How to post ARTSHARE videos and comments
(after a publish- under SETTINGS, ADD AUTHORS)

1. Accept invite from Artshares email. If you did not, let me know and I will resend the email.

2. Need google email.

3. Research and post 2 artshare videos if you did not do so already. Also add a picture related to video.

4. Navigate the blog: Read the postings. Offer feedback or comments on a post (could be artshare video, student art process pages,etc). Remember what we discussed about creating a helpful and constructive comment.

5. Art 3,4: Write out self-expressive description/reflection of self-portrait. (Refer to self-expression handout).

Art 2, 3, 4

INSPIRATION B

Inspiration B

We are all here for the same purpose: to expand our technical skills and keep our creative juices at float. Sometimes there are “creative mental blocks” and one is not able to think of an idea, theme, style, or object to draw. As young artists it is important to notice that the creative process is organic- it could happen anywhere at any time. Some of the most creative ideas occur when we are not forced to think about it. For example, Paul McCartney composed the entire melody of “Yesterday” in a dream in his room at the Wimpole Street home of his then girlfriend Jane Asher and her family. Upon waking, he hurried to a piano and played the tune to avoid forgetting it. The rest is history. My advice- Be ready and aware. Record and document it. Tear that image from a magazine, sketch outside and bring your creative experience to the classroom. Who knows what could happen.

Your job- fill your inspiration box or webpage with as many pictures, magazine cut outs, fabrics, sketches, poems, quotes, texture, found objects- anything that you think will eventually help you in your creative process. Students may choose to have a digital inspiration board showcasing their “inspirations” on a computer.

The inspiration boxes will help your in-class projects as well as your independent projects. Try to fill up and refer to the Inspiration B as often as possible. These habits will help one become more aware that our everyday life experience is our creative, artistic expression.

Students will share in class their Inspiration board before the end of each quarter.

Independent art assignments for art 2, 3, 4

1. Artshare blog

www.artshares.blogspot.com- Navigate the page and various chapters to get acquainted with.

In this class, we will be using Ms. Hom-Mandell’s artshares blog (artshares.blogpspot.com) as a creative laboratory. It emphasize students’ works in progress, capturing raw ideas in their most elementary form, laid bare before the application of final touches. Students from my Art 3 and 4 class will submit works in progress and record their thought process. My goal is to emphasize that all great works of art start with something much simpler, sometimes a fragmented sketch or juxtaposition of forms, or just a simple texture. In addition, I hope that students and educators will come together by offering supportive feedback and contributing to the Art shares blog with current art events, videos, news that inspire the artist within.

2. Website www.Hom-Mandell.com- Personal and professional website which showcases a

student online gallery and contains descriptions of Sketchbook assignments and Inspiration board assignments. Also showcases Ms. Hom-Mandell’s personal artwork and philosophy.

Art 2 Independent assignments: 20 % of final grade

Participate in posting or emailing Ms. Hom-Mandell (homj@weston.org) an interesting art related video. Students must post at least 2 before the end of each quarter. Ms. Hom-Mandell will post the video on the artshares blog to share in class.

Sketchbook assignments- Students will submit 5 sketches before the end of each quarter. Please refer to www.hom-mandlel.com, WHS student art gallery, sketchbook assignment and print out assignments.

Students will comment and offer supportive feedback to Art 3, 4 student process page on Ms. Hom-Mandell’s artshares blog (artshares.blogspot.com). Required at least 2 comments before the end of each quarter. Please post your name to receive credit.

Art 3, 4 Independent art assignments: 20% of final grade

At the end of every quarter- Participate in in-class Inspiration board shares. Either digital or sketchbook style is acceptable. Please refer to online handout (hom-mandell.com, WHS student art gallery, Inspiration board)

Throughout the year-Each 3, 4 students will have student page on the blog to update and blog about their creative process. Students are required to comment and give feedback on at least 2 student pages before the end of each quarter.

Mrs. Hom- Mandell

Art 2 Sketchbook assignments:

This syllabus consists of various sketchbook assignments to be reviewed after every term.

The purpose of the sketchbook is for the student to be able to learn about art and design independently. A healthy positive attitude and lots of practice will make anyone successful in the creative arts.

Five sketchbook assignments a reviewed about 1 week before the end of every term. For each term, students can choose which activity to do (activities listed on the next page). They must label the assignment in their sketchbook. Students will choose what they want to draw for up to 45 minutes- 1 hour for each drawing assignment. One might need to research the technical aspects of the assignment if not sure about how to pursue assignment. If one is not inspired by the given assignments, students will also have the option create their own sketchbook assignment. An explanation of your technical goal and interest is required. Students will be assessed with a check, check plus, or check minus. The criteria based on these assignments consist of technical quality, follow-through, and effort.

Please number which assignment/activity you do.

Sketchbook prompts

Design and Composition

4/Use markers to color in negative space of a variety of kitchen appliances. Make the negative space more meaningful than the positive space.

5/ Listen to your favorite piece of music. Create a composition that reflects feeling and thoughts you experiences as your were listening to it. This creation is abstract and only involves, line, shape, color, and movement.

6/ Set up a light source so you can draw a reflective surface. Remove labels so that the surface will reflect all the light. Make sure that there are extreme highlights and shadows

Perspective

7/ Research endangered species and draw two different perspectives of the same animal.

8/ Find a picture of a car and recreate it. Give the car your own stylistic interpretation. What is the cars attitude, which features can you exaggerate.

9/ Use colored pencils to create texture in a landscape. Try using side of pencil, pointillism, blending, cross-hatching

10/ Draw a perspective using ant’s eye view. In this case, all the objects look big and the vanishing point is about ones’ eye level.

12/ Look at the art of Escher, Magritte and the Surrealists. Notice how Magritte particularly changed the scale of objects. Create a drawing in which the scale of objects is changed.

14/ Think of current topic or issue in the news. Where do you stand on the issue? Explore your personal response to the issue by completing your drawing.

15/ Do some quick figurative GESTURE studies. Find a figure in a café or bookstore-find someone that you can observe comfortably. Work quickly, try to keep your hand moving and connected to the page. Look at the subject more than your work. Do several sketches on a page.

16/ Big Idea - Look at the artwork that you produced in past years. Try to find connections or common themes in your work. What is it that you are passionate about? Create unique compositions regarding your theme or interest- fantastic composition, realistic composition, and abstract composition.

18/ Find a quiet spot in your house where you can sit and draw for at least 40 minutes. Choose an arrangement of objects on a desk, table or shelf- a surface that can be viewed below eye level (ant’s eye view). This drawing should be done by careful observation of an unusual perspective.

Art 2, 3, 4

INSPIRATION B