Tuesday, December 11, 2012

All Art Students

All late blog comments are due by Friday, December 14.  I will check these during mid terms and will add or adjust the grades accordingly.  Late posts will receive half credit and I will drop the lowest one.

Art One & Art Two - Cezanne

Paul Cézanne; 1839–1906) was a French artist and Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century. Cézanne can be said to form the bridge between late 19th-century Impressionism and the early 20th century's new line of artistic enquiry, Cubism. The line attributed to both Matisse and Picasso that Cézanne "is the father of us all" cannot be easily dismissed.
Cézanne's often repetitive, exploratory brushstrokes are highly characteristic and clearly recognizable. He used planes of colour and small brushstrokes that build up to form complex fields. The paintings convey Cézanne's intense study of his subjects.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Ceramics and AP 3D - Tea Pot video

Watch the following video about the teapot exhibit at the Craft Museum.  Watch it to the end.  These are non-functioning works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqlC7zqX9b0

Art One - Guernica


Guernica is a painting by Pablo Picasso. It was created in response to the bombing of Guernica, a Basque Country village in northern Spain by German and Italian warplanes at the behest of the Spanish Nationalist forces, on 26 April 1937, during the Spanish Civil War. The Spanish Republican government commissioned Picasso to create a large mural for the Spanish display at the Paris International Exposition at the 1937 World's Fair in Paris.
Guernica shows the tragedies of war and the suffering it inflicts upon individuals, particularly innocent civilians. This work has gained a monumental status, becoming a perpetual reminder of the tragedies of war, an anti-war symbol, and an embodiment of peace. On completion Guernica was displayed around the world in a brief tour, becoming famous and widely acclaimed. This tour helped bring the Spanish Civil War to the world's attention.

Art One

Pablo Picasso - Spanish painter, sculptor and printmaker.
This short video shows work from his Blue and Rose Periods as well as his Cubist style.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQTO0BakU6c

Art One - Vincent van Gogh

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=dipFMJckZOM&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DdipFMJckZOM

Monday, October 29, 2012

Art 2 - Lee Krasner

Non-Objective painting
Lee Krasner was married to Jackson Pollock.  Check out his work too on either Google or YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbSRSIfu-ag

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Art 1 - Printing

Block printing.  We will be using black ink on two types of paper.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jozYgxtUMM

2D AP Art

Although I think the composition of this piece is awful (split right in half), the trick here is super cool!  Check it out.  If you are having Photoshop trouble, there are LOTS of youtube tutorials.  Type in your issue and search.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvgA-G2OXws

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Ceramics and AP 3D

Henry Moore was a British 20th century sculptor.  Look for the figure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AHF2EPxZ6A

Art 2

Leonardo da Vinci made thousands of exploratory sketches.  Here is one of the pages from his sketchbook.  Remember, this is the same artist that painted the Mona Lisa.


AP - 2D

Watch the following video about layering in Photoshop.
Don't forget that your 16-24 photos are due to me by Friday during class.  Late work will be given half credit.  You will need these photos next week for a major project.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4EooYoYYTQ

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

All Students - new to the blog

If you don't have a gmail account, just sign in as "anonymous" but make sure to sign your name to your comment.  See the one I did for AP 2D and the sugar skull post.
Click the word "comment" at the bottom right of the post to add your remarks.

Monday, October 8, 2012

Art 1

Animal block print
This was done with linoleum.  The artist cut out all of the white areas and left the black to make a sort of stamp called a "block" for printing.

Ceramics and 3D AP Art

Biomorphic Sculpture by Henry Moore
What do you see?

2D AP Art

Mexican Sugar Skulls


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