Art Two - Jasper Johns

American Painter of pop images.

He was born in 1930 in Augusta, GA.

Art One - Drawings of Nature.

Which is your favorite?  These are all done with pencil. Notice the light and dark values.

All Art Classes

No blog this week.

Ceramics - Wheel Throwing

March 8 is the end of Quarter 3.  You must have finished and trimmed your first wheel thrown piece by then.  Remember it is a two day process.  Go back and watch the videos again if you need to.  They are still posted on the blog.  Comment here that you understand the expectation.

Art Two - Block Print portraits

Below are examples of portraits using the block print method.  The white areas are carved away and the black is left in the material.  The block is then inked and printed.  What do you think?

Art One - Drawings in Pencil

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

Art Two - Block Prints

Below are of block prints.  What do you notice about the process of the artist?  Which ones are more/less successful and why?

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.

Ceramic - 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. 
4. Born: September 16, 1886, Strasbourg, France
5. Died: June 7, 1966, Basel, Switzerland
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7. Below are examples of his work.  What do you think?  How is it similar to your free form clay work?
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