Artwork of the Week 9--pg 34

from The Incredible Art Department

• Option 1: Place about 20 pea-sized dots in your sketchbook. From the bottom of your page, begin drawing horizontal organic lines, moving around the dots as you get to them.
• Option 2: Draw vertical lines. Draw a variety of organic and/or geometric shapes. Then begin filling in black-and-white alternating shapes.

Both examples pictured above are pretty simplistic. I know that you can create more creative/complex compositions!

End-of-9-Weeks SAR

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 the piece of art (small jpeg or embed in SAR) that best reflects your learning for this nine weeks with your reflection email.
5. Submit your SAR before class starts on Monday. SARs that do not authentically address the questions will need to be resubmitted.
6. Be prepared to conference.

Step One

Participation: Based on the expectations for participation, how have you done this term?  State your claim. Include specific examples (evidence) to support your assessment. 

• In addition, what techniques/concepts did you learn?  Use specific examples from projects.
• Finally, how do you now relate to artwork, e.g. what artists, artworks, and/or new art terms enrich your term experience? Which movement did you select for your flashcard?
• How did you assess (evaluate) your work and the work of other artists during the term?

Add a checkmark to each area that reflects your overall participation: √+   √    √-

Step Two

Progress: List what you can do to improve success in your portfolio. How have you grown as an artist (Claim)? How intentional were your goals (Evidence)? How has what you’ve accomplished helped address course expectations? What would you do differently?

Add a checkmark to each area that reflects your overall progress: √+   √    √-

Step Three

Performance: Explain your overall performance this term. What project was the most successful in your portfolio? Explain. In what ways did you create? State your claim and support with evidence, especially regarding your understanding of the learning objectives.

• The major performance pieces for the semester include: your Sketchbook (see checklist); Movie Poster; Infographic

Add a checkmark to each area that reflects your overall performance: √+   √    √-

September 2011 Sketchbook Highlights

Crew at the Phoenix Art Museum

Infographics

Adobe Tutorial on Basic Shapes--For more information on custom shapes, check this.
 
Objective: You will make a claim about Bioscience based on a data set that is provided. Your task is to create an infographic that supports that claim, along with a writing piece where you develop a way to test your claim, develop a working model, and evaluate your claim.

Please see handout for more detailed information, including assessment.

The following links are tools that will be of great assistance while building your infographic.

• Periodic Table of Visualization Methods
• Stats
• Icons
• Chart Builder
• Color Picker

Artwork of the Week--Page 32

from The Artist's Toolkit

Sketch ideas from Rosalind Ragans's Arttalk

• Use a newspaper to make two designs (divide the page horizontally, vertically, or diagonally). Make one design by measuring and cutting precise shapes. Make the second by tearing freeform/organic shapes. Arrange and glue down.
• Computer option: Use the shape tool to draw 4 different geometric shapes. Choose a color scheme and fill. Copy and paste to repeat the shapes several times. When page is nearly full, choose a brush or pencil tool to draw organic shapes in between geometric shapes. Fill these shapes with pattern. Print out and tape into sketchbook.

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Please take this opportunity to create an original artwork of your choosing!

August/September Sketchbook Highlights

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Joel Lozano

Some different options for your Artwork of the Week:

• I really love the above image by Lozano, created using a potato stamp. Fill your page with one letter, in a font of your choosing, and then fill it in with line, shape, color, texture, etc. Maybe even use a potato print (or another alternative medium).
• Or, choose a word and express the meaning of the word through your composition. Use this site for inspiration. Fill the page.
• Or, read this article and this one and write a reflection based on the how you feel about what the authors are saying about typography.

SAR #2

Please follow these steps:

1. Find our conversation in Gmail.
2. Hit "Reply."
3. In the Subject Area, please make sure it says "SAR" and your name/period.
4. Please answer the questions below. You can answer directly in the email, or you can attach a document.
5. Submit your SAR before class starts on Monday. SARs that do not authentically address the questions will need to be resubmitted.

Participation

• Have you met expectations for participation in this class? In what ways have you met/not met?
• Over the past few weeks, we have been focused on typography and Photoshop. Have you met all the expectations for these learning opportunities? How? (In 8th period--we have focused on printmaking, Islamic design, and Pop Art)
• We also have focused on elements of line, texture, and color, along with the principles of emphasis and contrast. How have you taken advantage of this learning opportunity (In 8th period, we have focused on shape, line, and contrast)?
• How did you participate during group discussions of the Movie Critique? How did this change how you view the way we talk about art? (In 8th period, we did the Movie Critique, and then a critique of Pop Art)

Progress

• What goals did you meet/not meet from the last SAR?
• Are you repeating mistakes or making adjustments to be successful?
• How are your actions impacting your learning in this class?

Performance

• Do you think you are meeting expectations with your sketchbook? How do you know?
• Do you think you are meeting expectations in your knowledge of elements of line, texture, and color, along with the principles of emphasis and contrast? How do you know? (For 8th period, are you meeting expectations in your knowledge of printmaking, pattern, rhythm, contrast, line, and shape?)
• What learning opportunities have had the greatest impact on your learning? 

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We will continue working on modified contour drawing. This time, you will spend at least an hour working on a single drawing. Pick from the following options:

• Draw something that is growing (in the garden, a plant in the house, etc.)
• Draw a bicycle
• Gather a variety of tools (hammer, wrench, spool of wire, etc.) and draw the pile.