Tag: Figure drawing

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#Monday is a #GoodPlaceToBe in the #ArtStudio

Are you chasing and grabbing hold of your dreams? http://images.elephantjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/chasing_dreams-e1415051600136.jpg

“A dream only becomes overrated when not pursued by the dreamer.” ― Courtney Hickman 

Let’s take a trip to the Venice Biennale: Thank you Blouin ArtInfo for the tour!

Advanced Drawing and AP Studio Art: Last Group Day of Working Together

Jim Dine – How is the PROCESS the important part – Not a figure but a self portrait! https://d32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net/X2X3-mp8VUIDH7fiyyM-uQ/tall.jpg
  • 2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
  • What are two ideas that you have taken away from this idea of the PROCESS of drawing rather than the idea of the PRODUCT?

What is one skill that you are going to think about, keep in the mind as you move forward as successful and hard looking drawers?

Drawing: MOUNT and ART SHOW – TOGETHER!

Graffiti in the gallery – NYTimes Website Article. http://static01.nyt.com/images/2011/06/22/nyregion/EXHIBIT/EXHIBIT-articleLarge.jpg
  • 5.1Ac: Evaluate, select, and apply methods or processes appropriate to display artwork in a specific place.
  • What is one of the biggest lessons you learned in the creation of the FAUVIST / GRAFFITI Self-Portrait over the past 4 weeks?

How did you feel to see your work all wrapped up and finished, hanging in the hallways and up for all to see?

Studio Art 360: Last PHOTO day in the HALLWAY – Maybe Outside!

What is Lang’s COMPOSITION STYLE in this Couple Seated on Front Porch? http://news.byu.edu/releases/archive11/Jan/lange/Couple%20on%20Porch.jpg
  • 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 three ways you have changed your thinking about the MAKING of PHOTOGRAPHS versus TAKING PICTURES? – TODAY – FOCUS ON FIGURES and PEOPLE!
  • HERE is the rubric we are going to use tomorrow. If you are interested and want to try and get a head start – go ahead and SAVE A COPY to your Google Folder (is your are using your school google account it is firstname.lastname@students.waterforduhs.us and then your password is whatever gets you logged into the school computers). Read the instructions and go for it. I will walk you all through it tomorrow. you CAN’T break it.

What FIVE compositions have you found and made – ready to upload to the computer on Tuesday?

GREAT PHOTOGRAPHERS – HERE

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#Monday is a good day to #Draw and talk about #Photography

“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

AP Studio Art and Advanced Drawing: RELAX and FIGURE DRAW

Jim Dine – Reverse – Subtractive Drawing – Fill the space – erase out your drawing! http://haleypatterson.weebly.com/uploads/1/6/4/0/16400668/2824977_orig.jpg

Goals

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

Larger Drawing Goals:

  • Observation (80% – 92% time looking), Guidelines, Concentration, Slow Drawing
  • Focus on the figure, Proportions, Scale, Sighting In
  • Full Page, Composition
  • AP and AdDraw:  How angry were you last Friday when you were asked to erase the drawing you spent time on Thursday? How did you feel AFTER you were told the rationale for the erasing?

AP and AdDraw: How does your drawing look in your own eyes? What did the process of ERASING the image in the beginning do for you?

Drawing: Get BACK to the Drawing – These last two days! CHECK OUT THE CRIT WAY DOWN ON THE PAGE – End of TODAY!

Back to where we started. A good place to revisit. http://cdn.bartongalleries.com/paintings/800/050242_Matisse_Madame%20Matisse.jpg

Goals

  • 1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.
  • Take a look at your previous day’s work – where did you struggle the most with the idea of the portrait? Where did you succeed the most? How do you use the ideas of chiaroscuro to better define the ideas of form (in the face especially)?

What was the most aspect of the drawing for you? Why was this most difficult way to go? What is most important about drawing when it comes to observation?

Studio Art 360: Let’s look at COMPOSITIONS and Photographs

POP Art Paintings! Nicely Done! – HERE

Bernd and Hilla Becher (German, established 1959 (partnership); 1931–2007 (Bernd); b. 1934 (Hilla). Water Towers (Cylindrical), 1978. Photography and you! We’re going to be working on photography soon. http://collection.mam.org/vmedia/tms768/r_m1984_117.jpg

Compositional Examples in Photography

GOALS:

  • 7.1P: Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.
  • What are THREE types of COMPOSITION that you REMEMBER from our conversations / lecture earlier in the year?

Which of the compositional approaches do YOU enjoy most? WHY?

Drawing Crit BELOW!

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#Friday and the #Figure – Let’s #DRAW!

