Art One - more drawing

Which is your favorite?  What makes it successful?

Art Two - Kathe Kollwitz

Below are printmaking examples by German artist Kathe Kollwitz.  Her work depicts images from the Holocaust.  Thoughts?

Self Portrait

Art One - Drawings of Nature

Which is your favorite?  These are all done with pencil.

Art One - Drawings in Pencil

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

Art 2 - block printing videos

Watch the following videos for tips on cutting your linoleum block.  There are two to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5QuEq8pKnQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC-1ueD18TE

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 - 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.

Art One - Glazing

We will be glazing your clay pots this week.  Here are some examples of glazed pieces of pottery.  What do you think?

Art Two -More Printmaking

Below are more examples of block prints.  Thoughts?

Art Two - Printmaking

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 - Radial Symmetry - Vasarely

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 - This one is not radially symmetrical but is by Vasarely.