THE ARTIST'S MENU

Pick one of the subjects listed below in the previous posting (LUCKY 13) that you took pictures of and apply one of the following methods to portray it . Choose your medium . no smaller than 10x14 in and no larger than 18x24

¡Change the point of view

¡Do multiples like Warhol or Thibaud

¡Use dramatic lighting

¡Make a diptych

¡Focus on the shadows

¡Change the point of view

THE JPG. CHALLENGE “the lucky 13”

THE JPG. CHALLENGE “the lucky 13”

 messy desk

Over your Spring break I want you to continue to

“THINK LIKE ARTISTS”

So I am giving you a very short but easily accomplished assignment: take a few minutes a day and take photographs of the following 13 subjects with camera or phone :

1.     Household tools

2.     Glasses or bottles filled with a liquid with light behind it

3.           Food

4.           Objects with a shine

5.            Inside a closet

6.            Messy desk

7.            The street

8.             Looking through a …?(your choice)

9.             The bathroom

10.                     The kitchen sink

11.                     Looking around the corner

12.                     A messy drawer, partly open

13.                     In the mirror

You will post these pictures on your blog IN NUMBERED ORDER as above.

You will be graded on ORIGINALITY and CREATIVITY as they apply to lighting, viewpoint, and thought provoking ideas.  ie, Can you show the commonplace to the world and have us see it in a new or different way?  Hint: extreme closeup works very well on these subjects.

PICTURES         7pts a piece

CREATIVITY    10pts

Due by the day we get back no late turn-ins .if not done you get a 0

NO EXCUSES

 food

 household tools

 glasses with light behind

MARKMAKING

MARKMAKING!!!     PAINTER /MENTOR 2 PAGE SPREAD

 BRUSHWORK/PAINT HANDLING

Use the list of artists below to find a painter who inspires you . Find someone whose paint application is interesting or appealing. Pick someone you are NOT familiar with.

Create a 2 page spread

Select your painter from the list of artists below. These painters are known for their MARKS!

Diego Velazquez- James Abbot Whistler -  Eugene Delacroix    -   Mary Cassatt      John Singer Sargent -  Berthe Morosot - Richard Diebenkorn  -Pissarro            Wayne Thiebaud  - Robert Henri   - El Greco  -  Fairfield Porter -    Rubens -       Alice Neel  -  Eduard Manet (not Monet)   - Paul Cezanne - Edward Munch   Hasegawa Tohaku (Japanese

Find an image for each on line and make an artists FILE.  

Create your  2 page spread  

A  In  your book complete a spread that includes the following :

1.      A large heading with the artist’s name (how or where is up to you ,just make sure it is clearly visible and  ARTFUL.

2.      A short biography -3-5 sentences of MOST  relevant background.

3.     And interpretation of the artwork – what ideas ,moods story are being communicated? 2-3 sentences

4.     An acrylic, watercolor, oil pastel, or tempera painting NOT OIL in that artists’ style (YOUR interpretation of their work)

B   Rate your work on a Scale of 6-10

_______craftsmanship     ________included a printed image

_______created a picture file    _______USED BRUSHWORK/MARKMAKING inspired by artist

______Artful design of layout ________unified color and design ________Effort evident

________     Thorough written reflections

THIS IS WHY I PAINT

  Post this on your blog and answer the artist statement questions. Especially  "this is why I paint"

What do you enjoy painting/drawing the most? Objects, figures, pets,  faces, architecture, landscape? What do you enjoy most ABOUT painting? This painting was supposed to express what you enjoy the most about painting. What is it and how does it do that? Explain that on your blog. -  CREATE AN ARTIST STATEMENT THAT ADDRESSES THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

•     WHAT WERE MY GOALS AND INTENTIONS IN THIS ARTWORK?

•     HOW DID I ACCOMPLISH THEM?

•     WHAT IS MY PAINTING ABOUT? (reflected light? Composition? Texture of surface? Dramatic shadows? Backlighting? Interesting markmaking? Smoothness ? etc…)

•     WHAT WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT CHALLENGE I HAD TO FACE?

•     HOW DID I MEET THAT CHALLENGE?

•     WHERE DOES MY PAINTING REALLY WORK?

•     WHAT ARE SOME THINGS HAVE I LEARNED THAT I CAN BRING INTO MY NEXT PAINTING? (ANY THING FROM PAINT MIXING TO NEW COMPETANCIES)

•     WHAT MENTOR CAN I NAME THAT HELPED ME AND WHAT DID I LEARN FROM THEM?

•     NAME ANOTHER ARTIST IN THE CLASS AND DESCRIBE SOMETHING YOU LEARNED FROM THEM (EVEN IF YOU DIDN’T DO IT)

•     IF I HAD A DO-OVER WHAT WOULD I DO?

•     WHAT DO YOU FEEL BEST ABOUT YOUR WORK?

Glass Half Full

After completing Water glass painting

Update your blog with a picture of your painting And any sketches you have done

 Answer the following questions in paragraph form

Does your object in the water reflect some personal choice?

What  are you saying about yourself in your personal choice of object?

·         IF I HAD A DO-OVER WHAT WOULD I DO?
WHAT DO YOU FEEL BEST ABOUT YOUR WORK.

·          WHAT WERE MY GOALS AND INTENTIONS IN THIS ARTWORK?

·         HOW DID I ACCOMPLISH THEM?

·         WHAT IS MY PAINTING ABOUT? (reflected light? Composition? Texture of surface? Dramatic shadows? Backlighting? Interesting markmaking? Smoothness ? etc…)

·         WHAT WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT CHALLENGE I HAD TO FACE?

·         HOW DID I MEET THAT CHALLENGE?

·         WHERE DOES MY PAINTING REALLY WORK?

·          WHAT ARE SOME THINGS HAVE I LEARNED THAT I CAN BRING INTO MY NEXT PAINTING? (ANY THING FROM PAINT MIXING TO NEW COMPETANCIES)

·         WHAT ARTIST/MENTOR CAN I NAME THAT HELPED ME AND WHAT DID I LEARN FROM THEM?  (Diebenkorn, Janet Fish, Thiebaud, Craig Stephens)

checking out the AP Portfolio

Do a search for AP Studio portfolios and then go to AP Studio Art Drawing Portfolio, click on The Studio Art Portfolio and check out all the examples of each section.

· In your journal respond visually and verbally ( 2 page spreads or 4 consecutive pages to the following prompts:

1. Look on the College Board website and determine what the needs are for these sections?

2. Look at previous student portfolio examples on the website. Determine then state what you think makes a strong AP Drawing portfolio. Do some sketches or use the images from the website. Do any of them resonate with what you would like to do? Why/why not?

3. Thinking back to the pieces you have already completed, what do you think you can use and in which sections of the portfolio? Note them in your journal( you can change your mind)

1st Assignment "what do artists do?"

NEW AMERICAN PAINTING books on the MENTOR shelf in the studio. Find 3 artists whose art you admire. Read their artist statements. Again, in your journal respond visually and verbally to their work and their statements. Do at least 2 drawings of each artists work (credit card size) in your journal to use as future visual references.

State what attracted you to their work? Why? Cite specific examples from the work and identify each artist, book# and page#. How can this relate to what you want to do this year?

Class work and homework due___sept 16_____________________________