Below, I have posted a video that will the steps you need in order to create your Art website, using weebly. You will use this website (blog page) to document and reflect on your artistic process. You will find that weebly is VERY user friendly, and I promise, you will have little difficulty navigating this site.
For a step by step video that helps you create a weebly, click HERE. If you would like to use a format for your website URL, you can try this: firstnamelastname-cwood-yearyougraduate.weebly.com for example: courtenayspencer-cwood-2016.weebly.com If you would like to use a different URL, that is fine, just make sure you send the link to me in an email: [email protected] If you are simply adding an art 8 blog page, to a pre-existing URL (website) just email me the link to your site: [email protected] Remember: -choose your format so that it is user friendly (and your teacher can find your blog) -ideally your courses are at the top (ie. Art 8) with drop-down menus popping out from them when you hover the mouse over ('Art 8 blog', and 'projects') -start by adding a standard page and title it 'Art 8', then add a blog page and call it 'Art 8 Blog' then add another standard page and title it 'projects' - 'Art 8' should be at the top with the 'Art 8 blog' and 'project' page in the drop-down menu, you can achieve this by clicking 'pages' and just making sure they stack below each other and you drag them in slightly
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Today in class, I presented a lesson on creating 'Zentangles'.
For more information on how to create Zentagles, click HERE. For Zentangle templates, click HERE. You can also find examples of Zentangles on my Pinterest Page. HERE. Your assignment: 1) Practice, Practice, Practice. You must create three square Zentangles in your sketchbook. Draw the initial square, and the 'strings' using pencil, and then switch to a fineliner. Turn on your music, relax, and ENJOY! 2) Create a Zentangle Title Page -Page must include either your full first name, or initials (you decide) - Zentangles must be incorporated into the design in some way - Use the proper Zentangle process. You may only use a pencil to outline your drawing space, but as soon as you start to design the zentangles you must use a fineliner. How might you design your page? Feel free to use the internet to find images that inspire you. Over the course of the year, you had at least one intentional sketchbook assignment (remember the worksheet that had you choose at least three drawings??).
We also did a lot of planning for other projects, and maybe you did some doodling, or drawings on your own clock. Here is your opportunity to show them to me. In this blog post, all you have to do is choose your three favourite pages from your sketchbook and post a nicely lit, well cropped (by now you know the deal!) image of each piece to your blog post. Keep in mind that I will be looking for care, effort, and craftsmanship, as well as skill. Did you incorporate value/or tone? Or was it an abstract zentangle? As long as you took care and effort in creating the piece, and put thought and time into your work, you will do fine. If your piece requires an explanation, feel free to write one to accompany your post. This is your chance to show off your work that I may not have seen. ***If you completed the bug drawing assignment at the start of the year for bonus marks, post it here along with your other three drawings. Please take a well lit (and nicely cropped....I don't want to see the table or wall, etc!) photo of your final print(s), and post it to your blog.
Along with your photo, please answer the following questions: 1) Were your prints inspired by Shepard Fairey, if so, how? If not, what artist inspired you, if any? 2) Does your print have a message you wish to convey? (This was not part of the criteria, though some wished to address an idea in their woke. IF this applies to you, please explain the concept behind your piece). 3) Thinking like a designer, how did you use the elements/principles of design to better your final product (please refer to as many of the following terms as are relevant to your piece). As a reminder.... Elements (the 'things' we can see): Line, shape, colour, value, form, texture, space, space Principles (aranging the 'things' in a better way): Balance, Contrast, Emphasis, Unity, Pattern, movement, rhythm Please answer the next two blog prompts, and post it to your blog. This should be in paragraph form, but not take you longer than 15 minutes to complete. There will be one more blog prompts, for a total of four questions.