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

AP Studio Art and Advanced Drawing: RELAX and FIGURE DRAW

Drawing and OBSERVING! http://www.marylandhall.org/sites/default/files/images/7-22-13%201.jpg

Goals:

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

Larger Drawing Goals:

  • Observation (80% – 92% time looking), Guidelines, Concentration, Slow Drawing
  • Focus on the figure, Proportions, Scale, Sighting In
  • Full Page, Composition
  • AP and AdDraw:  What do you think the skills that you currently have will help you in the process of the figure drawing?

AP and AdDraw: How does your drawing look in your own eyes? What did the process of ERASING the image in the beginning do for you?

Drawing: Get BACK to the Drawing – This week is IT!

Alexi von Jawlenski: http://en.wahooart.com/Art.nsf/O/8YDE4Y/$File/Alexei-Jawlensky-Lola.JPG

GOALS:

  •  1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.
  • This is it folks – last day – Every square inch needs pastel. What’s holding you back? What has propelled you forward in the process?

Are you taking pastels home? Where are you going to work on the drawing? What has been the HARDEST PART of the drawing?  Alex von Jawlensky:

Studio Art 360: Turn and and ORGANIZE

Bernd and Hilla Becher (German, established 1959 (partnership); 1931–2007 (Bernd); b. 1934 (Hilla)). Water Towers (Cylindrical), 1978. Photography and you! We’re going to be working on photography soon. http://collection.mam.org/vmedia/tms768/r_m1984_117.jpg

GOALS:

  • 7.1P: Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.
  • What do you KNOW about Photography? List 3 things that you are CERTAIN about.

Which of the compositional approaches do YOU enjoy most? WHY?

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#Figure and the #Evaluation – #Fauvism and #Graffiti

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

AP Studio Art and Advanced Drawing: RELAX and FIGURE DRAW

Let’s Draw! http://i.ytimg.com/vi/R44Pe3sxDv8/maxresdefault.jpg

Goals:

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

Larger Drawing Goals:

  • Observation (80% – 92% time looking), Guidelines, Concentration, Slow Drawing
  • Focus on the figure, Proportions, Scale, Sighting In
  • Full Page, Composition
  • AP and AdDraw: Figure Drawing is ESSENTIAL to the strong portfolio. Why do you feel that every artist should have a strong background in the world of figure drawing?

AP and AdDraw: How did your drawing challenge you today? Are you able to be focused on the figure for the period? Why do you stop short if you do? 

Drawing: Get BACK to the Drawing – This week is IT!

Alex von Jawlensky, Young Girl with Green Eyes: http://www.allpaintings.org/d/34361-2/Alexej+von+Jawlensky+-+Young+Girl+with+Green+Eyes.jpg

GOALS:

  • 1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.
  • Step back – yesterday you looked at the class work and got some feedback from them. Take a HARD LOOK AT YOUR DRAWING and determine what you need to focus on in the next 46 minutes. WRITE IT OUT!

ONE MORE DAY to work in class. What is working successfully in your drawing? WHY? 

Studio Art 360: DUE FIRST THING THURSDAY (then to mount and evaluate).

Let’s auction your work along side of Andy Warhol! http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Warhol+Silver+Car+Crash+Auctioned+Sotheby+ALA4TBweZg1l.jpg

GOALS:

  • 6.1P: Analyze and describe the impact that an exhibition or collection has on personal awareness of social, cultural, or political beliefs and understandings.
  • DONE! Time to reflect on the work. 3 warm up questions 1) What is the STRONGEST aspect of your painting? 2) What is the LEAST SUCCESSFUL aspect of your painting? 3) Why do you feel the way you do on either of the first 2 questions.

WHY do you feel the ideas of COLOR SCHEMES in artwork are worthwhile in the process of making an artwork? 

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#FigureDrawing in the #Studio – #GoFigure

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

AP Studio Art and Advanced Drawing: RELAX and FIGURE DRAW

http://www.toa.edu.my/aboutus/gfx/facilities/life_b.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.

Larger Drawing Goals:

  • Observation (80% – 92% time looking), Concentration, Slow Drawing
  • Focus on the figure, Proportions, Scale, Sighting In
  • Full Page, Composition
  • AP: Now that we are done with the AP Testing – time to move forward. Rather than the initial project I had planned – let’s team up with the Advanced Drawing Class for the next week but take it that next step. What is it about the drawing of the figure that you have become rather confident with?
  • AdDraw: What is it about the figure that you are still uncertain about? The Drawings are ALL ABOUT LOOKING and I expect you to be working and FOCUSED 100% of the time.

AP: How are you approaching the drawing in your own fashion?

AdDraw: What aspect of the drawing do you find successful? Why?

Drawing: Get BACK to the Drawing – This week is IT!

GOALS:

YO! http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/01150/21DMC_GRAFFITI_1150072g.jpg
  • 1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.  
  • Step back and look over your classmates work… what has been the biggest success from you classmate? Tell them and then write down 3 things you observed as successful in your classsmates work.

