Assignment 1
Autobiography
This assignment will cover 3-5 pages of your ARW. You may wish to include some of the following topics:
-life changing events
EVALUATION:
150 word minimum present on the pages you span /5
legibility and organization /5
quotes, photographs, images, drawings, paintings included /5
overall layout /5
TOTAL: _/20
NOTE: 150 words is 1-2 paragraphs. I am not going to sit and count your words, but you should write enough to cover your autobiography ARW.
This assignment will cover 3-5 pages of your ARW. You may wish to include some of the following topics:
-life changing events
- -activities/interests that you pursue
- -ambitions that you have for your life
- -your personal view of success
- -the possible differences between how you see yourself and how the world sees you
- -who has been the most influential person/presence in your life so far
- -if you were the "boss of the world", what changes would you make to your circumstances? Your family? Your school? -Y-Your community? Your world?
- -moments of great pride for you
- -role of the arts in your life (visual, theatrical, musical, etc...)
EVALUATION:
150 word minimum present on the pages you span /5
legibility and organization /5
quotes, photographs, images, drawings, paintings included /5
overall layout /5
TOTAL: _/20
NOTE: 150 words is 1-2 paragraphs. I am not going to sit and count your words, but you should write enough to cover your autobiography ARW.
ONLY ONE ARTIST PER STUDENT...
Do NOT select Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Picasso, Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol, Van Gogh, or Duchamp... I have seen hundreds of projects on these artists. Let's choose someone more contemporary.
I think he is copying... but it is still pretty awesome!
The idea is that you produce a piece of art you care about, please create something that is going to allow you to have a greater understanding of what your artist was trying to accomplish, say, express, prove, or create. Enjoy drawing inspiration from someone, it can take you places you have never been... |
ARTIST RESEARCH PROJECT
USING OUR CLASS COMPUTERS, research an artist from any century. Be creative in your choice of artist, you will be spending lots of time with them... Use reference books located on the black book cart in my room and the internet... Project has three parts:
All work is to be done during class time Information to include in the paper, 1-2 pages, double-spaced 12 pt font including:
Oral Presentation to the class includes:
Part 3: The ARTWORK INSPIRATION A work of art created by you that is in the “style” of the artist you have chosen. Do NOT copy their work, your piece must be original. |
Omission Poetry Drawing
Due September 13
Using drawing, eliminate components and words of a page from one of our books destined for repurposing...
To Sculpt, or not to Sculpt... that is the question.
Ever wondered what it would be like to live in someone else's shoes? Id like you to create a sculpture in masking tape, and only masking tape. 
The human form leaves much to the imagination as to how to reduce all we see into simple shapes created with masking tape. To create an entire form is a massive undertaking however... these body sculptures took the artists months to create... choose your subject wisely.
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Click on this image to see an entertaining video of an artist creating a masking tape alligator...
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Objective Line Assignment...
Click on the woman for an incredible video about an artist doing just this... using line to make form!
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Emotive Self-portraiture
Artists have used portraiture for a variety of purposes throughout history. Artists have used self-portraits for centuries to practice their technique and exalt their status to the world. The human form does not alone convey identity. What expression, posture, clothing, background, colors, texture, and style best express the real you? Might those answers be different at any given time, and depending on when you lived? Cut up your image and work like a cubist. Collage different pictures that represent you into the background. Draw into your face and add details- or doodles. Scratch and scrape your portrait to create angst and anger. You choose. Which side of your personality do you want to convey to the world- today? For this assignment, you need to look at the world of self-portraiture- from the old masters, such as Van Gogh, all the way to more current artists, such as Lucien Freud. Determine what style of portraiture interests you (don't forget to look at other cultures) and decide what you want to say about yourself through your depiction. Once you have decided on a style that is appropriate, fill out the Curriculum outcome sheet and plan your painting. See me for a sheet and further explanation. |
Bowl and Paper Due Oct 19
Medium: Pencil
Create a drawing in pencil of a bowl and paper. Practice elliptical perspective, 2 point perspective and chiaroscuro.
Put the bowl on the paper, keep the paper at an angle.
Create a drawing in pencil of a bowl and paper. Practice elliptical perspective, 2 point perspective and chiaroscuro.
Put the bowl on the paper, keep the paper at an angle.
Book In Perspective Due Oct 11
Book in Perspective
To be completed in your ARW... Medium: Pencil Draw a book(s) using two point perspective concepts. Your vanishing points must not be on the page. Instead, imagine them somewhere off on either side of your page. The drawing must include an environment! Use shading throughout the page and aim for at least 10 different values. Tips for a better drawing and to improve your grade: Place the book at an even angle and view it from just below your eye level. Include a background and light the book with a single light source. The perspective on drawing to the left seems a bit extreme since the vanishing points are nearly on the page. Note that both drawings have a good amount of shading. Make the book occupy a large portion of your page. Don't attempt lettering unless you are really sure of how to do it. Make sure your vanishing points are not too close. This is an example, on the right, of a book drawing with the vanishing points drawn too close. |
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Drawing Black and White into Colour
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This photo had a "path" cut from it, where the artist filled in the missing picture in the path with coloured pencil drawings that matched up with the original photo from her childhood.
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