At this point you have finished (or are close to finishing) your Visual Journal on the theme of water. Before you consider it complete, make sure you have incorporated obvious examples of Coast Salish design, and that the two page spread visually portrays your personal relationship with water (note: the above example is not related to the water project theme, it is merely an example of a visual journal). Blog Post Steps: 1) Take a photo of your Journal Page (make sure it is clear, cropped and well lit), and post it to a new blog post 2) Answer the following questions in your post: (cut and paste the questions into the body of your post, and answer below each one, so that you ensure you don't forget any questions) a) what materials did you experiment with for this journal page b) did you discover anything new in experimenting with these materials? c) how did you incorporate Coast Salish Design into your imagery? What design elements did you use? d) How does your page reflect your personal relationship with water?
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In order to create a post on your weebly, you need to make sure you have accessed the Blog editor on the main weebly site and are not simply viewing your blog through its public URL. Once you have logged into weebly, clicked 'edit' and then clicked on your art blog page, click 'New Post' at the bottom of the page in order to begin your entry. Your FIRST REFLECTION.... For your first reflection, I would like you tell me a bit about the planning process of your 'Personal Still LIfe'. You must include at least 3 photos in this post. At least 1 photo must be of your work in progress (this might include your sketchbook experimentation, or thumbnail sketches, or your work in its early stages). -if you are photographing your work, think about how you might obtain a quality photo. Make sure your lighting is good, and your picture is focused Please use the following writing prompts to create a thoughtful reflection (in sentences form) of your artistic process. 1) SUBJECT: What subject matter did you choose to depict (what is your Still Life of??), and why is it personally meaningful to you? 2) INSPIRATION: What pieces of work or artists were you inspired by? Post at least one example, and explain in detail what you liked about it 3) MEDIUM: What medium did you choose to work with? Have you used this medium before? What do you hope to learn over the duration of this project? Did you watch any tutorials? Were they helpful? 4) COMPOSITION: How will you compose your still life? Will you 'zoom' in, will you show multiple angles, or might it be more traditional? Will it be realistic? Will it be more abstract? Describe your thoughts in these early stages. Keep in mind, your plan might change as you begin to work. (If you have thumbnail sketches of your composition, you might show them here) FOR AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW YOUR REFLECTION WILL BE MARKED, SEE BELOW You will need to create a Marshmallow still life on one full page of your sketchbook. Steps: At home, dump some Marshmallows onto a white piece of paper, and grab a desk lamp to exaggerate the lights and darks (if you are unable to do this, pop into the Art studio, create the Still life and take a photo with your phone) Time to begin.... 1) Start by drawing the contours of each marshmallow (keep in mind, the drawing below is NOT of the same pile pictured above. Sorry!!) 2) Using the side of your pencil, cover the dark portions of each marshmallow with a soft grey (aprox. box 2 on your value scale that we did last week) 3) Now start to add a darker shadow in the darkest areas of each marshamallow. This darker shading should gently blend into the soft grey and then into white (like a value scale) 4) Next add the cast shadow (closely examine the shape of the shadow on each marshmallow). The Shadow should be darker at the base of each marshmallow 5) Now it's time to darken the 'inbetweens'. This makes the marshmallows pop off the page. Shade a dark value with the tip of your pencil wherever the marshmallow touches the ground, or in most cases another marshmallow. You can also darken the inbetween areas. Have a look at your composition. Can you see what I'm referring to? 6) Lastly, it's time to tidy up your drawing. Make sure you've erased the outlines of the cast shadows (as shadows don't have outlines), you can also erase the obvious outline of each marshmallow, as marshmallows don't have outlines. You can smudge the marshmallows one by one, to make the colouring a little softer, but MAKE SURE that your last step is going in with the sharp part of an eraser to pull out any highlights that you may have lost when you began to smudge the image. Like adding darks, highlights also make the drawing 'pop'. Spray with fixative to prevent the graphite from moving.
All done! Are you proud of your drawing? How does it look? 1) PENCILS EXPLAINED: While you were away, we examined the properties of a drawing pencil, and discussed the differences between the various pencils (2H vs. 2B etc). Click here for an explanation. 2) VALUE: Next we used our drawing pencils to create a full range of value. We started by creating a 5 square Value scale in our sketchbook. Using a ruler and a 2B pencil, please create a 5 square Value scale in your own sketchbook similar to the one below 3) Next, we experimented with different types of shading, such as hatching, cross-hatching, or stipling. Please create a second value scale like the one above, but instead using a new type of shading. 4) Now it is time to use Value to achieve form. We are now trying to our knowledge of lights and darks to make object that we draw, appear 3 Dimensional. In your sketchbook, draw a Cone, Sphere, Box, and Cyllinder. Use your knowledge of Value make the four objects appear 3d. If you are confused, there is a worksheet in the 'Art 8 Extra Handouts folder' in the classroom, that will walk you through the stages of shading. As bonus exercise, try the four shapes again using another type of shading. 6) In our Final lesson of the week, we discussed Focal points. We also discussed how artists use view finders.
As this final assignment might be a little confusing if you weren't in class, please see me for a better explanation.
I hope you had a great time on Explore. We're excited to have you back! I hope you had a terrific week on Explore. While you were away, we spent one class working on our Zentangle drawings and began a Zentangle Title page for our Sketchbooks. We also continued to practice our drawing from observation skills, with an emphasis on Continuous line drawings of people. Below are the details you need to know. Please complete these assignments over the course of the next week. Zentangle Title Page Criteria: 1) Page must include either your full first name, or initials (you decide) 2) Zentangles must be incorporated into the design in some way 3) 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. Continous Line Drawing of People: 1) Watch the Youtube lesson below.... 3) Complete a minimum of 3 full page Continuous line drawings of people in your sketchbook. These could be self portraits as long as you are using a mirror (drawing from life) and not a photograph, Remember: Draw slowly with care, let your pencil be an extension of your eye, and do not lift the pencil off the page. 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. For our Art department's sanity, your URL should follow the following format: firstnamelastinitialcwoodartgraduationyear.weebly.com for example: courtenayscwoodart2016.weebly.com If you are simply adding an art blog page, to a pre-existing URL just email me the link to your site: [email protected] Once your Art 8 blog is up and running, make sure you email me your URL. |
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