Writing Prompt #2: PIVOTAL PEOPLE Who in your life has influenced you strongly? This may be in a positive or negative way. Think and write about those people who have had a significant impact in your life and may have been responsible for the direction of your life path. Think about how old you were, how these people affected you, the obstacles that you faced and the way your life has changed. Recognize those that have had a profound effect on you. Who were they? What did they say to you? What do they represent? Writing Prompt #3: ROADS TAKEN and NOT TAKEN What have been the important decisions in your life? We have all grown, evolved and changed. At times the movement of our lives has changed direction because of the choices we have made, and at other times it has changed because of the choices that others have made. … They are the roads that we have taken and the roads that we have not taken. What have been your stepping stones? What have been the significant moments of change and growth in your life? What have these shifts meant for you and the direction of your life? What have been the opportunities you have pursued – the roads taken? What have been your missed opportunities – the roads not taken? For those students wishing to look ahead, I have attached the outline for our upcoming project with Colette Lisoway. Feel free to take a peek. Personal Histories and Mythologies Project : (An Artist in Residence Project)
In order to submit your mapping project for marking, you must first do the following: 1) post a well lit, nicely cropped, properly orientated photo of your piece on a new blog post. 2) Complete the Artist info/ Artist Statement below, by answering all of the questions below the picture of your map Title: (create a title for your piece)
Medium: (example: Mixed Media, Water Colour, Acrylic, graphite, etc) Artist Statement: 1) What does this piece represent? 2) How did you construct it? 3) What maps did you incorporate? 4) Is it meant to be abstract or representational? 5) How is this map personally meaningful to you? Over the course of Colette's stay, we will be completing four blog posts in response to her visit, the activities she is doing with us, and the A.I.R. project theme of 'Personal Histories and Mythologies'.
Below you will find the writing prompt for your first response: Writing Prompt #1: I AM Who are you? This seems like a very easy and straight-forward questions, but when was the last time you really tried to articulate an answer? Take some time to ponder and write about all the aspects of your “self.” Think about where you come from, who your family is, and what is most important to you. Use adjectives to describe yourself, or describe all of the roles you play or have played in your life. Think about the stories that you build about yourself – the mythology you have constructed.
**If you missed the lesson, before you begin, please review the power point presentation by clicking on the link above. Step One: 1) On a page in your sketchbook, create a word web, brainstorming possible memories, or stories you might tell in your map (Fill the page) 2) Pick one or two memories or stories and see if you can create a memory map of that particular place (don't reference any images, simply fill a page, drawing from memory...see below) 3) Create a pinterest board titled 'Mapping Project', pin at least 20 examples of map art. Some should be 2D, and others 3D, look for some that are abstract, and others realistic. Start to think about which approaches you might like to incorporate See my pinterest board by clicking on the link below. 4) Look through Ms. Spencer's two 'Map Art' books to gather more inspiration 5) Once you have determined your story, and your place, go on google maps and print out at least 4 maps from this place, begin to trace your 'lived space' onto the map (tracing the areas you were familiar with- example: your routes to school, to ballet, to your cousin's house etc..) 6) determine what size paper will work best for your piece (square or rectangle) 7) How will you start? Will you trace your 'lived space' lines onto the map as a starting point? Will your lived space lines be hand sewn into your map? These decisions are yours to make! Have fun! Please Review the following power point. We will be completing a Colour Wheel and Value Scale in your sketchbook based on the colour theory discussed in the power point.
The Colour Wheel Exercise: Either using a template provided by Ms. Spencer (extras are in the Art 8 'Extra Handouts' folder at the back of the room), or creating your own unique circle in your sketchbook, you must create an accurate Colour Wheel using colours found in magazines (a colour wheel collage). Your Colour Wheel will be marked on colour accuracy, neatness, and whether or not your labels (names of each hue) are accurate. See the wheel at the front of the room on the 'Colour poster' for hue names if you've forgotten. The Value Scale Exercise: At the back corner of the room, you will see a filing system labelled 'Art 8 Extra Handouts'. Under the colour section, pull out a copy of the Value Scale. Get a paint palette and add a small amount of each primary colour, as well as black and white (you can always go back for more paint, so start small). You will also need water, paper towel, and a small brush. Start with the base colour in the centre of the value scale, to the left gradually add white to your base colour, gradually creating each tint. To the right create shades (darker and darker) using black, or the colour's complementary colour. This Value Scale will also be marked on neatness and accuracy. |
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April 2017
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