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?

Art Two - Experimental Printmaking

See the images below.  They were created using printmaking materials and methods.  Which ones do you like or dislike?

Art One - Coil Pottery

Below are examples of pottery made with coils from different artists and cultures.  Which is your favorite and why?
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Ancient Greek - Black Figure


Egyptian Canopy Jars

 
African Pottery


Maria Martinez - Mexico


Acoma Pueblo - New Mexico, USA

AP Art - Photoshop Mandala

2D - Create a Photoshop mandala.

1.  Make a Photoshop document that is 4"x4" with a 150 dpi resolution.  Open Photoshop.  Go to "file", then "new" to set it up.
2.  Go ahead and open up 2-3 layers.  Don't paste it on the background.
3.  Use a section of one of your previous works or an action shot found online for one of the layers.  Use any other photograph for the other layer.  Feel free to add more layers if you want.
4.  Erase, adjust the transparency, contrast, etc. to create the most dynamic image you can.  Don't forget that you can add filters to your layers as well.  Adjust the brightness/contrast for maximum impact.
5.  Save this file.
6.  Open up a new file that is 8"x8" with a 150 dpi resolution.
7.  Create four layers.
8.  Paste your 4"x4" piece on each layer.
9.  Use "Control T" or "Flip horizontally/vertically" to move and flip to line up all of the edges.
10.  You can be finished here or you can repeat the process for more detail.
The above mandala is a sample. 

Save this as well as all other AP work in a folder in your Pictures library.  Your AP Art folder should have two sub-folders in it labeled "Breadth" and Concentration.  You might also want to add a third sub-folder labeled "Ideas" for any reference photos or random images that you might use now or later.

Sara Parker - 

Create an image that is radially symmetrical using natural materials then photograph it.  Make sure to have a good mix of light and dark.  It can be colorful but focus on the light and dark.  Make sure that you use lots of objects.  It should be complex and full.  Do this outside and in really good light.  

AP Artists

1.  What was your favorite and least favorite assignment (from Mrs. Butler) this year?

2.  What was your most successful work while you have been at FPD and why?  It could be this year or another year.

3.  How could the class be improved?

4.  What advice do you leave for next years' AP class?  I will share this with them next year.

Ceramics - Final Thoughts

This is your last blog assignment.
What has been your favorite method of working with clay and why?

Art Two - Painting after 1900

Vincent van Gogh


Henri Matisse


Gustav Klimt


Pablo Picasso


Wassily Kandinsky


Mark Rothko


Chuck Close


Janet Fish

Art One - Picasso and van Gogh videos

Watch these two videos

Watch the following video about Picasso.  Which painting is your favorite and which is your least favorite and why?  Picasso was the founder of the Cubism art movement along with George Braque.  Advances in art had been made by the Impressionists (Monet, Renior, Degas) and Post Impressionists (van Gogh, Seurat, Gauguin) to allow room for this new way of painting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR7liV4O9-4



Watch the following video about van Gogh (we also looked at his work last week here on the blog).  Enjoy.  It's very relaxing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD1ih3Q9otE