Art III week seven...

Keep stippling!

Art IV and AP week six...

Art IV and AP students are continuing to work on their pattern/texture still life drawings.
AP Art will finish the drawing by the end of the week and CRITIQUE ON MONDAY 9/17/12.

Art III week six...

Stippling is a drawing technique that uses clusters of small dots to create the illusion of form and value. Art III students will use this technique over tea stained paper. Each student is working from a photo he/she took.

stipple example

detail

Art III week five...

After students complete their 'Review Collages', which are due Thursday, 9/6/12, they will make landscapes using NEVER DULL and PAGES FROM MAGAZINES.

 NEVER DULL +

 PAGES FROM A MAGAZINE =
 MAGICAL LANDSCAPES

AP Art & Art IV week five...

Art IV and AP Art will continue to explore pattern and texture with their still life drawings. They will use India Ink and and color medium of their choice to complete the assignment. One objective of the lesson is to juxtapose a flat picture plane with a suggestion of depth and space.

Here are some artists that did just that...            

Notice how Henri Matisse flattens the picture plane with the pattern on the wall and table but
suggests depth with the view out of the window.

Gustav Klimt pushes the boundaries of abstraction vs. realism when he juxtaposes a realistic figure
against such elaborate patterns. Beautiful!

I want to know more about AP Art...

Below are links to the Collegeboard's website. Take some time to weave your way through the wealth of information and visual examples they provide.

If your child is completing a DRAWING portfolio
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corner/7881.html

If your child is completing a 2-D portfolio
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corner/3987.html

If your child is completing a 3-D portfolio
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/teachers_corner/7880.html

Art III week four...

Art III students will spend Monday completing their drawings of the blocks of wood and nails. We will CRITIQUE ON THURSDAY, 8/30/12.

Students will finish the week creating collages in their sketchbooks. The collage must include...

                  PIECE OF CROSS-CONTOUR LINE REVIEW

                 PIECE OF SHAPE & COLOR REVIEW

                 PIECE OF MARBELIZED PAPER

                 ONE OF YOUR BLIND or MODIFIED CONTOUR LINE PORTRAITS

                 A FOCAL POINT – CENTER OF INTEREST – SOMETHING EMPHASIZED

                COVER TWO PAGES (next to each other)

     The collage may include...

                 PEN

                 WATERCOLORS

                 COLORED PENCIL

                OTHER COLLAGING MATERIAL

                DRAWING MEDIUMS