Reflection Handout

July 28, 2010 by

~~~~~~Assignment Reflection- Advanced/AP Studio Art~~~~~~

Each student is required to fill out the following sheet upon completing and turning in a project to be submitted. It is important that the reflection is filled out at the time of project completion while the objectives and criteria for the project are fresh on your mind:

*********Attach a digital image of the work to the front of this reflection. **********

Name_________________________ Assignment___________________________

· Research

What resources did you use to research ideas for this project? What artist/art movement influences can be found in your work? What inspired you to make this work? Did you do any preparatory sketches? Did you change things as you developed the work in your sketchbook?

· Content

What ideas/symbolism/purposes/themes are found within your work? How did you want the viewer to respond to your work? Do you think you were successful in meeting your goals for the project? Explain.

· Technical Applications

How well do you think that you used the art elements and principles throughout your work? Give specific examples. Reflect on the decisions you made about the color, composition, media, etc. What were you trying to emphasize in your work? How did your media help you achieve your compositional goals? How did you problem-solve in order to complete this work?

· Creative Solutions

What risks did you take in developing this work? What makes this work different from other works you have done? How does this work show originality in its concept/idea?

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Micro projects

July 28, 2010 by

AP Art Studio Micro-Assignments- Drawing
Mrs. Sachi Richardson
In this class, you will be completing around 20 quality works to submit as a portfolio for your final AP score. Because this class is product-based, it is crucial that you have some of the works completed very shortly after your entry to the class. You need to select 5 works from the assignments below to be completed and turned in by the 3rd week of school. Treat each of these works with as much or more dedication as you would give it in class so that they are quality, finished additions to your portfolio.As an AP student, you MUST be self-disciplined in giving yourself deadlines and sticking to them. I also expect for you to keep a visual journal/sketchbook throughout the year. The 5 assignments and sketchbook will be graded by the 3rd week of school. You may use your choice of media to complete the assignments, but each MUST BE COMPLETED on an 18×24 surface- no smaller, no larger. You can choose your type of paper/surface. If you have questions please email me at sachidstudio@gmail.com I am counting on you to make this your best year of art yet and expect to see some growth through these works. It is extremely important that none of these assignments involve plagiarism.
Assignment Options:
• Create an artwork that uses weighted line (changes in thinness and thickness) based on an extreme light source. The line’s width should change based on how close to the light source it is. Complete an interesting, finished composition using lines alone.
• Create a self portrait that uses line quality to help aid in expressing an emotion. For example, choose hatch marks for a rough attitude/feeling, or fluid thick and thin lines for a calmer feel. Consider what psychological qualities lines have. Complete the composition, keeping lines as a main component of the piece.
• Create an artwork that utilizes patterns in all negative spaces. Try to use a different pattern in each separate negative shape or, if you can decide on a strong pattern, unify the piece with a single pattern in all negative spaces. This can be words, shapes, designs, doodles, etc.
• Create a still life that uses reflective materials such as glass, mirrors, containers, glasses, etc. Be creative in your choice of objects and in the arrangement for composition’s sake. Consider reflections from the environment seen in the items as part of your composition, whether it be other objects or yourself.
• Create a still life that utilizes textural lines. If you choose objects that have specific textures or patterns already, it will make your work come to life easier through the use of these expressive lines. Also consider using them in the negative spaces and background.
• Create an artwork that emphasizes a single object in an environment. Make sure that the environment is fitting for the type of object you chose (it can be symbolic, historical, etc.) and that both the object and the environment are equally emphasized.
• Use colored paper to complete a still life, focusing on extreme lights and darks. You will need to use extreme black and white drawing utensils to add to the effect. Consider the color of the paper in choosing your objects (maybe using a theme or mood). Also try adding only lines that are necessary to make the composition understood, leaving out some lines can also add interest to the piece.
• Create an artwork under the theme of “artists’ tools.” This can be obvious (paintbrushes, pencils, etc.) or not so obvious (hammer, brain, hands, etc.). Emphasize shading the negative space, especially right up next to your objects to help the items “pop” off the page. Dark charcoal works well for this.
• Tape off sections of your paper before applying your media (purple painter’s tape works best). Untape layers gradually as you add new layers of media to play with the effects. Make sure that you don’t completely lose the sharp line quality from the masked spaces. Choose colors, value intensity of these spaces wisely to make them accented. This can be abstract or an actual drawing within these layers. Also consider both dry and wet media as well as collage within your layers.
• Create a landscape that has extreme perspective with focus on lines and patterns (think bridge, skyscrapers, telephone poles, fences, etc.) You can choose 1, 2, or 3 point perspective, but zooming on your subject helps to aid in the focus of the composition. You may want to take a photo instead of trying to sit still and draw from life.
• Create a landscape that has a strong focus on organic shapes. You may need to abstract the artwork to achieve these fluid-like shapes and lines. Another interesting angle would be taking subjects that are strictly geometric (like a cityscape) and morphing the setting into something organic.
