June 2, 2020
The Freedman by JQA Ward
I'm posting with a heavy heart this morning. I'm sure that you, like me, are trying to figure out how to be a positive force in this sad time. Let's look to art to both better understand and express our perspectives on healing from all the injustices.
Your assignment will be:
1. Examine this sculpture made in 1863.
Watch this video for an excellent analysis of the sculpture and its meaning.
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| The Freedman by John Quincy Adams Ward |
I'm posting with a heavy heart this morning. I'm sure that you, like me, are trying to figure out how to be a positive force in this sad time. Let's look to art to both better understand and express our perspectives on healing from all the injustices.
Your assignment will be:
1. Examine this sculpture made in 1863.
Watch this video for an excellent analysis of the sculpture and its meaning.
2. Submit your answers to the questions on the google form posted on your google classroom page.
All work will be due June 12.
May 27, 2020
There are lots of stories, opinions, and half-truths flying around us these days. We are going to look at a work of American art that tells a story about a story. Watch this explanation of our assignment and go to our google classroom page for more supporting documents and to submit your completed work.
May 13, 2020
For our next artwork, we will be thinking about the Element of VALUE (scroll down and review).
How can you demonstrate your understanding of VALUE in a work of art? You may use collage, drawing, photos of object arrangements, etc.
If you choose to draw, do not simply color in the value scale, as illustrated below. You will receive no credit. USE the value scale in a drawing.
This work will be due May 22.
If you choose to draw, do not simply color in the value scale, as illustrated below. You will receive no credit. USE the value scale in a drawing.
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| Value Scales |
You may use other expressive forms to show your understanding. I encourage you to do some research to find other examples. It could be a collage or a photo arrangement.
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| 7th grader's Value Scale Photo Arrangement |
Some very cool Principles Selfies have been rolling in. Make sure to think about and make yours soon. And remember - submit WHICH DESIGN PRINCIPLE YOU ARE AIMING FOR as well as the picture.
This Friday I will be zooming with you, making some of the projects that are currently assigned and available to answer questions.
April 28, 2020 Toilet Roll Art
Panic and hoarding have made the lowly toilet paper a topic of conversation everywhere. Let's do something with that!
This amazing artist creates tiny worlds inside of toilet tissue rolls. Check out her various works. She is using a really sharp knife and precision cuts and gluing to create these scenes. Your challenge will be to do a toilet roll art that you can manage. Maybe you want to try Elias's (^that artist) technique, but maybe that feels too difficult? Do a search on toilet roll art and come up with one of your own. These will be due May 8. Failed attempt photos welcome also.
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April 23, 2020
Hi Everyone,
I've been seeing a steady stream of work shared, and each one that I get is so exciting. Weird - being away from school makes new student artwork a treasure.
Your 4th assignment will review the concepts we started with the Elements and Principles of Art. This assignment will be The Principles of Design Selfie Composition and is due April 30. Read on...
Here is a slideshow to further explain the Elements and Principles.
We are going to create a photo self-portrait with a composition that demonstrates one of the Principles of Design. (Hint: you will often notice other principles present, even as you focus on one particular principle. ie, Rhythm and Repetition can look like Contrast).
Gather some objects and/or people that are helping you survive the quarantine. You will need an assistant or a stand and timer to get the photo shot.
These ideas are inspired by the work of artist Gregg Segal. You can see his series focused on Venezuelan refugees on his site. An art teacher in Maryland asked her students to make their own Segal style works, and now, we are going to try it! Here are some examples of her students' work:
Notice how thoughtful these students were in collecting and arranging their compositions. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with. This assignment will be due May 8.
- Gather some objects that are helping you survive Quarantine.
- Think about one (or more?) of the Principles of Design, and have that guide you in the way you arrange yourself and your objects. Remember that your background will be a part of your design composition choice.
- Enlist a timer, tripod, stand, and/or helper to take your clear, well-lit photo. You need not show your face!!
- Submit in your google doc and remember to hit "Share" and enter my email address.
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April 17, 2020
So great to "see" some of you in the virtual class yesterday. I hope that the chat clarified any questions you might have had. I've been getting a steady little stream of work sent to my email. Good on ya!
