Requirements

Pre assessment art survey

Post assessment art survey

Sketchbooks
8.5 X 11 inch artist sketchbook/journal (no lined paper). Leave in class for warm up exercises, draft projects, inspirational responses and self-reflection.

Teacher will review sketchbook/journal with student about their progress and growth throughout the semester.

The quality of the sketchbook/journal reflects the student's commitment, effort, creativity and technical skills.

Artist trading cards

Weaved magazine collage

What are they?
Original works of art that are 3.5" X 2.5" that are used to trade with others. Artists frequently use them as a marketing tool. They are often used by members in an artist's association as a fun way to get to know each other and as a reference for an artist's style.

On going project for Art 1: Making artist trading cards
Have fun with this. Be as creative as you like. As in any artwork think about the aesthetic appeal. They maybe representational, abstract, cartoonish, you decide.

What media to use?
Any media can be used. These are personal creations so they should reflect you. As with any project, be sure to use care and craftsmanship.

Goals
1. To produce enough cards to trade with your classmates
2. Make cards that say something about you.
3. To view art as a gift bringing positive vibes to someone

The Building blocks to drawing more accurately

The skills to help us see and draw more accurately:

Gesture drawing is a form of expressive mark-making that emphasizes an energetic and tactile approach to form.

Blind Contour is a classic drawing exercise to develop eye hand co-ordination. The student is looking at the object and not at the paper when drawing.

Cut paper helps us distinguish the different faces of an object, getting the edges and lines to appear more accurately.

Traditional paper Chinese paper cuts

Sight-measuring is a unit of measurement that helps us draw object in proportion to each other. It allows us to scale an object up and down appropriately.

Hom-Mandell time -lapsed value blending drawing

Hom-Mandell time lapsed value drawing

Bottle value drawing: Pencil

Bottle drawing checklist

Value: Discreet shading between light and dark

At least five discreet values are used

Realism is enhanced by excellent selection of values

Transitions are smooth between lights and darks

Glass texture is demonstrated: distortion and high contrast

Evidence of kneaded eraser is used to draw in highlights

Cast shadow is evident with proper value blending

Technique: Ability to integrate learned methods to create a realistic drawing

Line direction is consistent with the form’s structure but can use improvement in varying line direction to emphasize spatial depth

There is some variation in line pressure

All lines are discreetly drawn and can use improvement in implying a line via value difference

Proportion: The relative ratio (length and width) of the facial features is consistent with the actual subject

Most forms are proportional, with an attempt to use sight measuring technique

Book is properly sighted

Foreshortening is demonstrated in the book

Craftsmanship: Work of high craftsmanship is ready to be exhibited

Work is free from unwanted smudge, tears and creases

Artist neatly signs work on lower right corner

Pastel portrait study

Start out with warm undertones

Work the dark tones on top

Think about layering with mid and dark green and yellows
Draw by hugging the form

Oil pastel and acrylic paint skulls

FIGURE DRAWING PROPORTION VIDEO

Perspective is the technique used to represent a three-dimensional world (what we see) on a two-dimensional surface (a piece of paper or canvas) in a way that looks realistic and accurate, as we see it in nature. Perspective is used to create an illusion of space and depth on a flat surface.

Name:

Two Point Perspective Checklist:

Check every number before you turn your final in.

1.

Lines to vanishing points: Check all your lines with your ruler

2.

Requirements met? (You wrote them down)

3.

Craftsmanship: No Pencil Smudges; Lines Straight; No vanishing pathways; Overall presentation. How much care did you take into the project? Would you turn it in for the Art Show?

4.

Composition: Things to think about

Elements of Design

•       Line: the visual path that enables the eye to move within the piece. A mark on a surface that describes a shape or outline

•       Shape: areas defined by edges within the piece, whether geometric or organic

•       Color: hues with their various values and intensities

•       Texture: is about surface quality and the degree of roughness or smoothness in objects.

•       Value: is the degree of light and dark in a design. Value can be used with color as well as black and white.

•       Form: 3-D object having volume and thickness

•       Space: the space taken up by (positive) or in between (negative) objects

•       Depth: perceived distance from the observer, separated in foreground, background, and middle ground.

5.

What is your piece about? Does it create a story?

6.

Don’t forget the WOW factor: Folded paper, pathways going through forms, signs of life, etc.

7.

Turn in both your drafts with your name on them.

Reflection:Things to think about: What did you take away from this project? What are you trying to convey in your piece? Is your composition dynamic (leading the viewer’s eye around the page)? Does the negative and positive space complement each other? Describe your strengths and the challenges you came across. Tell me what was helpful and what wasn’t helpful.   Think of anything else you would like to say.

Unique characteristics of watercolor: TRANSPARENT,USE OF WHITE OF PAPER FOR HIGHLIGHT TONES,SPONTANEOUS

TIPS: BE PATIENT- SOMETIMES NEED TO LET DRY, DON'T OVER PAINT- LET COLORS STAY FRESH, WORK WITH ACCIDENTS

How to start:

1. WORK LIGHT TO DARK

2. SAVE YOUR WHITE-LIGHT DRAW THE SHAPE IN AND PAINT AROUND THE SHAPE

3. START WITH BIG SHAPES--WORK UP TO THE DETAILS

4. KEEP YOUR COLORS CLEAN

PRACTICE MAKES PROGRESS BOARD

Abstract watercolor glazing project

Watercolor is paint composed of water-soluable pigment. It is known for its transparent effects and layers of paint.

Glazing grid - The act of applying a thin layer of watercolor paint on top of a dried layer of watercolor.

Monochromatic color value scale- One color with a range of value.

Analogous color value scale- Any three colors in a row with a range of value.

Complimentary color value scale- Colors that are opposite to each other in the color wheel with a range of value.

Color value scale- Within a given color value family there is a range of light, mid tone and dark.

Value

Self-portrait

Musculoskeletal(MSK) diagrammatic drawing

Hair studies

Hom-Mandell arts video with Miss Weber

Charcoal self-portrait video

Nose tutorial video

PAINTING PORTRAIT

Do not add pure white to colors--This deadens the color

Premix a light peach tone- Then add this to lighten the color

or

Look to the next light color to lighten. For example, to lighten a blue add green, to lighten a orange add yellow.

Mix complement color for skin tones -add white for tints

Thin light complement colors

Sumi ink

Heavier application of highlights

Expressive color to unify figure-ground relationship

Self Portrait: Oil Pastel and Expressive painting

Name:

Value: Discreet shading between light and dark

¨ Emerging

Less than three discreet values are used

Sense of realism can be improved

¨ Capable

At least three discreet values are used

Shading is appropriately chosen to impart a sense of realism

Transitions between lights and darks can be improved