“Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don’t have any problems, you don’t get any seeds.” —Norman Vincent Peal
Drawing: Final Day to work on the Landscapes in class.
2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
Last day in class. How many drawings have you got DONE? What do you need to do to be ready for your EXAM DAY? We are critiquing them on next week. Make sure you are working on the written crit in Google Classroom. Get ready to TALK on exam day.
What do you need to do in order to wrap things up for exam day? Excellent job with your Observational skills. Write out three things you need to finish up so you are ready to critique on exam day.
Studio Art 360: Final day to COLLAGE
2.1P: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.
Today is the FINAL day to collage – we evaluate and clean on Monday. How did Romare Brarden create his composition of people that is similar to your techniques? 2 thoughts. Go.
Final assessment and evaluation on Monday. What is the main idea behind your collage and how does your imagery explain your message.
AP Studio Art: We’ve got the Scholastic Art Assignment – What are you doing with it?
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.
Explain your ideas for this work and how you are making the inspiration of their work your own.
1.1Ac: Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.
How is the EAR a different feature to draw than any other feature of the face? Please explain your ideas here.
Reflection: What successes did YOU have in the ear today? What made the ear an easier feature to draw? Or WAS it?
Studio Art 360: TEXTURE – COLLAGE POEMS
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.
What are three things that you wrote about that really stand out from your collage now that you have begun writing your poem. THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU CAN USE IN YOUR FINAL POEM.
Reflection: You have TONIGHT to finish the ONLINE SLIDESHOW – What is the BIGGEST Message in your Collage and Poem? Explain the way your collage and poem CLEARLY communicate that
7.2Ad: Determine the commonalities within a group of artists or visual images attributed to a particular type of art, time frame, or culture.
What are you missing in your collection of artworks? 12 Breadth? 12 Concentration? We are going to be getting SERIOUS about mounting and uploading works of art this next few weeks.
Reflection: As you look at the entire body of work you have developed, what are 3 things that you have seen grow and develop as an artist? Be specific.
2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
Beginning with a general idea of the figure and a reference with the mannequin – students will draw out the proportions and stance of the models for a few minutes and then transition to the human form. ? GESTURE DRAWING: AND https://youtu.be/CMRMLutJvxE
6.1P: Analyze and describe the impact that an exhibition or collection has on personal awareness of social, cultural, or political beliefs and understandings.
What are you seeing about your collage as being a NEW skill / a NEW understanding / a NEW technique that you might take into the future of your art making toolbox?
Reflection: What is the ONE area of the collage that you see yourself as carrying into the BAS RELIEF Sculpture? How do you hope to see this as carrying the SOCIAL COMMENTARY forward?
2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
What are you REALLY STRONG with when it comes to drawing? What are you REALLY struggling with? What do you feel about the human form? How are you at that?
Reflection: What was the most challenging way to draw? Why was this most difficult way to go? How OFF were you from the original that you drew from your memory? What is most important about drawing when it comes to observation?
4.2Ac: Analyze, select, and critique personal artwork for a collection or portfolio presentation.
What ONE ARTISTIC SKILL from PAGE 30 of Artist Habits of Mind did you take away from the KANDINSKY / BAUHAUS / der Blau Reider project? EXPLAIN.
Click HEREto access the Google Slideshow for our presentation
Reflection: What is one thing you added to today’s critique that made the conversation truly move forward? If nothing – what is ONE THING YOU THOUGHT ABOUT!
Studio Art 360: TEXTURE – COLLAGE it BEARDEN style
1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
What challenges do you think you will face as it comes to the idea of an INTERESTING collage?
Let’s Look at Romare Bearden for a bit to give you a better understanding… HERE
Reflection: How do you feel your composition successfully uses the GOLDEN MEAN and imagery to explain the ideas of your social topic? EXPLAIN your answers.
AP Studio Art: Figurative Art – Richard Diebenkorn
Stretch & Explore: Learning to reach beyond one’s capacities, to explore playfully without a preconceived plan, and to embrace the opportunity to learn from mistakes.
Looking back on ALL the GESTURE drawings you worked out last week and the beginning 2 days of your Duchamp Inspired work – What are three things that you are doing to stretch your understanding of art making? Take the first 10 minutes to use the back of the rubric to deal with a small group crit and do the FORMATIVE CRIT.
Reflection: Just like your CONCENTRATION you are suppose to create a sense of INVESTIGATION… what are 3 things that you have done in the artmaking process that shows your ARTISTIC INVESTIGATION in art through this piece?
Advanced Drawing: 50 Sheets of Paper – FINAL DAYS THIS WEEK!
