing / knowing better today than I was yesterday?

AP Studio Art: Duchamp is in your Head!


Goals:

  1. 2.3 create artworks that solve visual challenges – NOW STOP and think about the GOAL you have for this ARTWORK – WRITE IT DOWN.  Same colors  Duchamp used. White, black, sanguine.

What do you feel is different about treating this DRAWING from last week and transforming it into an ARTWORK?  

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STEAM Education at Waterford Union High School

In two of our art classes, we have had the great opportunity to tie it ALL(most) together. Thanks to Ms. Lynn Neuman (math) and Mrs. Nancy Smith (Science) for their ideas and feedback.

Breanna A. – Science, English, and ART!

Art Foundations – Science / Engineering / Math / English and ART. They researched (flipped classroom of my videos) 2 point perspective (houses, buildings etc…) and learned the “rules.” Then they researched Scanning Electron Microscope images, we had a conversation about the results, they documented their sites, read a bit about it and then… they had to use the rules of perspective to interpret their microscopic image into and oil pastel drawing. The link is here: http://goo.gl/uRIS37

Jessica's Bauhaus Drawing!
Jessica’s Bauhaus Drawing!

Drawing – Using the HISTORY of Germany and Russia in the early 1900’s – WWII, the students studied the times and ideas behind the work of Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky. They studied the MATH / GEOMETRY / COLOR theory behind his works and came up with their own color theory. THEN… Music was the emotional impetus for the work. They listened first to music by Kandinsky’s contemporaries and got the ideas for abstraction and geometry. From there they worked their OWN music into the art. So lets see… Music / history / math / social studies (history)… oh.. and ENGLISH – they had to write up an explanation – Artist Statement about their work. The collaborative efforts can be seen in this presentation they worked out and engineered through Google Presentation… some of it MAY still be in the works! http://goo.gl/Jz15AT

Have a GREAT WEEKEND!

Frank

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Stay on TARGET. FIGURE in your SPACE and COMPOSE a good GOAL for yourself.

“No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.” – Jessica Savitch

Target with 4 Faces… What does the target do? What do the faces mean? 1000 Points if you let me know your thoughts… (The points are for bragging rights only). http://www.moma.org/collection_images/resized/148/w500h420/CRI_80148.jpg

Art Foundations: Last 1/2 hour to work… Are you coming in after school to pick up pastels?

What DISCOVERY have you made about the use of MICROSCOPIC IMAGES and the designing of 2 Point Perspective Artworks? http://thehomeschoolscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/looking-at-hair-in-a-microscope.jpg

Goals:

  1. 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* ANSWER THIS FOR YOUR GOALS? What relationships do you see between your work and the ORIGINAL Scientists vision of the microorganism?

What was the best and the worst part of the work? What are you going to take into your next major artwork that you learned from this artwork? What makes you stop and THINK about the work you have seen bu others?

Drawing: FINAL DAY! These are AWESOME – Get Ready to WRITE about the work as you make your artist statement!

What can you be thinking about as you wrap up your Kandinsky inspired work? What do you think he might have been thinking about. http://www.artesmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/KANDIN-PORTR2.jpg

Goals:

  1. 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* – Answer this for your GOALS: What are the STRONG relationships you have with Kandinsky in his work and yours?

What did you take away from this overall DEEP and difficult project?

AP Studio Art: 1 Drawing today – 20 minute reclining figure – How about looking at a Henry Moore instead of the Mary Cassatt.

How did Henri Moore work the figures from the REAL to the SCULPTURAL? https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/f0316-sculpturedrawings.png

Goals:

  1. 2.3 create artworks that solve visual challenges – ANSWER THIS: What has been the BIGGEST CHALLENGE you have faced with the idea / activity of the figure drawing? How will you handle 20 minutes today?

How did things go today? Look at everyones drawings and make comments about their figure drawings in their binders.

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What did you hope to gain from yesterday? What do you hope to gain from today?

While in class we set goals in class based on the N.V.A.S. and the N.E.T.S… let’s take a look at our individual picture for a moment. Please think about the larger goal (NVAS) that is presented, but write out what we were hoping to gain from these experiences. It is always good to “look into the rear view mirror” to see who we were that made us who we are. Challenging to really see perhaps, but always good to think about and reflect upon.

“No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.” – Jessica Savitch

Go Waterford! I don’t think that was what Jasper Johns had in mind when he painted his green target. https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ae31e-johns_jasper_green_target_2.jpg

Art Foundations: Microscopic Images make for some HUGE Successes. Great work across the board!

What do you see? What will your audience see? http://www.rawstory.com/rs/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/shutterstock_78829726-615×345.jpg

Goals:

  1. What does your pastel drawing say about how you understand the relationships in 4.4.1 form 4.4.2 context and 4.4.3 meanings? What were YOU hoping to learn or take away from this project?

REVIEW the work you have done for today. What do you need to do for tomorrow? What do you need to expand on, tweak? Share the ideas / challenges with your neighbors.

Drawing: What does your music say to you? Perhaps revisit the song and see if it takes you where you wanted to go.

NOT Kandinsky but Klee – What was about this work that Hitler and the Nazi’s were so afraid of? Read the attached article to see more from the Neue Gallerie in New York City – Current Exhibit – Degenerate Art. http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/3/13/1394725009303/Paul-Klee-1879-1940-The-A-001.jpg

Goals:

  1. What does your Kandinsky inspired pastel drawing say about how you understand the relationships in 4.4.1 form 4.4.2 context and 4.4.3 meanings? What were YOU hoping to learn or take away from this project?

How does your art compare with the work of “professionals” and how can you work to create a better understanding of your approach / intent / ideas? Please don’t think of worse than or better than, but rather compare / contrast, similar / different.

AP Studio Art: Great to be a GROUP again… Let’s draw MORE of US!

Where was Mary Cassatt FOCUSED and where did she demonstrate expression? We’re still GESTURING! http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cassatt/theater.jpg

Goals:

  1. 3.2 apply our models poses, and idea of capturing the human form QUICKLY and use skill to capture that pose and form completely. What does this mean to you?

What are the strengths of the Composition? Where do you find the weaknesses in your work? How can you reflect tomorrow to change / alter  / move forward from that?