Art Two - Jasper Johns

American Painter of pop images.
He was born in 1930 in Augusta, GA.

Ceramics - Wheel Thrown Pottery videos

Watch the following videos and comment:

You will need to complete a wheel thrown piece for Quarter 1&2.

Centering:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMWQ7eIbp98

Opening:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xupn8MRTF-8

Pulling the walls:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RoCMYBoIII

Art One - Geometric Forms

VALUE - the degree of lightness on a scale from black to white

We will be creating the ILLUSION of space using pencil.  We will move on to graphite to learn how to shade and create the illusion of 3-dimensional forms.

Ceramics - Sculptural Heads

What do you think about these?  Which is the favorite and worst?

Art One - Radial Symmetry

Below are examples of radial symmetry in art by artist Victor Vasarely.  

Victor Vasarely, was a Hungarian–French artist, who is widely accepted as a "grandfather" and leader of the op art movement. His work entitled Zebra, created in the 1930s, is considered by some to be one of the earliest examples of op art.

What do you think?  Which one is your favorite?

"Zebra" 1938

Art Two - Kara Walker

Below are some examples of Kara Walker silhouettes.  Some are very disturbing.  They deal with some of the horrors of slavery.



 







Other examples of silhouettes.

Ceramics - Jug Heads

See below.  What do you think?  Which do you like and why?  Which do you not like and why?