Stretch & Explore: Learning to reach beyond one’s capacities, to explore playfully without a preconceived plan, and to embrace the opportunity to learn from mistakes.
Looking back on ALL the days of drawing you have put into this… What are three things that you are doing to stretch your understanding of art making? Take the first 10 minutes to use the back of the rubric to deal with a small group crit and do the FORMATIVE CRIT. Did you accomplish those two things? REALLY?
Reflection: Did you accomplish those three things that you wrote about accomplishing in your work today? Was that on your mind as you worked? REALLY?
Reflection: Throughout all the work you have done over the past 3 days in the CRITIQUE MODE – what are 3 things you have DISCOVERED about your work you didn’t know / realize as you were working on the drawing??
Studio Art 360: TEXTURE – COLLAGE it BEARDEN style
10.1P: Document the process of developing ideas from early stages to fully elaborated ideas.
What are the SPECIFICS about the SOCIAL TOPIC that you and came up with and you are looking at and really considering as a strong idea or a weak idea today?
Let’s Look at Romare Bearden for a bit to give you a better understanding… HERE
Reflection: What are 3 things that you have been challenged – BUT – are succeeding with as you jave worked this new and different approach of COLLAGE in the art making process – and that you are creating a social commentary work?
AP Studio Art: DaDa Art – Duchamp
Let’s keep this image up for the hour – what are ou succeding with in YOUR version? y http://www.beatmuseum.org/duchamp/images/nude2.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?
Reflection: As you drew from your many images today… what are 2 things that worked well for you? What did not? WHY?
Advanced Drawing: 50 Sheets of Paper – FINAL DAYS THIS WEEK!
7. Stretch & Explore: Learning to reach beyond one’s capacities, to explore playfully without a preconceived plan, and to embrace the opportunity to learn from mistakes.
Last day (for the week) – unless you take it home to work this weekend – What are three VERY SPECIFIC things you are doing TODAY to get this gigantic undertaking done? How are you working in the OBSERVATION part and be able to talk about it on Wednesday?
Reflection: MONDAY Mr. Korb will get around and talk to you inxividually and formatively CRITRIQUE… do you need to try and work this weekend? EXPLAIN in 140 characters (using # to emphasize the important terms and phrases) what you are HAPPIEST WITH and WHY!
4.2Ac: Analyze, select, and critique personal artwork for a collection or portfolio presentation.
What PRINCIPLES do you SEE being used to organize the ELEMENTS of your composition when you look at your Wassily Kandinsky inspired oil pastel drawing? LIST 2 Principles and the Element(s) they support / orhganize.
Click HEREto access the Google Slideshow for our presentation
Click HEREto get your ART… can you save it to YOUR Google Folder? Hmmm…
Reflection: What are two things you need to do to finish your written critique and / or your Slide Show Statement? What are strategies you can use to make sure you are done on MONDAY?
Studio Art 360: TEXTURE – COLLAGE it BEARDEN style
10.1P: Document the process of developing ideas from early stages to fully elaborated ideas.
What are you doing to SUCCESSFULLY create a REAL sense of SPACE in your COMPOSITION?
Let’s Look at Romare Bearden for a bit to give you a better understanding… HERE
Reflection: How have you been able to think about your artwork being something that CAN affect how someone who looks at your work and their ideas about bullying?
2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
Day two of FIGURE DRAWINGS – We could spend a SEMESTER on them… What are three things you hope to pull together in your FIGURE DRAWING inspired by Marcel Duchamp’s “Nude Descending a Staircase”? Consider EMPHASIZING GUIDELINES and REFERENCE Lines from your gesture drawings! Let’s see the work – just like in math.
Reflection: Based on a DIRECT COMPARISON – What is more successful in today’s drawing than yesterday’s?
Advanced Drawing: 50 Sheets of Paper – FINAL DAYS THIS WEEK!
6.1Ac: Make, explain, and justify connections between artists or artwork and social, cultural, and political history.
Two DAYS LEFT – Mr. Korb is in CHICAGO… What 2 things are you going to REALLY REALLY focus on so you are DONE – READY TO TALK about the work on Monday – NO MORE WORK TIME – CRIT ON WEDNESDAY!
Reflection: Did you accomplish those two things? REALLY?
4.2Ac: Analyze, select, and critique personal artwork for a collection or portfolio presentation.
What do you SEE when you look at your Wassily Kandinsky inspired oil pastel drawing? LIST 15 things… That’s it – LIST. This is DESCRIBE in your 4 part CRITIQUE
Click HEREto access the Google Slideshow for our presentation
Click HEREto get your ART… can you save it to YOUR Google Folder? Hmmm…
Reflection: As you explored your artwork via the ONLINE part of this project (whether it be the Google Slide Show or the Google Document) what ELEMENTS are you seeing MOSTLY in your artwork? What ELEMENTS are DOMINANT? What elements are SUBORDINATE?
