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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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#Bullies the #Bullied – How to #StopTheBully through #Art

“When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.” — Zig Ziglar

Feeling overwhelmed? I can relate!

Studio Art 360 – BAS RELIEF SCULPTURE (Collage, Frottage, Grattage, and Decalcomania)

LARGE GROUP Slide Show Project – Let’s SEE it HERE!

Bas Relief or a head… https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2e0f2-blogkelly27s1hour_basrelief_of_eloiesekrabbenhoft_2003mar19.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.1P: Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors.
  • How do you feel about the subject matter of BULLYING that we are going to be working on? Do you have any personal experiences with the topic (as the bullied or the bully?) Explain your thoughts (remember – this is JUST YOU reading this.

What progress as a team have you made in the development of the collage idea? What TEXTURES are you developing in the work? How have you used the ideas of GRATTAGE, FROTTAGE, and DECALCOMANIA in the progress? 

Painting – Build your CANVASES! Consider the Continuous Line Contour Drawings for the PAINTING!

NEW PAINTINGS by the WUHS Painting Class – HERE!

Pablo Picasso – How are YOU going to use the ideas of a CONTINUOUS LINE CONTOUR DRAWING in your FIRST EVER Oil PAINTING? http://watercolorjournal.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/inverted-drawing-of-portrait-of-igor-stravinsky-pablo-picasso.jpg

Goals:

  • 5.1Ac: Evaluate, select, and apply methods or processes appropriate to display artwork in a specific place.
  • Knowing you have the options of REALISM in colors or going out on your own in choices of colors… what do you see as advantages of the direction you are NOT planning on going?

How do you see the plans you are developing as being successful? What ELEMENT are you focusing on? Line, Color, Texture, Value?

AP Studio Art – ONLINE!

TUESDAY at MIDNIGHT CHAPTER 4 was due in Art and Fear Blog.

What is the difference in the KEYSTONED image and the CORRECTED one? How can you use this idea in your photography of YOUR art? http://www.photographymad.com/files/images/lens-correction-keystone-6.jpg

Goals:

  • Research and Information Fluency – Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.  
  • In 3 minutes – tell me EVERYTHING you know about making photographs for use ONLINE.

What are the differences you see in the PHOTOGRAPH and the ORIGINAL WORK? How do you feel you can make adjustments (minor) that will make the work more EXACT to the original? 

***ASSIGNMENT in TWO WEEKS (Two Mondays from LAST Monday: Adventure Image and Still Life FOCUSING ON and being able to SPEAK ABOUT an ELEMENT and PRINCIPLE Specifically.***

This American Life: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/448/adventure

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#Overwhelmed? #Bullied? #Art can #MakeADifference in the #World!

“When you do nothing, you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved, you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.” — Zig Ziglar

Feeling overwhelmed? I can relate!

Studio Art 360 – BAS RELIEF SCULPTURE, Collage, Frottage, Grattage, and Decalcomania

What do you think this BAS RELIEF sculpture might be talking about – social topic – social commentary – historical ideas wise?

If you are NOT done with your Photography CRITIQUE – Get it FINISHED!

LARGE GROUP Slide Show Project – Let’s SEE it HERE!

FINAL PHOTO CRITIQUE DUE DATE… Tuesday, December 2. I will be grading the critiques before then (2nd hour has been worked through) but NOTHING is in the books until AFTER December 2. If you have made changes to your document AFTER I have commented but BEFORE I enter the grades – NOTIFY COLLABORATORS through your Google Document (under File: EMail Collaborators…).

Goals:

  • 1.1P: Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors.Looking at this BAS RELIEF SCULPTURE – (Chapter on SPACE)
  • What do you think this sculpture is about? WHY? Please work with your neighbor on answering this question.

What is the most challenging aspect to creating a collaborative work of art? What did you feel will be helpful in working with a classmate? What did you feel will be a challenge? 

 NON-OBJECTIVE (Focus on BULLYING but use this to demonstrate the GATHERING of the textures – MUST BE “realistic” in nature): https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ltLnZB4N8wTwxcqF-aepyAdAjKsBYjrYzYP1HgDASvU/edit?usp=sharing

Painting – Demo on SAW and TEST!