• Using a ballpoint pen, draw the outline of an object of your choice. Using textural lines, weighted lines, patterns, and designs, draw items that composite into the final desired object. For example, the outline could be a high-heeled shoe, but the objects within it could be a pencil, child’s slide, bowtie, etc. Shade and design each smaller object to fill in the space of the outer object.
• Create a drawing that utilizes natural prints or rubbings such as leaves, rocks, bricks, etc. Work with various colors and layers to complete your composition. You may also need to draw by hand objects or lines to complete each layer. Printmaking techniques are acceptable as long as the qualities of drawing are obvious.
• Create a grid drawing of your choice (portrait, landscape, still life). At the intersections of the lines, change value shading, texture, color, or pattern to create a definitive divide. The finished work will look fractured, much like a Chuck Close painting.
• Create a drawing of your choice (portrait, landscape, still life). Allow parts of the drawing to have fine line details, but group other sections of the work into blocky, filled-in shapes. Try to balance the “holes” that are created by the filled-in shapes throughout your composition

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Painting Clouds

March 16, 2010 by

Please follow the instructions here to practice painting clouds ,before you begin your landscape

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The Sistine Chapel scavenger hunt

March 4, 2010 by

Today you all will be off on an adventure to locate key information about the Sistine Chapel. We will be on a virtual world tour to Italy, where you will explore one of the worlds most astounding artworks. Pack your bag and lets go!

Sistine Chapel
Keywords: Define these key terms

Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel, Cappella Sistina, The Reniassiance, fresco

Michelangelo Paints the Sistine Chapel

1 What was Michelangelo’s first love?

2. Who was Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel for?

3 How long did it take Michelangelo to Paint the Sistine Chapel?

4. How much was Michelangelo paid to Paint the Sistine Chapel?

5. After painting the Sistine Chapel how did Michelangelo have to read?

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Sistine_Chapel.aspx
6. What was the last great work of Michelangelo?
7. What scenes are painted in the Sistine Chapel?
• 8. Who had the Sistine Chapel built?
9. What is the Sistine Chapel?
• 10.What did Michelangelo paint in the Sistine Chapel?
• 11.Who is the Sistine Chapel named for?
• 12.Where did Aimé-Jules Dalou teach?
• 13.Who was François de Cuvilliès?
• 14.When did Noel Coypel die?
• 15.What made George Cruikshank famous?
The Mid Years of Michaelangelo
Go to http://www.michelangelo.com/buon/bio-index2.html
• 16. The painting of the Sistine chapel ceiling involved what artistic form of painting?

http://arthistory.about.com/od/famous_paintings/a/sischap_ceiling.htm

17. Why Did Michelangelo Paint These?
18. How Big Is the Ceiling?
19. What Do the Frescoes Depict?
20. Say, Wasn’t Michelangelo a Sculptor? Why Was He Painting?
21 .How Long Did it Take Michelangelo to Paint These?
22. Did Michelangelo Really Paint Lying on His Back?
23. Did He Actually Paint These Frescoes All by Himself?

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Digital art project: word faces

February 23, 2010 by

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Here is a tutorial on doing a word portrait. See if you can recreate the results. Use words that describe your hopes dreams, and interest.

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Creating your own website for art

February 8, 2010 by

Each student will use weebly.com to create an account. Your website title should be apporate for its purpose. The purpose of the site is to display your work, discuss art and art assignments with other art students as well as a place to store inspirational you may find on the web. It should be concidered a porfolio of your work for the art class.

You will be expected to use this site for Critiques , exploration of different art techniques, as well as for creating your own digital portfoilio.

You need to introduce yourself to the online community. Yes, I know we are all at the same school. However, your page can be viewed by the world and everyone doesn’t know you out there. Please introduce yourself in one paragraph. Do NOT include your last name. Try to include something about yourself that people may not know. Next decribe how you see yourself, presently as an artist. This defination may change, as we go through the school year, and you begin to learn new things. Take your time with this. Remember, anyone in the world may read your words.

Type a post on the home page with this information. Make sure you use proper grammer and spelling.

Now that you have an account and have introduced yourself, you need to find and load one image from the world wide web. This picture should be artistic and inspiring.  Some places to look are  www.deviantart.com, wetcanvas, www.drawspace.com or simply google an image search for a picture you think you would like.

Once you have found the picture right click to copy it and save it to your usb drive.  Then go into import on your blogs dash board,where its says manage post. Create a new post titled  what inspires me.  Then go to the top of the box and click on the first box where says add media. Then load the image from your usb drive. If you have done ever thing correctly yous hould be able to hit publish and it will apperar on your new page.

Once your images is loaded you will use the 4 steps of critique to anylaze your selected picture. Remember to Describe the work , Interpret what you see, Analyze what the artist is trying to say and then Judge if  it is a successful piece of artwork. Please use supporting statements for what you say. For example, do not say that the work is good or bad, without saying why you feel that way.

