AP Class - Fri. #5

Spend an extra two hours (either this week or over the weekend) on your current project.  Carved sculptures and collage/paintings are due on Wednesday.  Katherine - I'm not pinning you down yet.

Ceramics - Blog 5 - slab container

Art Two - Blog 5 - Rembrandt

Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669) was a Dutch painter and etcher. He is generally considered one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art and the most important in Dutch history. His contributions to art came in a period of great wealth and cultural achievement that historians call the Dutch Golden Age when Dutch Golden Age painting, although in many ways antithetical to the Baroque style that dominated Europe, was extremely prolific and innovative.
Having achieved youthful success as a portrait painter, Rembrandt's later years were marked by personal tragedy and financial hardships. Yet his etchings and paintings were popular throughout his lifetime, his reputation as an artist remained high and for twenty years he taught many important Dutch painters. Rembrandt's greatest creative triumphs are exemplified especially in his portraits of his contemporaries, self-portraits and illustrations of scenes from the Bible. His self-portraits form a unique and intimate biography, in which the artist surveyed himself without vanity and with the utmost sincerity.

Art One - Blog 5 - linoleum cutting

Watch the following video for tips on cutting your linoleum block.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5QuEq8pKnQ

Art 2 - Blog 4 - Time Lapse portrait drawing

Watch the short video.  Natalia Stefanek creates a very realistic portrait drawing of Derren Brown.  He starts with a sketch that is shown at the 30 second mark.  This is the stage to work out proportions.  It looks like he has traced and transferred his own sketch onto the drawing paper and then completed it using a variety of pencil grades.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5GFb_Sivzk

Art One - Blog 4 - Radial Symmetry photo

What is this?  How was this made?

Ceramics - Blog 4 - Quote

Post an interesting quote about clay.  Note the source.

3D AP - Brancusi

Constantin Brancusi was a student of Auguste Rodin.  Find one of his sculptures and draw it on a full page in your sketchbook.  This should be a finished drawing with some sort of background information and should take you about 2 hours.

The Kiss by Brancusi


The Kiss by Rodin

2D AP - Seated figure

Look at the paintings of mothers and children by Mary Cassatt.  She was an American Impressionist.  Recreate one of them on a FULL page in your sketchbooks.

2D AP - painting/collage examples

The above two are by Texas artist Nancy Sandlee



Einstein by Steve Penley

AP Class - Friday Assignment 3

2D students (this will include Meg and Tesch too - I won't keep saying this, okie dokie?) - Look at paintings of seated figures by Alice Neel and Lucian Freud.  Pick one and re-create it on a full page in your sketchbook.  Most of y'all have been doing a great job on this assignment so keep it up :)

3D students (this will include Katherine too) - Look at figurative sculpture by Auguste Rodin.  Pick one and draw it in your sketchbook.  You may use any material but use a range of value to show the textures and dimension.

Ceramics - Blog 3 - Free form coil pots

Find an interesting free form pot or container on Google, Bing or some other search engine.  Post a photo of it here to share with your classmates.

Art 2 - Blog 3 - Photoshop Find

There are tons of how-to videos on YouTube about Photoshop.  Think of a problem that you are stuck on and search a video that will help you solve your problem.  State your Photoshop issue and share the link with your classmates.  The earlier in the week you do this the more helpful it will be.

Art One - Blog 3 - Mandala

Tibetan monks create a mandala (sand painting) as a ritual.  Watch this short video.  What do you think about the image and the symbolism?

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

Art One - Blog 2 - Radial Symmetry

Radial Symmetry achieves the greatest level of balance in a work of art.  Shapes, lines and colors radiate from a central axis.

What is this?  Where would you find it?  Why was it put there?

Ceramics - Blog 2 - Free form Coil

How was this made?  What do you think?

Art 2 - Blog 2 - Photoshop blending

This photo is pure cheese, but it demonstrates a cool photoshop trick.

Watch the following video about how to apply a layer mask.  This can be useful when blending two images together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDmpumn8yPE

2D AP, Megan and Tesch - Friday Assignment 2

Find another work by Marc Chagall and reproduce it in your sketchbook.   You can use any material.

BTW - your Franz Marc animals were terrific.  I loved the color and the use of the full page - for most of you.

3D AP and Katherine - Friday Assignment 2

Reproduce these Henry Moore sketches on one full page in your sketchbook by Friday.  You can use any material.

Refining your drawing skills will only help you with your prep work for your 3D work.  I know it seems like it is not connected but you can see by the Moore sketches that it can help you refine your ideas.  It also helps you prevent wasting time and materials.  If you were him, which one of these drawings would you turn into a sculpture?