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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?

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#Photography in the Arts… Let’s make some photographs.

 

1 hour       7:25 – 8:02
2 hour       8:07 –  8:46
3 hour       8:51 – 9:28
4 hour       9:33 – 10:10
Assembly   10:15- 11:10
5A lunch   11:10- 11:40
5B lunch   11:40 – 12:10
5C lunch   12:10 – 12:40
6 hour       12:45 – 1:22
7 hour       1:27 –   2:04
8 hour       2:09 –   2:46

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

Radio Lab Story of Perseverence: http://www.radiolab.org/story/runners/ 

Pick it up and CARRY-ON! http://relatingonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/563373_2994181535231_1282963545_3218727_417877125_n1.jpg

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Studio Art 360 – Thank you! Let’s Talk Photography…

Bernd and Hilla Becher (German, established 1959 (partnership); 1931–2007 (Bernd); b. 1934 (Hilla)). Water Towers (Cylindrical), 1978.

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?

POP ART GALLERY IMAGES HERE.

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

Common from YESTERDAY’s Image? Michael Berryhill BIO

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.
  • What NEW approaches are you adding  to this next 3 works in the series? How are ADDING to the development of the work?

What similarities are you seeing in the work and how does it continue to tie the CONCENTRATION together?  IMAGE: 

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

Sean Scully – What UNIFIES his works?

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • How did the brief demo of using a good amount of acrylic paint help you move forward in a stronger fashion yesterday that how you have approached it in the past? Did it? Maybe you didn’t need the demo. Practice makes better understanding.  N: Painting with 9 NECESSARY techniques.

What CHALLENGES did you face today? How did you go about SOLVING that challenge? TECHNIQUES – Various and UNIFIED!

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#River’sEdgeArtWalk #Art in #Waterford – #HighSchool Art #Gallery

Waterford Union High School’s Parent Teacher Conferences were Thursday and Friday and the NEW ART GALLERY had its first REAL gallery opening! Well, the doors were open as the parents and students walked through the front door for conferences. TONIGHT however the gallery will be staffed and visitors will be visiting. The Third Annual River’s Edge Art Walk is underway Friday night from 5 – 9pm in Historic Downtown Waterford, WI. 27 (or so) artists will be sharing their inspired works with the community of Southeastern WI. Come and join us all and see the hard work the student artists of Waterford Union High School (as well as the art teachers – your’s truly included) have brought together.

  • Frank Korb, Mixed Media – Thai-Italiana Restaurant
  • Lisa Dukowitz, Photography – Marty’s Banquet Hall
  • Brett Roberts, Ceramics – Riverside Chiropractic
  • Waterford High School Students – Waterford High School Gallery (Door #1)
  • For More Information visit Absolutely Waterford’s Website – HERE

We look forward to seeing you!

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Losing our tolerance for vulnerability… we move away from… creativity. — Brené Brown

“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

Mistakes? Enjoy!
Making Mistakes on TED Radio Hour… Listen while we work today?

Art Foundations: 2 Point Perspective – SOLID DRAWING TODAY!

Oldenburg’s Lipstick Drawing – Click on the image to visit the Oldenburg van Bruggen Website!

Goals:

  1. Create 2 point perspective drawings that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to technique and process(P).
  2. Create 2 point perspective and Value drawing that uses COMPOSITION to solve visual challenges.

Review with neighbors the progress of the chiaroscuro and the proper use of 2 point perspective. What are the big challenges you are facing with the buildings?

Advanced Drawing: 2 Point OIL PASTEL Drawing – SOLID DRAWING TODAY!

Oil Pastels with a lot of TEXTURE and MOVEMENT… What’s going on in YOUR Drawing?

Goals:

  1. 3.2 apply ideas of perspective and oil pastel techniques use skill to solve visual challenges

What colors have you been focusing on in the drawing with? What are you doing to cover the space and BE AWARE of the materials you are using? How are you struggling?  

AP Studio Art: Website, Editing Images and Ideas…

30 degrees and make the photo!

Goals:

  1. 5.3 Describe meanings of artworks by analyzing
  2. NETS: use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively

What are you struggling with when it comes to PHOTOGRAPHY and WEBSITE design?

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April 30, 2013 – Tuesday

ALL LATE SKETCHBOOKS / MAJOR PROJECTS ARE DUE ON FRIDAY – THEY WILL BECOME ZERO’S PERMANENTLY AFTER FRIDAY…

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“Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.” — Voltaire

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Art Foundations: Grid our paper and finish our color wheels. If you are done with the color wheel and you finish the grid… make sure your sketchbook and LATE WORK are complete.

Click on the “head” to see a video on how Chuck Close paints with a grid.

GOALS:

  1. Describe the creation of images and explain why they are of value.
  2. Work on Mathematical Ratios and Transferring images.

What COLOR SCHEMES are you struggling with understanding? Go through EACH of the color schemes with your neighbor and explain each one to one another. In your GOALS PAGES COMMENTS – write down your most challenging understanding of color schemes.

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DRAWING: We are working with proportions and getting the drawing “picture plane” onto the photograph. Let’s get the drawing CAREFULLY up to the drawing paper. This paper is NOT CHEAP – it is a one sheet rule.

Henri Matisse’s painting of Andre Derain – I think they knew one another!

GOLAS:

  1. 3.1 reflect on how art differs and describe how it relates to history and cultures
  2. 4.1 recognize differences in historical and cultural contexts of art

What part of the math was a challenge to you? How well were you able to read the ruler and figure out how to make a QUALITY picture plane? As you draw this up, make sure that you are making references to the RELATIONSHIPS of COMPOSITIONAL ELEMENTS. We are looking for good to great – NOT PERFECT.

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AP Studio Art: Chapters in the book – Paragraph 1 Chapter 1 and Chapter 2… Sit and Enjoy!

What’s your chapter? We are going to READ and MAKE ART and EDUCATE… YOU WILL TEACH!

GOALS:

  1. Work on finishing up presentation of portfolios and uploads.
  2. 2.6 create multiple solutions to visual challenges of Art and Fear that show understanding in relationships between composition and meaning of artwork.

What did you get done today? What have you read from the book?

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April 29, 2013 – Monday – Week 14: 5 more to go… SO much to do!

“Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.” — Voltaire

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What are the colors used? Piet Mondrian – De Stijl Artist!

Art Foundations: Continue on the color wheel AND learn about using a GRID to plan out an artwork.

GOALS:

  1. 1.4 Define color schemes and value scales using analysis (what are the colors that we, as painters / drawers use to make all the other colors?)
  2. 1.2 Create art that demonstrates an understanding of how your ideas relate to materials and techniques.

Share image with your classmate and explain the process of measuring and transferring images.

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Drawing: Transfer the photograph to the paper with pencil and consider the colors you might use (Color Scheme) to communicate a message / emotion.

Portrait of Henri Matisse by Andre Derain.

GOALS:

  1. 3.1 reflect on how art differs and describe how it relates to history and cultures
  2. 3.2 apply subjects, symbols, and ideas in art and use skill to solve visual challenges

What was the most challenging aspect of your drawing to get done today? How are you using OBSERVATION and COMPARISON – sighting in – to get your drawings set up correctly?

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AP Studio Art: We are beginning a NEW ARTWORK based on literature. We are ALSO finishing the wrapping up of the portfolio.

How are you filling this?

GOALS:

  1. Work on Quality Mounting of artworks.
  2. 3.2 apply subjects, symbols, and ideas in art and use skill to solve visual challenges

As last week – what do you need to complete so that you have a complete portfolio by Friday?