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Genius, Color, and Matting artwork… are you up for the challenges?

“Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.” — Julie Andrews

Art Foundations: COLOR and YOU!


Goals:

  1. 1.4 Analyse (break it down) and Define color schemes and how you use color on a daily basis.

Review with neighbors the relationships of the colors on the color wheel? QUIZ one another on the names, types and labels of the colors. What three colors can you use to mix ALL THE OTHER colors? In your GOALS SHEET…

Drawing: Genius Day (a bit longer than a day).


Goals:

  1. 1.1 Define and consider your PASSIONS through the media, techniques, and processes that you want to consider. Don’t forget about the 1.1.1 skill , 1.1.2 confidence and 1.1.3 awareness that you have and will use so that your ideas are executed well.

Working with Mr. Korb “out of the way/” Here are your “24 hours” of doing what you want with who you want in the way you want with the idea of a product being the end result and presenting being the final evaluation. What have you accomplished today and what do you need to accomplish tonight so that you can present tomorrow? The presentation is a huge factor. What did you intend to do? What did you intend to learn? Why is this a GREAT experience for you? How is having an assignment easier or harder for you? Lots to think about…

AP Studio Art: MAT YOUR WORK – Consider Duchamp


Goals:

  1. 6.3 use the principles and techniques of art with those from other discipline to PREPARE your WORK for QUALITY!

What are you doing this weekend to PREPARE for the next 1 weeks of WORKING on ONE BREADTH work based on the figure drawings that we worked on this week. How can you look at the Marcel Duchamp work of the world and resolve the image you have in front of you. Next week… resolution – Pastels, Conte, Charcoal? Whatever…

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TED says that COLOR sound beautiful!

“Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.” — Julie Andrews

Art Foundations: Artist Statement – TURN IN SELF EVAL!

GOALS:

  1. 1.4 Define visual challenges using analysis.What are the colors that we, as painters / drawers use to make all the other colors? ANSWER ME ARTISTS!

Review with neighbors the relationships of the colors on the color wheel? QUIZ one another on the names, types and relationships of the colors.

Drawing: Collaborative Work – Figure this out – TOMORROW – GENIUS DAY!

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GOALS:

  1. Use Google Presentation and Docs (and the lab) to resolve your self evaluation and work collaboratively to support individual learning and to the learning of others.

BEGIN PLANNING FOR TOMORROW – GENIUS DAY – ALL WEEKEND to work – PRESENT on MONDAY! ?What? Yikes!

Working with Mr. Korb “out of the way” here are your “24 hours” of doing what you want with who you want in the way you want with the idea of a product being the end result and presenting being the final evaluation. What have you accomplished today and what do you need to accomplish… the presentation day on Monday…

AP Studio Art: FIGURES… just figures.

Goals:

  1. 2.3 create artworks that solve visual challenges of a figurative nature… WHAT DO YOU WANT TO EMPHASIZE TODAY?

How did things go today? Look at everyone’s drawings and make comments about their figure drawings in their binders.

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Updates and Changes are ALWAYS happening! How is your art changing you?

“Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.” — Julie Andrews

Art Foundations: Artist Statement

How are the ideas coming with the artist statement? This is a challenging process. Stay focused on the ideas we spoke about. wpid-0325141357.jpg Goals:

  1. 4.4 evaluate and interpret your oil pastel drawing for relationships in 4.4.1 form 4.4.2 context as it related to the original photographic image from the microscope.

YOUR ARTWORKS that have been PHOTOGRAPHED

How do you feel about the paper you have written? Does it fully describe your artwork? Does it partially describe your artwork? Does it fall flat? WHY?

Drawing: WRITE – SUMMARIZE – FINISH – INSPIRE!

Drawing 5th Hour Goals:

  1. 4.4 evaluate and interpret your oil pastel drawing for relationships in 4.4.1 form 4.4.2 context as it relates to the IDEAS of Wassily Kandinsky – Can you explain it concisely?

