“I found I could say things with colour and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for.” – Georgia O’Keefe
“The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” – Pablo Picasso
“Art does not solve problems but makes us aware of their existence. It opens our eyes to see and our brain to imagine.” – Magdalena Abakanowicz
Art Photo Above: "The Block" by Romare Bearden
Here is a really great example of the strategy applied to a pencil:
Forms are the three-dimensional versions of shapes. For instance square = cube, circle = sphere. Knowing how to shade the basic forms is useful and has applications to all other matter of visual representation. The following videos can assist you to achieve the basic forms. To prepare yourself to represent three-dimensional forms on a flat surface, complete a shaded, graphite drawing of each of the following: sphere, cylinder, cone. Use the images below to assist you in this delivery.
The final reflection in your sketchbook is a great opportunity for you to consolidate what you have experienced in the process of making your artwork. A reflection also offers you a chance to demonstrate critical thinking and to show further evidence to support your creative development.
(Artwork by Henna Farouqi, 2016)
THE ART “PROBLEM”: How can something ordinary become extraordinary? Choose one everyday, ordinary object from your bag. Distort and manipulate this object in several ways to create a new image that either unifies or contrasts the purpose or meaning of the original object.
Artwork & Sketchbook Due: 15 November (B block) at the start of class. 19 November (Block) at the start of class
See Page below to view required experimentations for the Sketchbook.
All experimentations from all 6 Stations must be glued into the sketchbook. Each test should be labelled with the name of the test conducted. Annotations on what was learned from each test should accompany the test scraps in the sketchbook. An organized, engaging layout is expected. The tests conducted in class will be included as part of your Sketchbook grade for the "Inside & Outside" self-portrait project. The Sketchbook will be submitted as your S1 exam and will be worth 10% of your Semester grade.
Image by Florian Nicole
See more project details in the Presentation & Brief links below.
See the worksheet here. Complete the exercises in this handout to submit at the start of class on January 18. This will be your first grade of the Semester.
Shepard Fairey Presentation
Purpose: The purpose of this community portraiture project is to celebrate and honor the work of the General Services Staff at school. This project will also offer students and staff the opportunity to have a meaningful exchange and hopefully will prompt all participants (artists and art subjects) to consider their relationship to and with each other on campus. Students will be able to share with the staff participants by giving through their interactions as well as offering up the completed portrait as a gift at the end of the project. The broader CAC community will be able to participate in this project through a final exhibition, through which each staff member will be highlighted and “seen”. If successful in its first year, this could potentially roll out to include numerous departments over several years.
Image: Going Home, 1946, by Jacob Lawrence
Choose a story experienced in your family, either in your current generation, or in generations past. Represent the main action and mood of this story using a mixture of painted paper, colored paper, photocopies, and painting/drawing media.
You will improve your ability to communicate messages and to represent mood through color and textural choices when encountering the art problem: telling a story. As a result, you will develop independent research and planning skills all the while employing your new knowledge of the figure and environments. You will experiment with a mixture of media and acquire new skills in collage media through independent practice. Finally, you will also learn to utilize creative thinking to develop a visual way to express a complex story by only using images. For more info, see the detailed project brief here.
20 May, start of class Art work due - EXTENDED UNTIL 22 MAY, end of class
22 May, start of class SB due - EXTENDED UNTIL 24 MAY, start of class
Go through the Google Slide Presentation about Feldman's Method.
Select an artist from the previous presentation (Visual Arts in the Harlem Renaissance) whose work you find inspiring in leading up to your next artwork (Down Through the Generations). Find one artwork that contains some aspect of mixed media and story-telling that will help you to develop your artwork investigations further as you design a piece for your narrative artwork. Then view the written analysis requirements on the page below.
This written analysis is a separate grade and will count as your Semester 2 exam. Most of the work required for this will be completed outside class. This is due on 29 April and should be submitted to this folder.
For further clarification, please view This Screencast (with my lovely narration), produced for my digital arts class. This screencast is specific to photography but could actually be applied to painting, sculpture, and many other artforms. The screencast is about 33 minutes and will likely be useful!