Here I am as a continuous line drawing – Where might it lead you to draw yourself again as a continuous line drawing?

NEW PAINTINGS by the WUHS Painting Class – HERE!

Goals:

  • 5.1Ac: Evaluate, select, and apply methods or processes appropriate to display artwork in a specific place.
  • What do you remember about the PROCESS of cutting wood on the Miter Saw? List EVERYTHING you can think of.

What challenges do you see with the idea of a SELF PORTRAIT in OILS BASED on the idea of a CONTINUOUS LINE CONTOUR DRAWING?

AP Studio Art – the hallway and HANG YOUR WORK in the CASES and CRITIQUE!

Tomorrow at MIDNIGHT CHAPTER 4 is due in Art and Fear Blog.

ADVENTURE! What might YOUR interpretation of an ADVENTURE be – as told by someone else? BREADTH WORK! HERE!

This American Life: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/448/adventure

Goals:

  • 10.1Ad: Synthesize knowledge of social, cultural, historical, and personal life with art-making approaches to create meaningful works of art or design.
  • When you think of ADVENTURES… what are 3 things that come to mind? Give yourself a moment to THINK and RESPOND to this. N: Working from NPR – Adventures! Work Narratively. Tell a story with your image.

What is your plan for accomplishing this amount of work in the short time allowed? What was the struggle you had in the past 2 weeks? What struggled? What soared? What will you have to do to adjust your working schedule?

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#Critique Day in #APStudioArt and #Painting, #StudioArt360 – #Photography and a WRAP UP!

Studio Art 360 – Organizing Photography in the Halls…

Ansel Adams – one of America’s GREATEST Photographers. Here’s his BIO!

Log-In to your GOOGLE DRIVE and Let’s look a the CRITIQUE form AS WELL AS THE GROUP PROJECT!

LARGE GROUP Slide Show Project – Let’s Build it HERE!

Goals:

  • 9.1P: Establish relevant criteria in order to evaluate a work of art or collection of works.
  • What do you hope to learn about your work when you get your critiques back from me? What can you do to make the self-critique more worthwhile for yourself?

Self – evaluation of the writing for the day – What did you find NEW in your work that you forgot you did well or struggled with?

POP ART GALLERY IMAGES HERE.

Painting – CRITIQUE Today!

Let’s eat cookies! The Cookie Critique – Let’s review first.

Goals:

  • 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.
  • As an individual, what do you think you are going to struggle with the most in today’s (and tomorrow – and maybe Wednesday’s) Critique.

What one thing did you add to the critique that nobody else did?

AP Studio Art – Concentration! REVIEW the COOKIE with the painters. Then onto the hallway and HANG YOUR WORK in the CASES and CRITIQUE!

Tuesday at MIDNIGHT CHAPTER 3 is due in Art and Fear Blog.

Goals:

  • 4.2Ad: Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.
  • As an individual, what do you think you are going to struggle with the most in today’s (and tomorrow – and maybe Wednesday’s) Critique

What one thing did you add to the critique that nobody else did?

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How can #Photography and #Art help #Change the #World?

“Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here. Make. Good. Art.” ~ Neil Gaiman

Studio Art 360 – Organizing Photography in the Halls…

UPLOAD YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS INTO YOUR CLASS PERIOD FOLDER. Log-In IS required to upload. Rename the image like this: LastNameHourCompositionalStyle (ie: Korb7Closed)

Imogene Cunningham BIO HERE

Goals:

  • NETS: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making – Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.
  • What did you ENJOY about going into the hallway to make photographs over the past 3 days? What did you STRUGGLE with?
  • Looking through your images with your partner – talk about the 5 different compositions you came up with and use the RUBRIC that has been given to SELF EVALUATE and GRADE your work… Choose 2 images to upload to morrow.

What is it about your BEST PHOTOGRAPH that will keep an audience member in front of your work versus moving along after just a few moments (3 seconds)? Share these thoughts AND IMAGE with your neighbor.

