LIVE ZOOM SESSION Monday 3/23 (an invite has been sent through Google Calendar): Check in during the combined Art 2/3 zoom meeting. You can choose to share with the group the successes and challenges of working on your Realism Graphite Portrait at home this week.
Today, begin your sketchbook activities for your Creative Portrait Series. Write down the main ideas on creativity from each of these links.
Listen to what LL Cool J has to say about creativity and the importance of art education. Watch from 1:15-2:35:
Anselm Kiefer’s short talk on being an artist:
Anselm Kiefer talks about being an artist
Kerry James Marshall on art being a series of visual problems that need to be solved:
Kerry James Marshall describes creative devices of puzzles and games
Vija Celmins on articulating images:
Vija Celmins talks about her creative process
Will Rogan describes finding meaning in the world around him:
Will Rogan talks about the meaning of things
Mixed Media Drawing by Kate Powell
Begin tracing the contours of your 10 Creative Portraits on copy paper. Use a window as a “light table” to trace the contours of your original Realism Portrait.
BLOCK PERIOD Tuesday 3/24 (3rd per.) and Wednesday 3/25 (6th per.)
Spend your 85 minutes working on the following:
Join the optional Zoom check-in during the first 10 minutes of class.
Need help? I’m also available for email and P-Learning discussion board correspondence during the entire class period.
Now, visit the following link and note the creativity and variety in expanding portraits. Write down and sketch ideas you want to try in your expanded series of self-portraits.
http://www.studentartguide.com/featured/kate-powell-art
Read this statement:
“To some, the idea of ‘Creating a Series’ can be intimidating. It sounds so serious, and perhaps monumental…Working in series gives your art practice focus and momentum; rather than face the blank canvas with too many possibilities to choose from, the parameters of a series create clarity of a starting point. By considering the series the basic unit of art making, you shed the preciousness of the individual piece, the fear of ‘ruining’ it, which can keep you stuck. Get un-stuck by working in multiples.” -Jane Davies, artist (Explore her series work here: http://janedaviesstudios.com/)
- RESPOND on the P-Learning Discussion Board:
- After reading the statement above, what do you think is an advantage of working in this series of creative portraits? And, please describe an example of when you have made or done something in a series. (Your response can include any subject outside of art.)
Continue working on your Creative Portrait Series.
BLOCK PERIOD Thursday 3/26 (3rd per.) and Friday 3/27 (6th per.):
Spend your 85 minutes working on the following:
Join the optional Zoom check-in during the first 10 minutes of class. Need help? I’m available for email and P-Learning discussion board correspondence during the entire class period.
Notice the creativity in sketchbooks and take notes about inventive ideas you want to try.
http://www.studentartguide.com/articles/sketchbook-ideas-and-portfolio-presentation Wander around the site for more inspiration – there are a lot of images and resources here!
Look again at the variety of portrait styles in the video we watched earlier this month together: Portraits of an Immigrant-Filled Nation
Note these portrait styles for some techniques you might try today:
:24 typewriter (words/density of type create the face)
1:14 soft charcoal (you have some included in your art kit)
1:36 dots (vary the sizes to suggest value)
2:33 background color (try Prismacolor or watercolor)
Continue working on your Creative Portrait Series.
BLOCK PERIOD Monday 3/30 (6th per.) and Tuesday 3/31 (3rd per.):
Spend your 85 minutes working on the following:
Join the optional Zoom check-in during the first 10 minutes of class. Share what you’ve been working on! I’m also available for email and P-Learning discussion board correspondence during the entire class period.
If you have not already, glean some ideas as you watch this three minute video on this “series” artist’s creative process: Jane Davies the Artist
Then, use your watercolors or any color media to make a foundational layer. As Davies says, “Build in a sort of history and the sense that there’s something under the surface.” Once dry, add another layer with ink to make another portrait for your series.
Continue working on your Creative Portrait Series. Remember, most of your portraits will be quick studies and some will reflect more time involvement.
Henry Moore, Portrait Study, 1960s
DUE DATE: Tues. 3/31 at 6pm. When you complete your series of 10 portraits, take 2-3 photos of them grouped together. Turn in the photos by uploading to the P-Learning Assignment page.
If you would like feedback or clarification while you work, visit the zoom check-in meetings. Or, share your in-progress series with the class on the P-Learning Discussion Board at any point during the week. I can’t wait to see all of your drawings!
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