Art Two - Four Collage Examples

Look at the collage artists below.  Which one is your favorite?  Notice how they use a variety of tones and textures of the same color.

AP/ART 3 - Natural Installation due FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20

Look at the environmental / installation work of Andy Goldsworthy, Nazca Lines, Christo and Robert Smithson.  We have also looked at others through our sketch assignments, and feel free to investigate others.  Create at least one on-site installation.  You may use natural or man-made materials to alter the environment.  Your idea can be elaborate or very simple.  It can have a message or just be beautiful.  Photograph it from several angles.  Also include detail shots.  A sunny day around 4:00 p.m. will probably give you the best light, but morning times are good too.  Avoid taking photos in the shade.  Also, be mindful of other stuff that might be part of the photograph.  Keep the installation the main focus of the photograph, but also keep in mind that the overall image (photo) should look good in terms of lights/darks, color, etc. and there should be no random stuff in the background.  Edit your photos for best results.

2D - You should view Christo’s “Running Fence” and the Nazca lines as drawings.  Keep in mind that this is a 2-D project.  Concentrate on value (light and dark) contrasts, color, texture and line.

3D - Your installation should activate the space in some way.  Think beyond colors and line to how your addition or manipulation to the environment affects spacial relationships.

Load the images into your AP or Art 3 Art folder in your Pictures folder on your computer.  Email Mrs. Butler the best two of the overall scene and also include one detail - for three total images.  You will email three images by Friday, February 20.  It is due by your class time on that day.

The following images are examples of work done by previous students.  Some better than others but it will give you an idea.  The first two with the rocks are 3D examples.  The last three are 2D examples.

Art 3 and AP - Friday Assignment for 2/6

All students - Begin siting the name of the artist and title of the inspirational work on the back of the sketchbook page.

2D - recreate your version of a Max Ernst painting in your sketchbook.  Begin thinking about how to put your own twist on these assignments.  Make changes, add content, change the style, etc. to make it your own work.  This should NOT be a direct copy of his work, but looking at it should inspire you to create something of your own.

3D - Look at some examples of Surrealist sculpture.  Recreate your version of it in your sketchbook as a drawing or painting. Begin thinking about how to put your own twist on these assignments.  Make changes, add content, change the style, etc. to make it your own work.  This should NOT be a direct copy of the work, but looking at it should inspire you to create something of your own.

AP Students - your next project is due Friday, February 13.

Art Two - Romare Bearden and Collage

Romare Bearden (September 2, 1911 – March 12, 1988) was an African-American artist and writer. He worked in several media including cartoons, oils and collage. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Bearden moved to New York City at a very young age and went on to graduate from NYU in 1935. He began his artistic career creating scenes of the American South. Later, he endeavored to express the humanity he felt was lacking in the world after his experience in the US Army during World War II on the European front. He later returned to Paris in 1950 and studied Art History and Philosophy at the Sorbonne in 1950.

Bearden's early work focused on unity and cooperation within the African-American community. After a period during the 1950s when he painted more abstractly, this theme reemerged in his collage works of the 1960s, when Bearden became a founding member of the Harlem-based art group known as The Spiral, formed to discuss the responsibility of the African-American artist in the struggle for civil rights.

 

Ceramics - Free Form Sculpture

Taiwanese artist Chang Tzu-lung creates larger-than-life sculpture based on the female body. These free form sculptures represent a female body, with curving lines drawing the eye smoothly to the lower part, the center of gravity for the carved work. The artwork brings a sense of peace and comfort to viewers, who naturally want to stretch out their hands to feel the surface and connect with the stone.

“The subject of my interest has always been the forms of life,” Chang said March 15 while giving a tour of his studio in Danshui Township, Taipei County. “Women are life-givers, so the female body is the best means for me to explore the forms of life.”

Art One - Surrealism Video

Follow the link below and watch the short (5 min.) video about Surrealism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WKIBbVaxjc

Ceramics - Coil Method

Look at these three images.  Which one do you like best and why?

 

 

Art 2 - Pop Art

Below are examples of Pop Art.  How is it different or the same as what Jasper Johns did?

Andy Warhol's "Marilyn"



Warhol's soup cans



Roy Lichtenstein

Art One - Erasing/Selecting on Photoshop

Watch the following video.  It will show you three ways to erase without using the eraser.  It's not very long.  There are MANY more videos on YouTube that can show you different tricks using Photoshop. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMvr5pd7nbI&src_vid=6aMbMk9IGoM&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_534681

Optional:  Watch this second one on layer masking if you want.  It's a way to layer two images with transparency. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm2u0iuiWfE

AP and Art 3 -

Everyone has a project due this Friday!