POP ART GALLERY IMAGES HERE.

Painting – DUE MONDAY of next week!Building a NEW CANVAS?! This is the week to do it! DO NOT WAIT!!!

Sean Scully in front of his exhibition at Alhambra Patronato.

Goals:

  • 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.
  • Take FIVE MINUTES – NO PAINTING… Look at your painting. Really look at it. Sketchbook in hand, write out a 5 minute response to your work. Then… GET TO PAINTING!

What did taking the 5 minutes do for you today? What do you think looking back at / reflecting on your efforts has done for you?

AP Studio Art – Concentration!

Yesterday at MIDNIGHT! CHAPTER 2 in Art and Fear Responses DUE on the BLOG.

“Self Portrait against a Blue Sky” Edvard Munch

Goals:

  • 2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
  • What are you thinking about carrying forward in the NEXT three images from these second three images? Write your ideas out in your sketchbook as you work.

Short Period – What is successful as you look at the 3 works together? Consider the FIRST three works also… Next week – PHOTOGRAPHY and WEB – Discussion on Friday!

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#Mistakes and #Art – What can you #Learn? #Photography, #Painting, #Concentration

“Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here. Make. Good. Art.” ~ Neil Gaiman

Studio Art 360 – Last Day to MAKE Photography in the Halls…

UPLOAD YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS INTO YOUR CLASS PERIOD FOLDER. Log-In IS required to upload. Rename the image like this: LastNameHourCompositionalStyle (ie: Korb7Closed)

Dorothea Lang “Couple Seated on Front Porch” http://famous-photographers.com/dorothea-lange/

Goals:

  • NETS: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making – Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.
  • List 3 things you have LEARNED about the process of making photographs since we have begun? One More day in the Hallway – MAKE STRONG and IMPORTANT and STORYTELLING photographs.

Of all the photographs that you have made these past 3 days… what do you feel you need to do to prune / edit / clarify your works?

POP ART GALLERY IMAGES HERE.

Painting – DUE MONDAY of next week! Interested in building a NEW CANVAS? This is the week to do it!

Sean Scully – Where’s he getting his ideas? NYTimes Article HERE!

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What do you feel about the hall space that you have recreated in abstract form? Does this painting / has this painting affected the way you look at the space?

What NEW discovery did you make today about your painting? Did you learn anything about the process of painting? Creating Art?

AP Studio Art – Concentration!

Tonight at MIDNIGHT! CHAPTER 2 in Art and Fear Responses DUE on the BLOG.

Edvard Munch “Vampire” What is SIMILAR to YESTERDAY’s work?

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.
  • As we looked at last week – How is your work GROWING as you move forward with your works – Please use specific works to explain.

How can you see GROWTH in your work? Please explain…

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#Photography, #Concentration, #Artwork, #Mistakes… anything you are interested in?

“Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here. Make. Good. Art.” ~ Neil Gaiman

Make a lot of mistakes!

Studio Art 360 – Let’s Talk Photography and the In’s and Out’s

UPLOAD YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS INTO YOUR CLASS PERIOD FOLDER. Log-In IS required to upload. Rename the image like this: LastNameHourCompositionalStyle (ie: Korb7Closed)

Diane Arbus “Child with Toy Grenade in Hand” BIO HERE.

Goals:

  • NETS: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making – Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.
  • What have you found DIFFICULT about using WUHS as the setting for yout Photographs? Know that it is all about the FRAMING of the Photograph. It doesn’t matter the subject – it is the composition…

What is the STRONGEST of your photographs and WHY? Please explain your comments in ONE SOLID 11 word sentence!

POP ART GALLERY IMAGES HERE.

Painting – DUE MONDAY of next week! Interested in building a NEW CANVAS? This is the week to do it!

Sean Scully – Week 2 – I wanted to keep the idea going… Let’s watch the 8 minute video. Photo by: Micci Cohan

There are NO CERTAINTIES in my work… VIDEO from Sean Scully… we can afford 8 minutes…

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What have you learned about the use of ACRYLIC PAINTS since you began this artwork? How has this helped you become more successful in the making of your art?
  • NOTE: ALL WEEK – If you want – you can begin to create a NEW CANVAS for the next painting

What do you hear from your classmates about painting that you did not / may not have known or thought about?

