“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.
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.
#90 “You can condense, but you cannot simplify.” —Ann Lauterbach, personal conversation: The world is infinitely complex, and any attempt to simplify, which means the elimination of contradictory elements, will fail to capture that complexity. One can, however, attempt to compress or condense those elements into a more abbreviated or altered form. That is the role of metaphor. Kit White 101 Things to Learn in Art School
Studio Art 360: Grids on the Canvas and the Drawing and Transfer it up to the Canvas
OK – SCULPTURES – TAKE THEM HOME – Sorry… Decide who wants it. Garbage (Circle File) after today.
Why (again) is it important for an artist to choose colors CAREFULLY as they are developing a composition / artwork? What might the RIGHT colors for YOU and your PORTRAIT be in this artwork?
Review with neighbors the relationships of the colors on the color wheel? When you look in your closet… what COLORS do you think you have the most of hanging? Why do you think that you have more of that color than others? Will these colors be in the portrait?
SKETCHBOOK TUESDAY – FOR NEXT TUESDAY: Using a camera ON YOUR OWN TIME THIS WEEK – RECREATE a famous painting, sculpture, drawing… Print out the photograph that you have created and also include the famous work of art that you were inspired by. Here are a few examples: Student Examples: https://goo.gl/Tvwv4X
PAINTING: Making Plans? Got your Photo?
ASSIGNED DATES ON THE SAW – You’re ALL getting a day! Canvas BUILT by Friday!
How are you coming along in the process of the painting construction? What is a benefit that you can see in learning how to build a canvas?
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 (value) to better define the ideas of form (in the face especially)?
What was the most challenging way to draw? Why was this most difficult way to go? What is most important about drawing when it comes to observation? Madame Matisse:
AP STUDIO ART: Concentration 3rd of 3
You are beginning your 3rd set of 3 today. What are you doing to move your work forward?
Letters to our AUTHORS – Put your letter in THIS DOCUMENT. I will finish the spacing and page separations. Please do this today so we can gather the info and mail it out by Friday. Thanks.
How are your WEBSITES? Still some ZERO’s out there.
Do you need to update your ONLINE presence? Have you updated your BREADTH site to accommodate your two most recent works?
Halfway through the week and MONDAY will be with us soon. I am PROUD of the accomplishments – a lot of alone time. What ONE BIG things worked out for you today?
#90 “You can condense, but you cannot simplify.” —Ann Lauterbach, personal conversation: The world is infinitely complex, and any attempt to simplify, which means the elimination of contradictory elements, will fail to capture that complexity. One can, however, attempt to compress or condense those elements into a more abbreviated or altered form. That is the role of metaphor. Kit White 101 Things to Learn in Art School
Studio Art 360: Grids on the Canvas and the Drawing and Transfer it up to the Canvas
Looking at the portrait of yourself that you have created a tracing of, what portion of the face do you feel is going to be the most challenging to transfer ONE SQUARE AT A TIME and WHY?
How many squares did you get transferred up to the canvas today? COUNT THEM and do some math. 88 squares minus what you got done today… this is what you have left. How much more for this week?
What part of the process of tracing and transferring the image up to the canvas did you struggle with? Name 2 things that were challenging.
PAINTING: Making Plans? Got your Photo?
ASSIGNED DATES ON THE SAW – You’re ALL getting a day! Canvas BUILT by Friday!
What did you accomplish with your drawing today? Are there aspects of your goal at the beginning of the hour that you accomplished? Didn’t accomplish? Why? Explain.
AP STUDIO ART: Crit – Figure Drawing then the Concentration AGAIN!
On your GALLERY Images: “Title,” Your Name, Height” x Width”, Medium, Year. DO THIS NOW so it is EASIER in May. I am disappointed that Friday came and went and some are NOT done. Zero’s are SET, you can earn points again later…
As you look at the work in front of you, what element / principle stands out in your ARTWORK? What have you taken away from this process of OBSERVATION and REWORKING the ideas in your drawing? How can you use these ideas as you move forward in your CONCENTRATION?
Communication and Collaboration – Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and to the learning of others.
What are two things that are successful in your artwork? What is one thing that you still need to work on in the drawing (or would change)? What is the color scheme you are using? Share this with your neighbor.
TODAY! We are going to 1) make photographs of the work we have RIGHT NOW and 2) go to the COMPUTER LAB (Laptops). Fill out the Google Form http://goo.gl/forms/3q3rPakz8m and then 3) insert images from today into the GOOGLE DOCUMENT.
Reflection: How do you feel that starting with a WRITTEN CRITIQUE can help you develop a stronger ORAL critique through the use of the GOOGLE FORM?
Studio Art 360: The Grid – Let’s Review…
Goals:
1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
How is BREAKING the image down to basic shapes going to make the process of creating a memorable and successful work of art easier?
Reflection: What challenges did you have today with the transferring of the portrait up to the canvas? Two struggles?
2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
Now that we are done with the AP Testing – time to move forward. Looking over the past year and the development of the works you created… what 2 skills did you develop and put into your Art Toolbox over the course of the year?
