Tuesday, October 2, 2018

20 Questions for your Background

http://www.jackturnbull.com/leap-into-the-void-ii/

1.  What is the weather like in your environment?
2.  Where is it located on the globe?
3.  Who lives there?
4.  Are there animals in your environment?
5.  Is your environment natural (trees, water, grass, stone), man made (pavement, buildings, telephone polls) or a mixture of both?
6.  Does your environment have any local sports teams?
7.  What do people eat in your environment?
8.  What does it sound like in your environment?
9.  What does your environment smell like?
10.  If you were lying down in your environment, what would it feel like on your back? 
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Monday, June 18, 2018

June 18th, Art Update



This portion of our Graduation was drawn by Manny and painted by Christian, Anais and Manny.   They use both figurative drawing techniques with splatter techniques to make a great juxtaposition.



Using Clay, Angelimar sculpts a hot dog from three simple shapes and then painted appropriately. 



Jennifer's Pizza and Figurine.  Jennifer uses the color of the clay as a skin tone.



Nicholas has come very far in class, this sculpted penguin being his highlight.



Milah has developed her own painting language that uses paint and tape.  She has started something of a movement in class as other students have made tape paintings with her that resemble country flags both real and imaginative.



The creation of the mural has been a highlight for this class.



Thursday, May 24, 2018

For Friday

Based upon a student survey, a packet of images of interests was printed out.  students chose images and were assigned to recreate the image in three dimensions using the materials of their choice (Sculpy, Cardboard, Felt, Paint, Wire, Found Object, etc.).

The final 3D sculptures were put together to create a still life landscape.  For the last week, students have been doing 4 full color still lives of their creations.

For Friday, finish four full color observation drawings from the sculpture still life.  Have each drawing be from a different Camera angle.  If you are getting bored of the still life, which may be understandable after 2/3 drawings, extend your drawing beyond the sculptures and draw the art room itself.

When finished, experiment and play with the supplied sculpy.  Extra sculptures will be fired for Wednesday.

  



6th Period

Students can continue their play and experimenting with the sculpy (firing on Wednesday.  Collect all sculptures on the construction paper on the back right part of the classroom).

Students are working on four name paintings which should experiment with font and mark making.  Students must paint their names in 4 different fonts which converges with four separate mark-making procedures or pattern construction (zig zag, sponge painting, gradient, etc.)

Ask students to consider using complimentary or opposite colors.









Thursday, May 17, 2018

Camera Angle Sculptures and Enviornments

This semester, we have been studying camera angles in a variety of media; book arts, drawing, sculpture, photography.  Through camera angles, we are learning that depending upon how you look at something, what you are looking at may appear very different.  For example, shooting a pikachu from a down shot will make him look small, but shooting him from below, an upshot, will make him look large. 

Students are making sculpted figures and environments for these figures.  next week, students will get the opportunity to photograph their figures within the environments from a variety of camera angles which will be published here as well as in the glass case at school. 






The Dearborn STEM's library has been given a donation from Hub Comics in Somerville Massachusetts of an assortment of Young Adult graphic novels.  Students in the class are using these books to study graphic novels.  They will be in the school's library for next year. 

Monday, May 14, 2018

Sculpture Backgrounds, Lighting and Camera Angles

Great Job last week on sculptures!  Good news is that there will be more Sculpey tomorrow!  We will make another batch of sculptures based on the reflections of last week's work.

Today:  Pair off in groups of two.  Choose between the two of you a sculpture to work with. 

Using cardboard, paper, felt, objects, etc., create a three dimensional environment of your sculpture.  When finished, using the class tripod/camera or your phone, take six photos of your sculpture in your environment with six different camera angles from last week's vocabulary terms; side of head/back of head, full object, 3 stage, depth, small figure/large background, profile, extreme close-up, etc. 

Please use the full class time.  Make sure your backgrounds are full color. 










Actual Photo




small figure, large environment (shows setting)


Back of Head, Side of head

3 Stage (foreground, midground, background)