AP Studio Art – Concentration!

FRIDAY! CHAPTER 2 in Art and Fear Responses DUE on the BLOG.

What do you see in “Despair” that you may recognize in other Munch works?

Goals:

  • 2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
  • WHAT IS THE CENTRAL IDEA behind your Concentration?

How are you demonstrating the common tie from your first three works to the current three works? Please use specific works to explain…

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#Photo #Friday in the #Art #Studio! Join us in MAKING #Photographs

 “Power will accomplish much, but perseverance more.”  —William Scott Downey

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Studio Art 360 – Let’s Talk Photography and the In’s and Out’s

My Friend #TedOrland and his #Photography… July 4th Camper, Yosemite Valley copyright Ted Orland.

Goals:

  • 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • What stories could you tell using a camera that documents your present-day life? What could you do to make an everyday “boring” part of the day interesting and inviting?
  • Photograph the EVERYDAY part of school – candid – opening lockers, taking a drink, how can you make it interesting?

What did you do with the camera to make the BORING interesting?

POP ART GALLERY IMAGES HERE.

Painting – Mid Crit TODAY! FINAL Crit. Wednesday – Friday of NEXT WEEK!

Sean Scully busy at work… just like us…

There are NO CERTAINTIES in my work… VIDEO from Sean Scully… we can afford 8 minutes…

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • Last day of the week… What did you take from yesterday’s critique… How do you see the ideas you heard from the critique into moving you forward with creating a unified artwork?

Did today / this week move you toward a successful week of work? Do you feel that taking work home this weekend will be a good idea?

AP Studio Art – Concentration – 3 new works – PLAN and DEVELOP! Investigate!

MONDAY – CHAPTER 2 in Art and Fear Responses DUE on the BLOG.

LAST 10 minutes… CRIT ONE ANOTHER!

Michael Berryhill – It has the feeling of the Pieta: Michael Berryhill: http://www.brooklynrail.org/2014/05/art/whats-more-real8232a-dead-tree-or-a-drawing-of-a-dead-treemichael-berryhill-with-nathlie-provosty

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.
  • How will your audience be MOVED by the work you are presenting? Remember that one of the CRITERIA is all about creating work that is moving and engaging?

What work are you planning for this weekend? Be specific… What are you going to set time aside for and work on?

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#MakingPhotographs in #StudioArt 360 – and #DEFENDING YOUR #ARTWORK!

 “Power will accomplish much, but perseverance more.”  —William Scott Downey

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Studio Art 360 – Let’s Talk Photography and the In’s and Out’s

Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975). Tenant Farmer Wife (Allie Mae Burroughs), 1936.

Goals:

  • 1.1P: Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors.
  • What do you think about making visual choices as you make photographs versus taking pictures? Does this mean anything to you?

What was the biggest success you found in MAKING a photograph versus TAKING a picture? Anything? Explain your thoughts.

POP ART GALLERY IMAGES HERE.

AP Studio Art – Concentration – 3 new works – PLAN and DEVELOP! Investigate!

Michael Berryhill: http://www.brooklynrail.org/2014/05/art/whats-more-real8232a-dead-tree-or-a-drawing-of-a-dead-treemichael-berryhill-with-nathlie-provosty

Goals:

  • 2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
  • Considering the ideas you are developing… how are you trying to tie the art works together? I am REALLY Emphasizing the unifying approach here…

Imagine yourself in front of the AP BOARD… how would you, in 30 seconds, defend your body of work so far?

MONDAY – CHAPTER 2 in Art and Fear Responses DUE on the BLOG.

Painting – Mid Crit TODAY! FINAL Crit. Wednesday – Friday of NEXT WEEK!

Sean Scully in the Studio TALKING about the work! CRIT!

Goals:

  • 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.
  • MID-CRIT – What do you HOPE to see / learn / take away from the experience today?

Well… what did you take away from the critique today? Did you see anything in your classmates work that you can put into your own work?