Four days left… Now that you are more aware of the use of pastels and covering larger spaces faster (large to small, general to specific) how do you feel the drawing has progressed?

Studio Art 360: DUE FIRST THING THURSDAY (then to mount and evaluate).

Chairman Mao… http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/8/1/1343836319588/Andy-Warhol-art-at-Tehran-008.jpg

GOALS:

  • 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • Working on the POP Art painting today, what is the ONE MAJOR ASPECT you need to clean up, finish up in the work today?

What is the biggest strength in your painting? What Color scheme do you feel turned out the best and why? 

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#GradesAreDueToday – Do you have your #LateWork in?

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

AP Studio Art: Prepare for the AP FINAL TODAY!

Here they are – grading your work! http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/assets_c/2013/06/APArt2_400%20(2)-thumb-420×236-5362.jpg

Goals:

  • 4.2Ad: Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.
  • What do you need to do before 6th Hour? Are you 100% Ready?

No more reflection today. Are you done?

Advanced Drawing: Gesture Drawing to warm up – Longer drawing today!

Today – Longer Drawing Time! Ready? http://artdivision.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Drawing-Class.jpg

Goals:

  • G: 2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
  • Beginning with the warm ups, how do you think having MORE time to draw will make it a STRONGER drawing?

Look carefully at your drawing from today… what’s the STRONGEST part of it? WHY?

Drawing: Get BACK to the Drawing – This week is IT!

Maurice de Vlaminck’s portrait: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4115/4871508338_48bc1811d0.jpg

GOALS:

  • G: 1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.
  • If you were to look at your paper in terms of percentages, how much of the paper have you touched with pastel? Do you feel you are covering LARGE areas first or DETAILS first?

How does FINGER BLENDING muddy the drawing and keep it from staying fresh? Under what circumstances would you WANT to finger blend – give me examples!

Studio Art 360: Wednesday DUE – then to mount and evaluate.

http://www.quotessays.com/images/andy-warhol-quotes-2.jpg

GOALS:

  • 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • What seems to be the one LARGEST CHALLENGE you are facing with your acrylic paintings?

What color scheme is your MOST SUCCESSFUL ONE at this point and WHY?

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#Welcome to the #ArtStudio and #4thQuarter – #HappyMOnday

Happy Youth Art Month: Art Terms 101: Analogous colors are colors found side by side on the color wheel which are closely related.

AP Studio Art: Figure Drawing! Let’s DRAW!

Richard Diebenkorn – let’s get started with this… http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/a001327158-001.jpg

Goals:

  • G:1.2Ad: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices, following or breaking established conventions, to plan the making of multiple works of art and design based on a theme, idea, or concept.
  • Looking back on ALL the GESTURE drawings you worked out last week – which of them will you want to use as a BREADTH piece to demonstrate this skill? What about it stands out as successful?

How did having the ENTIRE HOUR to draw help you develop the composition of your figure?

Advanced Drawing: Bauhaus Drawing – Oskar Schlemmer

How are you using the figire? http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/reverbstorm7.jpg

Goals:

  • G: 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.
  • Look at your work from a distance FIRST – What is the first thing that POPS out as needing work?

What did the conversation about the works allow you to SEE and then FIX in the BAUHAUS drawings? 

Drawing: Online Presentation of the Images.

Google Presentation is HERE and your DRAWINGS are HERE…

http://spi1uk.itvnet.lv/upload2/articles/72/723037/images/_origin_Lietas-kas-liecina-par-3.jpg

Goals:

  • G: 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • Using the first 10 minutes of class you are going to draw out what you feel were the most challenging parts of the face we started with last week. In your GOALS SHEET – What part of the face did you struggle with most and WHY?

What was the most challenging aspect of the mouth today? How do you see the relationships from one part of the face to another as important? What is most important about drawing when it comes to observation?

ASSIGNMENT FOR THURSDAY!!! Bring in a NEWSPAPER or MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPH of a person’s ENTIRE FACE – Front on or 1/4 turn at the most!

Studio Art 360: Hands on with CLAY!

Ed Hamilton’s Website – Making of a Bas Relief Sculpture

Goals:

  • G: 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • What challenges did you have in getting started last week on Friday with the clay? REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS ARTWORK: Subtractive, Additive, and Manipulation to the clay. These techniques are REQUIRED in the FINAL Sculpture.

What was the largest success you have in today’s work? Take a look at the rest of the classes work BEFORE we clean up. PAUSE 10 minutes before the end of class.

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#FullDayofSchool #Thursday – wait until #Tomorrow!

Happy Youth Art Month: Drawing develops hand-eye coordination and spatial awareness- abilities that engineers and architects use. http://www.thriveart.com/facts

AP Studio Art: Figure Drawing! Let’s DRAW!