LINKS TO WORK WITH TODAY!

How do you feel that writing this artist statement has helped you to 1) better understand your art and 2) explained it to your audience, those interested in buying your art?

AP Studio Art: Art Mounting Time

Be CAREFUL as to how you use the tools. Make your lines STRAIGHT and CLEAN! Goals:

  1. 3.2 apply subjects, symbols, and ideas in art and use skill to solve visual challenges – What are the VISUAL CHALLENGES that you are faced with in this part of the art toolbox?

Well… how did you do? What do you need to FOCUS on as you mount MORE and MORE artworks? Is this as easy as MAKING art? Would you reconsider HOW you make your work so you can skip this step?

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Critique / Evaluate / LEARN!

“Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.” — Julie Andrews

REMEMBER – Goals are a Changing – JUST A SMIDGE – It is becoming a lot more thoughtful and less VERBATIM! Read the Goal – Read my questions – Write your thoughts and reflections – Let’s  take a moment to visit the CHANGES!

Art Foundations: How’s the self-evaluation / art statement going?

Type about your art. https://korbartwuhs.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/132e2-tyree20callahan20chromatic20typewriter20dbed0_o.jpg

Goals:

  1. 4.4 What are the strengths and weaknesses in your art regarding the ideas of 4.4.1 form 4.4.2 and context (ideas) and how you understand linear (and non-linear) perspective?*  

REREAD the work you have done for today. What was the best and the worst part of the work? What are you going to take into your next major artwork that you learned from this artwork?

YOUR ARTWORKS that have been PHOTOGRAPHED

Drawing: How are you coming up with the statement? Anything you need to focus on? Let’s break it up.


Goals:

  1. 4.4 What are the  relationships in 4.4.1 form 4.4.2 context and 4.4.3 meanings that you are focusing in with your Kandinsky inspired / music inspired / BAUHAUS inspired oil pastel drawing?

LINKS TO WORK WITH TODAY and TOMORROW!

 

What did your FAVORITE part of this overall DEEP and difficult project? How do you feel you have summed up your work in the FIRST EVER ARTIST STATEMENT?

AP Studio Art: No welcome back today – I tried yesterday. Figure Drawing – 2 10 minutes.


Goals:

  1. 2.3 What challenges do you feel you will need to work on today as we create figure drawings?

How did things go today? Look at everyone’s drawings and make comments about their figure drawings in their binders.

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How’s that frog taste?

“Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.” Brian Tracy, Eat that Frog

Have you eaten your frog today?

Have you eaten your frog today?

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Advanced Drawing – Computer Lab: Writing About Your Art

How are you feeling about this?

GOALS:

  1. (3.3) describe the creation of images and ideas and explain why they are of value in written form and participate in the self – evaluation of your drawing.
  2. (4.3) compare relationships in visual art in terms of (4.3.2) aesthetics

Hopefully we looked at Execution and Composition in the Rubric and you were able to get some good solid writing down and thoughts worked out. What have you seen or thought about that is now something you can REALLY reflect on regarding your work?

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Art Foundations: Line and the Portrait – Continuous line contour drawings

How to draw with a contour line.

GOALS: 

  1. (3.3) Know about the creation of images and explain why they are important (contour line).
  2. (1.4) Solve visual challenges using analysis (element of Line).

What was difficult about the contour line drawing? Did you have any FUN drawing this image – knowing that there was no fear of doing it wrong?

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AP Studio Art: In Class Oral Crit.

Morandi made a LIFE of bottles and jars… what can you do for 18 weeks? Link to the Morandi article by clicking his work from above.

GOALS:

  1. (3.3) describe the creation of images and ideas and explain why they are of value Orally participate in the discussion of your classmates drawing.
  2. (4.3) compare relationships in visual art in terms of (4.3.2) aesthetics

What did you take away from the critique today? Write down what you have taken from the crit. of your work or the work of others. We HAVE to get comfortable doing this… FEEDBACK is ESSENTIAL.

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