Weston Middle school Mars project- with Ms. Burns

Sumi-E Ink Wash Painting Video

A demonstration of a wide variety of strokes created with a single bamboo brush can be seen here:

I found the way he prepared the brush before each type of stroke to be particularly interesting.

- CR

Ink Wash Gesture Painting

Objectives:

1. Become familiar with painting with the bamboo brush and ink washes.  What different types of marks and strokes can you make with the brush to add texture, depth and dynamism to your picture?  How is this process different than working with charcoal?
2. Continue to draw the figure from observation paying attention to:

Proportion - sight measuring.

Shading -  try to use as wide a variety of shades of gray and black as possible, in order to add depth and drama to your picture.

Figure’s placement in the picture space - how close to the edges of the frame is it?

Background - how can you differentiate it from foreground through value?  Foreground should probably have more intense darks and/or lights.

Gesture - continue to use gestural strokes to capture the essence of model’s pose.

3. Clean up - more involved than charcoal.  We will leave at least 10 minutes at the end of class to clean brushes and palettes.

Time-lapse Demo Video:

K-12 art show and Senior Ice cream social May 16th, 6-8pm

In a month, the most exciting K-12 Weston high school art show will be coming our way!

Save the date for May 16th (Tuesday, 6-8pm)

And we will all be a part of it.

Seniors-  Please type up an artist statement and complete by the end of this week, April 13th.  Below is the outline of question to consider:


Please email me the artist statement: homj@weston.org

§    Student Name

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§  Title of the Piece – this alone helps the viewer understand the subject or makes him/her think about the work in a different way

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§  What did I do? (Describe the artwork, including the medium, subject matter, and inspiration.)

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§  My artwork was inspired by whom or what?

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§  What happened along the way? (Did anything interesting or unusual happen?  Did I solve any problems in the process? Did I change my approach to doing the project? etc.)

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§  What did I learn through the art project?

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§  What would I do differently next time?

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§  Why is this piece important to me?

LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS

I am looking for at least 4 artist who would like to showcase a mini art project or skill that they would like to share with the audience. Please sign up. Need to know by end of week, April 13th.

Art 2-4 studio sign up

For Art show May 16^th 6-8pm

Name	Contact info (phone number, email)	Live demo	Time

Art work for art show:

Art 2- Surrealist and/or figure drawings

Art 3,4: Murals and personal projects

Need to know how work will be displayed.  

Work needs to be complete by May 5th (about 5 more classes).

Mr. Renna time lapse video