Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Art Two



See below.  These were all done in pencil.  Notice the variety of texture.









Art One - Drawings

The drawings below were all completed with pencil.  Which is your favorite?




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Ceramics - Greek Amphora

amphora, ancient vessel form used as a storage jar and one of the principal vessel shapes in Greek pottery, a two-handled pot with a neck narrower than the body. There are two types of amphora: the neck amphora, in which the neck meets the body at a sharp angle; and the one-piece amphora, in which the neck and body form a continuous curve. The first is common from the Geometric period (c.900 bc) to the decline of Greek pottery; the second appeared in the 7th century bc. The height of amphorae varies from large Geometric vases of 5 feet (1.5 metres) to examples of 12 inches (30 centimetres) or even smaller (the smallest are called amphoriskoi). The average normal height is about 18 inches (45 centimetres). Amphorae, which survive in great numbers, were used as storage and transport vessels for olives, cereal, oil, and wine (the wine amphora was a standard Attic measure of about 41 quarts [39 litres]) and, in outsize form, for funerals and as grave markers. Wide-mouthed, painted amphorae were used as decanters and were given as prizes.


Black Figure Neck Amphora


Red Figure Neck Amphora

Monday, September 18, 2017

Ceramics - Wheel?

Dear Ceramics class,
You have about three weeks to complete your wheel thrown piece for quarter one.  Got it?  We will be glazing this week, but you might want to consider throwing one of those days.
Mrs. Butler

Art Two - Willem de Kooning

Willem de Kooning was an abstract expressionist painter.  Often, there are figures found in his work (first images), but he also painted non-objectively.  What do you think?

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Non-Objective work

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Art One - Chairs

Which is your favorite and why?

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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Art Two - Non-Objective Painting

Jackson Pollock
“It’s all a big game of construction, some with a brush, some with a shovel, some choose a pen.”   “The method of painting is the natural growth out of a need. I want to express my feelings rather than illustrate them.”  “Every good painter paints what he is.”




Wassily Kandinsky




Hans Hoffman


Ceramics - Free Form sculpture



  1. Jean (Hans) Arp
    Sculptor
  2. Jean Arp or Hans Arp was a German-French sculptor, painter, poet, and abstract artist in other media such as torn and pasted paper. 
  3. BornSeptember 16, 1886, Strasbourg, France
  4. DiedJune 7, 1966, Basel, Switzerland

  5. Below are examples of his work.  What do you think?  How is it similar to your free form clay work?

Art One - Perspective in Art



Notice how the following artists use perspective in their paintings.j

One point perspective on the ground - Italian artist Perugino
This painting is in the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
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The School of Athens by Raphael
This painting is in the Vatican in Rome
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The Music Lesson by Vermeer
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Two point perspectve by Edward Hopper

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Also by Edward Hopper - American artist

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