Tag: Nests

Don’t ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it’s the only thing that ever has. – Aaron Sorkin, Writer and Producer.

Stained Glass: BOXES and ETCHING

everything-stained-glass.com is a good site for your own personal research.

• 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.

Drawing: Last Nest Critique and GALLERY!

• Fauvism at MoMA
• 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.

AP Studio Art: PRINTS THIS WEEK

• • Jim Dine and Plants slide show – HERE.
  • Previous Artworks – HERE.
  • Jim Dine Self-Portrait on the Wall VIDEO – HERE.
• 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.

Advanced Drawing: Skeletons still!

• Previous Student’s 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.

Stained Glass: Self Assessment and Moving onto BOXES.

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

Etched Glass: https://is.alicdn.com/img/pb/986/177/373/373177986_277.jpg

• 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).

BY THE WAY: everything-stained-glass.com is a good site for your own personal research.

CIaD: Handbook Covers. PRESENTATION TODAY

• 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!

• Fauvism at MoMA

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.

• 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.

• • Jim Dine and Plants slide show – HERE.
  • Previous Artworks – HERE.
  • Jim Dine Self-Portrait on the Wall VIDEO – HERE.

Adv. Drawing: Skeleton Isolation 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.

• 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?

• Previous Student’s Work

Stained Glass: Self Assessment and Moving onto BOXES.

BY THE WAY: everything-stained-glass.com is a good site for your own personal research.

CIaD: Handbook Covers. WRAP IT UP TODAY

Drawing: Nests and PASTELS! WOO HOO

• Fauvism at MoMA

AP Studio Art: Jim Dine Plants and Flowers – PRINTS to be completed in the end.

• • Jim Dine and Plants slide show – HERE.
  • Previous Artworks – HERE.
  • Jim Dine Self-Portrait on the Wall VIDEO – HERE.

Adv. Drawing: Skeleton Isolation Drawings Today!

• Previous Student’s Work

Get out your handbooks!

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.

BY THE WAY: everything-stained-glass.com is a good site for your own personal research.

CIaD: Handbook Covers. WRAP IT UP TODAY

• 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?
• Fauvism at MoMA

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 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.

• This is coming up next:
  • Jim Dine and Plants slide show – HERE.
  • Previous Artworks – HERE.
  • Jim Dine Self-Portrait on the Wall VIDEO – HERE.

Adv. Drawing: Skeleton Isolation Drawings Today!

• 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?
• Previous Student’s Work

Get out your handbooks!

“Decisions are made by those who show up.” Aaron Sorkin

Stained Glass: Thursday and Friday are the last days to work on you panels.

• 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 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.

BY THE WAY: everything-stained-glass.com is a good site for your own personal research.

CIaD: Handbook Covers. Use your time wisely.

• 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.

• 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.

• This is coming up next:
  • Jim Dine and Plants slide show – HERE.
  • Previous Artworks – HERE.
  • Jim Dine Self-Portrait on the Wall VIDEO – HERE.

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.

Get out your handbooks!

“Decisions are made by those who show up.” Aaron Sorkin

Stained Glass: GLASS IS IN! Woo Hoo! DONE by THURSDAY? Talk to me if you are NOT GOING TO BE.

• 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.

• 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…”

BY THE WAY: everything-stained-glass.com is a good site for your own personal research.

CIaD: Handbook Covers. Lots of instructions and rules.

• 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.

• 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.

Van Gogh Nest Drawing: https://www.vincent-van-gogh-gallery.org/thumbnail/403000/403549/mini_normal/Birds-Nest.jpg?ts=1459229076

Ah the birds nest of Vincent Van Gogh: http://66.media.tumblr.com/980f8013c2c35c3e845bade1721c5f82/tumblr_nj8rr2Oxuz1slb5k6o2_1280.jpg

Love the BIRD’S NESTS! http://unschoolrules.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/found-bird-nest.jpg

Nests: http://www.juliahargreaves.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Birds-Nest-3-1024×682.jpg

• 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.
• This is coming up next:
  • Jim Dine and Plants slide show – HERE.
  • Previous Artworks – HERE.

Adv. Drawing: Skeleton Drawings Today!

• 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.