Studio Art 360: TEXTURE – COLLAGE it BEARDEN style
1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
What are TWO textures you are hoping to / might be able to work into your collage and WHERE will you use theM(this will be translated into a SCULPTURE later so TEXTURE might be very important)?
Let’s talk about Romare Bearden for a bit to give you a better understanding… HERE
Reflection: How is the collage coming along? What is ONE VERY SUCCESSFUL aspect to the work SO FAR? What is one area you are having a CHALLENGE with?
7. Stretch & Explore: Learning to reach beyond one’s capacities, to explore playfully without a preconceived plan, and to embrace the opportunity to learn from mistakes.
Please consider the biggest STRUGGLE you had with this drawing from the get go… what was it and what artistic / life skills did you use to overcome that? I KNOW that some of you have had struggles…
Felix Gonzalez – Torres:
Reflection: Well… What were biggest SUCCESSES you had with this drawing since the beginning of this artwork and how have you learned from that – how can you carry those lessons into the FUTURE?
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? THIS is ALL COMING UP SOON… Get thinking about the face!
Click HEREto access the Google Slideshow for our presentation
Click HEREto get your ART… can you save it to YOUR Google Folder? Hmmm…
1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
What 3 challenges do you think you will face as it comes to the idea of an INTERESTING collage?
Let’s talk about Romare Bearden for a bit to give you a better understanding… HERE
Reflection: How do you feel your use of the GOLDEN MEAN will help you develop a more successful composition to explain the ideas of your social topic? EXPLAIN your answers.
4.2Ad: Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.
Online challenges – how are you hitting the mark with your ONLINE statement OR how are you falling a bit short? Let’s get the computers up and running before you answer these questions…
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.
Why are two things you have learned from the beginning of this artwork (about BEING AN ARTIST – the JOB, not the act)
Reflection: What are two things you have learned about the ACT of making art since the beginning of this work?
6.1P: Analyze and describe the impact that an exhibition or collection has on personal awareness of social, cultural, or political beliefs and understandings.
What are you seeing about your collage as being a NEW skill / a NEW understanding / a NEW technique that you might take into the future of your art making toolbox?
Reflection / Evaluation: What is the ONE area of the collage that you see yourself as carrying into the BAS RELIEF Sculpture? How do you hope to see this as carrying the SOCIAL COMMENTARY forward?
AP Studio Art: Concentration to work on!
Have you looked at the AP Studio Art Portfolio for Inspiration? Here are the AP Studio Art Portfolio Example Pages.
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 using imagery / symbolism / techniques to tie the art works together? Please think about the larger MESSAGE as well as the APPROACH you are using to tie the works together
Reflection / Evaluation: Imagine yourself in front of the AP BOARD… how would you, in 30 seconds, defend your body of work so far?
NPR – Listen Radio Lab Story of Perseverence HERE!
ALSO – #WiArtChat is on TWITTER tonight from 7 – 8pm. Join your Art Teachers for some LIVELY conversation about the Art Room AND then be there for a Google Form – “What Questions do YOU have for YOUR Art Teacher?” or something of the like…
Painting and Advanced Painting: Last Day of Critique TODAY! WHOSE NOT DONE? CRITIQUE a Work Of Art – WAS due THURSDAY LATE!!! – HERE
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 you have HEARD about the works (yours or a classmates) how do you image having to go back and revise, refine, re-engage the work you have developed?
Reflection / Evaluation: What is a skill, an approach, an idea about the materials or ideas that you took away from the critique today – whether it be about YOUR work or about another person’s work.
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.
Beginning on the FIRST set of 3 works… What is the CENTRAL IDEA behind your concentration? Remember that you need to have a common thread / common theme / CENTRAL IDEA that ties your works together. Get together in 3 small groups and SHARE ideas – NEW RUBRIC for the the three works – together – WORK.
Reflection / Evaluation: What did your conversation with your classmates help you do, help you explain / understand as you move your work forward?
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.
If you are struggling with adding to the conversation, what is ONE THING you are afraid of? Fear is fine too… If you find yourself an ACTIVE critique, what do you find about yourself that makes it EASY to add to the conversation?
Reflection / Evaluation: Two things you feel you can go back to and fix in your drawing to demonstrate a stronger feel of mastery in the work? Why do you feel it worthwhile to reflect / re-engage / refine the work that is in front of you?
Art With Korb 