Art 3, make sure you have a good range of values (black, white and grays in between) along with little color here and there.  Use your creativity!

Instead of a Friday assignment, work two hours outside of class time on your project.  This "freebie" won't happen often, so take advantage.

Hannah, Kelly, Madison and Martha - you MUST set up your AP access and Breadth images ASAP!  The instructions were on a previous blog.  Look back to find it.

Ceramics - Blog 2

How was this made?  What do you think about it?  Be original.

Art 2 - Picasso and African masks video

 

Picasso was one of many 2D artists inspired by 3D work and in particular 3D work from Africa.  Watch the following short video and tell me what you think.

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

Art One - Mandala video

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 3 and AP

Art 3 - Recreate a work in your sketchbook based on the installation art of Rachel Whiteread.

AP - Create your College Board access and upload all edited Breadth work.  See previous instructions (on handout and on blog).

Ceramics - Blog One

Welcome to ART@FPD!!!!  We will have a great semester. You will need to check the blog every week.  I usually post it by Tuesday, and you will need to comment before your class time on Friday.

Have you ever worked with clay before?  When was it and what did you make?  Don't forget to sign your name or you won't get credit.

Art One - Radial Symmetry

What is this?  How was this made?

ART 2 - Masks from around the world

Masks are a very interesting topic. They can be used to mask our real physical faces for fun but can also been used to reveal our inner selves. In rituals, shamans or role players use masks to act out mythical characters, archetypes or personas (persona literally meant “mask” in ancient Latin). We all have these characters either individually or collectively dwelling in our dreams or inner worlds. One good way to get to the meaning of these characters is to bring them out into the open. The ancient world used masks to symbolize and convey personalities and emotions that defined their cultures. Some cultures have come up with some very distinct styles but some similar types of masks can be seen across cultures worldwide. For example you can find many skulls, demons, bird-men or wolf-men all over the globe. Here is a small sample of masks.


Himalayan



Chinese

Art 3/AP Art - Friday Assignment

Recreate a work by natural installation artist Robert Smithson.

Start thinking about a natural installation of your own.  We will talk more about this but it will be due Friday, February 20.

AP/Art 3 - Friday assignment due January 9

Look at work by the following natural art installation artists:
Jenni Tieaho
Jaakko Pernu
Patrick Dougherty

Recreate as a drawing using pencil, colored pencil or watercolor in your sketchbook.

FYI - you will create your own natural art installation which will be due Feb. 20.  You will construct, document it and turn in two 8x10 photographs of it.  You will also need to have the digital files saved in your Breadth section of your porfolio.  3D students will need to engage the space in terms of height, width and depth.  2D students will need to think in terms of height and width like a drawing or painting.  This is an OUT OF CLASS assignment.  Be thinking!

AP Art - Due dates

Concentration #2 – Friday, January 16

You will need to set up your access to the AP^® Studio Art Digital Submission Web application and upload your Breadth works.   This is a PROJECT grade. The Breadth section should be completely full.  Brad Thompson should be contacted for your AP number. If your file is too large, you will need to resize your image.  Click "Properties" and "Resize" then shrink to 999.

http://apstudio.ets.org          School Code: 111937            Teacher Key: tvv7929

Access and Breadth uploaded – Friday, January 23

Concentration #3 – Friday, January 30

Concentration #4 – Friday, February 13

Natural Installation – Friday, February 20

Concentration #5 – Friday, February 27

Concentration #6 – Friday, March 13

Concentration #7 – Friday, March 27

Concentration #8 – Friday, April 17

Concentration #9 – Friday, May 1

Quality, Concentration & Breadth – Friday, May 8 – AP Exam date – noon

If you are absent on any due date, your work is still due.  10 pts. deducted for each day a project is late.  For 3D students working in clay, the due dates are for construction.  Glazing will need to be completed at various times through the semester.

If students will be submitting Drawing or 2-D Design portfolios, May 8 is also the deadline for the assembly of physical portfolios.  Quality works (18x24” max size) may be selected from the Concentration and Breadth sections.  Works may not be duplicated in the Concentration and Breadth sections in either the Drawing, 2-D or 3-D portfolios.

If you fail to complete your AP portfolio, you will fail the AP Art class for the last 9 weeks.

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