Let’s work out a drawing and focus on the PROPORTIONS today! REALLY focused on the proportions… http://mhsartgallerymac.wikispaces.com/file/view/BeckyRoberts.jpg/523256786/BeckyRoberts.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?

As you drew 2 images today… what worked well for you? What did not?

Advanced Drawing: Bauhaus Drawing – Oskar Schlemmer

Oskar Schlemmer and HIS figures… why are you making this so hard? http://www.museothyssen.org/img/obras_mediana/1976.16.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.
  • How have you incorporated the FIGURES into the drawing? Are they interacting? Standing alone? How do you see this as being a challenge to the process? It is REQUIRED to include at least one figure into the image.

What challenges does incorporating the figure into the work offer you as an ADVANCED DRAWING student?

https://youtu.be/K5k3uq7FWZE

Drawing: Online Presentation of the Images.

Google Presentation is HERE and your DRAWINGS are HERE…

Let’s Draw some EYES! https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2447/4098376148_41729d64b9_b.jpg

Goals:

  • .1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.
  • When you start with the EYES… what is the first thing you start with? What is the first thing you do?

What mistakes did YOU make – how bad were they when it came to eyes? 

Studio Art 360: Hands on with CLAY!

How are you going to use MANIPULATION as well as ADDITIVE sculpture (keeping SUBTRACTIVE to a minimum) in your Bas Relief Sculpture? http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/highsm/02300/02397v.jpg

Goals:

  • 7.1P: Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.
  • How are you going to use MANIPULATION as well as ADDITIVE sculpture (keeping SUBTRACTIVE to a minimum) in your Bas Relief Sculpture?

What techniques are REALLY important to be using to make sure any ADDITIVE clay really HOLD TIGHT to the clay you are adding it to? 

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#Gesture in the #Morning, #Clayworks in the #Afternoon (and Morning too) #YAM

Happy Youth Art Month: New brain research shows that art promotes creativity, social development, and self-worth. For more information visit http://www.thriveart.com/facts

AP Studio Art: Figure Drawing! Let’s DRAW!

GESTURE – Let’s DRAW! http://www.learn-to-draw-lessons.com/images/gesture-standing.gif

Goals:

  • 2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
  • What are three things that you you struggle with when it comes to the idea of the FIGURE?

Of the images you drew today… what is the most successful one – WHY is it strong?

You can access it HERE today – otherwise go to the top of our page – use the DROP DOWN MENU – Hover over AP Sstudio Art – and select the AP LOGIN 

Advanced Drawing: Bauhaus Drawing – Oskar Schlemmer

MANIFESTO! Let’s write a MANIFESTO! http://chrismullaney.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bauhaus-manifesto.jpg CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO READ THE MANIFESTO – Or HERE!

Goals:

  •  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 did YESTERDAY do for the development of the drawing? What are three STRONG aspects of your idea that you see coming along?

What is the ONE thing that really says “This is the movement in architecture that I am working into this building!” (and then what is that movement?)

Drawing: Online Presentation of the Images.

Using Google Presentation together – HERE. TODAY is the day we will finish.

Your DRAWINGS are HERE…

FACES – but we’re probably wrapping up the presentation today anyway… Let’s draw a facial feature anyway. 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?

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: Hands on with CLAY!

Confederate soldiers on horseback! http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01403/Confederates-Stone_1403424i.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • What are THREE things you know about the PROPER use of clay in the CLASSROOM?

What are three challenges you see translating your collage into the ceramic Bas Relief Sculpture? 

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I got rhythm, I got music, I got my art class, who could ask for anything more?

“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!

Regardless of WHAT you are drawing or what you are looking at… make sure that you keep looking!

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Advanced Drawing: Let’s continue working on the drawings. Give yourself a bit of time to THINK about what you are doing.

 

How are you combining the visuals that you have chosen into one strong and moving artwork?

GOALS:

  1. 2.4 compare different points of view regarding composition and meaning in artwork
  2. 2.5 defend personal evaluations

What has been your most successful are of this drawing today?

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Art Foundations: Pattern – Chapter 8. Let’s draw out some variations and versions of patterns that we see.

  

GOALS:

  1. (5.3) Describe meaning of artwork by analyzing technique and use of line AND pattern.
  2. (3.2) apply patterns and line to solve visual challenges.

What kinds of Pattern are you drawn to? What is your favorite type of pattern?

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AP Studio Art: Plant Drawings – How are things going? Jim Dine – Self-Portrait on the Wall – Video!

How are you using COLOR or Value to tie it all together?

GOALS:

  1. 1.1 apply media, techniques, and processes with (1.1.3) an awareness so that your ideas are executed well.
  2. (2.3) create artworks that solve visual challenges and (2.2) evaluate the effectiveness of artworks.

What materials have you used today? How are you using COLOR or VALUE or WHAT ELSE to tie it all together?