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Color theory 2

December 10, 2009 by

 

 

Select the link below and start by going to COLOR in MOTION

 

ttps://www.myhaikuclass.com/reddred/colortheory101/cms_page/view

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“I am” Poems

December 2, 2009 by

Each of you should have created an “I am poem in a previous class session. Today you need to type your poem in a word document and then have some one proof read it for errors.  After you have a final version,  print one copy and  please load it into your personal edublog site.

 

 Once you have loaded your poem to your website, Select one of the following sites to explore. You should creat at least 2 drawings in your selected area . Share your work by sending it to sachistudio@gmail.com if it is something created on the computer.

www.Drawspace.com  step by step drawing practice…You MUST create an account and log in to see full step by step instructions

 www.ratemydrawings.com Awesome online drawing site …It is like a facebook for artistis.

 Sketchcast.com

It’s allow you to record a drawing with or without your voice.

 
 
 

 

Яндекс.Краски. Нарисуйте свою открытку!

Russian Drawing tool. That’s really cool.

 
 
 

 

odopod

Very Cool Sketchpads.

 
 
 

 

art.com artPad

Express yourself with the artPad, where you create art as unique as you are.

 
 
 

 

WebCanvas – The World’s Largest Collaborative Painting.

WebCanvas is a world wide collaborative painting where anyone can paint and watch others paint.

 
 
 

 

SwarmSketch

Collective sketching of the collective consciousness.

 
 
 

 

Kerpoof Studio

 
 
 

 

noughts::

 
 
 

 

Queeky online drawing

 
 
 

 


sketchfu

 
 
 

 

Sketch Swap

 
 
 

 

Paint – WiiPlayable

 
 
 

 

º Flash PAINT º Online Painting Tool ©

 
 
 

 

iSketch

 
 
 

 

Scriblink – Your Online Whiteboard

 
 
 

 


offtype.net :: create image online

 
 
 

 

WebSketch

 
 
 

 

S C R I B B L E R

 
 
 

 

Eric Deis – Beauty and Chaos – Online Drawing

 
 
 

 

Other Drawing Tools

Pencil

Pencil is an animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics. Pencil is free and open source.

 
 
 

 

Funky Ways to Express Yourself

BeFunky is all about expressing and representing yourself by turning images and videos into cartoons.

 
 
 

 

viscosity: create

Create modern art with viscosity.

 
 
 

 

Qbesq

Qbesq is the best arabesque drawing tool.


 
www.2draw.net

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Mask painting

November 16, 2009 by

We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.

  –Dunbar

Masks have been used by many cultures throughout the world for centuries.  They were used in religious ceremonies, theater, burials and festivals.  The masks were used to represent gods, animals, characters in plays or the person in death.  The elements (colors, facial features, shape, size, etc.) of the masks had significance and meaning for each culture. Use the web sites listed below to explore the history behind the masks of different cultures. As you explore, take notice of what the elements that are used to create a mask are for a culture and what their significance is.  Your assignment will be to create a mask of your own designed that tells a story or contains a meaning.  You will also write a short story (1 page) about the character/mask that you have created

We will look at various examples of art and you will select a particular art style to represent through your design.

Please answer the following questions using the linkss found below..  

  • What is a mask?
  • What is a mask used for?
  • Who wears masks?
  • When and why are masks worn?
  • How have you seen masks used before?
  • What story can a mask tell?
  • Discuss similarities and differences in the masks.
  • “Why were the masks made?”
  • “What are the masks made from?
  • “What events do we celebrate by wearing a mask?”
  • “What does it feel like to wear a mask?”
  • “Do the feelings change when a different mask is worn?”
  • “How do you feel when you look at someone who is wearing a mask? What makes you feel that way?”Please view the following links for ideas on mask designs. Complete three rough drafts by the end of class using the handout provided

 

http://www.dollsofindia.com/mask.htm

http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00717/pages/masks.html

http://painting.about.com/od/facepaintingdesigns/ig/Face-Painting-Designs/Face-Painting-Mask.htm

http://www.justnice.org/blogspot/masks-3-small2.jpg

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    Colory theroy Basics

    November 12, 2009 by

    Color is the one element of art that truly is a science. Learning about color, and how it can affect the viewers, is the next big step in truly developing your ideas as an artist. Not only will learning about color help you convey your ideas more clearly, but it will give you new confidence as an artist. You will be making informed decision about what colors to use, as well as how to create them.

    We will start our exploration of color by first visiting the following site.

     

    http://www.artyfactory.com/color_theory/color_theory.htm

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