If it's helpful, here is an order for approaching your assignments (but you could simply scroll to the bottom and work your way up):
1) Submit a weekly sketch, on Fridays, using the prompt list below, or come up with your own idea of what to draw.
2) Submit a creative selfie using your phone or iPad camera. (see below)
3) Submit art for "My Life During COVID19" (see below)
April 8, 2020
Still looking forward to seeing your artwork - I know you've been doing some, so please send it along.
This week, I would like to ask you to consider what life is like now, during Covid19, and create a drawing, painting, cartoon, illustration, photo, collage - any kind of art. Submit it to me, and, if you'd like, to the Daily Hampshire Gazette. See below:
April 1, 2020 Work From Home Suggestions
I'm willing to bet that you're spending a little more time staring at your phone. Why not use it artistically? A quick google search for iPhone photography techniques yields a lot of fun ideas. One of the photo techniques my own kids have been entertained with is the use of the pano mode for portraits. They create weird face montages, as seen below. Try it, then email it to me?
March 24, 2020 Work From Home Suggestions!
Sketching is the best work you can do for your artistic brain. Use any material you want; pens, pencils, watercolors, collage, sketch with your non-dominant hand, make continuous contour sketches...you get the idea...(Remember social distancing on #'s 10, 11, 33, 42, 43). Submit one drawing per week. Try to submit them on Fridays.
Here is
Panic and hoarding have made the lowly toilet paper a topic of conversation everywhere. Let's do something with that!
This amazing artist creates tiny worlds inside of toilet tissue rolls. Check out her various works. She is using a really sharp knife and precision cuts and gluing to create these scenes. Your challenge will be to do a toilet roll art that you can manage. Maybe you want to try Elias's (^that artist) technique, but maybe that feels too difficult? Do a search on toilet roll art and come up with one of your own. These will be due May 8. Failed attempt photos welcome also.
_____________________________________________________________________________
April 23, 2020
Hi Everyone,
I've been seeing a steady stream of work shared, and each one that I get is so exciting. Weird - being away from school makes new student artwork a treasure.
Your 4th assignment will review the concepts we started with the Elements and Principles of Art. This assignment will be The Principles of Design Selfie Composition and is due April 30. Read on...
Here is a slideshow to further explain the Elements and Principles.
We are going to create a photo self-portrait with a composition that demonstrates one of the Principles of Design. (Hint: you will often notice other principles present, even as you focus on one particular principle. ie, Rhythm and Repetition can look like Contrast).
Gather some objects and/or people that are helping you survive the quarantine. You will need an assistant or a stand and timer to get the photo shot.
These ideas are inspired by the work of artist Gregg Segal. You can see his series focused on Venezuelan refugees on his site. An art teacher in Maryland asked her students to make their own Segal style works, and now, we are going to try it! Here are some examples of her students' work:
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| I colored over their faces for their privacy, but they looked like brothers! Feel free to hide your face if you prefer. Most of the works I saw had the students shielding their faces, or with hoodies pulled over them. |
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Notice how thoughtful these students were in collecting and arranging their compositions. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with. This assignment will be due May 8.
- Gather some objects that are helping you survive Quarantine.
- Think about one (or more?) of the Principles of Design, and have that guide you in the way you arrange yourself and your objects. Remember that your background will be a part of your design composition choice.
- Enlist a timer, tripod, stand, and/or helper to take your clear, well-lit photo. You need not show your face!!
- Submit in your google doc and remember to hit "Share" and enter my email address.
_______________________________________________________________________
April 17, 2020
So great to "see" some of you in the virtual class yesterday. I hope that the chat clarified any questions you might have had. I've been getting a steady little stream of work sent to my email. Good on ya!
If it's helpful, here is an order for approaching your assignments (but you could simply scroll to the bottom and work your way up):
1) Submit a weekly sketch, on Fridays, using the prompt list below, or come up with your own idea of what to draw.
2) Submit a creative selfie using your phone or iPad camera. (see below)
3) Submit art for "My Life During COVID19" (see below)
April 8, 2020
Still looking forward to seeing your artwork - I know you've been doing some, so please send it along.
