Artwork of the Week 12: Value Introduction

Step One: On page 40, draw the 3 scales you see to the left in your sketchbook, on the lefthand side. You will be doing value scale, going gradually from the darkest value to the lightest using 3 different techniques:

1. Crosshatching
2. Stippling
3. Shading     

Please label each scale. The top box should be white, the bottom box should be as close to black as is possible with the tools you use. Squint your eyes to make sure the transitions are gradual.

Step Two: Draw the spheres below in the rest of the space in your sketchbook. Use the techniques from the scale to show how light falls on an object. Use this tutorial to guide you.

SAR #4

Please follow these steps:

1. Find our conversation in Gmail.
2. Hit "Reply."
3. Please answer the questions below. You can answer directly in the email, or you can attach a document.
4. Submit your SAR before class starts on Monday. SARs that do not authentically address the questions will need to be resubmitted.

Participation ✔+, ✔, ✔- (In addition to answering the questions, add an assessment mark)
How has your attitude helped (or harmed) the classroom environment?
In what ways have you participated?
Describe your work habits.

Progress
✔+, ✔, ✔- (In addition to answering the questions, add an assessment mark)
How do your tessellation and papel picado compare to the artworks you created at the beginning of the year?
What have you learned?
What have you gotten better at?
How has your understanding of craftsmanship changed?
How did your learning about geometric/organic and positive/negative shape, movement, and pattern change?
(Art 8th period: How has your understanding of working with clay as a medium changed? What have your learned about how artists work with clay?)

Performance
✔+, ✔, ✔- (In addition to answering the questions, add an assessment mark)
What evidence do you have for your creative growth?
Is your sketchbook complete? How is your sketchbook enhancing your learning?
Is your tessellation complete and assessed?
How is your Papel Picado project coming along?
(Art 8th period: Are you completing your sketchbook? How are your critiques coming along? Are your pinch pots and tiles in the greenware stage--dry and ready to be fired?)

ASU Art Museum

8th period and Teen Art Guild students visited ASU to check out some of the incredible work on exhibition.

Artwork of the Week--Page 38

"Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a day of celebration for the people of Latin America, particularly in Mexico and Central America, and more recently for Mexican Americans. Rather than grieve over the loss of a beloved family or friend, they choose to commemorate the lives of the dearly departed and welcome the return of their spirits. The history of Day of the Dead is embedded with Pre-Hispanic and Spanish customs. These customs shaped the common elements of traditional Mexican Dia de los Muertos. Today, Day of the Dead has been increasingly popular with Latinos in the United States. Though many of the traditional elements have remained how and where Day of the Dead is celebrated has changed."  Smithsonian Latino Center

"La Catrina" José Guadalupe Posada

Option 1: Create a design that honors a departed person. It can be someone close to you, someone famous, or even a pet!

Option 2: Create a mixed-media calaca collage. Use random words or phrases in the collage. Add painted designs to highlight certain areas.

Artwork of the Week: p 36 OpArt

 

Victor Vasarely, "Zebra"

• Follow this link, and, using the instructions provided, create a piece of Op Art--Please use pen or marker to complete.
• Go to the website of Op Art master Victor Vasarely: Do a thorough written critique, answering the following: Describe the elements of the work (i.e., line movement, light, space). Describe the technical qualities of the work (i.e., tools, materials, instruments). Describe the subject matter. Analysis: How is the work constructed or planned (i.e., acts, movements, lines)? Identify some of the similarities throughout the work (i.e., repetition of lines, two songs in each act). Identify some of the points of emphasis in the work (i.e., specific scene, figure, movement). Interpret: Describe the expressive qualities you find in the work. What expressive language would you use to describe the qualities (i.e., tragic, ugly, funny)? Does the work remind you of other things you have experienced (i.e., analogy or metaphor)? Judgment: What qualities of the work make you feel it is a success or failure? How original is the work? Why do you feel this way?

Shape:

M.C. Escher, known for his woodcut tessellations, wrote, "As far as I know, there is no proof whatever of the existence of an objective reality apart from our senses, and I do not see why we should accept the outside world as such solely by virtue of our sense." What a great definition of Op Art, too--a style of art that uses optical illusions!

M.C. Escher "Circle Limit III" 

Tessellation

• 12" x 18" paper
• We will use the paper-cut method to create our tessellation; however, if you want to create one with more complexity, please visit the Do-It-Yourself section at this site. 
• Focus on Repetition, Pattern, Contrast, and Geometric Shape.
• Ink in with marker. 

Artwork will:

• Use geometric shape, pattern/repetition, and contrast.
• Create a tessellation implying movement and contrast.
• Use high-level craftsmanship.
• Be original and complex.