Reflection: How are you approaching the drawing in your own fashion?
4.2Ad: Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.
Having had a day or so away from the critique (and we will wrap up today I HOPE) what 1) observation and 2) Question would you like to make or receive about your work or another artist’s work?
Reflection: How will you carry the skills you have learned in this class forward as you create new and exciting works of art for yourself?
The GRID and POP Art are our major focus… are you able to apply media (acrylic paint), techniques (grid), and processes (one square at a time) with an 1.1.3 awareness so that your ideas are executed well?
What was the biggest challenge of using the grid – beyond Mr. Korb’s initial math issues? How is the DRAWING One Square at a TIME going? EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER!
How have you used BASIC shapes to draw the nose from yesterday? Are you able to use 1.4.1 analysis (breaking up the artwork / subject matter to basic elements)?
What mistakes did YOU make – how bad were they when it came to EARS? Next week we begin to assemble it all together – First FAUVISM and HIP HOP!
AP Studio Art: The STATEMENTS are DUE! How’s your website?
What QUALIFIES THIS as a QUALITY WORK? Have that 1 minute conversation with your classmate?
Goals:
Write out your PLANS for the 2 newest CONCENTRATION works and think about how you are… 3.2 apply subjects, symbols, and ideas in art and use skill to solve visual challenges.
Which works are you most proud of and why? What is working with the pieces that you would choose as your “quality” works? Why do the other ones NOT work? Share your answers to the 2 questions online with a classmate!
What colors have you struggled with as you mixed colors to fill your color wheel? 1.2 create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to the 1.2.1 acrylic paint, 1.2.2 mixing colors, 1.2.3 and applying the paint CAREFULLY!
What was the easiest portion of the color wheel? What do you enjoy / dislike about acrylic paints? What MIGHT be something that would keep you from doing more in the painting arena?
Drawing: Noses and Reflection on the drawings from yesterday.
WHY is the idea of being able to draw your facial features important in the process of becoming a stronger drawer? 3.3 describe the creation of images and ideas and explain why they are of value.
How are you breaking the facial features up into smaller parts so it is easier to draw the WHOLE feature? 1.4 create, define, and solve visual challenges using 1.4.1 analysis (breaking up the artwork / subject matter to basic elements.
What mistakes did YOU make – how bad were they when it came to NOSE today?
What do you STILL need to do (considering all the stuff on your plates?) 3.2 apply subjects, symbols, and ideas in art and use skill to solve visual challenges.
Which works are you most proud of and why? What is working with the pieces that you would choose as your “quality” works? Why do the other ones NOT work?
Apply media (acrylic paint), techniques (mixing), and processes (one color shape at a time) with an 1.1.3 awareness so that your ideas (the color wheel) are executed well.
3.3 describe the creation of images and ideas and explain why they are of value – WHY IS IT VALUABLE TO DRAW THE FACE?
1.4 create, define, and solve visual challenges using 1.4.1 analysis (breaking up the artwork / subject matter to basic elements) What shapes do you find when you break the images up?
What mistakes did YOU make – how bad were they when it came to eyes and the MOUTH?
Create multiple solutions to your CONCENTRATION visual challenges.
1.1 apply media, techniques, and processes with 1.1 .1 skill 1.1.2 confidence 1.1.3 and awareness so that your ideas are executed well
What were the biggest impressions you had from the classmate’s works? What were the most difficult things you felt as you presented your work? Conversation between classmates about the 2 questions for your exam. How does this work relate to your concentration? DO NOT FORGET ABOUT YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS AND UPLOADS! FRIDAY of NEXT WEEK – 10 – 12 works on BOTH the BREADTH and CONCENTRATION SITES with the updated QUESTIONS ANSWERED! We are going to be talking about UPLOADING to the AP SITE THIS WEEK!
LET’S SIMPLIFY THIS AND 6.1 Work on mathematical rations in art as other disciplines might use math. SQUARES and VIEWFINDERS… Ratios are important, but let’s start a bit simpler.
How was this EASIER than the past two days – YIKES! Self – evaluation Share image with your classmate and explain the process of measuring and transferring images.
5.3 describe meanings of artworks by analyzing 5.3.1 techniques and 5.3.2 how they relate to history and culture – PRESENTATIONS DAY 2 OR…
3.3 describe the creation of images and explain why they are of value.
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 ANDWhere were you close to accurate in your drawing, where were you really off in the drawing of the human figure?
AP Studio Art: Let’s CONCENTRATe(ION)
Wave to the sculpture! What are you doing to ADVANCE your Art?
GOALS:
2.2 PEER-evaluate the effectiveness of artworks – How are you dealing with your concentration – Lay them out and TALK TO YOUR CLASSMATES! What’s Next?
3.5 Evaluate and defend the manner in which subject matter, symbols, and images are used. (Fits hand in hand with the above).
What were the biggest impressions you had from the classmate’s works? What were the most difficult things you felt as you presented your work? Conversation between classmates about the 2 questions for your exam. How does this work relate to your concentration?
Art With Korb 
