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. Please go to our google classroom page for more supporting documents and to submit your completed work.
If you did not zoom in last week, here I am explaining what I'd like you to do with the Shen Zhou assignment.
April 28, 2020
At the beginning of quarantine, our grocery stores banned reusing bags and I noticed a lot more paper, but now plastic, being used. Thinking about the unique experiences of this time, I remembered this article.
Who was this artist?
Who sponsored his citizenship in America?
Why?
Find another example of his non-mask work.
Submit your responses along with a photo of you or someone in your quaranworld wearing your mask design in their normal setting.
All due 5/11/20
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April 23, 2020
Click here to see the "Poet on a Mountain" slides
In ‘Poet on a Mountain Top’, Zhou blends poetry and painting.
“The scholar alone in nature seems to be looking out not over a chasm of rocks and clouds, but directly at the poem that Shen Zhou has placed before him.”
In your own words, describe how the poem (translated below)relates to the image it is a part of.
Shen Zhou, ‘Poet on a Mountain Top’, c.1500
White clouds sash-like
wrap mountain waists,
The rock terrace flies in space
distant, a narrow path.
Leaning on a bramble staff
far and free I gaze,
To the warble of valley brook
I will reply, whistling.
(Translation from Indiana University.)
Shen Zhou Poet on a Mountain Assignment is due 5/7/20. Here is the link to the art-making assignment. I will be using some alternative painting materials tomorrow during our Zoom office hours. Log in if you have any questions or are curious.
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April 15, 2020
Here is the order of assignments (though I don't really care what order you do them in 😊):
1. Artwork Based on your Covid19 experience
2. Continuous Contour Drawing
3. A sketch each week (starting with 4/24) inspired by the list below
4. Toilet Roll face
5. Work Inspired by Millet
All instructions and links are below. Start from the bottom and work your way up, if you need to go in order.
April 8, 2020
I know it seems to be years ago, but when we left off in school, we were completing our study of the Baroque period in Art history. We talked about the dynamic movement of the figure, and the dramatic lighting called chiaroscuro. We made large-scale figure drawings in charcoal to show that chiaroscuro effect. Please go to the page "Art 1 Art History Notes" to see the timeline that we are following for the course.
I generally skip over Neo-Classicism and go right to Realism. We were about to make linoleum prints in a Realism style, inspired by nature. Look at the works of Jean Francois Millet, linked here, and write 5 words that describe his style. Then, choose one of his paintings and make a sketch of it. But instead of copying everything exactly, update it so that the figure(s) is contemporary. What does this kind of hard work look like today? Send me your sketches and list of descriptors! mmcnally@shschools.com
April 1, 2020
I'm so pleased to see some of the great art that your peers are making at home. In case you don't already follow us, please check out our posts on Instagram @Tigers_SHArt.
One of the many odd things about the quarantine has been the mad run on toilet paper. It got me to thinking about this artist who made quirky faces out of toilet paper rolls.
They are really hard to do, especially if you are aiming for the quality of the Junior Fritz Jacquet, whose work I've linked below:
They are really hard to do, especially if you are aiming for the quality of the Junior Fritz Jacquet, whose work I've linked below:
But I would love to see some folks try it, even if you have to get the roll damp, cut it, glue it. Just give it a try.
Be well, stay safe, and see you soon!
Blind Contour Drawing Investigation
March 25, 2020 Messages from Home... Hi All, Hope you are doing OK. I would like all of this to be over. Anyone else? I've been cooking a ton, and doing artwork and 5th grade math, long walks with my pup while veering out of the way of other pedestrians...Oy! Here are 30 days of sketchbook prompts: Let's see what you've got!  March 23, 2020 Messages from Shelter in Place... I hope everyone is doing well. I have not yet received any emails with artwork, but I hope people will get into a routine this week, and soon you will be making and sharing. For today, a drawing reminder - remember to challenge yourself to draw so that your observation skills stay sharp. I did a little Continuous Contour with my 11 year olds. Click here to watch a quick reminder of how to approach continuous contour. Looking forward to seeing what you do. Be well, stay inside, and draw! 💛m March 17, 2020. Messages from Shelter in Place... Hi Everyone, Happy St. Patrick's Day!☘☘ This is weird, huh? I don't know about you, but I haven't been "settled" enough to do any art. But I think in the next day or so, I will start. I would love to post images of your work that you send me, so that we can all see it here. So do please send me images, even in progress, of your current work. I am quoting Ms. Wood's recent message here, as it is a perfect prompt for your sketchbooks:
This is an unprecedented time in American History. You will tell your kids about this time in your life, historians will write books about it, there will be movies made about it. Take a few minutes each day and write down your thoughts. Take some pictures. Record your thoughts - either on video or audio. You will be glad you did - trust me.
I would encourage you to write AND DRAW about it! And, if you feel like sharing, I would love to see your work. Email it to me at mmcnally@shschools.com
I miss seeing you and seeing the art you make. This is all going to be OK. We will have a joyous Art show and say goodbye to this weird school year! More later...
Kehinde Wiley's work "St. Anthony of Padua"
  Kate C., Self-Portrait, gr. 9
Emma L. Self-Portrait, gr. 9
  Annalise B., Self-Portrait, gr. 9
Students created portraits in the style of Kehinde Wiley, borrowing the artist's use of elaborately patterned backgrounds popular in 19th century European art.
Courtney C., gr. 10
Students used the app Chatterpix to give voice to their portraits of modern activists.
Dylan Cottingham, gr. 10
Use this link to practice using charcoal and drawing the face. Watch it and practice a few times. Then take a pic with your iPad and email me one of your drawings. (mmcnally@shschools.com)
Try a caricature selfie to start thinking about LINE, SHAPE, COLOR, PATTERN, UNITY and a whole bunch of other issues in Art. What has Mad Magazine illustrator Tom Richmond exaggerated about Jimmy Fallon in creating this caricature?
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