Portrait Drawing Time Lapse Video

Hello all,

Since we will be beginning a project that will incorporate both drawing and painting processes, I would like for you to watch the above video and answer the following questions.  

How does the artist begin the portrait?  What is interesting about the beginning process?  Explain.

Would you consider this a realistic drawing?  Why or why not?  

What materials does the artist use and how?

How does the artist manipulate or work with contrast (light vs. dark)?

Where are the highlights on the portrait?  Where are the darkest areas?

***********************REMEMBER NEW RULES***********************************
*Blog responses are due Sundays, no exceptions.
*You have one week to complete blogs
*No more going back to make up blogs
*Each response must be a paragraph (5-10 sentences)
You must comment on someone else blog (agree, disagree, add to it, or make them understand your point of view)
*Your blog response must have your correct name and your class period. (or else how do I know who you are?)

Guerilla Girls

Flavorwire.com 

While the Guerilla Girls were controversial and highly visible to the Art public' eye their identities remained concealed for a while. They set out to bring to light the long time gender discrimination in the world of art. The felt strongly that there was not enough art created by women in museums and galleries.

So they set out to use the piece above in protest and unfortunately were shot down because it was deemed to provacative. What are your thoughts on this?  Was the piece too provacative?  Why would they allow it on billboards were all could see them in the streets and not in a museum.  Do you think that women have equal opportunities in the art world?  Why or why not?   Explain your answers. 

Of Poems and Art

Greetings,

The following task will require the following:

• your brain (lots of thinking)
• research (books, internet, etc)
• note taking
• lots of patience
• reading
• writing
• a partner (choose wisely) or alone

Observe the following painting below and read the information below it:

Explanation:

Van Gogh’s painting conveys both a sense of furious motion and an atmosphere of serenity: stars radiate in a turbulent sky, yet the town below, whose existence Sexton negates in the first line, appears calm and empty. Sexton, who committed suicide in 1974, longs for the oblivion of death, as if death were but to disappear  “into that rushing beast of night / sucked up by that great green dragon”.  The poem is not so much a howl of pain, but rather an urgent expression of an all-consuming desire – the irrepressible desire to be overpowered by a force greater than oneself.

The Poem:

The Starry Night, Anne Sexton (1961)

The town does not exist
except where one black-haired tree slips
up like a drowned woman into the hot sky.
The town is silent. The night boils with eleven stars.
Oh starry starry night! This is how
I want to die. 

It moves. They are all alive.
Even the moon bulges in its orange irons
to push children, like a god, from its eye.
The old unseen serpent swallows up the stars.
Oh starry starry night! This is how
I want to die: 

into that rushing beast of the night,
sucked up by that great dragon, to split
from my life with no flag,
no belly,
no cry.

Your Task: 

Just like the poem about the "Starry Night" above by Van Gogh, you and your partner must read and decipher the following poem.  The purpose of this is for you to find clues and references that associate the poem with a mystery painting.  You must be clever in finding key words and phrases that will help you to identify many clues such as the artist and title of the painting.  Use annotating when deciphering the poem.  You and your partner will be responsible for emailing me a 1-page response explaining using text-based evidence and research why your chosen painting is the one that the poem is referring to.  Include and image and title of the painting.  This is due on Friday May 9th by 12:00am.  This is a formative assessment so please be diligent, and put forth 100% effort into this assignment.

Within your writing, please use sentence starters such as: 

"Within this painting there are several key points that ..."

"According to the poem, it states that ...."

"In line 5 of the poem, it states that ... and this proves that..."

"The painting clearly shows that ... and this is similar to the poem in line..."


Feel free to email me if you have any questions.


jesus.martinez@animo.org

The Poem: 

The over-all picture is winter
icy mountains
in the background the return 

from the hunt it is toward evening
from the left
sturdy hunters lead in 

their pack the inn-sign
hanging from a
broken hinge is a stag a crucifix 

between his antlers the cold
inn yard is
deserted but for a huge bonfire 

that flares wind-driven tended by
women who cluster
about it to the right beyond 

the hill is a pattern of skaters
Brueghel the painter
concerned with it all has chosen 

a winter-struck bush for his
foreground to
complete the picture 

Color Theory ReVamp!

For this week you must go to the website link below and write two paragraphs summarizing any new information about color theory that was not covered in class.

COLOR THEORY: For designers

For those of you that I talked to about your summative assessment, you will need to write a 1 page summary of the the website.  And also complete the blog. 

Pop Art

Andy Warhol's soup can, considered a game changing work of art, still mesmerizes viewers today.  Warhol once said that he wanted to "be a machine," and he concerned himself with removing all traces of the human hand from his works of art.  He switched his techniques in order to give his work a precise machine generated look.  For instance, look at the soup can painting above, it looks as if it was printed instead of being a painting.  Why would an artist do this?  Make an educated guess to as to why you think Warhol changed his way of making art? Help me to understand your thinking by providing details. 


***********************REMEMBER NEW RULES***********************************
*Blog responses are due Sundays, no exceptions.
*You have one week to complete blogs
*No more going back to make up blogs
*Each response must be a paragraph (5-10 sentences)
You must comment on someone else blog (agree, disagree, add to it, or make them understand your point of view)
*Your blog response must have your correct name (or else how do I know who you are?)

San Francisco Graffiti Art: COLOR

Hey all,

Since we have been working with color, this week we will be looking at some good old San Francisco Graffiti Art!

Please observe the images below and respond to the following questions as best as you can.

In this particular image you should be able to notice how the cars in the foreground actually seem to be a part of the graffiti piece.  Why is it that they work well with the graffiti?  What color schemes are present?  How do these color schemes make the work stand out?

The is piece really makes use of what element of art?  This element really emphasizes ____________ within the piece.  Describe how color is being used in the background?  Color Schemes?

What dominant color scheme is present here?  Are there any other color schemes?  If so, what are they?  How does the use of yellow affect the work?

There is a very dominant color scheme here, what is it?  Within two of the colors there are other color schemes within, what are those?  How does the overall use of color help with the composition (the way the piece looks or is organized)?

REMINDER:
February 20th will be the last day to make up any blogs from blogs 1-4 that you are missing. 

Welcome Back Kidz!

Did you encounter or see anything artistic while on your break?  If so, please describe and explain in 2 or more sentences.  If not, then think really hard and try to remember.  If you still don't know, then explain in 2 sentences or more something that your learned in semester 1. 

Observe the works of Pat Perry below and answer the questions.  

 Pat Perry

 A Place That's Set Apart, ink and acrylic on paper, 2012

Out in the Yard, ink on paper, 2012

Write down 3 words that come to mind when looking at the above paintings.  Explain why you have chosen the 3 words.  Answer in complete sentences. 

What are three major elements of art used within the work titled, A Place That's Set Apart?   Explain how each is used in complete sentences. 

Other than having been created by the same artist, both of these works of art have many things in common.   Think of at least two everyday things that they have in common and explain them in 2 or more sentences. 

Now that you have examined these works closely, what can you tell about the artist?  Does he work with a theme?  Do his works have meaning?  Explain in complete sentences.