This week, I would like to ask you to consider what life is like now, during Covid19, and create a drawing, painting, cartoon, illustration, photo, collage - any kind of art. Submit it to me, and, if you'd like, to the Daily Hampshire Gazette. See below:
April 1, 2020 Work From Home Suggestions
I'm willing to bet that you're spending a little more time staring at your phone. Why not use it artistically? A quick google search for iPhone photography techniques yields a lot of fun ideas. One of the photo techniques my own kids have been entertained with is the use of the pano mode for portraits. They create weird face montages, as seen below. Try it, then email it to me?
THE ULTIMATE SELFIE: FACE MONTAGE
The Pano feature of the camera is something you’d probably normally use for, well, panoramas. You can, however, turn the camera on yourself while using the Pano option for a face-montage selfie. Here is a link to some interesting iPhone portrait techniques.
March 24, 2020 Work From Home Suggestions!
Sketching is the best work you can do for your artistic brain. Use any material you want; pens, pencils, watercolors, collage, sketch with your non-dominant hand, make continuous contour sketches...you get the idea...(Remember social distancing on #'s 10, 11, 33, 42, 43). Submit one drawing per week. Try to submit them on Fridays.
Here is
The Giant List of Sketchbook Ideas
| SK | 1 | Draw the inside of your closet |
| SK | 2 | Draw the contents of your desk drawer |
| SK | 3 | Just before your room is cleaned, draw it |
| SK | 4 | Inside of your refrigerator |
| SK | 5 | Inside your garage |
| SK | 6 | Draw your dad’s work table |
| SK | 7 | Before the dishes are washed, draw them |
| SK | 8 | a pile of laundry waiting to get washed |
| SK | 9 | yourself in a mirror |
| SK | 10 | your brother/sister doing an activity, such as playing video games |
| SK | 11 | your friend, or an enemy |
| SK | 12 | yourself your toenails |
| SK | 13 | your hand holding an object that is important to you. |
| SK | 14 | your bird, cat, dog, fish, snake, leopard, lobster doing something strange |
| SK | 15 | what is in the rear-view mirror of your car |
| SK | 16 | a dead bird in a beautiful landscape |
| SK | 17 | a flower growing next to a turned over garbage can |
| SK | 18 | raw chicken parts; cooked parts; after eaten parts |
| SK | 19 | a piece of cake and make it look delicious |
| SK | 20 | eggs in the shell, scrambled, then over easy |
| SK | 21 | one popcorn kernel popping, draw an opened bag of popcorn |
| SK | 22 | a raw steak, steak bones |
| SK | 23 | moving water, still water |
| SK | 24 | a clear glass full of ice cubes |
| SK | 25 | an object when looking through a tube or a microscope |
| SK | 26 | an object seen through glass (how does the glass make a difference) |
| SK | 27 | something floating, like a boat or a beach ball |
| SK | 28 | a dark object in a light environment |
| SK | 29 | a light object in a dark environment |
| SK | 30 | Lie on the floor, draw what is eye level |
| SK | 31 | Dig a hole, put an object in the hole, then draw the object and the hole—pay attention to shadows. |
| SK | 32 | Fill in the hole, partially cover up the object, draw it emerging from the ground. |
| SK | 33 | Find a quiet place in a crowd, draw the crowd |
| SK | 34 | Find a quiet place, draw the quiet |
| SK | 35 | Find a noisy place, draw noise |
| SK | 36 | Your favorite view out a window |
| SK | 37 | Shine a light through an open structure such as a woven basket, draw the cast shadow |
| SK | 38 | an object that is lit by the light coming through mini blinds |
| SK | 39 | a portrait that is lit by the light coming through mini blinds |
| SK | 40 | an object that is lit by a candle |
| SK | 41 | a figure that is lit by a candle |
| SK | 42 | your sister/brother by the light cast by the TV or computer screen |
| SK | 43 | your father/mother by the light cast from the TV or computer screen |
| SK | 44 | an apple, pear, banana… |
| SK | 45 | a partially eaten apple, banana, pear… |
| SK | 46 | Draw a scoop of ice cream, pay attention to texture and highlights. |
| SK | 47 | Tighten a C clamp on an unexpected object (like a banana) and draw it. |
| SK | 48 | Draw an object with a distinctive shape that is tightly wrapped in aluminum foil or plastic wrap or string. |
| SK | 49 | Copy the Mona Lisa. |
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